Table B-11.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY16: by Service, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity (multiple race identifications) with Civilian Comparison Group
 
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD 18-24 YEARS-OLD2
RACE/ETHNICITY1 # % # % # % # % # % # %
Male and Female
White 43,490 69.58 20,779 64.58 25,623 81.94 24,060 71.87 113,952 71.48 22,626,344 73.93
Black 14,703 23.52 6,379 19.83 3,624 11.59 6,300 18.82 31,006 19.45 4,974,167 16.25
AIAN3 528 0.84 1,093 3.40 359 1.15 536 1.60 2,516 1.58 766,250 2.50
Asian 3,715 5.94 1,826 5.68 1,193 3.82 1,940 5.79 8,674 5.44 2,009,378 6.57
NHPI4 58 0.09 492 1.53 423 1.35 590 1.76 1,563 0.98 225,784 0.74
Unknown 9 0.01   1,607 4.99   47 0.15   53 0.16   1,716 1.08   1,767 0.01
TOTAL 62,503 100 32,176 100 31,269 100 33,479 100 159,427 100 30,603,689 100
Male and Female - Not Hispanic 5
White 33,252 64.16 17,046 62.39 18,254 78.01 19,225 69.26 87,777 67.36 16,768,579 70.16
Black 14,325 27.64 5,897 21.58 3,354 14.33 5,868 21.14 29,444 22.60 4,572,374 19.13
AIAN3 494 0.95 910 3.33 302 1.29 391 1.41 2,097 1.61 485,663 2.03
Asian 3,701 7.14 1,753 6.42 1,111 4.75 1,776 6.40 8,341 6.40 1,900,800 7.95
NHPI4 51 0.10 428 1.57 356 1.52 464 1.67 1,299 1.00 173,121 0.72
Unknown 7 0.01   1,286 4.71   23 0.10   33 0.12   1,349 1.04   405 0.00
TOTAL 51,830 100 27,320 100 23,400 100 27,757 100 130,307 100 23,900,942 100
Male and Female - Hispanic 5
White 10,238 95.92 3,733 76.87 7,369 93.65 4,835 84.50 26,175 89.89 5,857,765 87.39
Black 378 3.54 482 9.93 270 3.43 432 7.55 1,562 5.36 401,792 5.99
AIAN3 34 0.32 183 3.77 57 0.72 145 2.53 419 1.44 280,587 4.19
Asian 14 0.13 73 1.50 82 1.04 164 2.87 333 1.14 108,578 1.62
NHPI4 7 0.07 64 1.32 67 0.85 126 2.20 264 0.91 52,662 0.79
Unknown 2 0.02   321 6.61   24 0.30   20 0.35   367 1.26   1,362 0
TOTAL 10,673 100 4,856 100 7,869 100 5,722 100 29,120 100 6,702,747 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD 18-24 YEARS-OLD2
RACE/ETHNICITY1 # % # % # % # % # % # %
Male (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 37,432 72.28 16,254 67.09 23,170 82.55 19,098 73.38 95,954 73.75 11,447,964 74.35
Black 10,818 20.89 4,248 17.53 3,125 11.13 4,521 17.37 22,712 17.46 2,426,760 15.76
AIAN3 426 0.82 780 3.22 299 1.07 394 1.51 1,899 1.46 384,783 2.50
Asian 3,058 5.90 1,388 5.73 1,060 3.78 1,517 5.83 7,023 5.40 1,018,650 6.62
NHPI4 48 0.09 353 1.46 374 1.33 462 1.78 1,237 0.95 119,016 0.77
Unknown 5 0.01   1,205 4.97   40 0.14   35 0.13   1,285 0.99   683 0
TOTAL 51,787 100 24,228 100 28,068 100 26,027 100 130,110 100 15,397,856 100
Male - Not Hispanic5 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 29,120 67.50 13,574 65.42 16,717 78.94 15,413 71.01 74,824 70.08 8,488,841 70.67
Black 10,530 24.41 3,912 18.85 2,882 13.61 4,212 19.41 21,536 20.17 2,225,004 18.52
AIAN3 401 0.93 646 3.11 253 1.19 286 1.32 1,586 1.49 242,347 2.02
Asian 3,046 7.06 1,333 6.42 986 4.66 1,401 6.46 6,766 6.34 963,938 8.03
NHPI4 42 0.10 311 1.50 317 1.50 370 1.70 1,040 0.97 90,973 0.76
Unknown 4 0.01   974 4.69   21 0.10   22 0.10   1,021 0.96   405 0
