Table B-22.  FY 2007 Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Age and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN
ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   COLLEGE GRADUATES
AGE #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #        %      
a.  FY 2007 Active Component Officer Accessions1
17-20 6 0.08% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 3 0.07% 11 0.06% NA NA
21 96 1.27% 68 1.76% 38 1.97% 91 2.07% 293 1.65% 106,350 0.64%
22 1,612 21.39% 1,026 26.58% 490 25.41% 1,265 28.82% 4,393 24.80% 522,464 3.16%
23 1,225 16.26% 634 16.42% 439 22.77% 1,016 23.14% 3,314 18.71% 929,210 5.62%
24 625 8.29% 229 5.93% 262 13.59% 357 8.13% 1,473 8.32% 1,088,284 6.58%
25 413 5.48% 184 4.77% 150 7.78% 209 4.76% 956 5.40% 1,197,467 7.24%
26 401 5.32% 229 5.93% 122 6.33% 234 5.33% 986 5.57% 1,261,230 7.62%
27 402 5.34% 213 5.52% 112 5.81% 215 4.90% 942 5.32% 1,246,927 7.54%
28 328 4.35% 179 4.64% 101 5.24% 170 3.87% 778 4.39% 1,251,303 7.56%
29 273 3.62% 157 4.07% 75 3.89% 138 3.14% 643 3.63% 1,294,321 7.82%
30 263 3.49% 168 4.35% 43 2.23% 112 2.55% 586 3.31% 1,306,668 7.90%
31 208 2.76% 126 3.26% 23 1.19% 110 2.51% 467 2.64% 1,228,911 7.43%
32 184 2.44% 117 3.03% 16 0.83% 76 1.73% 393 2.22% 1,289,753 7.79%
33 210 2.79% 122 3.16% 12 0.62% 68 1.55% 412 2.33% 1,190,179 7.19%
34 155 2.06% 101 2.62% 9 0.47% 54 1.23% 319 1.80% 1,247,139 7.54%
35 161 2.14% 64 1.66% 2 0.10% 47 1.07% 274 1.55% 1,386,682 8.38%
36+ 971 12.89% 237 6.14% 34 1.76% 225 5.13% 1,467 8.28% NA NA
Unknown 2 0.03% 4 0.10% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 6 0.03% 0 NA
                                   
TOTAL 7,535 100.00% 3,860 100.00% 1,928 100.00% 4,390 100.00% 17,713 100.00% 16,546,888 100.00%
b.  FY 2007 Active Component Officer Corps2
17-19 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 0.00% NA NA
20-24 7,975 11.26% 4,627 9.29% 2,270 12.75% 6,639 10.10% 21,511 10.53% 2,454,297 5.25%
25-29 16,122 22.76% 10,457 20.99% 4,761 26.74% 13,908 21.16% 45,248 22.16% 5,843,381 12.51%
30-34 13,631 19.24% 9,869 19.81% 3,766 21.15% 13,462 20.48% 40,728 19.95% 5,462,785 11.69%
35-39 13,875 19.59% 10,128 20.33% 3,702 20.79% 13,675 20.81% 41,380 20.27% 6,068,109 12.99%
40-44 10,851 15.32% 7,973 16.00% 2,139 12.01% 10,872 16.54% 31,835 15.59% 5,769,714 12.35%
45-49 5,330 7.52% 4,388 8.81% 833 4.68% 4,822 7.34% 15,373 7.53% 5,813,450 12.44%
50+ 2,947 4.16% 2,364 4.74% 333 1.87% 2,343 3.57% 7,987 3.91% 15,304,005 32.76%
Unknown 107 0.15% 16 0.03% 0 0.00% 1 0.00% 124 0.06% 0 0.00%
TOTAL 70,839 100.00%   49,822 100.00%   17,804 100.00%   65,722 100.00%   204,187 100.00%   46,715,740 100.00%
   
  1. Civilian comparison group includes 21-35 year-old college graduates in the noninstitutional civilian population, October 2006-September 2007 average.
  2. Civilian comparison group includes college graduates in the civilian workforce (21 years and older), September 2007.
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.  Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey.