Table B-25.  FY 2007 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
ETHNICITY4	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%
a. FY 2007 Active Component Officer Accessions1
White	5,603	74.36%		3,113	80.65%		1,568	81.33%		3,126	71.21%		13,410	75.71%		12,944,636	78.23%
Black	864	11.47%		272	7.05%		70	3.63%		166	3.78%		1,372	7.75%		1,441,229	8.71%
AIAN	38	0.50%		33	0.85%		17	0.88%		19	0.43%		107	0.60%		52,615	0.32%
Asian	367	4.87%		163	4.22%		63	3.27%		205	4.67%		798	4.51%		1,843,071	11.14%
NHPI	0	0.00%		10	0.26%		7	0.36%		12	0.27%		29	0.16%		40,362	0.24%
Two or more	0	0.00%		164	4.25%		23	1.19%		33	0.75%		220	1.24%		224,975	1.36%
Unknown	663	8.80%		105	2.72%		180	9.34%		829	18.88%		1,777	10.03%		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%
Hispanic	405	5.37%		230	5.96%		121	6.28%		88	2.00%		844	4.76%		1,285,862	7.77%
Not Hispanic3	7,130	94.63%		3,630	94.04%		1,807	93.72%		4,302	98.00%		16,869	95.24%		15,261,026	92.23%
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
White	53,461	75.47%		41,231	82.76%		14,733	82.75%		53,768	81.81%		163,193	79.92%		25,141,682	80.04%
Black	8,720	12.31%		3,854	7.74%		942	5.29%		3,986	6.06%		17,502	8.57%		2,838,266	9.04%
AIAN	330	0.47%		256	0.51%		122	0.69%		248	0.38%		956	0.47%		114,360	0.36%
Asian	2,855	4.03%		1,798	3.61%		419	2.35%		1,858	2.83%		6,930	3.39%		2,926,491	9.32%
NHPI	0	0.00%		101	0.20%		67	0.38%		169	0.26%		337	0.17%		69,766	0.22%
Two or more	0	0.00%		692	1.39%		184	1.03%		643	0.98%		1,519	0.74%		321,171	1.02%
Unknown	5,473	7.73%		1,890	3.79%		1,337	7.51%		5,050	7.68%		13,750	6.73%		0	NA
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%
Hispanic	3,787	5.35%		2,764	5.55%		1,121	6.30%		2,469	3.76%		10,141	4.97%		2,243,845	7.14%
Not Hispanic3	67,052	94.65%		47,058	94.45%		16,683	93.70%		63,253	96.24%		194,046	95.03%		29,167,891	92.86%
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. Comparison group for accessions includes 21-35 year-old college graduates in the noninstitutional civilian population, October 2006-September 2007 average.
2. Comparison group for officers includes college graduates in the civilian workforce, (21-49 years old), September 2007.
3. Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to the ethnicity question.
4. The race groupings used in this table reflect the number of individuals who indicate a single racial identity.  Individuals who self-identify as multiracial are counted in the "two or more" category.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey.