Table B-31

Table B-31.  FY 1997  Active Component  Officer Accessions  and Officer Corps by Age and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups

 

SERVICE

 

TOTAL DoD

 

CIVILIAN

COLLEGE GRADUATES*

ARMY

 

NAVY

 

MARINE CORPS

 

AIR FORCE

 

AGE

#    

%    

 

#    

%    

 

#    

%    

 

#    

%    

 

#    

%    

 

#      

%     

 

a.  FY 1997 Active Component Officer Accessions

17-20

4

0.07%

 

5

0.13%

 

2

0.14%

 

4

0.09%

 

15

0.10%

 

NA

NA

 

21

385

6.71%

 

254

6.38%

 

68

4.76%

 

308

6.74%

 

1,015

6.46%

 

73,013

0.53%

 

22

1,638

28.56%

 

833

20.92%

 

318

22.27%

 

1,131

24.73%

 

3,920

24.94%

 

362,967

2.63%

 

23

911

15.88%

 

447

11.23%

 

263

18.42%

 

654

14.30%

 

2,275

14.47%

 

637,830

4.62%

 

24

486

8.47%

 

269

6.76%

 

183

12.82%

 

322

7.04%

 

1,260

8.02%

 

824,138

5.97%

 

25

398

6.94%

 

283

7.11%

 

131

9.17%

 

286

6.25%

 

1,098

6.99%

 

926,384

6.71%

 

26

373

6.50%

 

339

8.52%

 

124

8.68%

 

326

7.13%

 

1,162

7.39%

 

1,041,102

7.54%

 

27

329

5.74%

 

238

5.98%

 

105

7.35%

 

227

4.96%

 

899

5.72%

 

1,072,435

7.77%

 

28

241

4.20%

 

144

3.62%

 

58

4.06%

 

151

3.30%

 

594

3.78%

 

1,081,416

7.83%

 

29

206

3.59%

 

134

3.37%

 

52

3.64%

 

174

3.80%

 

566

3.60%

 

1,079,970

7.82%

 

30

152

2.65%

 

135

3.39%

 

22

1.54%

 

166

3.63%

 

475

3.02%

 

1,063,137

7.70%

 

31

109

1.90%

 

112

2.81%

 

12

0.84%

 

139

3.04%

 

372

2.37%

 

1,069,464

7.75%

 

32

92

1.60%

 

105

2.64%

 

10

0.70%

 

126

2.76%

 

333

2.12%

 

1,123,126

8.14%

 

33

73

1.27%

 

78

1.96%

 

10

0.70%

 

110

2.41%

 

271

1.72%

 

1,124,030

8.14%

 

34

48

0.84%

 

88

2.21%

 

4

0.28%

 

84

1.84%

 

224

1.43%

 

1,156,113

8.37%

 

35

41

0.71%

 

60

1.51%

 

6

0.42%

 

66

1.44%

 

173

1.10%

 

1,170,350

8.48%

 

36+

204

3.56%

 

345

8.67%

 

21

1.47%

 

275

6.01%

 

845

5.38%

 

NA

NA

 

Unknown

46

0.80%

 

112

2.81%

 

39

2.73%

 

24

0.52%

 

221

1.41%

 

0

0.00%

 
 

TOTAL

5,736

100.00%

 

3,981

100.00%

 

1,428

100.00%

 

4,573

100.00%

 

15,718

100.00%

 

13,805,475

100.00%

 

b.  FY 1997 Active Component Officer Corps

17-19

1

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

1

0.00%

 

NA

NA

 

20-24

7,301

10.74%

 

4,479

8.24%

 

1,729

10.80%

 

5,619

7.59%

 

19,128

9.01%

 

1,677,546

4.73%

 

25-29

16,066

23.63%

 

13,258

24.38%

 

5,056

31.60%

 

15,620

21.11%

 

50,000

23.54%

 

4,850,927

13.69%

 

30-34

15,424

22.68%

 

12,002

22.07%

 

3,488

21.80%

 

18,080

24.44%

 

48,994

23.07%

 

4,940,184

13.94%

 

35-39

12,268

18.04%

 

10,446

19.21%

 

2,377

14.85%

 

14,648

19.80%

 

39,739

18.71%

 

5,437,646

15.34%

 

40-44

9,418

13.85%

 

8,069

14.84%

 

1,937

12.10%

 

11,656

15.75%

 

31,080

14.64%

 

5,382,880

15.19%

 

45-49

5,065

7.45%

 

4,056

7.46%

 

1,042

6.51%

 

6,233

8.42%

 

16,396

7.72%

 

5,049,340

14.25%

 

50+

2,165

3.18%

 

1,914

3.52%

 

345

2.16%

 

2,124

2.87%

 

6,548

3.08%

 

8,098,414

22.85%

 

Unknown

286

0.42%

 

158

0.29%

 

28

0.17%

 

4

0.01%

 

476

0.22%

 

0

0.00%

 
 

TOTAL

67,994

100.00%

 

54,382

100.00%

 

16,002

100.00%

 

73,984

100.00%

 

212,362

100.00%

 

35,436,938

100.00%

 

    * Comparison group for officer accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 1996-September 1997.

       Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian workforce (21years and older), September 1997.

       Columns may not add to totals due to rounding.

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

 

 

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