Table B-10.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY16: 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 Female1
White 40,814 69.54 19,333 63.84 24,941 82.41 22,903 71.90 107,991 71.47 21,752,409 73.50
Black 13,761 23.45 5,748 18.98 3,228 10.67 5,739 18.02 28,476 18.85 4,528,190 15.30
AIAN2 474 0.81 327 1.08 237 0.78 254 0.80 1,292 0.86 477,520 1.61
Asian 3,500 5.96 1,431 4.73 877 2.90 1,506 4.73 7,314 4.84 1,739,828 5.88
NHPI3 24 0.04 295 0.97 192 0.63 324 1.02 835 0.55 158,238 0.53
Two or more 109 0.19 1,547 5.11 744 2.46 1,077 3.38 3,477 2.30 938,471 3.17
Unknown 8 0.01   1,602 5.29   47 0.16   53 0.17   1,710 1.13   0 0
TOTAL 58,690 100 30,283 100 30,266 100 31,856 100 151,095 100 29,594,656 100
Male and Female with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 69.55 67.41 82.53 72.02 72.29 73.50
Black 23.45 20.04 10.68 18.05 19.06 15.30
AIAN2 0.81 1.14 0.78 0.80 0.86 1.61
Asian 5.96 4.99 2.90 4.74 4.90 5.88
NHPI3 0.04 1.03 0.64 1.02 0.56 0.53
Two or more   0.19     5.39     2.46     3.39     2.33     3.17
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male and Female - Not Hispanic
White 31,085 64.01 15,754 61.47 17,665 78.33 18,254 69.18 82,758 67.21 16,093,107 69.60
Black 13,416 27.63 5,340 20.83 3,003 13.32 5,379 20.39 27,138 22.04 4,236,057 18.32
AIAN2 447 0.92 226 0.88 199 0.88 166 0.63 1,038 0.84 278,952 1.21
Asian 3,490 7.19 1,392 5.43 848 3.76 1,398 5.30 7,128 5.79 1,667,695 7.21
NHPI3 21 0.04 248 0.97 168 0.74 241 0.91 678 0.55 117,717 0.51
Two or more 97 0.20 1,389 5.42 647 2.87 915 3.47 3,048 2.48 727,713 3.15
Unknown 6 0.01   1,281 5.00   23 0.10   33 0.13   1,343 1.09   0 0
TOTAL 48,562 100 25,630 100 22,553 100 26,386 100 123,131 100 23,121,241 100
Male and Female - Not Hispanic , with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 64.02 64.70 78.41 69.27 67.95 69.60
Black 27.63 21.93 13.33 20.41 22.28 18.32
AIAN2 0.92 0.93 0.88 0.63 0.85 1.21
Asian 7.19 5.72 3.76 5.30 5.85 7.21
NHPI3 0.04 1.02 0.75 0.91 0.56 0.51
Two or more   0.20     5.70     2.87     3.47     2.50     3.15
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male and Female - Hispanic
White 9,729 96.06 3,579 76.92 7,276 94.33 4,649 84.99 25,233 90.23 5,659,302 87.42
Black 345 3.41 408 8.77 225 2.92 360 6.58 1,338 4.78 292,133 4.51
AIAN2 27 0.27 101 2.17 38 0.49 88 1.61 254 0.91 198,569 3.07
Asian 10 0.10 39 0.84 29 0.38 108 1.97 186 0.67 72,133 1.11
NHPI3 3 0.03 47 1.01 24 0.31 83 1.52 157 0.56 40,520 0.63
Two or more 12 0.12 158 3.40 97 1.26 162 2.96 429 1.53 210,758 3.26
Unknown 2 0.02   321 6.90   24 0.31   20 0.37   367 1.31   0 0
TOTAL 10,128 100 4,653 100 7,713 100 5,470 100 27,964 100 6,473,415 100
Male and Female - Hispanic , with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 96.08 82.62 94.63 85.30 91.43 87.42
Black 3.41 9.42 2.93 6.61 4.85 4.51
AIAN2 0.27 2.33 0.49 1.61 0.92 3.07
Asian 0.10 0.90 0.38 1.98 0.67 1.11
NHPI3 0.03 1.08 0.31 1.52 0.57 0.63
Two or more   0.12     3.65     1.26     2.97     1.55     3.26
