Table B-38.  FY 2003 Active Component Warrant Officer Accessions by Race/Ethnicity and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups
                                   
                                   
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN
RACE/ ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   LABOR FORCE*
ETHNICITY   #   %     #   %     #   %     #   %     #   %     #   %
                                   
White 880 75.73%   110 66.67%   175 73.84%   0 NA   1,165 74.49%   51,982,562 80.07%
Black 143 12.31%   43 26.06%   34 14.35%   0 NA   220 14.07%   8,175,999 12.59%
AIAN 8 0.69%   2 1.21%   1 0.42%   0 NA   11 0.70%   565,334 0.87%
Asian 16 1.38%   5 3.03%   0 NA   0 NA   21 1.34%   3,042,347 4.69%
NHPI 0 NA   1 0.61%   0 NA   0 NA   1 0.06%   190,191 0.29%
Two or more 0 NA   0 NA   0 NA   0 NA   0 NA   966,020 1.49%
Unknown 115 9.90%   4 2.42%   27 11.39%   0 NA   146 9.34%   0 NA
TOTAL 1,162 100.00%   165 100.00%   237 100.00%   0 NA   1,564 100.00%   64,922,454 100.00%
Hispanic 66 5.68%   2 1.21%   22 9.28%   0 NA   90 5.75%   11,228,211 17.29%
Not Hispanic** 1,096 94.32%   163 98.79%   215 90.72%   0 NA   1,474 94.25%   53,694,243 82.71%
TOTAL 1,162 100.00%   165 100.00%   237 100.00%   0 NA   1,564 100.00%   64,922,454 100.00%
                                   
*  Comparison group for accessions includes 20-39 year old members of the civilian labor force, October 2002-September 2003.
**Includes individuals who indicated non-Hipanice ethnicity or did not respond to ethnicity question.                  
    Comparison group for active component warrant officers includes 18-49 year old members of the civilian labor force, September 2003.
    Columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
    Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File.