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.