Table B-31.  FY 2005 Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Gender and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups
	SERVICE															CIVILIAN
	ARMY			NAVY			MARINE CORPS			AIR FORCE			TOTAL DoD			COLLEGE GRADUATES*
GENDER	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%
a.  FY 2005 Active Component Officer Accessions
Males	5,199	79.78%		2,865	80.01%		1,789	92.74%		4,116	75.08%		13,969	79.78%		7,078,773	45.13%
Females	1,318	20.22%		716	19.99%		140	7.26%		1,366	24.92%		3,540	20.22%		8,605,548	54.87%
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
Males	57,440	83.33%		43,559	84.93%		15,904	94.22%		59,780	81.61%		176,683	83.99%		15,005,328	50.02%
Females	11,492	16.67%		7,732	15.07%		975	5.78%		13,471	18.39%		33,670	16.01%		14,992,641	49.98%
TOTAL	68,932	100.00%		51,291	100.00%		16,879	100.00%		73,251	100.00%		210,353	100.00%		29,997,968	100.00%
* Comparison group for 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 work force (21-49 years old), September 2005.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File.