| Table B-34. FY 2001 Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups | |||||||||||||||||
SERVICE |
CIVILIAN |
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RACE/ |
ARMY |
NAVY** |
MARINE CORPS |
AIR FORCE |
TOTAL DoD** |
COLLEGE GRADUATES* |
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ETHNICITY |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
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| a. FY 2001 Active Component Officer Accessions | |||||||||||||||||
| White | 4,352 |
73.30% |
3,453 |
77.06% |
1,127 |
79.87% |
4,218 |
80.94% |
13,150 |
77.17% |
10,567,229 |
76.24% |
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| Black | 799 |
13.46% |
335 |
7.48% |
80 |
5.67% |
403 |
7.73% |
1,617 |
9.49% |
1,133,545 |
8.18% |
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| Hispanic | 312 |
5.26% |
248 |
5.53% |
104 |
7.37% |
110 |
2.11% |
774 |
4.54% |
798,407 |
5.76% |
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| Other | 474 |
7.98% |
445 |
9.93% |
100 |
7.09% |
480 |
9.21% |
1,499 |
8.80% |
1,361,176 |
9.82% |
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| TOTAL | 5,937 |
100.00% |
4,481 |
100.00% |
1,411 |
100.00% |
5,211 |
100.00% |
17,040 |
100.00% |
13,860,356 |
100.00% |
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| b. FY 2001 Active Component Officer Corps | |||||||||||||||||
| White | 50,543 |
78.00% |
43,347 |
83.48% |
13,716 |
84.88% |
59,715 |
87.77% |
167,321 |
83.28% |
22,177,620 |
78.38% |
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| Black | 7,697 |
11.88% |
3,517 |
6.77% |
1,044 |
6.46% |
4,457 |
6.55% |
16,715 |
8.32% |
2,426,025 |
8.57% |
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| Hispanic | 2,784 |
4.30% |
2,436 |
4.69% |
851 |
5.27% |
1,639 |
2.41% |
7,710 |
3.84% |
1,439,629 |
5.09% |
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| Other | 3,773 |
5.82% |
2,628 |
5.06% |
549 |
3.40% |
2,227 |
3.27% |
9,177 |
4.57% |
2,251,506 |
7.96% |
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| TOTAL | 64,797 |
100.00% |
51,928 |
100.00% |
16,160 |
100.00% |
68,038 |
100.00% |
200,923 |
100.00% |
28,294,780 |
100.00% |
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| * Comparison group for accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 20008-September 2001. | |||||||||||||||||
| Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian work force (21-49 years old), September 2001. | |||||||||||||||||
| ** DMDC Navy race/ethnicity data for FY 2001 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. | |||||||||||||||||