TOTAL 43,143 100 20,750 100 21,176 100 21,704 100 106,773 100 12,011,507 100
Male - Hispanic5 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 8,312 96.16 2,680 77.06 6,453 93.63 3,685 85.24 21,130 90.54 2,959,122 87.38
Black 288 3.33 336 9.66 243 3.53 309 7.15 1,176 5.04 201,757 5.96
AIAN3 25 0.29 134 3.85 46 0.67 108 2.50 313 1.34 142,436 4.21
Asian 12 0.14 55 1.58 74 1.07 116 2.68 257 1.10 54,712 1.62
NHPI4 6 0.07 42 1.21 57 0.83 92 2.13 197 0.84 28,043 0.83
Unknown 1 0.01   231 6.64   19 0.28   13 0.30   264 1.13   278 0
TOTAL 8,644 100 3,478 100 6,892 100 4,323 100 23,337 100 3,386,348 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD   18-24 YEARS-OLD2
RACE/ETHNICITY1 # % # % # % # % # %   # %
Female (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 6,058 56.53 4,525 56.93 2,453 76.63 4,962 66.59 17,998 61.39 11,178,380 73.51
Black 3,885 36.25 2,131 26.81 499 15.59 1,779 23.87 8,294 28.29 2,547,406 16.75
AIAN3 102 0.95 313 3.94 60 1.87 142 1.91 617 2.10 381,467 2.51
Asian 657 6.13 438 5.51 133 4.15 423 5.68 1,651 5.63 990,729 6.52
NHPI4 10 0.09 139 1.75 49 1.53 128 1.72 326 1.11 106,767 0.70
Unknown 4 0.04   402 5.06   7 0.22   18 0.24   431 1.47   1,083 0.01
TOTAL 10,716 100 7,948 100 3,201 100 7,452 100 29,317 100 15,205,833 100
Female - Not Hispanic5 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 4,132 47.57 3,472 52.85 1,537 69.11 3,812 62.98 12,953 55.04 8,279,737 69.64
Black 3,795 43.69 1,985 30.21 472 21.22 1,656 27.36 7,908 33.60 2,347,371 19.74
AIAN3 93 1.07 264 4.02 49 2.20 105 1.73 511 2.17 243,316 2.05
Asian 655 7.54 420 6.39 125 5.62 375 6.20 1,575 6.69 936,863 7.88
NHPI4 9 0.10 117 1.78 39 1.75 94 1.55 259 1.10 82,148 0.69
Unknown 3 0   312 4.75   2 0.09   11 0.18   328 1.39   0 0.00
TOTAL 8,687 100 6,570 100 2,224 100 6,053 100 23,534 100 11,889,435 100
Female - Hispanic5 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 1,926 94.92 1,053 76.42 916 93.76 1,150 82.20 5,045 87.24 2,898,643 87.40
Black 90 4.44 146 10.60 27 2.76 123 8.79 386 6.67 200,036 6.03
AIAN3 9 0.44 49 3.56 11 1.13 37 2.64 106 1.83 138,151 4.17
Asian 2 0.10 18 1.31 8 0.82 48 3.43 76 1.31 53,866 1.62
NHPI4 1 0 22 1.60 10 1.02 34 2.43 67 1.16 24,619 0.74
Unknown 1 0.05   90 6.53   5 0.51   7 0.50   103 1.78   1,083 0
TOTAL 2,029 100 1,378 100 977 100 1,399 100 5,783 100 3,316,399 100
     
1. The race groupings used in this table reflect all racial identities reported by respondents.  Thus, an individual who identifies him or herself as multiracial will be counted more than once.  For example, someone who self-identifies as "Asian and Black or African-American" will be counted in both the "Black" and "Asian" categories above.  Thus, the counts overstate accessions.
2. Civilians who Declined to Respond are included in "Unknown."
3. American Indian, Alaska Native
4. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
5. Individuals with Unknown ethnicity are not included in this table.
The counts and percentages in this table do not match other tables in this report.
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).