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*
 
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.