| Table B-34. FY 2002 Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups | |||||||||||||||||
| SERVICE | CIVILIAN | ||||||||||||||||
| RACE/ | ARMY | NAVY | MARINE CORPS | AIR FORCE | TOTAL DoD | COLLEGE GRADUATES* | |||||||||||
| ETHNICITY | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |||||
| a. FY 2002 Active Component Officer Accessions | |||||||||||||||||
| White | 4,644 | 72.30% | 4,254 | 79.66% | 1,659 | 81.24% | 6,431 | 83.38% | 16,988 | 78.95% | 10,742,550 | 76.13% | |||||
| Black | 824 | 12.83% | 399 | 7.47% | 122 | 5.97% | 615 | 7.97% | 1,960 | 9.11% | 1,111,597 | 7.88% | |||||
| Hispanic | 382 | 5.95% | 317 | 5.94% | 150 | 7.35% | 278 | 3.60% | 1,127 | 5.24% | 815,552 | 5.78% | |||||
| Other | 573 | 8.92% | 370 | 6.93% | 111 | 5.44% | 389 | 5.04% | 1,443 | 6.71% | 1,440,881 | 10.21% | |||||
| TOTAL | 6,423 | 100.00% | 5,340 | 100.00% | 2,042 | 100.00% | 7,713 | 100.00% | 21,518 | 100.00% | 14,110,579 | 100.00% | |||||
| b. FY 2002 Active Component Officer Corps | |||||||||||||||||
| White | 51,315 | 77.07% | 43,907 | 82.90% | 13,878 | 84.61% | 62,220 | 86.79% | 171,320 | 82.51% | 22,461,962 | 78.33% | |||||
| Black | 8,051 | 12.09% | 3,648 | 6.89% | 1,049 | 6.40% | 4,798 | 6.69% | 17,546 | 8.45% | 2,314,689 | 8.07% | |||||
| Hispanic | 3,023 | 4.54% | 2,602 | 4.91% | 901 | 5.49% | 2,000 | 2.79% | 8,526 | 4.11% | 1,530,891 | 5.34% | |||||
| Other | 4,194 | 6.30% | 2,804 | 5.29% | 574 | 3.50% | 2,669 | 3.72% | 10,241 | 4.93% | 2,367,336 | 8.26% | |||||
| TOTAL | 66,583 | 100.00% | 52,961 | 100.00% | 16,402 | 100.00% | 71,687 | 100.00% | 207,633 | 100.00% | 28,674,878 | 100.00% | |||||
| * Comparison group for accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 2001-September 2002. | |||||||||||||||||
| Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian work force (21-49 years old), September 2002. | |||||||||||||||||
| 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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