Table B-44.  FY 2009 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Duty Enlisted Accessions by Race/Ethnicity, Component, and Urbanicity
	Urban		Second City		Suburban		Town		Town/Rural		Rural		Unknown			TOTAL
RACE/ETHNICITY1	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%		#	%
ARMY
White	4,328	59.16%	9,015	70.83%	9,520	70.98%	3,997	77.37%	14,221	80.95%	5,307	82.78%	96	85.71%		46,484	74.12%
Black	1,903	26.01%	2,405	18.90%	2,402	17.91%	709	13.72%	1,889	10.75%	602	9.39%	10	47.62%		9,920	15.82%
AIAN	50	0.68%	89	0.70%	63	0.47%	55	1.06%	201	1.14%	83	1.29%	1	1.10%		542	0.86%
Asian	490	6.70%	274	2.15%	405	3.02%	53	1.03%	146	0.83%	32	0.50%	0	0.00%		1,400	2.23%
NHPI	98	1.34%	116	0.91%	145	1.08%	37	0.72%	70	0.40%	21	0.33%	0	NA		487	0.78%
Two or more	132	1.80%	127	1.00%	151	1.13%	31	0.60%	85	0.48%	21	0.33%	2	NA		549	0.88%
Unknown	315	4.31%	702	5.52%	726	5.41%	284	5.50%	956	5.44%	345	5.38%	3	9.09%		3,331	5.31%
TOTAL	7,316	100%	12,728	100%	13,412	100%	5,166	100%	17,568	100%	6,411	100%	112	100%		62,713	100%
Hispanic	1,914	26.16%	1,613	12.67%	1,601	11.94%	377	7.30%	1,001	5.70%	264	4.12%	21	18.75%		6,791	10.83%
Not Hispanic2	5,402	73.84%	11,115	87.33%	11,811	88.06%	4,789	92.70%	16,567	94.30%	6,147	95.88%	91	81.25%		55,922	89.17%
TOTAL	7,316	100%	12,728	100%	13,412	100%	5,166	100%	17,568	100%	6,411	100%	112	100%		62,713	100%
NAVY
White	1,622	34.03%	3,492	49.80%	3,905	48.83%	1,504	56.37%	5,679	60.65%	1,987	63.83%	33	55.93%		18,222	52.09%
Black	1,617	33.93%	1,400	19.97%	1,580	19.76%	413	15.48%	1,092	11.66%	289	9.28%	5	23.81%		6,396	18.29%
AIAN	200	4.20%	558	7.96%	588	7.35%	274	10.27%	948	10.12%	355	11.40%	7	18.42%		2,930	8.38%
Asian	556	11.67%	220	3.14%	343	4.29%	43	1.61%	135	1.44%	24	0.77%	0	0.00%		1,321	3.78%
NHPI	104	2.18%	152	2.17%	197	2.46%	28	1.05%	123	1.31%	31	1.00%	3	NA		638	1.82%
Two or more	570	11.96%	1,030	14.69%	1,191	14.89%	354	13.27%	1,181	12.61%	359	11.53%	11	NA		4,696	13.43%
Unknown	97	2.04%	160	2.28%	193	2.41%	52	1.95%	206	2.20%	68	2.18%	0	0.00%		776	2.22%
TOTAL	4,766	100%	7,012	100%	7,997	100%	2,668	100%	9,364	100%	3,113	100%	59	100%		34,979	100%
Hispanic	1,868	39.19%	1,725	24.60%	2,019	25.25%	435	16.30%	1,380	14.74%	343	11.02%	21	35.59%		7,791	22.27%
Not Hispanic2	2,898	60.81%	5,287	75.40%	5,978	74.75%	2,233	83.70%	7,984	85.26%	2,770	88.98%	38	64.41%		27,188	77.73%
TOTAL	4,766	100%	7,012	100%	7,997	100%	2,668	100%	9,364	100%	3,113	100%	59	100%		34,979	100%
MARINE CORPS
White	2,685	70.34%	4,753	82.95%	5,748	83.05%	2,109	88.17%	7,955	90.42%	2,807	91.31%	41	97.62%		26,098	84.81%
Black	764	20.02%	680	11.87%	773	11.17%	192	8.03%	483	5.49%	147	4.78%	1	7.69%		3,040	9.88%
AIAN	33	0.86%	46	0.80%	38	0.55%	37	1.55%	133	1.51%	54	1.76%	0	0.00%		341	1.11%
Asian	230	6.03%	118	2.06%	212	3.06%	26	1.09%	80	0.91%	18	0.59%	0	0.00%		684	2.22%
NHPI	57	1.49%	61	1.06%	76	1.10%	12	0.50%	50	0.57%	7	0.23%	0	NA		263	0.85%
Two or more	23	0.60%	32	0.56%	33	0.48%	8	0.33%	38	0.43%	15	0.49%	0	NA		149	0.48%
Unknown	25	0.65%	40	0.70%	41	0.59%	8	0.33%	59	0.67%	26	0.85%	0	0.00%		199	0.65%
