Table B-10.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY18: 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 46,424 73.09 24,545 63.34 26,306 84.02 21,935 73.18 119,210 72.89 21,320,505 73.25
Black 13,470 21.21 6,850 17.68 2,937 9.38 5,141 17.15 28,398 17.36 4,410,225 15.15
AIAN2 533 0.84 305 0.79 199 0.64 243 0.81 1,280 0.78 440,252 1.51
Asian 2,998 4.72 1,514 3.91 703 2.25 1,128 3.76 6,343 3.88 1,770,747 6.08
NHPI3 16 0.03 377 0.97 171 0.55 303 1.01 867 0.53 140,512 0.48
Two or more 77 0.12 1,633 4.21 863 2.76 1,188 3.96 3,761 2.30 1,022,483 3.51
Unknown 1 0   3,526 9.10   131 0.42   35 0.12   3,693 2.26   0 0
TOTAL 63,519 100 38,750 100 31,310 100 29,973 100 163,552 100 29,104,724 100
Male and Female with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 73.09 69.68 84.37 73.27 74.57 73.25
Black 21.21 19.45 9.42 17.17 17.76 15.15
AIAN2 0.84 0.87 0.64 0.81 0.80 1.51
Asian 4.72 4.30 2.25 3.77 3.97 6.08
NHPI3 0.03 1.07 0.55 1.01 0.54 0.48
Two or more   0.12     4.64     2.77     3.97     2.35     3.51
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male and Female - Not Hispanic
White 35,175 67.90 19,073 60.12 18,355 80.30 17,249 70.41 89,852 68.65 15,565,502 69.10
Black 13,070 25.23 6,250 19.70 2,709 11.85 4,785 19.53 26,814 20.49 4,107,858 18.24
AIAN2 501 0.97 211 0.67 154 0.67 130 0.53 996 0.76 303,983 1.35
Asian 2,970 5.73 1,469 4.63 671 2.94 1,068 4.36 6,178 4.72 1,680,629 7.46
NHPI3 16 0.03 330 1.04 152 0.67 229 0.93 727 0.56 100,930 0.45
Two or more 71 0.14 1,403 4.42 758 3.32 1,011 4.13 3,243 2.48 766,246 3.40
Unknown 0 0   2,988 9.42   58 0.25   26 0.11   3,072 2.35   0 0
TOTAL 51,803 100 31,724 100 22,857 100 24,498 100 130,882 100 22,525,148 100
Male and Female - Not Hispanic , with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 67.90 66.37 80.51 70.48 70.30 69.10
Black 25.23 21.75 11.88 19.55 20.98 18.24
AIAN2 0.97 0.73 0.68 0.53 0.78 1.35
Asian 5.73 5.11 2.94 4.36 4.83 7.46
NHPI3 0.03 1.15 0.67 0.94 0.57 0.45
Two or more   0.14     4.88     3.32     4.13     2.54     3.40
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male and Female - Hispanic
White 11,249 96.01 5,472 77.88 7,951 94.06 4,686 85.59 29,358 89.86 5,755,004 87.47
Black 400 3.41 600 8.54 228 2.70 356 6.50 1,584 4.85 302,368 4.60
AIAN2 32 0.27 94 1.34 45 0.53 113 2.06 284 0.87 136,269 2.07
Asian 28 0.24 45 0.64 32 0.38 60 1.10 165 0.51 90,118 1.37
NHPI3 0 0 47 0.67 19 0.22 74 1.35 140 0.43 39,581 0.60
Two or more 6 0.05 230 3.27 105 1.24 177 3.23 518 1.59 256,237 3.89
Unknown 1 0.01   538 7.66   73 0.86   9 0.16   621 1.90   0 0
TOTAL 11,716 100 7,026 100 8,453 100 5,475 100 32,670 100 6,579,576 100
Male and Female - Hispanic , with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 96.02 84.34 94.88 85.73 91.60 87.47
Black 3.41 9.25 2.72 6.51 4.94 4.60
AIAN2 0.27 1.45 0.54 2.07 0.89 2.07
Asian 0.24 0.69 0.38 1.10 0.51 1.37
NHPI3 0 0.72 0.23 1.35 0.44 0.60
Two or more   0.05     3.55     1.25     3.24     1.62     3.89
