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.