B43 - Officer Corps by Commission & Race/Ethnicity

Table B-43. FY 1998 Active Component Officer Corps by Source of Commission, Service, and Race/Ethnicity

a. Number

RACE/ ETHNICITY

SOURCE OF COMMISSION

TOTAL

Academy

ROTC Scholarship

ROTC Non-Scholarship

OCS/OTS

Direct Appointment

Other

Unknown

ARMY

 White

9,538

10,397

20,528

4,464

8,381

60

291

53,659

 Black

571

1,203

3,968

705

993

4

5

7,449

 Hispanic

307

396

1,176

192

355

2

3

2,431

 Other

549

668

1,175

228

816

1

4

3,441

 Total

10,965

12,664

26,847

5,589

10,545

67

303

66,980

NAVY

 White

9,127

8,943

1,141

9,214

9,841

6,725

585

45,576

 Black

467

594

92

793

701

557

22

3,226

 Hispanic

417

468

43

555

419

219

12

2,133

 Other

495

458

48

375

589

259

47

2,271

 Total

10,506

10,463

1,324

10,937

11,550

7,760

666

53,206

MARINE CORPS

 White

1,646

2,410

0

7,846

177

1,757

0

13,836

 Black

118

129

0

552

21

195

0

1,015

 Hispanic

86

66

0

446

2

119

0

719

 Other

59

69

0

298

1

78

0

505

 Total

1,909

2,674

0

9,142

201

2,149

0

16,075

AIR FORCE

 White

12,347

13,695

12,370

12,510

11,490

81

0

62,493

 Black

714

876

1,161

641

952

4

0

4,348

 Hispanic

369

205

398

312

253

2

0

1,539

 Other

782

876

709

370

774

2

0

3,513

 Total

14,212

15,652

14,638

13,833

13,469

89

0

71,893

TOTAL DoD

 White

32,658

35,445

34,039

34,034

29,889

8,623

876

175,564

 Black

1,870

2,802

5,221

2,691

2,667

760

27

16,038

 Hispanic

1,179

1,135

1,617

1,505

1,029

342

15

6,822

 Other

1,885

2,071

1,932

1,271

2,180

340

51

9,730

 Total

37,592

41,453

42,809

39,501

35,765

10,065

969

208,154

b. Percent

RACE/ ETHNICITY

SOURCE OF COMMISSION

TOTAL

Academy

ROTC Scholarship

ROTC Non-Scholarship

OCS/OTS

Direct Appointment

Other

Unknown

ARMY

 White

17.78%

19.38%

38.26%

8.32%

15.62%

0.11%

0.54%

100.00%

 Black

7.67%

16.15%

53.27%

9.46%

13.33%

0.05%

0.07%

100.00%

 Hispanic

12.63%

16.29%

48.38%

7.90%

14.60%

0.08%

0.12%

100.00%

 Other

15.95%

19.41%

34.15%

6.63%

23.71%

0.03%

0.12%

100.00%

 Total

16.37%

18.91%

40.08%

8.34%

15.74%

0.10%

0.45%

100.00%

NAVY

 White

20.03%

19.62%

2.50%

20.22%

21.59%

14.76%

1.28%

100.00%

 Black

14.48%

18.41%

2.85%

24.58%

21.73%

17.27%

0.68%

100.00%

 Hispanic

19.55%

21.94%

2.02%

26.02%

19.64%

10.27%

0.56%

100.00%

 Other

21.80%

20.17%

2.11%

16.51%

25.94%

11.40%

2.07%

100.00%

 Total

19.75%

19.67%

2.49%

20.56%

21.71%

14.58%

1.25%

100.00%

MARINE CORPS

 White

11.90%

17.42%

0.00%

56.71%

1.28%

12.70%

0.00%

100.00%

 Black

11.63%

12.71%

0.00%

54.38%

2.07%

19.21%

0.00%

100.00%

 Hispanic

11.96%

9.18%

0.00%

62.03%

0.28%

16.55%

0.00%

100.00%

 Other

11.68%

13.66%

0.00%

59.01%

0.20%

15.45%

0.00%

100.00%

 Total

11.88%

16.63%

0.00%

56.87%

1.25%

13.37%

0.00%

100.00%

AIR FORCE

 White

19.76%

21.91%

19.79%

20.02%

18.39%

0.13%

0.00%

100.00%

 Black

16.42%

20.15%

26.70%

14.74%

21.90%

0.09%

0.00%

100.00%

 Hispanic

23.98%

13.32%

25.86%

20.27%

16.44%

0.13%

0.00%

100.00%

 Other

22.26%

24.94%

20.18%

10.53%

22.03%

0.06%

0.00%

100.00%

 Total

19.77%

21.77%

20.36%

19.24%

18.73%

0.12%

0.00%

100.00%

TOTAL DoD

 White

18.60%

20.19%

19.39%

19.39%

17.02%

4.91%

0.50%

100.00%

 Black

11.66%

17.47%

32.55%

16.78%

16.63%

4.74%

0.17%

100.00%

 Hispanic

17.28%

16.64%

23.70%

22.06%

15.08%

5.01%

0.22%

100.00%

 Other

19.37%

21.28%

19.86%

13.06%

22.40%

3.49%

0.52%

100.00%

 Total

18.06%

19.91%

20.57%

18.98%

17.18%

4.84%

0.47%

100.00%

 Rows may not add to totals due to rounding.


Last Updated on 11/30/99

 

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