Table C-20.  Selected Reserve Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY16: by Race/Ethnicity and Component with Civilian Comparison Group
Reserve Component Officer Corps                                            
RACE
WHITE BLACK AIAN1 ASIAN NHPI2 TWO OR MORE UNKNOWN TOTAL
COMPONENT #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %
DoD
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 3 31,350 84.82 3,223 8.72 154 0.42 1,254 3.39 54 0.15 617 1.67 309 0.84 36,961 100
ARMY RESERVE 23,417 69.00 5,789 17.06 171 0.50 2,078 6.12 268 0.79 0 0 2,215 6.53 33,938 100
NAVAL RESERVE 11,177 78.64 906 6.37 97 0.68 681 4.79 54 0.38 518 3.64 780 5.49 14,213 100
MARINE CORPS RESERVE 3,280 80.29 156 3.82 37 0.91 154 3.77 19 0.47 70 1.71 369 9.03 4,085 100
AIR NATIONAL GUARD 13,263 87.07 690 4.53 80 0.53 404 2.65 76 0.50 186 1.22 533 3.50 15,232 100
AIR FORCE RESERVE 11,366 81.69 894 6.43 64 0.46 532 3.82 64 0.46 258 1.85 735 5.28 13,913 100
TOTAL 93,853 79.31   11,658 9.85   603 0.51   5,103 4.31   535 0.45   1,649 1.39   4,941 4.18   118,342 100
With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 3 85.53 8.79 0.42 3.42 0.15 1.68
ARMY RESERVE 73.82 18.25 0.54 6.55 0.84 0
NAVAL RESERVE 83.21 6.74 0.72 5.07 0.40 3.86
MARINE CORPS RESERVE 88.27 4.20 1.00 4.14 0.51 1.88
AIR NATIONAL GUARD 90.23 4.69 0.54 2.75 0.52 1.27
AIR FORCE RESERVE 86.25 6.78 0.49 4.04 0.49 1.96
TOTAL   82.76     10.28     0.53     4.50     0.47     1.45            
CIVILIAN COLLEGE 38,003,064 77.57 4,494,729 9.17 277,928 0.57 5,223,972 10.66 151,772 0.31 842,071 1.72 0 0 48,993,535 100
GRADUATES 4                                              
                             
ETHNICITY   With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
HISPANIC NOT HISPANIC UNKNOWN TOTAL HISPANIC NOT HISPANIC
COMPONENT     #      % #      % #      % #      %   % %
DoD
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 3 2,087 5.65 34,830 94.23 44 0.12 36,961 100 5.65 94.35
ARMY RESERVE 2,811 8.28 31,037 91.45 90 0.27 33,938 100 8.30 91.70
NAVAL RESERVE 1,059 7.45 11,983 84.31 1,171 8.24 14,213 100 8.12 91.88
MARINE CORPS RESERVE 313 7.66 3,772 92.34 0 0 4,085 100 7.66 92.34
AIR NATIONAL GUARD 598 3.93 14,595 95.82 39 0.26 15,232 100 3.94 96.06
AIR FORCE RESERVE       616 4.43   13,269 95.37   28 0.20   13,913 100   4.44   95.56
TOTAL 7,484 6.32 109,486 92.52 1,372 1.16 118,342 100 6.40 93.60
CIVILIAN COLLEGE GRADUATES4     4,478,989 9.14   44,514,546 90.86   (5) (5)   48,993,535 100
       
1. American Indian, Alaska Native
2. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
3. The US Army Reserve (USAR) does not report data on the number of officers in the "Two or more" category. Caution should be used in comparing the racial composition of the ARNG's officer corps with those of the other Selected Reserve components.
4. Comparison group for reserve component officers includes college graduates in the civilian labor force (ages 21-59), September 2016.
5. 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.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).