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Table B-34. FY 1998 Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Service with
Civilian Comparison Groups |
| RACE/ ETHNICITY |
SERVICE |
|
TOTAL DoD |
|
CIVILIAN COLLEGE GRADUATES* |
| ARMY |
|
NAVY |
|
MARINE CORPS |
|
AIR FORCE |
|
|
| # |
% |
|
# |
% |
|
# |
% |
|
# |
% |
|
# |
% |
|
# |
% |
| a. FY 1998 Active Component Officer Accessions |
| White |
4,134 |
76.83% |
|
3,195 |
79.74% |
|
1,123 |
77.82% |
|
3,912 |
82.13% |
|
12,364 |
79.29% |
|
11,013,453 |
78.39% |
| Black |
573 |
10.65% |
|
310 |
7.74% |
|
135 |
9.36% |
|
312 |
6.55% |
|
1,330 |
8.53% |
|
1,089,062 |
7.75% |
| Hispanic |
265 |
4.92% |
|
243 |
6.06% |
|
103 |
7.14% |
|
51 |
1.07% |
|
662 |
4.25% |
|
777,648 |
5.54% |
| Other |
409 |
7.60% |
|
259 |
6.46% |
|
82 |
5.68% |
|
488 |
10.25% |
|
1,238 |
7.94% |
|
1,168,843 |
8.32% |
| |
| TOTAL |
5,381 |
100.00% |
|
4,007 |
100.00% |
|
1,443 |
100.00% |
|
4,763 |
100.00% |
|
15,594 |
100.00% |
|
14,049,006 |
100.00% |
| b. FY 1998 Active Component Officer Corps |
| White |
53,659 |
80.11% |
|
45,576 |
85.66% |
|
13,836 |
86.07% |
|
62,493 |
86.93% |
|
175,564 |
84.34% |
|
22,649,299 |
80.84% |
| Black |
7,449 |
11.12% |
|
3,226 |
6.06% |
|
1,015 |
6.31% |
|
4,348 |
6.05% |
|
16,038 |
7.70% |
|
2,172,097 |
7.75% |
| Hispanic |
2,431 |
3.63% |
|
2,133 |
4.01% |
|
719 |
4.47% |
|
1,539 |
2.14% |
|
6,822 |
3.28% |
|
1,228,505 |
4.38% |
| Other |
3,441 |
5.14% |
|
2,271 |
4.27% |
|
505 |
3.14% |
|
3,513 |
4.89% |
|
9,730 |
4.67% |
|
1,966,397 |
7.02% |
| |
| TOTAL |
66,980 |
100.00% |
|
53,206 |
100.00% |
|
16,075 |
100.00% |
|
71,893 |
100.00% |
|
208,154 |
100.00% |
|
28,016,298 |
100.00% |
* Comparison group for accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population,
October 1997-September 1998. |
| Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian work force (21-49 years old), September 1998. |
| Columns may not add to totals due to rounding. |
| Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File. |
Last Updated on 11/29/99
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