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 39,816 75.58 19,343 66.00 23,721 84.63 17,051 74.88 99,931 75.25 10,753,377 73.56
Black 9,930 18.85 4,521 15.43 2,523 9.00 3,562 15.64 20,536 15.47 2,158,359 14.76
AIAN2 427 0.81 206 0.70 171 0.61 158 0.69 962 0.72 227,765 1.56
Asian 2,446 4.64 1,158 3.95 627 2.24 886 3.89 5,117 3.85 897,290 6.14
NHPI3 11 0.02 265 0.90 146 0.52 220 0.97 642 0.48 73,161 0.50
Two or more 52 0.10 1,155 3.94 737 2.63 867 3.81 2,811 2.12 508,697 3.48
Unknown 1 0   2,659 9.07   104 0.37   27 0.12   2,791 2.10   0 0
TOTAL 52,683 100 29,307 100 28,029 100 22,771 100 132,790 100 14,618,648 100
Male with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 75.58 72.59 84.95 74.97 76.87 73.56
Black 18.85 16.97 9.03 15.66 15.80 14.76
AIAN2 0.81 0.77 0.61 0.69 0.74 1.56
Asian 4.64 4.35 2.25 3.90 3.94 6.14
NHPI3 0.02 0.99 0.52 0.97 0.49 0.50
Two or more   0.10     4.33     2.64     3.81     2.16     3.48
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male - Not Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 30,849 71.15 15,435 63.51 16,810 81.20 13,599 72.49 76,693 71.60 7,868,995 69.60
Black 9,621 22.19 4,089 16.83 2,327 11.24 3,307 17.63 19,344 18.06 2,012,281 17.80
AIAN2 400 0.92 147 0.60 133 0.64 84 0.45 764 0.71 155,162 1.37
Asian 2,425 5.59 1,123 4.62 598 2.89 841 4.48 4,987 4.66 844,215 7.47
NHPI3 11 0.03 229 0.94 130 0.63 163 0.87 533 0.50 52,563 0.46
Two or more 49 0.11 995 4.09 655 3.16 747 3.98 2,446 2.28 373,202 3.30
Unknown 0 0   2,284 9.40   48 0.23   19 0.10   2,351 2.19   0 0
TOTAL 43,355 100 24,302 100 20,701 100 18,760 100 107,118 100 11,306,418 100
Male - Not Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 71.15 70.10 81.39 72.56 73.20 69.60
Black 22.19 18.57 11.27 17.65 18.46 17.80
AIAN2 0.92 0.67 0.64 0.45 0.73 1.37
Asian 5.59 5.10 2.90 4.49 4.76 7.47
NHPI3 0.03 1.04 0.63 0.87 0.51 0.46
Two or more   0.11     4.52     3.17     3.99     2.33     3.30
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 8,967 96.13 3,908 78.08 6,911 94.31 3,452 86.06 23,238 90.52 2,884,381 87.08
Black 309 3.31 432 8.63 196 2.67 255 6.36 1,192 4.64 146,078 4.41
AIAN2 27 0.29 59 1.18 38 0.52 74 1.84 198 0.77 72,603 2.19
Asian 21 0.23 35 0.70 29 0.40 45 1.12 130 0.51 53,075 1.60
NHPI3 0 0 36 0.72 16 0.22 57 1.42 109 0.42 20,598 0.62
Two or more 3 0.03 160 3.20 82 1.12 120 2.99 365 1.42 135,495 4.09
Unknown 1 0.01   375 7.49   56 0.76   8 0.20   440 1.71   0 0
TOTAL 9,328 100 5,005 100 7,328 100 4,011 100 25,672 100 3,312,230 100
Male - Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 96.14 84.41 95.04 86.24 92.10 87.08
Black 3.31 9.33 2.70 6.37 4.72 4.41
AIAN2 0.29 1.27 0.52 1.85 0.78 2.19
Asian 0.23 0.76 0.40 1.12 0.52 1.60
NHPI3 0 0.78 0.22 1.42 0.43 0.62
Two or more   0.03     3.46     1.13     3.00     1.45     4.09
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 6,608 60.98 5,202 55.09 2,585 78.79 4,884 67.81 19,279 62.67 10,567,129 72.95
