Table B-10.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY14: by Service, Gender, Race, and 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 37,813 68.7 19,861 63.9 21,574 83.2 18,251 75.8 97,499 71.6 22,160,471 73.9
Black 13,423 24.4 6,331 20.4 2,876 11.1 3,971 16.5 26,601 19.5 4,653,228 15.5
AIAN2 406 0.74 404 1.3 202 0.78 178 0.74 1,190 0.87 386,216 1.3
Asian 3,099 5.6 922 3.0 707 2.7 934 3.9 5,662 4.2 1,636,104 5.5
NHPI3 89 0.16 249 0.80 174 0.67 200 0.83 712 0.52 145,041 0.48
Two or more 219 0.40 2,584 8.3 365 1.4 531 2.2 3,699 2.7 987,386 3.3
Unknown 23 0.04   740 2.4   17 0.07   9 0.04   789 0.58   0 0
TOTAL 55,072 100 31,091 100 25,915 100 24,074 100 136,152 100 29,968,446 100
Male and Female - Not Hispanic 4
White 29,652 63.8 17,192 62.3 15,782 79.9 15,158 74.6 77,784 68.1 16,548,069 70.1
Black 13,064 28.1 6,023 21.8 2,668 13.5 3,650 18.0 25,405 22.3 4,332,919 18.4
AIAN2 390 0.84 299 1.1 167 0.85 129 0.63 985 0.86 257,296 1.1
Asian 3,085 6.6 894 3.2 675 3.4 801 3.9 5,455 4.8 1,582,037 6.7
NHPI3 88 0.19 212 0.77 150 0.76 141 0.69 591 0.52 118,960 0.50
Two or more 204 0.44 2,377 8.6 313 1.6 438 2.2 3,332 2.9 758,787 3.2
Unknown 13 0.03   600 2.2   5 0.03   5 0.02   623 0.55   0 0
TOTAL 46,496 100 27,597 100 19,760 100 20,322 100 114,175 100 23,598,069 100
Male and Female - Hispanic
White 8,161 95.2 2,669 76.4 5,792 94.1 3,093 82.4 19,715 89.7 5,612,401 88.1
Black 359 4.2 308 8.8 208 3.4 321 8.6 1,196 5.4 320,309 5.0
AIAN2 16 0.19 105 3.0 35 0.57 49 1.3 205 0.93 128,920 2.0
Asian 14 0.16 28 0.80 32 0.52 133 3.5 207 0.94 54,067 0.85
NHPI3 1 0.01 37 1.1 24 0.39 59 1.6 121 0.55 26,081 0.41
Two or more 15 0.17 207 5.9 52 0.84 93 2.5 367 1.7 228,598 3.6
Unknown 10 0.12   140 4.0   12 0.19   4 0.11   166 0.76   0 0
TOTAL 8,576 100 3,494 100 6,155 100 3,752 100 21,977 100 6,370,376 100
  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 33,003 71.5 15,896 66.4 19,414 83.9 14,872 77.1 83,185 73.9 11,266,710 74.7
Black 10,048 21.8 4,378 18.3 2,451 10.6 2,946 15.3 19,823 17.6 2,248,457 14.9
AIAN2 309 0.67 286 1.2 164 0.71 129 0.67 888 0.79 194,587 1.3
Asian 2,508 5.4 712 3.0 632 2.7 769 4.0 4,621 4.1 828,529 5.5
NHPI3 70 0.15 188 0.78 144 0.62 149 0.77 551 0.49 69,438 0.46
Two or more 171 0.37 1,897 7.9 313 1.4 427 2.2 2,808 2.5 484,635 3.2
Unknown 19 0.04   594 2.5   17 0.07   9 0.05   639 0.57   0 0
TOTAL 46,128 100 23,951 100 23,135 100 19,301 100 112,515 100 15,092,356 100
Male - Not Hispanic4 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 26,165 67.1 13,923 65.1 14,388 80.8 12,482 76.0 66,958 70.8 8,376,410 70.9
Black 9,774 25.1 4,160 19.5 2,282 12.8 2,704 16.5 18,920 20.0 2,085,794 17.6
AIAN2 298 0.76 208 0.97 134 0.75 91 0.55 731 0.77 128,633 1.1
Asian 2,499 6.4 694 3.2 603 3.4 669 4.1 4,465 4.7 799,440 6.8
NHPI3 69 0.18 162 0.76 123 0.69 108 0.66 462 0.49 55,612 0.47
Two or more 158 0.41 1,754 8.2 273 1.5 355 2.2 2,540 2.7 376,742 3.2
Unknown 10 0.03   485 2.3   5 0.03   5 0.03   505 0.53   0 0
TOTAL 38,973 100 21,386 100 17,808 100 16,414 100 94,581 100 11,822,631 100
Male - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each raceial group among males.)
