Table B-33.  FY 2005 Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups
                                   
                                   
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN
RACE/ ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   COLLEGE GRADUATES*
ETHNICITY   #   %     #   %     #   %     #   %     #   %     #   %
a. FY 2005 Active Component Officer Accessions                          
                                   
White 4,828 74.08%   2,874 80.26%   1,288 66.77%   4,164 75.96%   13,154 75.13%   12,370,401 78.87%
Black 743 11.40%   282 7.87%   72 3.73%   336 6.13%   1,433 8.18%   1,270,851 8.10%
AIAN 31 0.48%   28 0.78%   6 0.31%   26 0.47%   91 0.52%   60,981 0.39%
Asian 355 5.45%   137 3.83%   54 2.80%   237 4.32%   783 4.47%   1,732,182 11.04%
NHPI 1 0.02%   12 0.34%   9 0.47%   23 0.42%   45 0.26%   47,101 0.30%
Two or more 0 0.00%   64 1.79%   23 1.19%   56 1.02%   143 0.82%   202,805 1.29%
Unknown 559 8.58%   184 5.14%   477 24.73%   640 11.67%   1,860 10.62%   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%
Hispanic 357 5.48%   222 6.20%   141 7.31%   107 1.95%   827 4.72%   1,108,073 7.06%
Not Hispanic** 6,160 94.52%   3,359 93.80%   1,788 92.69%   5,375 98.05%   16,682 95.28%   14,576,249 92.94%
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                          
                                   
White 53,191 77.16%   42,987 83.81%   13,685 81.08%   60,871 83.10%   170,734 81.17%   24,153,014 80.52%
Black 8,611 12.49%   3,857 7.52%   950 5.63%   4,814 6.57%   18,232 8.67%   2,518,401 8.40%
AIAN 340 0.49%   223 0.43%   104 0.62%   267 0.36%   934 0.44%   122,117 0.41%
Asian 2,526 3.66%   1,723 3.36%   338 2.00%   1,790 2.44%   6,377 3.03%   2,786,836 9.29%
NHPI 0 0.00%   78 0.15%   58 0.34%   144 0.20%   280 0.13%   76,023 0.25%
Two or more 0 0.00%   380 0.74%   167 0.99%   593 0.81%   1,140 0.54%   341,577 1.14%
Unknown 4,264 6.19%   2,043 3.98%   1,577 9.34%   4,772 6.51%   12,656 6.02%   0 NA
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%
Hispanic 3,560 5.16%   2,729 5.32%   1,040 6.16%   2,774 3.79%   10,103 4.80%   2,008,933 6.70%
Not Hispanic** 65,372 94.84%   48,562 94.68%   15,839 93.84%   70,477 96.21%   200,250 95.20%   27,989,036 93.30%
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 Officers includes college graduates in the civilian workforce, (21-49 years old), October 2004-September 2005.        
**Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to ethnicity question.                  
    Columns may not add to totals due to rounding.                          
    Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File.