Table B-10.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY11: by Service, Gender,
and Race/Ethnicity with Civilian Comparison Group
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD 18-24 YEARS-OLD
RACE/ETHNICITY1 # %   # %   # %   # %   # %   # %
Male and Female
White 43,718 73.2 17,814 53.4 25,326 85.2 21,221 75.1 108,079 71.6 22,651,807 77.0
Black 11,970 20.0 5,683 17.0 2,873 9.7 4,407 15.6 24,933 16.5 4,410,611 15.0
AIAN2 451 0.76 1,928 5.8 275 0.93 197 0.70 2,851 1.9 310,405 1.1
Asian 1,820 3.0 1,365 4.1 713 2.4 796 2.8 4,694 3.1 1,277,590 4.3
NHPI3 467 0.78 373 1.1 250 0.84 336 1.2 1,426 0.94 109,461 0.37
Two or more 367 0.61 5,428 16.3 111 0.37 1,285 4.5 7,191 4.8 657,898 2.2
Unknown 912 1.5   765 2.3   167 0.56   23 0.08   1,867 1.2   0 0
TOTAL 59,705 100 33,356 100 29,715 100 28,265 100 151,041 100 29,417,774 100
Male and Female - Not Hispanic4
White 36,453 70.9 14,630 54.4 19,929 83.3 17,253 75.4 88,265 70.5 17,426,793 73.5
Black 11,512 22.4 4,757 17.7 2,638 11.0 3,977 17.4 22,884 18.3 4,176,319 17.6
AIAN2 425 0.83 1,359 5.1 214 0.89 121 0.53 2,119 1.7 228,529 0.96
Asian 1,790 3.5 1,204 4.5 690 2.9 558 2.4 4,242 3.4 1,242,208 5.2
NHPI3 440 0.86 256 0.95 219 0.92 122 0.53 1,037 0.83 91,730 0.39
Two or more 303 0.59 4,104 15.3 89 0.37 846 3.7 5,342 4.3 540,035 2.3
Unknown 493 0.96   587 2.2   135 0.56   8 0.03   1,223 0.98   0 0
TOTAL 51,416 100 26,897 100 23,914 100 22,885 100 125,112 100 23,705,614 100
Male and Female - Hispanic
White 7,265 87.6 3,184 49.3 5,397 93.0 3,968 73.8 19,814 76.4 5,225,015 91.5
Black 458 5.5 926 14.3 235 4.1 430 8.0 2,049 7.9 234,293 4.1
AIAN2 26 0.31 569 8.8 61 1.1 76 1.4 732 2.8 81,876 1.4
Asian 30 0.36 161 2.5 23 0.40 238 4.4 452 1.7 35,382 0.62
NHPI3 27 0.33 117 1.8 31 0.53 214 4.0 389 1.5 17,731 0.31
Two or more 64 0.77 1,324 20.5 22 0.38 439 8.2 1,849 7.1 117,863 2.1
Unknown 419 5.1   178 2.8   32 0.55   15 0.28   644 2.5   0 0
TOTAL 8,289 100 6,459 100 5,801 100 5,380 100 25,929 100 5,712,160 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD 18-24 YEARS-OLD
RACE/ETHNICITY1 # %   # %   # %   # %   # %   # %
Male (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 38,088 76.3 14,219 55.5 23,399 86.0 17,677 76.9 93,383 74.2 11,561,932 77.7
Black 8,597 17.2 3,891 15.2 2,465 9.1 3,282 14.3 18,235 14.5 2,138,888 14.4
AIAN2 364 0.73 1,487 5.8 223 0.82 145 0.63 2,219 1.8 161,103 1.1
Asian 1,485 3.0 1,042 4.1 655 2.4 631 2.7 3,813 3.0 646,231 4.3
NHPI3 370 0.74 283 1.1 228 0.84 258 1.1 1,139 0.91 58,135 0.39
Two or more 292 0.58 4,097 16.0 95 0.35 986 4.3 5,470 4.3 321,847 2.2
Unknown 735 1.5   603 2.4   156 0.57   19 0.08   1,513 1.2   0 0
TOTAL 49,931 100 25,622 100 27,221 100 22,998 100 125,772 100 14,888,135 100
Male - Not Hispanic4 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 32,013 74.4 11,788 56.9 18,582 84.3 14,498 77.3 76,881 73.5 8,751,037 74.0
Black 8,258 19.2 3,223 15.5 2,263 10.3 2,958 15.8 16,702 16.0 2,031,152 17.2
AIAN2 341 0.79 1,065 5.1 170 0.77 90 0.48 1,666 1.6 118,895 1.0
Asian 1,460 3.4 919 4.4 633 2.9 449 2.4 3,461 3.3 624,914 5.3
NHPI3 347 0.81 191 0.92 198 0.90 89 0.47 825 0.79 47,135 0.40
Two or more 238 0.55 3,079 14.9 81 0.37 659 3.5 4,057 3.9 259,117 2.2
Unknown 392 0.91   468 2.3   128 0.58   7 0.04   995 0.95   0 0
TOTAL 43,049 100 20,733 100 22,055 100 18,750 100 104,587 100 11,832,250 100
Male - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each raceial group among males.)
