Table B-34

Appendix B
 
 
 
SERVICE
       
CIVILIAN
RACE/
ARMY
 
NAVY**
 
MARINE CORPS
 
AIR FORCE
 
TOTAL DoD**
 
COLLEGE GRADUATES*
ETHNICITY
  #
  %
 
  #
  %
 
  #
  %
 
  #
  %
 
  #
  %
 
  #
  %
a.  FY 1999 Active Component Officer Accessions
 
White
4,061
76.58%
3,453
77.06%
1,148
79.39%
4,122
80.98%
12,784
78.33%
11,212,670
78.20%
Black
617
11.63%
335
7.48%
105
7.26%
351
6.90%
1,408
8.63%
1,055,839
7.36%
Hispanic
246
4.64%
248
5.53%
118
8.16%
82
1.61%
694
4.25%
766,236
5.34%
Other
379
7.15%
445
9.93%
75
5.19%
535
10.51%
1,434
8.79%
1,303,410
9.09%
 
TOTAL
5,303
100.00%
4,481
100.00%
1,446
100.00%
5,090
100.00%
16,320
100.00%
14,338,156
100.00%
 
b.  FY 1999 Active Component Officer Corps
 
White 52,639 79.63%  
43,786
83.98%
13,685
85.24%
60,658
86.26%
170,768
83.46%
22,699,460
80.27%
Black 7,439 11.25%  
3,267
6.27%
1,039
6.47%
4,359
6.20%
16,104
7.87%
2,160,099
7.64%
Hispanic 2,503 3.79%  
2,706
5.19%
783
4.88%
1,525
2.17%
7,517
3.67%
1,304,489
4.61%
Other 3,523 5.33%  
2,377
4.56%
548
3.41%
3,779
5.37%
10,227
5.00%
2,116,428
7.48%
 
TOTAL 66,104 100.00%  
52,136
100.00%
16,055
100.00%
70,321
100.00%
204,616
100.00%
28,280,476
100.00%
 
     * Comparison group for 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 work force (21-49 years old), September 1999.
     ** DMDC Navy race/ethnicity data for FY 1999 officer accessions is in error.  The Navy has provided corrected data, however the Navy and DoD totals do not match those of other tables.
        Columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
        Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File.