Characteristics of Active Component NPS Applicants

Characteristics of Active Component Non-Prior Service Applicants

In FY 2000, approximately 365,000 individuals applied to serve in the active enlisted military force (Appendix Table A-1), up from nearly 344,000 in FY 1999. The distribution of FY 2000 Active Component NPS applicants by race/ethnicity and gender is shown in Table 2.2.

Table 2.2. Race/Ethnicity and Gender of FY 2000 Active Component NPS Applicants,* by Service (Percent)
	Army	Navy	Marine Corps	Air Force	DoD
MALES
White	61.3	56.7	65.8	68.3	61.9
Black	21.8	21.2	14.4	19.1	20.0
Hispanic	11.6	12.1	14.0	6.8	11.5
Other	5.3	9.9	5.8	5.9	6.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
FEMALES
White	45.7	47.5	57.3	56.4	48.9
Black	37.1	29.7	21.9	29.4	33.0
Hispanic	11.3	12.8	14.2	7.6	11.1
Other	5.9	10.1	6.6	6.6	7.1
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
TOTAL
Male	74.1	78.9	91.6	69.3	77.2
Female	25.9	21.1	8.4	30.7	22.8
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. * Applicant data reported for FY 2000 are based on the DMDC edit version of the USMEPCOM file, which has been "cleaned" by the edit process. FY 2000 applicant data are consistent with Information Delivery System (IDS) data. Also see Appendix Tables A-3 (Race/Ethnicity by Service and Gender) and A-4 (Ethnicity by Service).

Seventy-seven percent of the applicants were male, of whom 62 percent were White, 20 percent Black, 12 percent Hispanic, and 7 percent "Other." For female applicants, approximately 50 percent were White, 33 percent Black, 11 percent Hispanic, and 7 percent "Other." [footnote 16] Additional statistics on applicant characteristics (e.g., age, education levels, AFQT scores, and marital status, by gender and race/ethnicity) are contained in Appendix A, Tables A-1 through A-8.

[footnote 16] Includes Native Americans, Asians, and Pacific Islanders. [back to paragraph]

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