Table B-33.  FY 2006 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. Officer Accessions
White 4,933 73.24% 2,948 78.70% 1,330 83.33% 3,178 72.08% 12,389 75.15% 12,434,988 78.46%
Black 740 10.99% 326 8.70% 72 4.51% 161 3.65% 1,299 7.88% 1,308,854 8.26%
AIAN 17 0.25% 26 0.69% 9 0.56% 19 0.43% 71 0.43% 40,094 0.25%
Asian 335 4.97% 148 3.95% 41 2.57% 170 3.86% 694 4.21% 1,813,088 11.44%
NHPI 5 0.07% 7 0.19% 5 0.31% 7 0.16% 24 0.15% 55,873 0.35%
Two or more 0 0.00% 131 3.50% 14 0.88% 36 0.82% 181 1.10% 196,010 1.24%
Unknown 705 10.47%   160 4.27%   125 7.83%   838 19.01%   1,828 11.09%   0 NA
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%
Hispanic 381 5.66% 227 6.06% 97 6.08% 68 1.54% 773 4.69% 1,192,761 7.53%
Not Hispanic** 6,354 94.34%   3,519 93.94%   1,499 93.92%   4,341 98.46%   15,713 95.31%   14,656,146 92.47%
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
White 52,814 75.86% 41,957 83.23% 14,134 82.65% 58,193 82.50% 167,098 80.46% 24,568,006 80.38%
Black 8,595 12.35% 3,875 7.69% 954 5.58% 4,466 6.33% 17,890 8.61% 2,562,474 8.38%
AIAN 329 0.47% 229 0.45% 112 0.65% 262 0.37% 932 0.45% 104,340 0.34%
Asian 2,672 3.84% 1,745 3.46% 374 2.19% 1,853 2.63% 6,644 3.20% 2,884,533 9.44%
NHPI 592 0.85% 91 0.18% 63 0.37% 160 0.23% 906 0.44% 97,162 0.32%
Two or more 30 0.04% 529 1.05% 167 0.98% 644 0.91% 1,370 0.66% 346,851 1.13%
Unknown 4,584 6.58%   1,983 3.93%   1,298 7.59%   4,961 7.03%   12,826 6.18%   0 NA
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%
Hispanic 3,655 5.25% 2,763 5.48% 1,070 6.26% 2,689 3.81% 10,177 4.90% 2,144,818 7.02%
Not Hispanic** 65,961 94.75%   47,646 94.52%   16,032 93.74%   67,850 96.19%   197,489 95.10%   28,418,549 92.98%
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 Officers includes college graduates in the civilian workforce, (21-49 years old), October 2005-September 2006.
**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.

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