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
ETHNICITY1	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%
a. FY 2009 Active Component Officer Accessions2
White	5,817	73.87%		3,215	79.03%		1,388	82.72%		3,477	73.81%		13,897	75.81%		13,537,883	79.15%
Black	1,043	13.24%		339	8.33%		71	4.23%		231	4.90%		1,684	9.19%		1,422,661	8.32%
AIAN	48	0.61%		38	0.93%		23	1.37%		28	0.59%		137	0.75%		69,598	0.41%
Asian	431	5.47%		208	5.11%		42	2.50%		223	4.73%		904	4.93%		1,778,260	10.40%
NHPI3	0	0.00%		18	0.44%		7	0.42%		23	0.49%		48	0.26%		53,728	0.31%
Two or more	0	0.00%		108	2.65%		23	1.37%		61	1.29%		192	1.05%		242,936	1.42%
Unknown	536	6.81%		142	3.49%		124	7.39%		668	14.18%		1,470	8.02%		0	NA
TOTAL	7,875	100%		4,068	100%		1,678	100%		4,711	100%		18,332	100%		17,105,065	100%
Hispanic	525	6.67%		310	7.62%		110	6.56%		80	1.70%		1,025	5.59%		1,356,493	7.93%
Not Hispanic4	7,350	93.33%		3,758	92.38%		1,568	93.44%		4,631	98.30%		17,307	94.41%		15,748,573	92.07%
TOTAL	7,875	100%		4,068	100%		1,678	100%		4,711	100%		18,332	100%		17,105,065	100%
b. FY 2009 Active Component Officer Corps5
White	56,241	74.37%		41,223	81.82%		15,468	82.57%		52,848	80.69%		165,780	78.86%		25,645,545	80.07%
Black	9,667	12.78%		3,945	7.83%		964	5.15%		3,804	5.81%		18,380	8.74%		2,839,251	8.86%
AIAN	368	0.49%		315	0.63%		138	0.74%		277	0.42%		1,098	0.52%		111,215	0.35%
Asian	3,327	4.40%		1,991	3.95%		458	2.44%		2,082	3.18%		7,858	3.74%		2,958,664	9.24%
NHPI3	0	0.00%		158	0.31%		71	0.38%		203	0.31%		432	0.21%		98,329	0.31%
Two or more	0	0.00%		858	1.70%		222	1.19%		764	1.17%		1,844	0.88%		375,758	1.17%
Unknown	6,016	7.96%		1,895	3.76%		1,412	7.54%		5,518	8.42%		14,841	7.06%		0	NA
TOTAL	75,619	100%		50,385	100%		18,733	100%		65,496	100%		210,233	100%		32,028,762	100%
Hispanic	4,348	5.75%		3,005	5.96%		1,226	6.54%		2,345	3.58%		10,924	5.20%		2,341,995	7.31%
Not Hispanic4	71,271	94.25%		47,380	94.04%		17,507	93.46%		63,151	96.42%		199,309	94.80%		29,686,767	92.69%
TOTAL	75,619	100%		50,385	100%		18,733	100%		65,496	100%		210,233	100%		32,028,762	100%
1. 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.
2. Comparison group for accessions includes 21-35 year-old college graduates in the noninstitutional civilian population, October 2008-September 2009 average.
3. The Army does not report data on the number of active duty officers or active duty officer accessions in either the NHPI or "Two or more" category. Caution should be used in
comparing the racial composition of the Army’s officer corps or officer accessions with those of the other Services.
4. Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to the ethnicity question.
5. Comparison group for officers includes college graduates in the civilian workforce, (21-49 years old) September 2009.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey.