Table B-30.  FY 2005  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 2005 Active Component Officer Accessions                          
                                     
17-20 1 0.02%   2 0.06%   3 0.16%   1 0.02%   7 0.04%   NA NA  
21 111 1.70%   73 2.04%   21 1.09%   110 2.01%   315 1.80%   94,081 0.60%  
22 1,514 23.23%   918 25.64%   299 15.50%   1,450 26.45%   4,181 23.88%   484,047 3.09%  
23 1,167 17.91%   596 16.64%   367 19.03%   1,174 21.42%   3,304 18.87%   817,508 5.21%  
24 543 8.33%   253 7.07%   303 15.71%   428 7.81%   1,527 8.72%   1,016,594 6.48%  
25 370 5.68%   201 5.61%   194 10.06%   298 5.44%   1,063 6.07%   1,084,143 6.91%  
26 407 6.25%   240 6.70%   165 8.55%   263 4.80%   1,075 6.14%   1,126,472 7.18%  
27 317 4.86%   170 4.75%   152 7.88%   217 3.96%   856 4.89%   1,081,173 6.89%  
28 233 3.58%   157 4.38%   127 6.58%   208 3.79%   725 4.14%   1,164,591 7.43%  
29 212 3.25%   126 3.52%   95 4.92%   168 3.06%   601 3.43%   1,205,474 7.69%  
30 223 3.42%   139 3.88%   45 2.33%   150 2.74%   557 3.18%   1,216,710 7.76%  
31 177 2.72%   125 3.49%   39 2.02%   136 2.48%   477 2.72%   1,154,449 7.36%  
32 168 2.58%   99 2.76%   30 1.56%   107 1.95%   404 2.31%   1,203,500 7.67%  
33 154 2.36%   89 2.49%   11 0.57%   105 1.92%   359 2.05%   1,291,210 8.23%  
34 137 2.10%   81 2.26%   14 0.73%   126 2.30%   358 2.04%   1,390,265 8.86%  
35 112 1.72%   72 2.01%   7 0.36%   76 1.39%   267 1.52%   1,354,104 8.63%  
36+ 671 10.30%   240 6.70%   57 2.95%   461 8.41%   1,429 8.16%   NA NA  
Unknown 0 0.00%   0 0.00%   0 0.00%   4 0.07%   4 0.02%   0 NA  
                                     
TOTAL 6,517 100.00%   3,581 100.00%   1,929 100.00%   5,482 100.00%   17,509 100.00%   15,684,321 100.00%  
                                     
b.  FY 2005 Active Component Officer Corps                          
                                     
17-19 0 0.00%   0 0.00%   0 0.00%   0 0.00%   0 0.00%   NA NA  
20-24 7,569 10.98%   4,439 8.65%   1,838 10.89%   7,296 9.96%   21,142 10.05%   1,933,213 4.43%  
25-29 15,663 22.72%   10,897 21.25%   4,278 25.35%   16,444 22.45%   47,282 22.48%   5,144,597 11.79%  
30-34 14,108 20.47%   10,708 20.88%   4,343 25.73%   15,737 21.48%   44,896 21.34%   5,453,703 12.50%  
35-39 12,782 18.54%   10,152 19.79%   3,263 19.33%   14,196 19.38%   40,393 19.20%   5,785,050 13.25%  
40-44 10,584 15.35%   8,200 15.99%   1,950 11.55%   11,262 15.37%   31,996 15.21%   5,933,789 13.60%  
45-49 5,377 7.80%   4,473 8.72%   860 5.10%   5,545 7.57%   16,255 7.73%   5,747,615 13.17%  
50+ 2,837 4.12%   2,406 4.69%   347 2.06%   2,769 3.78%   8,359 3.97%   13,647,160 31.27%  
Unknown 12 0.02%   16 0.03%   0 0.00%   2 0.00%   30 0.01%   0 0.00%  
                                     
TOTAL 68,932 100.00%   51,291 100.00%   16,879 100.00%   73,251 100.00%   210,353 100.00%   43,645,129 100.00%  
                                     
    * Comparison group for officer accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 2004-September 2005.  
       Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian workforce (21 years and older), September 2005.  
       Columns may not add to totals due to rounding.  
       Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File.