SERVICE
       
CIVILIAN
RACE/
ARMY
 
NAVY
 
MARINE CORPS
 
AIR FORCE
 
TOTAL DoD
 
COLLEGE GRADUATES*
ETHNICITY
  #
  %
  #
  %
  #
  %
  #
  %
  #
  %
  #
  %
a.  FY 2000 Active Component Officer Accessions                          
                                   
White
4,335
74.48%
 
3,794
79.03%
 
1,222
83.13%
 
4,436
81.29%
 
13,787
78.57%
 
11,271,490
77.69%
Black
700
12.03%
 
366
7.62%
 
84
5.71%
 
435
7.97%
 
1,585
9.03%
 
1,140,671
7.86%
Hispanic
341
5.86%
 
289
6.02%
 
93
6.33%
 
79
1.45%
 
802
4.57%
 
783,399
5.40%
Other
444
7.63%
 
352
7.33%
 
71
4.83%
 
507
9.29%
 
1,374
7.83%
 
1,312,206
9.04%
 
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL
5,820
100.00%
 
4,801
100.00%
 
1,470
100.00%
 
5,457
100.00%
 
17,548
100.00%
 
14,507,765
100.00%
 
 
 
 
 
 
b.  FY 2000 Active Component Officer Corps
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
White
51,641
79.02%
 
42,884
83.21%
 
13,662
85.34%
 
60,955
88.31%
 
169,142
83.77%
 
22,431,979
79.22%
Black
7,457
11.41%
 
3,354
6.51%
 
1,036
6.47%
 
4,422
6.41%
 
16,269
8.06%
 
2,291,442
8.09%
Hispanic
2,670
4.09%
 
2,811
5.45%
 
810
5.06%
 
1,548
2.24%
 
7,839
3.88%
 
1,468,831
5.19%
Other
3,584
5.48%
 
2,491
4.83%
 
500
3.12%
 
2,097
3.04%
 
8,672
4.29%
 
2,124,605
7.50%
 
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL
65,352
100.00%
 
51,540
100.00%
 
16,008
100.00%
 
69,022
100.00%
 
201,922
100.00%
 
28,316,856
100.00%
                                   
     * Comparison group for accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 1999-September 2000.      
        Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian work force (21-49 years old), September 2000.      
        Columns may not add to totals due to rounding.                          
        Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File.