Table B-31

Appendix B
 
 
SERVICE
        
CIVILIAN
 
ARMY
  
NAVY
  
MARINE CORPS
  
AIR FORCE
  
TOTAL DoD
  
COLLEGE GRADUATES*
AGE
#    
%    
 
#    
%    
 
#    
%    
 
#    
%    
 
#    
%    
 
#      
%     
a.  FY 1999 Active Component Officer Accessions
 
17-20 1 0.02%   3 0.07%   1 0.07%   3 0.06%   8 0.05%  
NA
NA
21 124 2.34%   109 2.41%   31 2.14%   113 2.22%   377 2.30%  
84,581
0.59%
22 1,344 25.34%   842 18.64%   250 17.29%   1,226 24.09%   3,662 22.39%  
416,158
2.90%
23 929 17.52%   548 12.13%   264 18.26%   876 17.21%   2,617 16.00%  
662,652
4.62%
24 490 9.24%   280 6.20%   179 12.38%   355 6.97%   1,304 7.97%  
806,559
5.63%
25 295 5.56%   259 5.73%   146 10.10%   284 5.58%   984 6.02%  
865,981
6.04%
26 338 6.37%   319 7.06%   127 8.78%   310 6.09%   1,094 6.69%  
957,212
6.68%
27 305 5.75%   252 5.58%   119 8.23%   251 4.93%   927 5.67%  
1,023,650
7.14%
28 334 6.30%   229 5.07%   108 7.47%   237 4.66%   908 5.55%  
1,212,826
8.46%
29 267 5.03%   186 4.12%   78 5.39%   229 4.50%   760 4.65%  
1,173,847
8.19%
30 217 4.09%   207 4.58%   50 3.46%   183 3.60%   657 4.02%  
1,220,861
8.51%
31 124 2.34%   208 4.60%   23 1.59%   172 3.38%   527 3.22%  
1,136,341
7.93%
32 83 1.57%   117 2.59%   15 1.04%   127 2.50%   342 2.09%  
1,138,234
7.94%
33 65 1.23%   132 2.92%   17 1.18%   99 1.94%   313 1.91%  
1,161,090
8.10%
34 54 1.02%   125 2.77%   7 0.48%   101 1.98%   287 1.75%  
1,181,728
8.24%
35 40 0.75%   142 3.14%   6 0.41%   87 1.71%   275 1.68%  
1,296,436
9.04%
36+ 251 4.73%   517 11.44%   24 1.66%   221 4.34%   1,013 6.19%  
NA
NA
Unknown 42 0.79%   43 0.95%   1 0.07%   216 4.24%   302 1.85%  
0
0.00%
 
TOTAL 5,303 100.00%   4,518 100.00%   1,446 100.00%   5,090 100.00%   16,357 100.00%   14,338,156 100.00%
 
b.  FY 1999 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 7,110 10.76%   4,221 8.10%   1,504 9.37%   6,058 8.61%   18,893 9.23%   1,875,678 4.94%
25-29 15,576 23.56%   12,152 23.31%   5,184 32.29%   14,608 20.77%   47,520 23.22%   4,704,054 12.40%
30-34 13,862 20.97%   11,142 21.37%   3,731 23.24%   15,501 22.04%   44,236 21.62%   5,168,571 13.62%
35-39 12,284 18.58%   10,344 19.84%   2,463 15.34%   14,545 20.68%   39,636 19.37%   5,461,753 14.40%
40-44 9,297 14.06%   7,817 14.99%   1,817 11.32%   10,892 15.49%   29,823 14.58%   5,781,387 15.24%
45-49 4,938 7.47%   4,340 8.32%   953 5.94%   6,022 8.56%   16,253 7.94%   5,289,033 13.94%
50+ 2,354 3.56%   2,031 3.90%   397 2.47%   2,482 3.53%   7,264 3.55%   9,659,045 25.46%
Unknown 682 1.03%   89 0.17%   6 0.04%   213 0.30%   990 0.48%   0 0.00%
                                   
TOTAL 66,104 100.00%   52,136 100.00%   16,055 100.00%   70,321 100.00%   204,616 100.00%   37,939,521 100.00%
 
    * Comparison group for officer accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 1998-September 1999.
       Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian workforce (21 years and older), September 1999.
       Columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
       Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File.