Table B-30.  FY 1997 Active Component Enlisted Members by Occupational Area, Service, and Race/Ethnicity   a. Number      RACE/  ETHNICITY OCCUPATIONAL AREA* TOTAL     Infantry, Gun Crews, & Seamanship** Electronics Commu- nications Medical Other Technical Admin- istrators Electrical Craftsman Supply Non- Occupational***     ARMY        White 68,009 17,089 28,375 17,330 7,410 23,772 35,858 4,627 26,637 2,886 231,993        Black 20,418 8,395 9,125 11,349 3,777 31,961 15,072 2,615 18,099 327 121,138        Hispanic 7,673 1,871 2,481 2,747 912 5,283 3,890 458 2,792 340 28,447        Other 6,385 1,740 2,307 2,907 891 4,916 4,030 530 2,686 149 26,541        Total 102,485 29,095 42,288 34,333 12,990 65,932 58,850 8,230 50,214 3,702 408,119     NAVY        White 20,278 34,094 22,209 15,773 5,441 18,834 60,112 13,877 7,556 18,135 216,309        Black 6,143 5,602 7,038 5,188 682 10,079 15,199 2,631 5,567 7,147 65,276        Hispanic 2,596 2,808 2,274 2,789 410 2,979 7,944 1,481 1,315 3,943 28,539        Other 1,652 1,409 816 2,935 288 3,780 7,246 1,250 2,406 2,319 24,101        Total 30,669 43,913 32,337 26,685 6,821 35,672 90,501 19,239 16,844 31,544 334,225     MARINE CORPS        White 26,554 7,073 7,249 0 2,903 12,530 17,346 2,706 11,901 16,943 105,205        Black 3,347 893 2,280 0 381 7,293 3,135 674 5,103 3,099 26,205        Hispanic 3,795 684 1,095 0 260 3,815 2,584 407 2,813 2,630 18,083        Other 1,450 271 371 0 107 1,301 936 166 942 1,130 6,674        Total 35,146 8,921 10,995 0 3,651 24,939 24,001 3,953 20,759 23,802 156,167     AIR FORCE        White 14,450 26,285 16,295 16,424 9,231 40,919 56,351 10,477 16,181 14,678 221,291        Black 2,762 3,209 3,284 5,546 1,443 18,381 8,145 2,124 4,145 3,030 52,069        Hispanic 810 1,145 865 1,449 448 3,502 2,953 636 1,138 1,350 14,296        Other 466 1,078 605 1,543 415 3,118 2,117 516 837 1,022 11,717        Total 18,488 31,717 21,049 24,962 11,537 65,920 69,566 13,753 22,301 20,080 299,373     TOTAL DoD        White 129,291 84,541 74,128 49,527 24,985 96,055 169,667 31,687 62,275 52,642 774,798        Black 32,670 18,099 21,727 22,083 6,283 67,714 41,551 8,044 32,914 13,603 264,688        Hispanic 14,874 6,508 6,715 6,985 2,030 15,579 17,371 2,982 8,058 8,263 89,365        Other 9,953 4,498 4,099 7,385 1,701 13,115 14,329 2,462 6,871 4,620 69,033        Total 186,788 113,646 106,669 85,980 34,999 192,463 242,918 45,175 110,118 79,128 1,197,884     * Because of changes in occupational coding procedures in FY 1997, data may not be comparable with figures in previous years' Population Representation reports.   ** Although women do not serve in infantry positions, they do serve in other positions, such as gun crews, air crews, and seamanship specialties, included in the "infantry" area.   *** Non-occupational includes patients, students, those with unassigned duties, and unknowns.   b. Percent     ARMY        White 29.32% 7.37% 12.23% 7.47% 3.19% 10.25% 15.46% 1.99% 11.48% 1.24% 100.00%        Black 16.86% 6.93% 7.53% 9.37% 3.12% 26.38% 12.44% 2.16% 14.94% 0.27% 100.00%        Hispanic 26.97% 6.58% 8.72% 9.66% 3.21% 18.57% 13.67% 1.61% 9.81% 1.20% 100.00%        Other 24.06% 6.56% 8.69% 10.95% 3.36% 18.52% 15.18% 2.00% 10.12% 0.56% 100.00%        Total 25.11% 7.13% 10.36% 8.41% 3.18% 16.16% 14.42% 2.02% 12.30% 0.91% 100.00%     NAVY        White 9.37% 15.76% 10.27% 7.29% 2.52% 8.71% 27.79% 6.42% 3.49% 8.38% 100.00%        Black 9.41% 8.58% 10.78% 7.95% 1.04% 15.44% 23.28% 4.03% 8.53% 10.95% 100.00%        Hispanic 9.10% 9.84% 7.97% 9.77% 1.44% 10.44% 27.84% 5.19% 4.61% 13.82% 100.00%        Other 6.85% 5.85% 3.39% 12.18% 1.19% 15.68% 30.07% 5.19% 9.98% 9.62% 100.00%        Total 9.18% 13.14% 9.68% 7.98% 2.04% 10.67% 27.08% 5.76% 5.04% 9.44% 100.00%     MARINE CORPS        White 25.24% 6.72% 6.89% 0.00% 2.76% 11.91% 16.49% 2.57% 11.31% 16.10% 100.00%        Black 12.77% 3.41% 8.70% 0.00% 1.45% 27.83% 11.96% 2.57% 19.47% 11.83% 100.00%        Hispanic 20.99% 3.78% 6.06% 0.00% 1.44% 21.10% 14.29% 2.25% 15.56% 14.54% 100.00%        Other 21.73% 4.06% 5.56% 0.00% 1.60% 19.49% 14.02% 2.49% 14.11% 16.93% 100.00%        Total 22.51% 5.71% 7.04% 0.00% 2.34% 15.97% 15.37% 2.53% 13.29% 15.24% 100.00%     AIR FORCE        White 6.53% 11.88% 7.36% 7.42% 4.17% 18.49% 25.46% 4.73% 7.31% 6.63% 100.00%        Black 5.30% 6.16% 6.31% 10.65% 2.77% 35.30% 15.64% 4.08% 7.96% 5.82% 100.00%        Hispanic 5.67% 8.01% 6.05% 10.14% 3.13% 24.50% 20.66% 4.45% 7.96% 9.44% 100.00%        Other 3.98% 9.20% 5.16% 13.17% 3.54% 26.61% 18.07% 4.40% 7.14% 8.72% 100.00%        Total 6.18% 10.59% 7.03% 8.34% 3.85% 22.02% 23.24% 4.59% 7.45% 6.71% 100.00%     TOTAL DoD        White 16.69% 10.91% 9.57% 6.39% 3.22% 12.40% 21.90% 4.09% 8.04% 6.79% 100.00%        Black 12.34% 6.84% 8.21% 8.34% 2.37% 25.58% 15.70% 3.04% 12.44% 5.14% 100.00%        Hispanic 16.64% 7.28% 7.51% 7.82% 2.27% 17.43% 19.44% 3.34% 9.02% 9.25% 100.00%        Other 14.42% 6.52% 5.94% 10.70% 2.46% 19.00% 20.76% 3.57% 9.95% 6.69% 100.00%        Total 15.59% 9.49% 8.90% 7.18% 2.92% 16.07% 20.28% 3.77% 9.19% 6.61% 100.00%     * Because of changes in occupational coding procedures in FY 1997, data may not be comparable with figures in previous years' Population Representation reports.   ** Although women do not serve in infantry positions, they do serve in other positions, such as gun crews, air crews, and seamanship specialties, included in the "infantry" area.   *** Non-occupational includes patients, students, those with unassigned duties, and unknowns.      Rows or columns may not add to totals due to rounding.