Table B-25.  FY 2009 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 2008 Active Component Officer Accessions1
White	5,534	73.85%		3,136	77.93%		1,466	79.76%		2,786	67.93%		12,922	74.02%		13,315,309	78.48%
Black	926	12.36%		366	9.10%		63	3.43%		219	5.34%		1,574	9.02%		1,455,968	8.58%
AIAN	43	0.57%		41	1.02%		13	0.71%		17	0.41%		114	0.65%		68,828	0.41%
Asian	409	5.46%		193	4.80%		50	2.72%		176	4.29%		828	4.74%		1,857,786	10.95%
NHPI	0	0.00%		33	0.82%		7	0.38%		18	0.44%		58	0.33%		47,137	0.28%
Two or more	0	0.00%		83	2.06%		24	1.31%		71	1.73%		178	1.02%		222,043	1.31%
Unknown	582	7.77%		172	4.27%		215	11.70%		814	19.85%		1,783	10.21%		0	NA
TOTAL	7,494	100.00%		4,024	100.00%		1,838	100.00%		4,101	100.00%		17,457	100.00%		16,967,070	100.00%
Hispanic	388	5.18%		272	6.76%		105	5.71%		77	1.88%		842	4.82%		1,350,044	7.96%
Not Hispanic3	7,106	94.82%		3,752	93.24%		1,733	94.29%		4,024	98.12%		16,615	95.18%		15,617,026	92.04%
TOTAL	7,494	100.00%		4,024	100.00%		1,838	100.00%		4,101	100.00%		17,457	100.00%		16,967,070	100.00%
b. FY 2008 Active Component Officer Corps2
White	54,582	74.84%		40,872	82.18%		15,076	82.40%		52,556	81.10%		163,086	79.26%		25,795,772	80.33%
Black	9,135	12.53%		3,903	7.85%		954	5.21%		3,838	5.92%		17,830	8.67%		2,772,028	8.63%
AIAN	348	0.48%		289	0.58%		122	0.67%		255	0.39%		1,014	0.49%		140,532	0.44%
Asian	3,065	4.20%		1,878	3.78%		443	2.42%		1,923	2.97%		7,309	3.55%		3,024,914	9.42%
NHPI	0	0.00%		138	0.28%		66	0.36%		184	0.28%		388	0.19%		82,727	0.26%
Two or more	0	0.00%		767	1.54%		202	1.10%		714	1.10%		1,683	0.82%		296,998	0.92%
Unknown	5,798	7.95%		1,888	3.80%		1,434	7.84%		5,335	8.23%		14,455	7.03%		0	NA
TOTAL	72,928	100.00%		49,735	100.00%		18,297	100.00%		64,805	100.00%		205,765	100.00%		32,112,972	100.00%
Hispanic	3,989	5.47%		2,860	5.75%		1,182	6.46%		2,379	3.67%		10,410	5.06%		2,322,479	7.23%
Not Hispanic3	68,939	94.53%		46,875	94.25%		17,115	93.54%		62,426	96.33%		195,355	94.94%		29,790,493	92.77%
TOTAL	72,928	100.00%		49,735	100.00%		18,297	100.00%		64,805	100.00%		205,765	100.00%		32,112,972	100.00%
1. Comparison group for accessions includes 21-35 year-old college graduates in the noninstitutional civilian population, October 2008-September 2009 average.
2. Comparison group for officers includes college graduates in the civilian workforce, (21-49 years old), September 2009.
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.