Table B-10.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY15: 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/ETHNICITY # % # % # % # % # % # %
Male and Female
White 39,063 68.6 21,619 65.6 24,390 83.1 17,920 74.8 102,992 71.9 22,047,091 73.9
Black 13,821 24.3 6,734 20.4 3,220 11.0 3,988 16.6 27,763 19.4 4,602,307 15.4
AIAN1 499 0.88 382 1.2 266 0.91 195 0.81 1,342 0.94 449,641 1.5
Asian 3,373 5.9 1,330 4.0 821 2.8 1,023 4.3 6,547 4.6 1,663,195 5.6
NHPI2 45 0.08 283 0.86 232 0.79 177 0.74 737 0.51 146,940 0.49
Two or more 160 0.28 1,735 5.3 404 1.4 644 2.7 2,943 2.1 923,767 3.1
Unknown 16 0.03   875 2.7   21 0.07   18 0.08   930 0.65   0 0
TOTAL 56,977 100 32,958 100 29,354 100 23,965 100 143,254 100 29,832,941 100
Male and Female with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 68.6 67.4 83.1 74.8 72.4 73.9
Black 24.3 21.0 11.0 16.7 19.5 15.4
AIAN1 0.88 1.2 0.91 0.81 0.94 1.5
Asian 5.9 4.1 2.8 4.3 4.6 5.6
NHPI2 0.08 0.88 0.79 0.74 0.52 0.49
Two or more   0.28     5.4     1.4     2.7     2.1     3.1
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male and Female - Not Hispanic 3
White 29,804 63.0 18,488 63.6 17,592 79.3 14,799 72.8 80,683 67.9 16,390,358 70.1
Black 13,481 28.5 6,404 22.0 3,019 13.6 3,747 18.4 26,651 22.4 4,298,099 18.4
AIAN1 479 1.0 287 0.99 226 1.0 121 0.60 1,113 0.94 277,323 1.2
Asian 3,364 7.1 1,290 4.4 776 3.5 945 4.6 6,375 5.4 1,585,880 6.8
NHPI2 45 0.10 250 0.86 198 0.89 145 0.71 638 0.54 91,091 0.39
Two or more 139 0.29 1,596 5.5 359 1.6 563 2.8 2,657 2.2 728,640 3.1
Unknown 11 0.02   740 2.5   10 0.05   12 0.06   773 0.65   0 0
TOTAL 47,323 100 29,055 100 22,180 100 20,332 100 118,890 100 23,371,391 100
Male and Female - Not Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 63.0 65.3 79.4 72.8 68.3 70.1
Black 28.5 22.6 13.6 18.4 22.6 18.4
AIAN1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.60 0.94 1.2
Asian 7.1 4.6 3.5 4.7 5.4 6.8
NHPI2 0.10 0.88 0.89 0.71 0.54 0.39
Two or more   0.29     5.6     1.6     2.8     2.2     3.1
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male and Female - Hispanic
White 9,259 95.9 3,131 80.2 6,798 94.8 3,121 85.9 22,309 91.6 5,656,733 87.5
Black 340 3.5 330 8.5 201 2.8 241 6.6 1,112 4.6 304,208 4.7
AIAN1 20 0.21 95 2.4 40 0.56 74 2.0 229 0.94 172,318 2.7
Asian 9 0.09 40 1.0 45 0.63 78 2.1 172 0.71 77,314 1.2
NHPI2 0 0 33 0.85 34 0.47 32 0.88 99 0.41 55,849 0.86
Two or more 21 0.22 139 3.6 45 0.63 81 2.2 286 1.2 195,127 3.0
Unknown 5 0.05   135 3.5   11 0.15   6 0.17   157 0.64   0 0
TOTAL 9,654 100 3,903 100 7,174 100 3,633 100 24,364 100 6,461,551 100
Male and Female - Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 96.0 83.1 94.9 86.0 92.2 87.5
Black 3.5 8.8 2.8 6.6 4.6 4.7
AIAN1 0.21 2.5 0.56 2.0 0.95 2.7
Asian 0.09 1.1 0.63 2.2 0.71 1.2
NHPI2 0 0.88 0.47 0.88 0.41 0.86
Two or more   0.22     3.7     0.63     2.2     1.2     3.0
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD   18-24 YEARS-OLD
