Table B-35.  FY 2009 Active Component Warrant Officer Accessions and Warrant Officer Corps
by Race/Ethnicity and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups
	SERVICE															CIVILIAN
RACE/	ARMY			NAVY			MARINE CORPS			AIR FORCE			TOTAL DoD			LABOR FORCE
ETHNICITY1	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%
a. FY 2009 Active Component Warrant Officer Accesssions2
White	938	64.07%		95	65.07%		210	79.25%		0	NA		1,243	66.29%		51,748,079	79.12%
Black	326	22.27%		35	23.97%		22	8.30%		0	NA		383	20.43%		8,386,705	12.82%
AIAN	7	0.48%		6	4.11%		0	0.00%		0	NA		13	0.69%		603,268	0.92%
Asian	33	2.25%		4	2.74%		6	2.26%		0	NA		43	2.29%		3,330,644	5.09%
NHPI3	0	0.00%		1	0.68%		1	0.38%		0	NA		2	0.11%		248,967	0.38%
Two or more	0	0.00%		4	2.74%		3	1.13%		0	NA		7	0.37%		1,089,920	1.67%
Unknown	160	10.93%		1	0.68%		23	8.68%		0	NA		184	9.81%		0	0.00%
TOTAL	1,464	100%		146	100%		265	100%		0	NA		1,875	100%		65,407,583	100%
Hispanic	126	8.61%		15	10.27%		36	13.58%		0	NA		177	9.44%		12,189,940	18.64%
Not Hispanic4	1,338	91.39%		131	89.73%		229	86.42%		0	NA		1,698	90.56%		53,217,643	81.36%
TOTAL	1,464	100%		146	100%		265	100%		0	NA		1,875	100%		65,407,583	100%
b. FY 2009 Active Component Warrant Officers5
White	9,647	63.57%		1,105	67.13%		1,480	74.90%		0	NA		12,232	65.07%		83,993,507	79.99%
Black	2,735	18.02%		368	22.36%		258	13.06%		0	NA		3,361	17.88%		12,985,109	12.37%
AIAN	88	0.58%		24	1.46%		23	1.16%		0	NA		135	0.72%		777,706	0.74%
Asian	291	1.92%		71	4.31%		34	1.72%		0	NA		396	2.11%		5,170,918	4.92%
NHPI3	0	0.00%		13	0.79%		8	0.40%		0	NA		21	0.11%		351,394	0.33%
Two or more	0	0.00%		11	0.67%		18	0.91%		0	NA		29	0.15%		1,720,235	1.64%
Unknown	2,415	15.91%		54	3.28%		155	7.84%		0	NA		2,624	13.96%		0	0.00%
TOTAL	15,176	100%		1,646	100%		1,976	100%		0	NA		18,798	100%		104,998,870	100%
Hispanic	1,143	7.53%		111	6.74%		229	11.59%		0	NA		1,483	7.89%		18,010,234	17.15%
Not Hispanic4	14,033	92.47%		1,535	93.26%		1,747	88.41%		0	NA		17,315	92.11%		86,988,636	82.85%
TOTAL	15,176	100%		1,646	100%		1,976	100%		0	NA		18,798	100%		104,998,870	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 18-39 year-old members of the civilian workforce, October 2008-September 2009 average.
3. The Army does not report data on the number of active duty warrant officers or active duty warrant officer accessions in either the NHPI or "Two or more" category.
Caution should be used in comparing the racial composition of the Army’s warrant officer corps or warrant 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 active component warrant officers includes 18-49 year-old members of the civilian workforce, September 2009.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey.