| Table B-31. FY 2006 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. Officer Accessions | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 5,364 | 79.64% | 3,004 | 80.19% | 1,464 | 91.73% | 3,351 | 76.00% | 13,183 | 79.96% | 7,129,920 | 44.99% | |||||
| Females | 1,371 | 20.36% | 742 | 19.81% | 132 | 8.27% | 1,058 | 24.00% | 3,303 | 20.04% | 8,718,987 | 55.01% | |||||
| TOTAL | 6,735 | 100.00% | 3,746 | 100.00% | 1,596 | 100.00% | 4,409 | 100.00% | 16,486 | 100.00% | 15,848,907 | 100.00% | |||||
| b. Officer Corps | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 58,041 | 83.37% | 42,846 | 85.00% | 16,118 | 94.25% | 57,703 | 81.80% | 174,708 | 84.13% | 15,412,288 | 50.43% | |||||
| Females | 11,575 | 16.63% | 7,563 | 15.00% | 984 | 5.75% | 12,836 | 18.20% | 32,958 | 15.87% | 15,151,079 | 49.57% | |||||
| TOTAL | 69,616 | 100.00% | 50,409 | 100.00% | 17,102 | 100.00% | 70,539 | 100.00% | 207,666 | 100.00% | 30,563,367 | 100.00% | |||||
| * Comparison group for accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 2005-September 2006. | |||||||||||||||||
| Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian work force (21-49 years old), September 2006. | |||||||||||||||||
| Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File. | |||||||||||||||||