White 6,838 95.6 1,973 76.9 5,026 94.3 2,390 82.8 16,227 90.5 2,890,300 88.4
Black 274 3.8 218 8.5 169 3.2 242 8.4 903 5.0 162,663 5.0
AIAN2 11 0.15 78 3.0 30 0.56 38 1.3 157 0.88 65,954 2.0
Asian 9 0.13 18 0.70 29 0.54 100 3.5 156 0.87 29,089 0.89
NHPI3 1 0.01 26 1.0 21 0.39 41 1.4 89 0.50 13,825 0.42
Two or more 13 0.18 143 5.6 40 0.75 72 2.5 268 1.5 107,893 3.3
Unknown 9 0.13   109 4.2   12 0.23   4 0.14   134 0.75   0 0
TOTAL 7,155 100 2,565 100 5,327 100 2,887 100 17,934 100 3,269,725 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD   18-24 YEARS-OLD
RACE/ETHNICITY1 # % # % # % # % # %   # %
Female (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 4,810 53.8 3,965 55.5 2,160 77.7 3,379 70.8 14,314 60.6 10,893,760 73.2
Black 3,375 37.7 1,953 27.4 425 15.3 1,025 21.5 6,778 28.7 2,404,771 16.2
AIAN2 97 1.1 118 1.7 38 1.4 49 1.0 302 1.3 191,629 1.3
Asian 591 6.6 210 2.9 75 2.7 165 3.5 1,041 4.4 807,575 5.4
NHPI3 19 0.21 61 0.85 30 1.1 51 1.1 161 0.68 75,603 0.51
Two or more 48 0.54 687 9.6 52 1.9 104 2.2 891 3.8 502,751 3.4
Unknown 4 0.04   146 2.0   0 0   0 0   150 0.63   0 0
TOTAL 8,944 100 7,140 100 2,780 100 4,773 100 23,637 100 14,876,089 100
Female - Not Hispanic4 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 3,487 46.4 3,269 52.6 1,394 71.4 2,676 68.5 10,826 55.3 8,171,659 69.4
Black 3,290 43.7 1,863 30.0 386 19.8 946 24.2 6,485 33.1 2,247,125 19.1
AIAN2 92 1.2 91 1.5 33 1.7 38 0.97 254 1.3 128,663 1.1
Asian 586 7.8 200 3.2 72 3.7 132 3.4 990 5.1 782,597 6.6
NHPI3 19 0.25 50 0.81 27 1.4 33 0.84 129 0.66 63,348 0.54
Two or more 46 0.61 623 10.0 40 2.0 83 2.1 792 4.0 382,045 3.2
Unknown 3 0.04   115 1.9   0 0   0 0   118 0.60   0 0
TOTAL 7,523 100 6,211 100 1,952 100 3,908 100 19,594 100 11,775,438 100
Female - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 1,323 93.1 696 74.9 766 92.5 703 81.3 3,488 86.3 2,722,101 87.8
Black 85 6.0 90 9.7 39 4.7 79 9.1 293 7.2 157,646 5.1
AIAN2 5 0.35 27 2.9 5 0.60 11 1.3 48 1.2 62,966 2.0
Asian 5 0.35 10 1.1 3 0.36 33 3.8 51 1.3 24,978 0.81
NHPI3 0 0 11 1.2 3 0.36 18 2.1 32 0.79 12,255 0.40
Two or more 2 0.14 64 6.9 12 1.4 21 2.4 99 2.4 120,706 3.9
Unknown 1 0.07   31 3.3   0 0   0 0   32 0.79   0 0
TOTAL 1,421 100 929 100 828 100 865 100 4,043 100 3,100,651 100
     
  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. 2077 males and 673 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 2013-September 2014 average.
      Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).