TOTAL	3,817	100%	5,730	100%	6,921	100%	2,392	100%	8,798	100%	3,074	100%	42	100%		30,774	100%
Hispanic	1,468	38.46%	1,212	21.15%	1,252	18.09%	243	10.16%	666	7.57%	184	5.99%	13	30.95%		5,038	16.37%
Not Hispanic2	2,349	61.54%	4,518	78.85%	5,669	81.91%	2,149	89.84%	8,132	92.43%	2,890	94.01%	29	69.05%		25,736	83.63%
TOTAL	3,817	100%	5,730	100%	6,921	100%	2,392	100%	8,798	100%	3,074	100%	42	100%		30,774	100%
AIR FORCE
White	1,561	56.21%	4,319	69.62%	4,783	70.50%	2,231	79.71%	7,936	84.30%	2,866	86.35%	32	74.42%		23,728	75.71%
Black	836	30.10%	1,311	21.13%	1,374	20.25%	409	14.61%	1,001	10.63%	303	9.13%	4	30.77%		5,238	16.71%
AIAN	16	0.58%	43	0.69%	38	0.56%	17	0.61%	79	0.84%	33	0.99%	0	0.00%		226	0.72%
Asian	205	7.38%	176	2.84%	233	3.43%	45	1.61%	121	1.29%	23	0.69%	4	9.30%		807	2.57%
NHPI	70	2.52%	98	1.58%	108	1.59%	17	0.61%	55	0.58%	15	0.45%	0	NA		363	1.16%
Two or more	86	3.10%	251	4.05%	241	3.55%	79	2.82%	214	2.27%	74	2.23%	3	NA		948	3.02%
Unknown	3	0.11%	6	0.10%	7	0.10%	1	0.04%	8	0.08%	5	0.15%	0	0.00%		30	0.10%
TOTAL	2,777	100%	6,204	100%	6,784	100%	2,799	100%	9,414	100%	3,319	100%	43	100%		31,340	100%
Hispanic	933	33.60%	1,121	18.07%	1,215	17.91%	347	12.40%	910	9.67%	253	7.62%	13	30.23%		4,792	15.29%
Not Hispanic2	1,844	66.40%	5,083	81.93%	5,569	82.09%	2,452	87.60%	8,504	90.33%	3,066	92.38%	30	69.77%		26,548	84.71%
TOTAL	2,777	100%	6,204	100%	6,784	100%	2,799	100%	9,414	100%	3,319	100%	43	100%		31,340	100%
TOTAL DoD
White	10,196	54.59%	21,579	68.13%	23,956	68.22%	9,841	75.55%	35,791	79.28%	12,967	81.47%	202	78.91%		114,532	71.67%
Black	5,120	27.41%	5,796	18.30%	6,129	17.45%	1,723	13.23%	4,465	9.89%	1,341	8.42%	20	7.81%		24,594	15.39%
AIAN	299	1.60%	736	2.32%	727	2.07%	383	2.94%	1,361	3.01%	525	3.30%	8	3.13%		4,039	2.53%
Asian	1,481	7.93%	788	2.49%	1,193	3.40%	167	1.28%	482	1.07%	97	0.61%	4	1.56%		4,212	2.64%
NHPI	329	1.76%	427	1.35%	526	1.50%	94	0.72%	298	0.66%	74	0.46%	3	1.17%		1,751	1.10%
Two or more	811	4.34%	1,440	4.55%	1,616	4.60%	472	3.62%	1,518	3.36%	469	2.95%	16	6.25%		6,342	3.97%
Unknown	440	2.36%	908	2.87%	967	2.75%	345	2.65%	1,229	2.72%	444	2.79%	3	1.17%		4,336	2.71%
TOTAL	18,676	100%	31,674	100%	35,114	100%	13,025	100%	45,144	100%	15,917	100%	256	100%		159,806	100%
Hispanic	6,183	33.11%	5,671	17.90%	6,087	17.33%	1,402	10.76%	3,957	8.77%	1,044	6.56%	68	26.56%		24,412	15.28%
Not Hispanic2	12,493	66.89%	26,003	82.10%	29,027	82.67%	11,623	89.24%	41,187	91.23%	14,873	93.44%	188	73.44%		135,394	84.72%
TOTAL	18,676	100%	31,674	100%	35,114	100%	13,025	100%	45,144	100%	15,917	100%	256	100%		159,806	100%
1. The race groupings used in this table reflect the number of individuals who indicate a single racial identity.  Individuals who self-identify as multiracial are counted in the
"two or more" category.
2. Information applies to the home community of record reported by individual NPS and PS recruits. Socioeconomic classifications
provided by Claritas, with matching done by zip code.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Data provided for only those individuals reporting a U.S. home of record.