Table B-23

Table B-23.  FY 1997 Active Component  Enlisted Members  by Age Group, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group

 

SERVICE

 

TOTAL DoD

 

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
17 YEARS AND OLDER

ARMY

 

NAVY

 

MARINE CORPS

 

AIR FORCE

   

AGE

Males

Females

Total

 

Males

Females

Total

 

Males

Females

Total

 

Males

Females

Total

 

Males

Females

Total

 

Males

Females

Total

a.  Number

17-19

34,706

8,338

43,044

 

24,839

4,372

29,211

 

25,043

1,840

26,883

 

13,877

5,392

19,269

 

98,465

19,942

118,407

 

3,233,197

2,971,339

6,204,535

20-24

115,835

21,365

137,200

 

91,347

16,819

108,166

 

73,555

3,893

77,448

 

64,284

19,479

83,763

 

345,021

61,556

406,577

 

7,063,058

6,376,936

13,439,995

25-29

80,974

14,424

95,398

 

62,572

7,765

70,337

 

21,915

1,290

23,205

 

50,444

11,660

62,104

 

215,905

35,139

251,044

 

8,542,604

7,492,390

16,034,994

30-34

54,829

8,426

63,255

 

50,070

5,628

55,698

 

12,497

722

13,219

 

49,296

7,210

56,506

 

166,692

21,986

188,678

 

9,483,945

7,863,873

17,347,818

35-39

39,571

6,042

45,613

 

43,898

4,639

48,537

 

10,364

536

10,900

 

49,057

6,227

55,284

 

142,890

17,444

160,334

 

10,471,134

8,845,102

19,316,237

40-44

15,070

2,352

17,422

 

15,578

1,586

17,164

 

3,331

180

3,511

 

16,312

2,681

18,993

 

50,291

6,799

57,090

 

9,812,095

8,685,203

18,497,299

45-49

4,133

581

4,714

 

4,018

427

4,445

 

861

35

896

 

2,751

495

3,246

 

11,763

1,538

13,301

 

8,131,914

7,436,401

15,568,316

50+

667

115

782

 

593

71

664

 

100

3

103

 

183

23

206

 

1,543

212

1,755

 

15,739,676

13,137,970

28,877,646

Unknown

673

18

691

 

1

2

3

 

2

0

2

 

2

0

2

 

678

20

698

 

0

0

0

 

TOTAL

346,458

61,661

408,119

 

292,916

41,309

334,225

 

147,668

8,499

156,167

 

246,206

53,167

299,373

 

1,033,248

164,636

1,197,884

 

72,477,624

62,809,215

135,286,839

b.  Percent

17-19

10.02%

13.52%

10.55%

 

8.48%

10.58%

8.74%

 

16.96%

21.65%

17.21%

 

5.64%

10.14%

6.44%

 

9.53%

12.11%

9.88%

 

4.46%

4.73%

4.59%

20-24

33.43%

34.65%

33.62%

 

31.19%

40.72%

32.36%

 

49.81%

45.81%

49.59%

 

26.11%

36.64%

27.98%

 

33.39%

37.39%

33.94%

 

9.75%

10.15%

9.93%

25-29

23.37%

23.39%

23.38%

 

21.36%

18.80%

21.04%

 

14.84%

15.18%

14.86%

 

20.49%

21.93%

20.74%

 

20.90%

21.34%

20.96%

 

11.79%

11.93%

11.85%

30-34

15.83%

13.67%

15.50%

 

17.09%

13.62%

16.66%

 

8.46%

8.50%

8.46%

 

20.02%

13.56%

18.87%

 

16.13%

13.35%

15.75%

 

13.09%

12.52%

12.82%

35-39

11.42%

9.80%

11.18%

 

14.99%

11.23%

14.52%

 

7.02%

6.31%

6.98%

 

19.93%

11.71%

18.47%

 

13.83%

10.60%

13.38%

 

14.45%

14.08%

14.28%

40-44

4.35%

3.81%

4.27%

 

5.32%

3.84%

5.14%

 

2.26%

2.12%

2.25%

 

6.63%

5.04%

6.34%

 

4.87%

4.13%

4.77%

 

13.54%

13.83%

13.67%

45-49

1.19%

0.94%

1.16%

 

1.37%

1.03%

1.33%

 

0.58%

0.41%

0.57%

 

1.12%

0.93%

1.08%

 

1.14%

0.93%

1.11%

 

11.22%

11.84%

11.51%

50+

0.19%

0.19%

0.19%

 

0.20%

0.17%

0.20%

 

0.07%

0.04%

0.07%

 

0.07%

0.04%

0.07%

 

0.15%

0.13%

0.15%

 

21.72%

20.92%

21.35%

Unknown

0.19%

0.03%

0.17%

 

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

 

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

 

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

 

0.07%

0.01%

0.06%

 

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

 

TOTAL

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

 

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

 

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

 

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

 

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

 

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

   Columns may not add to totals due to rounding.

   Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, September 1997.

 

 

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