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 35,091 72.25 15,186 66.44 22,592 83.03 18,208 73.48 91,077 73.80 11,021,248 73.97
Black 10,111 20.82 3,823 16.73 2,780 10.22 4,105 16.57 20,819 16.87 2,222,023 14.91
AIAN2 383 0.79 232 1.02 199 0.73 179 0.72 993 0.80 244,794 1.64
Asian 2,879 5.93 1,090 4.77 789 2.90 1,195 4.82 5,953 4.82 874,280 5.87
NHPI3 18 0.04 217 0.95 171 0.63 253 1.02 659 0.53 81,216 0.55
Two or more 83 0.17 1,108 4.85 638 2.34 806 3.25 2,635 2.14 456,989 3.07
Unknown 4 0.01   1,200 5.25   40 0.15   35 0.14   1,279 1.04   0 0
TOTAL 48,569 100 22,856 100 27,209 100 24,781 100 123,415 100 14,900,551 100
Male with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 72.26 70.12 83.15 73.58 74.57 73.97
Black 20.82 17.65 10.23 16.59 17.05 14.91
AIAN2 0.79 1.07 0.73 0.72 0.81 1.64
Asian 5.93 5.03 2.90 4.83 4.87 5.87
NHPI3 0.04 1.00 0.63 1.02 0.54 0.55
Two or more   0.17     5.12     2.35     3.26     2.16     3.07
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male - Not Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 27,213 67.38 12,616 64.62 16,221 79.30 14,662 71.02 70,712 70.00 8,163,963 70.16
Black 9,850 24.39 3,534 18.10 2,578 12.60 3,852 18.66 19,814 19.61 2,085,250 17.92
AIAN2 364 0.90 157 0.80 169 0.83 113 0.55 803 0.79 140,004 1.20
Asian 2,871 7.11 1,064 5.45 764 3.73 1,120 5.42 5,819 5.76 839,038 7.21
NHPI3 16 0.04 185 0.95 151 0.74 190 0.92 542 0.54 60,359 0.52
Two or more 72 0.18 999 5.12 552 2.70 687 3.33 2,310 2.29 348,116 2.99
Unknown 3 0.01   969 4.96   21 0.10   22 0.11   1,015 1.00   0 0
TOTAL 40,389 100 19,524 100 20,456 100 20,646 100 101,015 100 11,636,730 100
Male - Not Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 67.38 67.99 79.38 71.09 70.71 70.16
Black 24.39 19.05 12.62 18.68 19.81 17.92
AIAN2 0.90 0.85 0.83 0.55 0.80 1.20
Asian 7.11 5.73 3.74 5.43 5.82 7.21
NHPI3 0.04 1.00 0.74 0.92 0.54 0.52
Two or more   0.18     5.38     2.70     3.33     2.31     2.99
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 7,878 96.31 2,570 77.13 6,371 94.34 3,546 85.76 20,365 90.92 2,857,285 87.54
Black 261 3.19 289 8.67 202 2.99 253 6.12 1,005 4.49 136,773 4.19
AIAN2 19 0.23 75 2.25 30 0.44 66 1.60 190 0.85 104,790 3.21
Asian 8 0.10 26 0.78 25 0.37 75 1.81 134 0.60 35,242 1.08
NHPI3 2 0.02 32 0.96 20 0.30 63 1.52 117 0.52 20,857 0.64
Two or more 11 0.13 109 3.27 86 1.27 119 2.88 325 1.45 108,873 3.34
Unknown 1 0.01   231 6.93   19 0.28   13 0.31   264 1.18   0 0
TOTAL 8,180 100 3,332 100 6,753 100 4,135 100 22,400 100 3,263,821 100
Male - Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 96.32 82.88 94.61 86.03 92.00 87.54
Black 3.19 9.32 3.00 6.14 4.54 4.19
AIAN2 0.23 2.42 0.45 1.60 0.86 3.21
Asian 0.10 0.84 0.37 1.82 0.61 1.08
NHPI3 0.02 1.03 0.30 1.53 0.53 0.64
Two or more   0.13     3.51     1.28     2.89     1.47     3.34
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 5,723 56.55 4,147 55.84 2,349 76.84 4,695 66.36 16,914 61.11 10,731,161 73.03
