Table B-3.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY19: 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 37,114 6,628 43,742 18,181 4,918 23,099 23,343 2,587 25,930 17,150 5,168 22,318 95,788 19,301 115,089 10,766,118 10,573,353 21,339,472
Black 10,529 3,763 14,292 4,995 2,473 7,468 2,706 393 3,099 4,098 1,899 5,997 22,328 8,528 30,856 2,093,530 2,216,052 4,309,582
AIAN 1 371 106 477 181 82 263 165 37 202 214 75 289 931 300 1,231 216,463 197,179 413,642
Asian 2,783 718 3,501 1,648 532 2,180 811 78 889 1,065 347 1,412 6,307 1,675 7,982 924,026 912,419 1,836,445
NHPI 2 6 1 7 305 106 411 163 21 184 255 120 375 729 248 977 60,808 58,762 119,571
Two or more 33 16 49 1,031 396 1,427 847 132 979 1,032 349 1,381 2,943 893 3,836 526,013 551,018 1,077,031
Unknown 0 0 0   2,587 822 3,409   127 19 146   38 10 48   2,752 851 3,603   0 0 0
TOTAL 50,836 11,232 62,068 28,928 9,329 38,257 28,162 3,267 31,429 23,852 7,968 31,820 131,778 31,796 163,574 14,586,959 14,508,784 29,095,743
Hispanic 9,786 2,655 12,441 5,004 2,020 7,024 7,891 1,214 9,105 4,465 1,739 6,204 27,146 7,628 34,774 3,366,970 3,294,422 6,661,392
Not Hispanic 41,050 8,577 49,627 23,924 7,309 31,233 20,269 2,053 22,322 19,379 6,225 25,604 104,622 24,164 128,786 11,219,988 11,214,363 22,434,351
Unknown 0 0 0   0 0 0   2 0 2   8 4 12   10 4 14   0 0 0
TOTAL 50,836 11,232 62,068 28,928 9,329 38,257 28,162 3,267 31,429 23,852 7,968 31,820 131,778 31,796 163,574 14,586,959 14,508,784 29,095,743
Percent
White 73.01 59.01 70.47 62.85 52.72 60.38 82.89 79.19 82.50 71.90 64.86 70.14 72.69 60.70 70.36 73.81 72.88 73.34
Black 20.71 33.50 23.03 17.27 26.51 19.52 9.61 12.03 9.86 17.18 23.83 18.85 16.94 26.82 18.86 14.35 15.27 14.81
AIAN 1 0.73 0.94 0.77 0.63 0.88 0.69 0.59 1.13 0.64 0.90 0.94 0.91 0.71 0.94 0.75 1.48 1.36 1.42
Asian 5.47 6.39 5.64 5.70 5.70 5.70 2.88 2.39 2.83 4.47 4.35 4.44 4.79 5.27 4.88 6.33 6.29 6.31
NHPI 2 0.01 0.01 0.01 1.05 1.14 1.07 0.58 0.64 0.59 1.07 1.51 1.18 0.55 0.78 0.60 0.42 0.41 0.41
Two or more 0.06 0.14 0.08 3.56 4.24 3.73 3.01 4.04 3.11 4.33 4.38 4.34 2.23 2.81 2.35 3.61 3.80 3.70
Unknown 0 0 0   8.94 8.81 8.91   0.45 0.58 0.46   0.16 0.13 0.15   2.09 2.68 2.20   0 0 0
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Hispanic 19.25 23.64 20.04 17.30 21.65 18.36 28.02 37.16 28.97 18.72 21.82 19.50 20.60 23.99 21.26 23.08 22.71 22.89
Not Hispanic 80.75 76.36 79.96 82.70 78.35 81.64 71.97 62.84 71.02 81.25 78.13 80.47 79.39 76.00 78.73 76.92 77.29 77.11
Unknown 0 0 0   0 0 0   0.01 0 0.01   0.03 0.05 0.04   0.01 0.01 0.01   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 2018-September 2019 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).  The data in this report reflect NPS accessions from 1 October 2018 through 30 September 2019.