Table B-27

Table B-27.  FY 1997 Active Component Enlisted Members by Education, Service, and Gender
with Civilian Comparison Group

 

EDUCATIONAL TIER

 

TOTAL

TIER 1

 

TIER 2

 

TIER 3

 

GENDER

#

 

%

 

#

 

%

 

#

 

%

 

#

 

%

ARMY

   Males

330,220

 

95.31%

 

14,538

 

4.20%

 

1,700

 

0.49%

 

346,458

 

100.00%

   Females

60,388

 

97.94%

 

915

 

1.48%

 

358

 

0.58%

 

61,661

 

100.00%

   Total

390,608

 

95.71%

 

15,453

 

3.79%

 

2,058

 

0.50%

 

408,119

 

100.00%

NAVY

   Males

272,047

 

92.88%

 

14,309

 

4.89%

 

6,560

 

2.24%

 

292,916

 

100.00%

   Females

40,194

 

97.30%

 

954

 

2.31%

 

161

 

0.39%

 

41,309

 

100.00%

   Total

312,241

 

93.42%

 

15,263

 

4.57%

 

6,721

 

2.01%

 

334,225

 

100.00%

MARINE CORPS

   Males

140,383

 

95.07%

 

7,102

 

4.81%

 

183

 

0.12%

 

147,668

 

100.00%

   Females

8,265

 

97.25%

 

232

 

2.73%

 

2

 

0.02%

 

8,499

 

100.00%

   Total

148,648

 

95.19%

 

7,334

 

4.70%

 

185

 

0.12%

 

156,167

 

100.00%

AIR FORCE

   Males

245,763

 

99.82%

 

408

 

0.17%

 

35

 

0.01%

 

246,206

 

100.00%

   Females

53,087

 

99.85%

 

76

 

0.14%

 

4

 

0.01%

 

53,167

 

100.00%

   Total

298,850

 

99.83%

 

484

 

0.16%

 

39

 

0.01%

 

299,373

 

100.00%

TOTAL DoD

   Males

988,413

 

95.66%

 

36,357

 

3.52%

 

8,478

 

0.82%

 

1,033,248

 

100.00%

   Females

161,934

 

98.36%

 

2,177

 

1.32%

 

525

 

0.32%

 

164,636

 

100.00%

   Total

1,150,347

 

96.03%

 

38,534

 

3.22%

 

9,003

 

0.75%

 

1,197,884

 

100.00%

18-44 YEAR OLD CIVILIAN WORKFORCE

   Males

41,336,522

 

86.76%

 

*

 

*

 

6,309,663

 

13.24%

 

47,646,185

 

100.00%

   Females

37,527,432

 

90.78%

 

*

 

*

 

3,810,609

 

9.22%

 

41,338,041

 

100.00%

   Total

78,863,953

 

88.63%

 

*

 

*

 

10,120,273

 

11.37%

 

88,984,226

 

100.00%

   * Civilian numbers and percentages combine tiers 1 and 2.

      Rows 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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