RACE/ETHNICITY # % # % # % # % # %   # %
Male (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 33,800 71.4 16,822 68.2 22,205 83.6 14,552 76.5 87,379 74.3 11,173,687 74.6
Black 10,224 21.6 4,451 18.0 2,808 10.6 2,862 15.0 20,345 17.3 2,207,885 14.7
AIAN1 386 0.82 266 1.1 223 0.84 146 0.77 1,021 0.87 234,990 1.6
Asian 2,730 5.8 1,026 4.2 753 2.8 805 4.2 5,314 4.5 835,370 5.6
NHPI2 36 0.08 205 0.83 207 0.78 138 0.73 586 0.50 78,345 0.52
Two or more 117 0.25 1,237 5.0 346 1.3 507 2.7 2,207 1.9 453,159 3.0
Unknown 15 0.03   671 2.7   17 0.06   13 0.07   716 0.61   0 0
TOTAL 47,308 100 24,678 100 26,559 100 19,023 100 117,568 100 14,983,437 100
Male with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 71.5 70.1 83.7 76.5 74.8 74.6
Black 21.6 18.5 10.6 15.1 17.4 14.7
AIAN1 0.82 1.1 0.84 0.77 0.87 1.6
Asian 5.8 4.3 2.8 4.2 4.5 5.6
NHPI2 0.08 0.85 0.78 0.73 0.50 0.52
Two or more   0.25     5.2     1.3     2.7     1.9     3.0
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male - Not Hispanic3 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 26,224 66.5 14,650 66.6 16,191 80.1 12,095 74.8 69,160 70.7 8,298,807 71.0
Black 9,958 25.3 4,239 19.3 2,629 13.0 2,684 16.6 19,510 19.9 2,050,275 17.5
AIAN1 370 0.94 206 0.94 192 0.95 85 0.53 853 0.87 143,172 1.2
Asian 2,725 6.9 996 4.5 717 3.5 741 4.6 5,179 5.3 798,471 6.8
NHPI2 36 0.09 186 0.85 176 0.87 115 0.71 513 0.52 46,115 0.39
Two or more 102 0.26 1,138 5.2 308 1.5 446 2.8 1,994 2.0 347,658 3.0
Unknown 11 0.03   570 2.6   8 0.04   8 0.05   597 0.61   0 0
TOTAL 39,426 100 21,985 100 20,221 100 16,174 100 97,806 100 11,684,499 100
Male - Not Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 66.5 68.4 80.1 74.8 71.1 71.0
Black 25.3 19.8 13.0 16.6 20.1 17.5
AIAN1 0.94 0.96 0.95 0.53 0.88 1.2
Asian 6.9 4.7 3.5 4.6 5.3 6.8
NHPI2 0.09 0.87 0.87 0.71 0.53 0.39
Two or more   0.26     5.3     1.5     2.8     2.1     3.0
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each raceial group among males.)
White 7,576 96.1 2,172 80.7 6,014 94.9 2,457 86.2 18,219 92.2 2,874,880 87.1
Black 266 3.4 212 7.9 179 2.8 178 6.2 835 4.2 157,610 4.8
AIAN1 16 0.20 60 2.2 31 0.49 61 2.1 168 0.85 91,818 2.8
Asian 5 0.06 30 1.1 36 0.57 64 2.2 135 0.68 36,899 1.1
NHPI2 0 0 19 0.71 31 0.49 23 0.81 73 0.37 32,230 0.98
Two or more 15 0.19 99 3.7 38 0.60 61 2.1 213 1.1 105,501 3.2
Unknown 4 0.05   101 3.8   9 0.14   5 0.18   119 0.60   0 0
TOTAL 7,882 100 2,693 100 6,338 100 2,849 100 19,762 100 3,298,938 100
Male - Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 96.2 83.8 95.0 86.4 92.8 87.1
Black 3.4 8.2 2.8 6.3 4.3 4.8
AIAN1 0.20 2.3 0.49 2.1 0.86 2.8
Asian 0.06 1.2 0.57 2.3 0.69 1.1
NHPI2 0 0.73 0.49 0.81 0.37 0.98
Two or more   0.19     3.8     0.60     2.1     1.1     3.2
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD   18-24 YEARS-OLD
RACE/ETHNICITY # % # % # % # % # %   # %
Female (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 5,263 54.4 4,797 57.9 2,185 78.2 3,368 68.2 15,613 60.8 10,873,404 73.2
Black 3,597 37.2 2,283 27.6 412 14.7 1,126 22.8 7,418 28.9 2,394,422 16.1
AIAN1 113 1.2 116 1.4 43 1.5 49 0.99 321 1.2 214,651 1.4
Asian 643 6.7 304 3.7 68 2.4 218 4.4 1,233 4.8 827,824 5.6
NHPI2 9 0.09 78 0.94 25 0.89 39 0.79 151 0.59 68,595 0.46
Two or more 43 0.44 498 6.0 58 2.1 137 2.8 736 2.9 470,608 3.2
Unknown 1 0.01   204 2.5   4 0.14   5 0.10   214 0.83   0 0
TOTAL 9,669 100 8,280 100 2,795 100 4,942 100 25,686 100 14,849,505 100
Female with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 54.4 59.4 78.3 68.2 61.3 73.2
Black 37.2 28.3 14.8 22.8 29.1 16.1
AIAN1 1.2 1.4 1.5 0.99 1.3 1.4
Asian 6.7 3.8 2.4 4.4 4.8 5.6
NHPI2 0.09 0.97 0.90 0.79 0.59 0.46
Two or more   0.44     6.2     2.1     2.8     2.9     3.2
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Female - Not Hispanic3 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 3,580 45.3 3,838 54.3 1,401 71.5 2,704 65.0 11,523 54.7 8,091,551 69.2
Black 3,523 44.6 2,165 30.6 390 19.9 1,063 25.6 7,141 33.9 2,247,824 19.2
AIAN1 109 1.4 81 1.1 34 1.7 36 0.87 260 1.2 134,151 1.1
Asian 639 8.1 294 4.2 59 3.0 204 4.9 1,196 5.7 787,409 6.7
NHPI2 9 0.11 64 0.91 22 1.1 30 0.72 125 0.59 44,975 0.38
Two or more 37 0.47 458 6.5 51 2.6 117 2.8 663 3.1 380,982 3.3
Unknown 0 0   170 2.4   2 0.10   4 0.10   176 0.83   0 0
TOTAL 7,897 100 7,070 100 1,959 100 4,158 100 21,084 100 11,686,892 100
Female - Not Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 45.3 55.6 71.6 65.1 55.1 69.2
Black 44.6 31.4 19.9 25.6 34.2 19.2
AIAN1 1.4 1.2 1.7 0.87 1.2 1.1
Asian 8.1 4.3 3.0 4.9 5.7 6.7
NHPI2 0.11 0.93 1.1 0.72 0.60 0.38
Two or more   0.47     6.6     2.6     2.8     3.2     3.3
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Female - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 1,683 95.0 959 79.3 784 93.8 664 84.7 4,090 88.9 2,781,853 88.0
Black 74 4.2 118 9.8 22 2.6 63 8.0 277 6.0 146,599 4.6
AIAN1 4 0.23 35 2.9 9 1.1 13 1.7 61 1.3 80,500 2.5
Asian 4 0.23 10 0.83 9 1.1 14 1.8 37 0.80 40,415 1.3
NHPI2 0 0 14 1.2 3 0.36 9 1.1 26 0.56 23,619 0.75
Two or more 6 0.34 40 3.3 7 0.84 20 2.6 73 1.6 89,626 2.8
Unknown 1 0.06   34 2.8   2 0.24   1 0.13   38 0.83   0 0
TOTAL 1,772 100 1,210 100 836 100 784 100 4,602 100 3,162,613 100
Female - Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 95.0 81.5 94.0 84.8 89.6 88.0
Black 4.2 10.0 2.6 8.0 6.1 4.6
AIAN1 0.23 3.0 1.1 1.7 1.3 2.5
Asian 0.23 0.85 1.1 1.8 0.81 1.3
NHPI2 0 1.2 0.36 1.1 0.57 0.75
Two or more   0.34     3.4     0.84     2.6     1.6     2.8
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
     
  1. American Indian, Alaska Native
  2. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
  3. 1539 males and 477 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 2014-September 2015 average.
      Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).