White 6,075 88.3 2,431 49.7 4,817 93.2 3,179 74.8 16,502 77.9 2,810,895 92.0
Black 339 4.9 668 13.7 202 3.9 324 7.6 1,533 7.2 107,736 3.5
AIAN2 23 0.33 422 8.6 53 1.0 55 1.3 553 2.6 42,208 1.4
Asian 25 0.36 123 2.5 22 0.43 182 4.3 352 1.7 21,317 0.70
NHPI3 23 0.33 92 1.9 30 0.58 169 4.0 314 1.5 11,000 0.36
Two or more 54 0.78 1,018 20.8 14 0.27 327 7.7 1,413 6.7 62,730 2.1
Unknown 343 5.0   135 2.8   28 0.54   12 0.28   518 2.4   0 0
TOTAL 6,882 100 4,889 100 5,166 100 4,248 100 21,185 100 3,055,886 100
  SERVICE            
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD 18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS
RACE/ETHNICITY1 # %   # %   # %   # %   # %   # %
Female (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 5,630 57.6 3,595 46.5 1,927 77.3 3,544 67.3 14,696 58.2 11,089,876 76.3
Black 3,373 34.5 1,792 23.2 408 16.4 1,125 21.4 6,698 26.5 2,271,723 15.6
AIAN2 87 0.89 441 5.7 52 2.1 52 0.99 632 2.5 149,303 1.0
Asian 335 3.4 323 4.2 58 2.3 165 3.1 881 3.5 631,360 4.3
NHPI3 97 0.99 90 1.2 22 0.88 78 1.5 287 1.1 51,326 0.35
Two or more 75 0.77 1,331 17.2 16 0.64 299 5.7 1,721 6.8 336,051 2.3
Unknown 177 1.8   162 2.1   11 0.44   4 0.08   354 1.4   0 0
TOTAL 9,774 100 7,734 100 2,494 100 5,267 100 25,269 100 14,529,639 100
Female - Not Hispanic4 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 4,440 53.1 2,842 46.1 1,347 72.5 2,755 66.6 11,384 55.5 8,675,756 73.1
Black 3,254 38.9 1,534 24.9 375 20.2 1,019 24.6 6,182 30.1 2,145,166 18.1
AIAN2 84 1.0 294 4.8 44 2.4 31 0.75 453 2.2 109,634 0.92
Asian 330 3.9 285 4.6 57 3.1 109 2.6 781 3.8 617,295 5.2
NHPI3 93 1.1 65 1.1 21 1.1 33 0.80 212 1.0 44,596 0.38
Two or more 65 0.78 1,025 16.6 8 0.43 187 4.5 1,285 6.3 280,918 2.4
Unknown 101 1.2   119 1.9   7 0.38   1 0.02   228 1.1   0 0
TOTAL 8,367 100 6,164 100 1,859 100 4,135 100 20,525 100 11,873,365 100
Female - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 1,190 84.6 753 48.0 580 91.3 789 69.7 3,312 69.8 2,414,120 90.9
Black 119 8.5 258 16.4 33 5.2 106 9.4 516 10.9 126,557 4.8
AIAN2 3 0.21 147 9.4 8 1.3 21 1.9 179 3.8 39,669 1.5
Asian 5 0.36 38 2.4 1 0.16 56 4.9 100 2.1 14,065 0.53
NHPI3 4 0.28 25 1.6 1 0.16 45 4.0 75 1.6 6,731 0.25
Two or more 10 0.71 306 19.5 8 1.3 112 9.9 436 9.2 55,133 2.1
Unknown 76 5.4   43 2.7   4 0.63   3 0.27   126 2.7   0 0
TOTAL 1,407 100 1,570 100 635 100 1,132 100 4,744 100 2,656,274 100
     
  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. American Indian, Alaska Native
  3. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
  4. 1930 males and 343 females with unknown ethnicity are not included in this table.
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
      Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, 18-24 year-old noninstitutional civilians, October 2010-September 2011 average.
      Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).