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Table 19

REJECTION RATES FOR FAILURE TO PASS
THE ARMED FORCES MENTAL TEST, BY COLOR

Number
Examined,
1962
Failed Mental Test
Number Percent
Continental United States 286,152 64,536 22.6
White 235,678 36,204 15.4
Negro 050,474 28,332 56.1
First Army Area:
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
White 049,171 12,989 26.4
Negro 007,937 03,976 50.1
Second Army Area:
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
White 048,641 05,888 12.1
Negro 009,563 04,255 44.5
Third Army Area:
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
White 030,242 05,786 19.1
Negro 020,343 13,772 67.7
Fourth Army Area:
(Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
White 015,048 02,039 13.5
Negro 004,796 02,988 62.3
Fifth Army Area:
(Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
White 051,117 04,495 08.9
Negro 005,723 02,684 46.9
Sixth Army Area:
(Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington)
White 041,459 05,007 12.1
Negro 002,112 0,0657 31.1
Source: Department of Defense, 1962. Examinations for the draft; does not include examination of applicants for enlistment.

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