Table B-3.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY17: by Service, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity with Civilian Comparison Group
  SERVICE           CIVILIAN POPULATION
RACE/ ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD 18-24 YEARS-OLD 
ETHNICITY Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
Number
White 38,329 6,106 44,435 17,415 5,050 22,465 24,075 2,556 26,631 17,306 4,606 21,912 97,125 18,318 115,443 11,173,687 10,873,404 22,047,091
Black 10,421 3,534 13,955 4,004 2,148 6,152 2,489 399 2,888 3,796 1,639 5,435 20,710 7,720 28,430 2,207,885 2,394,422 4,602,307
AIAN 1 392 100 492 213 120 333 170 21 191 189 91 280 964 332 1,296 234,990 214,651 449,641
Asian 2,568 649 3,217 1,339 452 1,791 789 74 863 1,064 295 1,359 5,760 1,470 7,230 835,370 827,824 1,663,195
NHPI 2 23 4 27 236 113 349 203 23 226 233 90 323 695 230 925 78,345 68,595 146,940
Two or more 70 26 96 1,071 463 1,534 749 122 871 883 370 1,253 2,773 981 3,754 453,159 470,608 923,767
Unknown 3 1 4   1,748 586 2,334   67 18 85   61 21 82   1,879 626 2,505   0 0 0
TOTAL 51,806 10,420 62,226 26,026 8,932 34,958 28,542 3,213 31,755 23,532 7,112 30,644 129,906 29,677 159,583 14,983,437 14,849,505 29,832,941
Hispanic 9,284 2,357 11,641 3,629 1,557 5,186 7,465 1,048 8,513 3,928 1,400 5,328 24,306 6,362 30,668 3,298,938 3,162,613 6,461,551
Not Hispanic 42,522 8,063 50,585 22,395 7,374 29,769 21,075 2,165 23,240 19,572 5,710 25,282 105,564 23,312 128,876 11,684,499 11,686,892 23,371,391
Unknown 0 0 0   2 1 3   2 0 2   32 2 34   36 3 39   0 0 0
TOTAL 51,806 10,420 62,226 26,026 8,932 34,958 28,542 3,213 31,755 23,532 7,112 30,644 129,906 29,677 159,583 14,983,437 14,849,505 29,832,941
Percent
White 73.99 58.60 71.41 66.91 56.54 64.26 84.35 79.55 83.86 73.54 64.76 71.51 74.77 61.72 72.34 74.57 73.22 73.90
Black 20.12 33.92 22.43 15.38 24.05 17.60 8.72 12.42 9.09 16.13 23.05 17.74 15.94 26.01 17.82 14.74 16.12 15.43
AIAN 1 0.76 0.96 0.79 0.82 1.34 0.95 0.60 0.65 0.60 0.80 1.28 0.91 0.74 1.12 0.81 1.57 1.45 1.51
Asian 4.96 6.23 5.17 5.14 5.06 5.12 2.76 2.30 2.72 4.52 4.15 4.43 4.43 4.95 4.53 5.58 5.57 5.58
NHPI 2 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.91 1.27 1.00 0.71 0.72 0.71 0.99 1.27 1.05 0.54 0.78 0.58 0.52 0.46 0.49
Two or more 0.14 0.25 0.15 4.12 5.18 4.39 2.62 3.80 2.74 3.75 5.20 4.09 2.13 3.31 2.35 3.02 3.17 3.10
Unknown 0.01 0.01 0.01   6.72 6.56 6.68   0.23 0.56 0.27   0.26 0.30 0.27   1.45 2.11 1.57   0 0 0
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Hispanic 17.92 22.62 18.71 13.94 17.43 14.83 26.15 32.62 26.81 16.69 19.69 17.39 18.71 21.44 19.22 22.02 21.30 21.66
Not Hispanic 82.08 77.38 81.29 86.05 82.56 85.16 73.84 67.38 73.19 83.17 80.29 82.50 81.26 78.55 80.76 77.98 78.70 78.34
Unknown 0 0 0   0.01 0.01 0.01   0.01 0 0.01   0.14 0.03 0.11   0.03 0.01 0.02   0 0 0
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
       
1. American Indian, Alaska Native
2. 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 2016-September 2017 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).  The data in this report reflect NPS accessions from 1 October 2016 through 30 September 2017.