Table B-42

Table B-42.  FY 1997 Active Component Officer Accessions by Source of Commission, Service, and Race/Ethnicity

a.  Number

 

SOURCE OF COMMISSION

 

TOTAL

RACE/
ETHNICITY

Academy

ROTC
Scholarship

ROTC Non-
Scholarship

OCS/OTS

Direct
Appointment

Other

Unknown

ARMY

    White

775

1,779

905

209

802

0

58

4,528

    Black

62

187

200

38

75

0

3

565

    Hispanic

39

72

80

5

34

0

0

230

    Other

64

145

75

12

117

0

0

413

    Total

940

2,183

1,260

264

1,028

0

61

5,736

NAVY

    White

691

529

58

685

800

446

20

3,229

    Black

43

54

7

88

57

48

0

297

    Hispanic

35

58

4

73

30

22

1

223

    Other

42

50

4

53

58

25

0

232

    Total

811

691

73

899

945

541

21

3,981

MARINE CORPS

    White

138

87

0

793

2

136

0

1,156

    Black

8

11

0

87

0

21

0

127

    Hispanic

4

3

0

69

0

8

0

84

    Other

2

7

0

40

0

12

0

61

    Total

152

108

0

989

2

177

0

1,428

AIR FORCE

    White

648

1,128

391

479

1,069

20

0

3,735

    Black

38

116

54

29

101

3

0

341

    Hispanic

50

8

6

25

7

1

0

97

    Other

64

155

59

22

100

0

0

400

    Total

800

1,407

510

555

1,277

24

0

4,573

TOTAL DoD

    White

2,252

3,523

1,354

2,166

2,673

602

78

12,648

    Black

151

368

261

242

233

72

3

1,330

    Hispanic

128

141

90

172

71

31

1

634

    Other

172

357

138

127

275

37

0

1,106

    Total

2,703

4,389

1,843

2,707

3,252

742

82

15,718

b.  Percent

ARMY

    White

17.12%

39.29%

19.99%

4.62%

17.71%

0.00%

1.28%

100.00%

    Black

10.97%

33.10%

35.40%

6.73%

13.27%

0.00%

0.53%

100.00%

    Hispanic

16.96%

31.30%

34.78%

2.17%

14.78%

0.00%

0.00%

100.00%

    Other

15.50%

35.11%

18.16%

2.91%

28.33%

0.00%

0.00%

100.00%

    Total

16.39%

38.06%

21.97%

4.60%

17.92%

0.00%

1.06%

100.00%

NAVY

    White

21.40%

16.38%

1.80%

21.21%

24.78%

13.81%

0.62%

100.00%

    Black

14.48%

18.18%

2.36%

29.63%

19.19%

16.16%

0.00%

100.00%

    Hispanic

15.70%

26.01%

1.79%

32.74%

13.45%

9.87%

0.45%

100.00%

    Other

18.10%

21.55%

1.72%

22.84%

25.00%

10.78%

0.00%

100.00%

    Total

20.37%

17.36%

1.83%

22.58%

23.74%

13.59%

0.53%

100.00%

MARINE CORPS

    White

11.94%

7.53%

0.00%

68.60%

0.17%

11.76%

0.00%

100.00%

    Black

6.30%

8.66%

0.00%

68.50%

0.00%

16.54%

0.00%

100.00%

    Hispanic

4.76%

3.57%

0.00%

82.14%

0.00%

9.52%

0.00%

100.00%

    Other

3.28%

11.48%

0.00%

65.57%

0.00%

19.67%

0.00%

100.00%

    Total

10.64%

7.56%

0.00%

69.26%

0.14%

12.39%

0.00%

100.00%

AIR FORCE

    White

17.35%

30.20%

10.47%

12.82%

28.62%

0.54%

0.00%

100.00%

    Black

11.14%

34.02%

15.84%

8.50%

29.62%

0.88%

0.00%

100.00%

    Hispanic

51.55%

8.25%

6.19%

25.77%

7.22%

1.03%

0.00%

100.00%

    Other

16.00%

38.75%

14.75%

5.50%

25.00%

0.00%

0.00%

100.00%

    Total

17.49%

30.77%

11.15%

12.14%

27.92%

0.52%

0.00%

100.00%

TOTAL DoD

    White

17.81%

27.85%

10.71%

17.13%

21.13%

4.76%

0.62%

100.00%

    Black

11.35%

27.67%

19.62%

18.20%

17.52%

5.41%

0.23%

100.00%

    Hispanic

20.19%

22.24%

14.20%

27.13%

11.20%

4.89%

0.16%

100.00%

    Other

15.55%

32.28%

12.48%

11.48%

24.86%

3.35%

0.00%

100.00%

    Total

17.20%

27.92%

11.73%

17.22%

20.69%

4.72%

0.52%

100.00%

     Rows may not add to totals due to rounding.

 

 

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