| 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. | |||||||||||||||||