Table B-30. FY 2004 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* |
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AGE | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||||||
a. FY 2004 Active Component Officer Accessions | ||||||||||||||||||
17-20 | 4 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 181 | 3.10% | 186 | 0.97% | NA | NA | ||||||
21 | 131 | 2.08% | 69 | 1.21% | 5 | 0.40% | 105 | 1.80% | 310 | 1.62% | 96,693 | 0.62% | ||||||
22 | 1,451 | 23.02% | 971 | 17.04% | 261 | 20.86% | 1,359 | 23.31% | 4,042 | 21.18% | 485,909 | 3.10% | ||||||
23 | 1,170 | 18.56% | 1,001 | 17.56% | 262 | 20.94% | 997 | 17.10% | 3,430 | 17.97% | 854,167 | 5.45% | ||||||
24 | 664 | 10.53% | 596 | 10.46% | 154 | 12.31% | 484 | 8.30% | 1,898 | 9.95% | 1,037,598 | 6.62% | ||||||
25 | 368 | 5.84% | 354 | 6.21% | 104 | 8.31% | 317 | 5.44% | 1,143 | 5.99% | 1,057,300 | 6.74% | ||||||
26 | 395 | 6.27% | 301 | 5.28% | 80 | 6.39% | 349 | 5.99% | 1,125 | 5.89% | 1,008,881 | 6.43% | ||||||
27 | 290 | 4.60% | 276 | 4.84% | 74 | 5.92% | 295 | 5.06% | 935 | 4.90% | 1,073,649 | 6.85% | ||||||
28 | 225 | 3.57% | 249 | 4.37% | 76 | 6.08% | 239 | 4.10% | 789 | 4.13% | 1,137,730 | 7.25% | ||||||
29 | 234 | 3.71% | 241 | 4.23% | 56 | 4.48% | 259 | 4.44% | 790 | 4.14% | 1,186,732 | 7.57% | ||||||
30 | 209 | 3.32% | 259 | 4.54% | 51 | 4.08% | 202 | 3.46% | 721 | 3.78% | 1,165,049 | 7.43% | ||||||
31 | 198 | 3.14% | 219 | 3.84% | 34 | 2.72% | 149 | 2.56% | 600 | 3.14% | 1,178,668 | 7.51% | ||||||
32 | 139 | 2.21% | 193 | 3.39% | 31 | 2.48% | 112 | 1.92% | 475 | 2.49% | 1,259,111 | 8.03% | ||||||
33 | 120 | 1.90% | 187 | 3.28% | 15 | 1.20% | 114 | 1.96% | 436 | 2.28% | 1,400,334 | 8.93% | ||||||
34 | 145 | 2.30% | 171 | 3.00% | 6 | 0.48% | 141 | 2.42% | 463 | 2.43% | 1,394,573 | 8.89% | ||||||
35 | 92 | 1.46% | 153 | 2.68% | 5 | 0.40% | 96 | 1.65% | 346 | 1.81% | 1,348,723 | 8.60% | ||||||
36+ | 467 | 7.41% | 455 | 7.98% | 37 | 2.96% | 370 | 6.35% | 1,329 | 6.96% | NA | NA | ||||||
Unknown | 1 | 0.02% | 4 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 61 | 1.05% | 66 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||||
TOTAL | 6,303 | 100.00% | 5,700 | 100.00% | 1,251 | 100.00% | 5,830 | 100.00% | 19,084 | 100.00% | 15,685,118 | 100.00% | ||||||
b. FY 2004 Active Component Officer Corps | ||||||||||||||||||
17-19 | 4 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.00% | NA | NA | ||||||
20-24 | 7,585 | 11.05% | 4,827 | 9.16% | 1,713 | 10.23% | 7,229 | 9.73% | 21,354 | 10.05% | 2,083,324 | 4.88% | ||||||
25-29 | 15,729 | 22.92% | 11,216 | 21.28% | 4,195 | 25.06% | 16,781 | 22.58% | 47,921 | 22.56% | 4,725,670 | 11.08% | ||||||
30-34 | 14,361 | 20.92% | 11,387 | 21.60% | 4,624 | 27.62% | 16,114 | 21.69% | 46,486 | 21.89% | 5,439,006 | 12.75% | ||||||
35-39 | 12,603 | 18.36% | 9,921 | 18.82% | 3,023 | 18.06% | 13,948 | 18.77% | 39,495 | 18.60% | 5,530,179 | 12.96% | ||||||
40-44 | 10,314 | 15.03% | 8,403 | 15.94% | 1,956 | 11.68% | 11,456 | 15.42% | 32,129 | 15.13% | 5,803,247 | 13.60% | ||||||
45-49 | 5,269 | 7.68% | 4,551 | 8.63% | 861 | 5.14% | 5,916 | 7.96% | 16,597 | 7.81% | 5,838,027 | 13.68% | ||||||
50+ | 2,758 | 4.02% | 2,389 | 4.53% | 370 | 2.21% | 2,858 | 3.85% | 8,375 | 3.94% | 13,246,410 | 31.05% | ||||||
Unknown | 11 | 0.02% | 13 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.00% | 26 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||||
TOTAL | 68,634 | 100.00% | 52,707 | 100.00% | 16,742 | 100.00% | 74,304 | 100.00% | 212,387 | 100.00% | 42,665,864 | 100.00% | ||||||
* Comparison group for officer accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 2003-September 2004. | ||||||||||||||||||
Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian workforce (21 years and older), September 2004. | ||||||||||||||||||
Columns may not add to totals due to rounding. | ||||||||||||||||||
Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File. |