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| Table B-34. FY 1997 Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups |
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SERVICE |
|
TOTAL DoD |
|
CIVILIANCOLLEGE GRADUATES* |
RACE/
ETHNICITY |
ARMY |
|
NAVY |
|
MARINE CORPS |
|
AIR FORCE |
|
|
| # |
% |
|
# |
% |
|
# |
% |
|
# |
% |
|
# |
% |
|
# |
% |
| a. FY 1997 Active Component Officer Accessions |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White |
4,528 |
78.94% |
|
3,229 |
81.11% |
|
1,156 |
80.95% |
|
3,735 |
81.68% |
|
12,648 |
80.47% |
|
10,922,886 |
79.12% |
| Black |
565 |
9.85% |
|
297 |
7.46% |
|
127 |
8.89% |
|
341 |
7.46% |
|
1,330 |
8.46% |
|
989,731 |
7.17% |
| Hispanic |
230 |
4.01% |
|
223 |
5.60% |
|
84 |
5.88% |
|
97 |
2.12% |
|
634 |
4.03% |
|
736,543 |
5.34% |
| Other |
413 |
7.20% |
|
232 |
5.83% |
|
61 |
4.27% |
|
400 |
8.75% |
|
1,106 |
7.04% |
|
1,156,315 |
8.38% |
| |
| 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 |
| White |
54,856 |
80.68% |
|
46,980 |
86.39% |
|
13,942 |
87.13% |
|
64,682 |
87.43% |
|
180,460 |
84.98% |
|
21,962,305 |
80.33% |
| Black |
7,494 |
11.02% |
|
3,144 |
5.78% |
|
944 |
5.90% |
|
4,389 |
5.93% |
|
15,971 |
7.52% |
|
2,259,530 |
8.27% |
| Hispanic |
2,334 |
3.43% |
|
2,046 |
3.76% |
|
656 |
4.10% |
|
1,590 |
2.15% |
|
6,626 |
3.12% |
|
1,245,721 |
4.56% |
| Other |
3,310 |
4.87% |
|
2,212 |
4.07% |
|
460 |
2.87% |
|
3,323 |
4.49% |
|
9,305 |
4.38% |
|
1,870,968 |
6.84% |
| |
| TOTAL |
67,994 |
100.00% |
|
54,382 |
100.00% |
|
16,002 |
100.00% |
|
73,984 |
100.00% |
|
212,362 |
100.00% |
|
27,338,524 |
100.00% |
| * Comparison group for accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 1996-September 1997.
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|
Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian work force (21-49 years old), 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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