Table B-31. FY 2001 Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Age and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups
                                     
SERVICE
CIVILIAN
 
ARMY
NAVY
MARINE CORPS
AIR FORCE
TOTAL DoD
COLLEGE GRADUATES*
 
AGE
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
 
a. FY 2001 Active Component Officer Accessions                            
                                     
17-20 2 0.03%   0 0.00%   0 0.00%   0 0.00%   2 0.01%  
NA
NA
 
21 126 2.12%   107 2.13%   34 2.41%   857 16.45%   1,124 6.39%  
81,080
0.58%
 
22 1,326 22.33%   1,010 20.11%   249 17.65%   759 14.57%   3,344 19.02%  
415,060
2.99%
 
23 1,010 17.01%   671 13.36%   274 19.42%   734 14.09%   2,689 15.29%  
717,717
5.18%
 
24 528 8.89%   360 7.17%   178 12.62%   317 6.08%   1,383 7.87%  
927,027
6.69%
 
25 329 5.54%   280 5.58%   104 7.37%   238 4.57%   951 5.41%  
896,848
6.47%
 
26 374 6.30%   299 5.95%   114 8.08%   253 4.86%   1,040 5.92%  
952,594
6.87%
 
27 304 5.12%   257 5.12%   109 7.73%   220 4.22%   890 5.06%  
925,179
6.68%
 
28 284 4.78%   229 4.56%   81 5.74%   198 3.80%   792 4.50%  
993,498
7.17%
 
29 293 4.94%   212 4.22%   88 6.24%   218 4.18%   811 4.61%  
1,084,092
7.82%
 
30 272 4.58%   250 4.98%   62 4.39%   239 4.59%   823 4.68%  
1,249,231
9.01%
 
31 195 3.28%   257 5.12%   32 2.27%   183 3.51%   667 3.79%  
1,161,136
8.38%
 
32 171 2.88%   156 3.11%   24 1.70%   178 3.42%   529 3.01%  
1,161,963
8.38%
 
33 129 2.17%   163 3.25%   10 0.71%   175 3.36%   477 2.71%  
1,054,872
7.61%
 
34 117 1.97%   159 3.17%   3 0.21%   180 3.45%   459 2.61%  
1,062,909
7.67%
 
35 84 1.41%   156 3.11%   7 0.50%   111 2.13%   358 2.04%  
1,177,149
8.49%
 
36+ 393 6.62%   448 8.92%   28 1.98%   351 6.74%   1,220 6.94%  
NA
NA
 
Unknown 0 0.00%   8 0.16%   14 0.99%   0 0.00%   22 0.13%  
0
0.00%
 
                                     
TOTAL 5,937 100.00%   5,022 100.00%   1,411 100.00%   5,211 100.00%   17,581 100.00%   13,860,356 100.00%  
                                     
b. FY 2001 Active Component Officer Corps                            
                                     
17-19 0 0.00%   0 0.00%   0 0.00%   0 0.00%   0 0.00%  
NA
NA
 
20-24 7,040 10.86%   4,870 9.38%   1,658 10.26%   6,512 9.57%   20,080 9.99%   1,904,497 4.89%  
25-29 14,901 23.00%   11,225 21.62%   4,687 29.00%   14,219 20.90%   45,032 22.41%   4,468,604 11.47%  
30-34 13,665 21.09%   11,507 22.16%   4,274 26.45%   14,774 21.71%   44,220 22.01%   5,392,545 13.85%  
35-39 12,544 19.36%   9,944 19.15%   2,478 15.33%   13,694 20.13%   38,660 19.24%   5,378,393 13.81%  
40-44 9,362 14.45%   7,851 15.12%   1,823 11.28%   10,556 15.51%   29,592 14.73%   5,547,428 14.24%  
45-49 4,839 7.47%   4,387 8.45%   858 5.31%   5,797 8.52%   15,881 7.90%   5,603,313 14.39%  
50+ 2,437 3.76%   2,094 4.03%   368 2.28%   2,483 3.65%   7,382 3.67%   10,649,431 27.35%  
Unknown 9 0.01%   50 0.10%   14 0.09%   3 0.00%   76 0.04%   0 0.00%  
                                     
TOTAL 64,797 100.00%   51,928 100.00%   16,160 100.00%   68,038 100.00%   200,923 100.00%   38,944,211 100.00%  
                                     
* Comparison group for officer accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 2000-September 2001.        
Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian workforce (21 years and older), September 2001.        
Columns may not add to totals due to rounding.                            
Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File.                    

 

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