Black 3,540 32.67 2,329 24.66 414 12.62 1,579 21.92 7,862 25.56 2,251,867 15.55
AIAN2 106 0.98 99 1.05 28 0.85 85 1.18 318 1.03 212,487 1.47
Asian 552 5.09 356 3.77 76 2.32 242 3.36 1,226 3.99 873,457 6.03
NHPI3 5 0.05 112 1.19 25 0.76 83 1.15 225 0.73 67,351 0.46
Two or more 25 0.23 478 5.06 126 3.84 321 4.46 950 3.09 513,786 3.55
Unknown 0 0   867 9.18   27 0.82   8 0.11   902 2.93   0 0
TOTAL 10,836 100 9,443 100 3,281 100 7,202 100 30,762 100 14,486,076 100
Female with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 60.98 60.66 79.44 67.89 64.56 72.95
Black 32.67 27.16 12.72 21.95 26.33 15.55
AIAN2 0.98 1.15 0.86 1.18 1.06 1.47
Asian 5.09 4.15 2.34 3.36 4.11 6.03
NHPI3 0.05 1.31 0.77 1.15 0.75 0.46
Two or more   0.23     5.57     3.87     4.46     3.18     3.55
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Female - Not Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 4,326 51.21 3,638 49.02 1,545 71.66 3,650 63.61 13,159 55.37 7,696,506 68.60
Black 3,449 40.83 2,161 29.12 382 17.72 1,478 25.76 7,470 31.43 2,095,577 18.68
AIAN2 101 1.20 64 0.86 21 0.97 46 0.80 232 0.98 148,821 1.33
Asian 545 6.45 346 4.66 73 3.39 227 3.96 1,191 5.01 836,414 7.46
NHPI3 5 0.06 101 1.36 22 1.02 66 1.15 194 0.82 48,367 0.43
Two or more 22 0.26 408 5.50 103 4.78 264 4.60 797 3.35 393,044 3.50
Unknown 0 0   704 9.49   10 0.46   7 0.12   721 3.03   0 0
TOTAL 8,448 100 7,422 100 2,156 100 5,738 100 23,764 100 11,218,730 100
Female - Not Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 51.21 54.15 71.99 63.69 57.11 68.60
Black 40.83 32.17 17.80 25.79 32.42 18.68
AIAN2 1.20 0.95 0.98 0.80 1.01 1.33
Asian 6.45 5.15 3.40 3.96 5.17 7.46
NHPI3 0.06 1.50 1.03 1.15 0.84 0.43
Two or more   0.26     6.07     4.80     4.61     3.46     3.50
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Female - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 2,282 95.56 1,564 77.39 1,040 92.44 1,234 84.29 6,120 87.45 2,870,623 87.86
Black 91 3.81 168 8.31 32 2.84 101 6.90 392 5.60 156,289 4.78
AIAN2 5 0.21 35 1.73 7 0.62 39 2.66 86 1.23 63,666 1.95
Asian 7 0.29 10 0.49 3 0.27 15 1.02 35 0.50 37,043 1.13
NHPI3 0 0 11 0.54 3 0.27 17 1.16 31 0.44 18,983 0.58
Two or more 3 0.13 70 3.46 23 2.04 57 3.89 153 2.19 120,743 3.70
Unknown 0 0   163 8.07   17 1.51   1 0.07   181 2.59   0 0
TOTAL 2,388 100 2,021 100 1,125 100 1,464 100 6,998 100 3,267,346 100
Female - Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 95.56 84.18 93.86 84.35 89.78 87.86
Black 3.81 9.04 2.89 6.90 5.75 4.78
AIAN2 0.21 1.88 0.63 2.67 1.26 1.95
Asian 0.29 0.54 0.27 1.03 0.51 1.13
NHPI3 0 0.59 0.27 1.16 0.45 0.58
Two or more   0.13     3.77     2.08     3.90     2.24     3.70
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
     
1. 22 males and 8 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 2017-September 2018 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).  The military data in this table reflect NPS accessions from 1 October 2017 through 30 September 2018.