Table B-25.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY12: by Service and Race/Ethnicity with Civilian Comparison Groups
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN, 21-35 YRS
RACE/ ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD COLLEGE GRADUATES
ETHNICITY 1 #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #        %      
Officer Gains 2
White 4,727 77.3 3,207 78.9 1,015 68.3 3,285 71.4 12,234 75.2 14,179,834 77.8
Black 533 8.7 257 6.3 53 3.6 276 6.0 1,119 6.9 1,573,827 8.6
AIAN 3 26 0.43 34 0.84 5 0.34 21 0.46 86 0.53 83,293 0.46
Asian 309 5.1 204 5.0 32 2.2 206 4.5 751 4.6 2,035,977 11.2
NHPI 4 2 0.03 28 0.69 3 0.20 33 0.72 66 0.41 57,727 0.32
Two or more 0 0 210 5.2 11 0.74 143 3.1 364 2.2 295,814 1.6
Unknown 518 8.5   125 3.1   367 24.7   639 13.9   1,649 10.1   0 NA
TOTAL 6,115 100 4,065 100 1,486 100 4,603 100 16,269 100 18,226,472 100
Hispanic 395 6.5 312 7.7 110 7.4 70 1.5 887 5.5 1,594,380 8.7
Not Hispanic 5,720 93.5   3,753 92.3   1,376 92.6   4,533 98.5   15,382 94.5   16,632,092 91.3
TOTAL 6,115 100 4,065 100 1,486 100 4,603 100 16,269 100 18,226,472 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN, 21-49 YRS
RACE/ ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD COLLEGE GRADUATES
ETHNICITY 1 #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #        %      
Officer Corps 5
White 61,969 74.8 41,688 80.8 16,122 81.5 53,190 81.8 172,969 78.9 26,096,860 78.8
Black 10,344 12.5 3,891 7.5 954 4.8 3,853 5.9 19,042 8.7 3,005,371 9.1
AIAN 3 417 0.50 373 0.72 141 0.71 309 0.48 1,240 0.57 145,829 0.44
Asian 4,379 5.3 2,237 4.3 531 2.7 2,626 4.0 9,773 4.5 3,330,289 10.0
NHPI 4 416 0.50 226 0.44 80 0.40 273 0.42 995 0.45 133,435 0.40
Two or more 0 0 1,302 2.5 269 1.4 1,019 1.6 2,590 1.2 426,019 1.3
Unknown 5,331 6.4   1,887 3.7   1,692 8.6   3,742 5.8   12,652 5.8   0 NA
TOTAL 82,856 100 51,604 100 19,789 100 65,012 100 219,261 100 33,137,803 100
Hispanic 5,196 6.3 3,403 6.6 1,355 6.8 2,180 3.4 12,134 5.5 2,738,036 8.3
Not Hispanic 6 73,391 88.6 45,555 88.3 18,434 93.2 59,809 92.0 197,189 89.9 30,399,767 91.7
Unknown 4,269 5.2   2,646 5.1   0 0   3,023 4.6   9,938 4.5   0 0
TOTAL 82,856 100 51,604 100 19,789 100 65,012 100 219,261 100 33,137,803 100
     
  Note:  Officer gains reflect an addition to the officer ranks. This addition can reflect a new accession, a movement from another component, or the return of the officer 
      to the same component.  The OSD definition of an officer gain is a transaction in a database that reflects the addition of an SSN that was not in the previous file.
  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 gains includes 21-35 year-old college graduates in the noninstitutional civilian population, October 2011-September 2012 average.
  3. American Indian, Alaska Native
  4. The Army does not report data on the number of active duty officers or active duty officer gains in either the Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander (NHPI) or "Two or more" category. 
      Caution should be used in comparing the racial composition of the Army's officer corps or officer gains with those of the other Services.
  5. Comparison group for officers includes college graduates in the civilian workforce, (21-49 years old) September 2012.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower
      Data Center (DMDC).
  6. Officer gain data does not contain Unknowns for ethnicity.
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
      Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).