Black 3,650 36.06 1,925 25.92 448 14.65 1,634 23.10 7,657 27.66 2,306,167 15.69
AIAN2 91 0.90 95 1.28 38 1.24 75 1.06 299 1.08 232,726 1.58
Asian 621 6.14 341 4.59 88 2.88 311 4.40 1,361 4.92 865,548 5.89
NHPI3 6 0.06 78 1.05 21 0.69 71 1.00 176 0.64 77,021 0.52
Two or more 26 0.26 439 5.91 106 3.47 271 3.83 842 3.04 481,481 3.28
Unknown 4 0.04   402 5.41   7 0.23   18 0.25   431 1.56   0 0
TOTAL 10,121 100 7,427 100 3,057 100 7,075 100 27,680 100 14,694,105 100
Female with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 56.57 59.03 77.02 66.53 62.07 73.03
Black 36.08 27.40 14.69 23.15 28.10 15.69
AIAN2 0.90 1.35 1.25 1.06 1.10 1.58
Asian 6.14 4.85 2.89 4.41 4.99 5.89
NHPI3 0.06 1.11 0.69 1.01 0.65 0.52
Two or more   0.26     6.25     3.48     3.84     3.09     3.28
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Female - Not Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 3,872 47.38 3,138 51.39 1,444 68.86 3,592 62.58 12,046 54.47 7,929,144 69.04
Black 3,566 43.63 1,806 29.58 425 20.27 1,527 26.60 7,324 33.12 2,150,807 18.73
AIAN2 83 1.02 69 1.13 30 1.43 53 0.92 235 1.06 138,948 1.21
Asian 619 7.57 328 5.37 84 4.01 278 4.84 1,309 5.92 828,657 7.22
NHPI3 5 0.06 63 1.03 17 0.81 51 0.89 136 0.61 57,358 0.50
Two or more 25 0.31 390 6.39 95 4.53 228 3.97 738 3.34 379,597 3.31
Unknown 3 0.04   312 5.11   2 0.10   11 0.19   328 1.48   0 0
TOTAL 8,173 100 6,106 100 2,097 100 5,740 100 22,116 100 11,484,511 100
Female - Not Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 47.39 54.16 68.93 62.70 55.29 69.04
Black 43.65 31.17 20.29 26.65 33.61 18.73
AIAN2 1.02 1.19 1.43 0.93 1.08 1.21
Asian 7.58 5.66 4.01 4.85 6.01 7.22
NHPI3 0.06 1.09 0.81 0.89 0.62 0.50
Two or more   0.31     6.73     4.53     3.98     3.39     3.31
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Female - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 1,851 95.02 1,009 76.38 905 94.27 1,103 82.62 4,868 87.49 2,802,017 87.30
Black 84 4.31 119 9.01 23 2.40 107 8.01 333 5.98 155,360 4.84
AIAN2 8 0.41 26 1.97 8 0.83 22 1.65 64 1.15 93,778 2.92
Asian 2 0.10 13 0.98 4 0.42 33 2.47 52 0.93 36,891 1.15
NHPI3 1 0.05 15 1.14 4 0.42 20 1.50 40 0.72 19,663 0.61
Two or more 1 0.05 49 3.71 11 1.15 43 3.22 104 1.87 101,885 3.17
Unknown 1 0.05   90 6.81   5 0.52   7 0.52   103 1.85   0 0
TOTAL 1,948 100 1,321 100 960 100 1,335 100 5,564 100 3,209,594 100
Female - Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 95.07 81.97 94.76 83.06 89.14 87.30
Black 4.31 9.67 2.41 8.06 6.10 4.84
AIAN2 0.41 2.11 0.84 1.66 1.17 2.92
Asian 0.10 1.06 0.42 2.48 0.95 1.15
NHPI3 0.05 1.22 0.42 1.51 0.73 0.61
Two or more   0.05     3.98     1.15     3.24     1.90     3.17
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
     
1. 234 males and 61 females with Unknown ethnicity are not included in this table.
2. American Indian, Alaska Native
3. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
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 2015-September 2016 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).