| Table B-23. FY 2007 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. FY 2007 Active Component Officer Accessions1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 6,047 | 80.25% | 3,068 | 79.48% | 1,778 | 92.22% | 3,303 | 75.24% | 14,196 | 80.14% | 7,456,745 | 45.06% | |||||
| Females | 1,488 | 19.75% | 792 | 20.52% | 150 | 7.78% | 1,087 | 24.76% | 3,517 | 19.86% | 9,090,142 | 54.94% | |||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 59,015 | 83.31% | 42,297 | 84.90% | 16,775 | 94.22% | 53,887 | 81.99% | 171,974 | 84.22% | 15,776,154 | 50.22% | |||||
| Females | 11,824 | 16.69% | 7,525 | 15.10% | 1,029 | 5.78% | 11,835 | 18.01% | 32,213 | 15.78% | 15,635,581 | 49.78% | |||||
| TOTAL | 70,839 | 100.00% | 49,822 | 100.00% | 17,804 | 100.00% | 65,722 | 100.00% | 204,187 | 100.00% | 31,411,735 | 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 (21-49 years old), September 2007. | |||||||||||||||||
| Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding. | |||||||||||||||||
| Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey. | |||||||||||||||||