Table C-13.  Selected Reserve Enlisted Members, FY15: by Race/Ethnicity, Component, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group

                                 
RACE
WHITE BLACK AIAN1 ASIAN NHPI2 TWO OR MORE UNKNOWN TOTAL
GENDER #       %     #       %     #       %     #       %     #      %     #       %     #       %     #       %    
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD                              
   Males 201,006 79.3 37,018 14.6 1,793 0.71 7,440 2.9 260 0.10 2,074 0.82 4,000 1.6 253,591 100
   Females 33,109 65.3 14,239 28.1 541 1.1 1,525 3.0 56 0.1 538 1.1 719 1.4 50,727 100
   Total 234,115 76.9 51,257 16.8 2,334 0.77 8,965 2.9 316 0.10 2,612 0.86 4,719 1.6 304,318 100
   Percent Females 14.1 27.8 23.2 17.0 17.7 20.6 15.2 16.7
With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 80.5 14.8 0.72 3.0 0.10 0.83
   Females 66.2 28.5 1.1 3.0 0.1 1.1
   Total 78.1 17.1 0.78 3.0 0.11 0.87
ARMY RESERVE 3                                
   Males 86,791 69.2 25,741 20.5 704 0.56 6,060 4.8 1,395 1.11 0 0 4,687 3.7 125,378 100
   Females 18,916 51.7 13,559 37.1 275 0.75 1,674 4.6 577 1.58 0 0 1,584 4.3 36,585 100
   Total 105,707 65.3 39,300 24.3 979 0.60 7,734 4.8 1,972 1.22 0 0 6,271 3.9 161,963 100
   Percent Females 17.9 34.5 28.1 21.6 29.3 ----- 25.3 22.6
With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 71.9 21.3 0.58 5.0 1.16 0
   Females 54.0 38.7 0.79 4.8 1.65 0
   Total 67.9 25.2 0.63 5.0 1.27 0
NAVAL RESERVE                                
   Males 20,198 61.4 5,782 17.6 951 2.9 2,026 6.2 348 1.1 2,278 6.9 1,319 4.0 32,902 100
   Females 4,946 49.4 2,784 27.8 308 3.1 563 5.6 121 1.2 845 8.4 445 4.4 10,012 100
   Total 25,144 58.6 8,566 20.0 1,259 2.9 2,589 6.0 469 1.1 3,123 7.3 1,764 4.1 42,914 100
   Percent Females 19.7 32.5 24.5 21.7 25.8 27.1 25.2 23.3
With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 64.0 18.3 3.0 6.4 1.1 7.2
   Females 51.7 29.1 3.2 5.9 1.3 8.8
   Total 61.1 20.8 3.1 6.3 1.1 7.6
MARINE CORPS RESERVE                              
   Males 26,912 80.5 3,368 10.1 239 0.72 1,270 3.8 271 0.81 292 0.87 1,059 3.2 33,411 100
   Females 873 67.4 204 15.8 14 1.1 54 4.2 15 1.2 22 1.7 113 8.7 1,295 100
   Total 27,785 80.1 3,572 10.3 253 0.73 1,324 3.8 286 0.82 314 0.90 1,172 3.4 34,706 100
   Percent Females 3.1 5.7 5.5 4.1 5.2 7.0 9.6 3.7
With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 83.2 10.4 0.74 3.9 0.84 0.90
   Females 73.9 17.3 1.2 4.6 1.3 1.9
   Total 82.9 10.7 0.75 3.9 0.85 0.94
AIR NATIONAL GUARD                              
   Males 59,910 82.6 6,029 8.3 439 0.60 1,999 2.8 671 0.92 1,488 2.1 2,029 2.8 72,565 100
   Females 13,190 73.0 2,890 16.0 178 0.98 543 3.0 229 1.27 538 3.0 511 2.8 18,079 100
   Total 73,100 80.6 8,919 9.8 617 0.68 2,542 2.8 900 0.99 2,026 2.2 2,540 2.8 90,644 100
   Percent Females 18.0 32.4 28.8 21.4 25.4 26.6 20.1 19.9
With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 84.9 8.5 0.62 2.8 0.95 2.1
   Females 75.1 16.5 1.0 3.1 1.3 3.1
   Total 83.0 10.1 0.70 2.9 1.02 2.3
AIR FORCE RESERVE                              
   Males 28,799 71.7 6,698 16.7 234 0.58 1,305 3.2 534 1.33 926 2.3 1,680 4.2 40,176 100
   Females 8,172 56.8 4,124 28.7 134 0.93 507 3.5 248 1.72 512 3.6 684 4.8 14,381 100
   Total 36,971 67.8 10,822 19.8 368 0.67 1,812 3.3 782 1.43 1,438 2.6 2,364 4.3 54,557 100
   Percent Females 22.1 38.1 36.4 28.0 31.7 35.6 28.9 26.4
With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 74.8 17.4 0.61 3.4 1.39 2.4
   Females 59.7 30.1 0.98 3.7 1.81 3.7
   Total 70.8 20.7 0.71 3.5 1.50 2.8
TOTAL DoD                                
   Males 423,616 75.9 84,636 15.2 4,360 0.8 20,100 3.6 3,479 0.6 7,058 1.3 14,774 2.6 558,023 100
   Females 79,206 60.4 37,800 28.8 1,450 1.11 4,866 3.7 1,246 0.95 2,455 1.9 4,056 3.1 131,079 100
   Total 502,822 73.0 122,436 17.8 5,810 0.8 24,966 3.6 4,725 0.7 9,513 1.4 18,830 2.7 689,102 100
