How to crop by aspect ratio, not pixels or inches

I really haven't understood the crop tool. Sometimes it crops by aspect ratio, and other times it uses the absolute pixels you specify in the width and height options in the crop box. It's not clear at all. What am I doing wrong?
Say I have an image that's 1000 x 1000. I want to crop it with a 3:2 aspect ratio. So if I type width 3 height 2 the aspect ratio is OK, but when I OK the crop I get left with an image 3 pixels wide and 2 pixels high. Not what I wanted at all. I want an image 1000 pixels wide and 667 pixels high.
Why does photoshop not have a crop by aspect ratio (no resampling) instead of a crop by absolute pixels or inches? Thanks

Why does photoshop not have a crop by aspect ratio (no resampling) instead of a crop by absolute pixels or inches? Thanks
Select the Marquee tool
Style: Fixed Ratio
Width: 3 Height: 2
Drag out the desired Marquee
Image > Crop

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