   Percent Females 15.8 30.9 25.0 19.5 26.4 25.8 21.5 19.0
With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 78.0 15.6 0.8 3.7 0.6 1.3
   Females 62.4 29.8 1.14 3.8 0.98 1.9
   Total 75.0 18.3 0.9 3.7 0.7 1.4
18-55 YR-OLD CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE4                            
   Males 51,967,297 78.9 7,625,453 11.6 807,102 1.2 3,937,181 6.0 308,021 0.47 1,197,435 1.8 0 0 65,842,489 100
   Females 43,828,459 75.7 8,556,303 14.8 679,191 1.2 3,445,341 5.9 245,427 0.42 1,159,587 2.0 0 0 57,914,308 100
   Total 95,795,755 77.4 16,181,757 13.1 1,486,293 1.2 7,382,522 6.0 553,448 0.45 2,357,021 1.9 0 0 123,756,797 100
   Percent Females 45.8 52.9 45.7 46.7 44.3 49.2 ----- 46.8
ETHNICITY
HISPANIC NOT HISPANIC Unknown TOTAL HISPANIC NOT HISPANIC
GENDER #       %     #       %     #       %     #       %       %       %    
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD               With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 25,544 10.1 227,919 89.9 128 0.05 253,591 100 10.1 89.9
   Females 6,112 12.0 44,598 87.9 17 0.03 50,727 100 12.1 87.9
   Total 31,656 10.4 272,517 89.6 145 0.05 304,318 100 10.4 89.6
   Percent Females 19.3 16.4 11.7 16.7
ARMY RESERVE                 With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 21,359 17.0 103,880 82.9 139 0.11 125,378 100 17.1 82.9
   Females 6,310 17.2 30,255 82.7 20 0.05 36,585 100 17.3 82.7
   Total 27,669 17.1 134,135 82.8 159 0.10 161,963 100 17.1 82.9
   Percent Females 22.8 22.6 12.6 22.6
NAVAL RESERVE                 With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 5,773 17.5 23,452 71.3 3,677 11.2 32,902 100 19.8 80.2
   Females 1,973 19.7 6,882 68.7 1,157 11.6 10,012 100 22.3 77.7
   Total 7,746 18.1 30,334 70.7 4,834 11.3 42,914 100 20.3 79.7
   Percent Females 25.5 22.7 23.9 23.3
MARINE CORPS RESERVE               With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 6,917 20.7 26,494 79.3 0 0 33,411 100 20.7 79.3
   Females 345 26.6 950 73.4 0 0 1,295 100 26.6 73.4
   Total 7,262 20.9 27,444 79.1 0 0 34,706 100 20.9 79.1
   Percent Females 4.8 3.5 ----- 3.7
AIR NATIONAL GUARD               With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 3,319 4.6 69,204 95.4 42 0.06 72,565 100 4.6 95.4
   Females 833 4.6 17,237 95.3 9 0.05 18,079 100 4.6 95.4
   Total 4,152 4.6 86,441 95.4 51 0.06 90,644 100 4.6 95.4
   Percent Females 20.1 19.9 17.6 19.9
AIR FORCE RESERVE               With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 2,623 6.5 37,533 93.4 20 0.05 40,176 100 6.5 93.5
   Females 993 6.9 13,378 93.0 10 0.07 14,381 100 6.9 93.1
   Total 3,616 6.6 50,911 93.3 30 0.05 54,557 100 6.6 93.4
   Percent Females 27.5 26.3 33.3 26.4
TOTAL DoD                 With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 65,535 11.7 488,482 87.5 4,006 0.72 558,023 100 11.8 88.2
   Females 16,566 12.6 113,300 86.4 1,213 0.93 131,079 100 12.8 87.2
   Total 82,101 11.9 601,782 87.3 5,219 0.76 689,102 100 12.0 88.0
   Percent Females 20.2 18.8 23.2 19.0
                 
18-55 YR-OLD CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE4            
   Males 13,201,552 20.1 52,640,937 79.9 (5) (5) 65,842,489 100
   Females 9,584,147 16.5 48,330,161 83.5 (5) (5) 57,914,308 100
   Total 22,785,699 18.4 100,971,098 81.6 (5) (5) 123,756,797 100
   Percent Females 42.1 47.9 46.8
     
  1. American Indian, Alaska Native
  2. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
  3. The US Army Reserve (USAR) does not report data on the number of enlisted personnel in the "Two or more" category. Caution should be used in comparing 
      the racial composition of the USAR's enlisted force with those of the other Selected Reserve components.
  4. Civilian data do not have 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, September 2015.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).