Table D-35.  White Active Component Officer Gains and Corps by Service with Civilian Comparison Group, FYs 2003-2017
                                           
GAINS SERVICE CIVILIAN
FISCAL ARMY     NAVY     MARINE CORPS     AIR FORCE     TOTAL DoD     COLLEGE GRADS1
YEAR #      %      % Unknown   #      %      % Unknown   #      %      % Unknown   #      %      % Unknown   #      %      % Unknown   %
20032 4,698 74.20 8.20 3,328 80.70 4.60 1,136 85.90 9.10 5,533 78.70 11.20 14,695 78.10 8.60 79.60
2004 4,704 74.60 7.90 4,652 81.60 3.80 775 62.00 30.50 4,513 77.40 9.30 14,644 76.70 8.60 79.10
2005 4,828 74.10 8.60 2,874 80.30 5.10 1,288 66.80 24.70 4,164 76.00 11.70 13,154 75.10 10.60 78.90
2006 4,933 73.20 10.50 2,948 78.70 4.30 1,330 83.30 7.80 3,178 72.10 19.00 12,389 75.20 11.10 78.50
2007 5,603 74.40 8.80 3,113 80.70 2.70 1,568 81.30 9.30 3,126 71.20 18.90 13,410 75.70 10.00 78.20
2008 5,534 73.90 7.80 3,136 77.90 4.30 1,466 79.80 11.70 2,786 67.90 19.90 12,922 74.00 10.20 77.73
2009 5,817 73.90 6.80 3,215 79.00 3.50 1,388 82.70 7.40 3,477 73.80 14.20 13,897 75.80 8.00 79.20
2010 5,879 76.20 5.80 3,306 78.60 2.90 1,237 70.30 21.30 3,299 72.20 13.80 13,721 75.20 8.60 78.90
2011 5,529 76.63 6.61 3,105 79.41 2.79 1,361 80.68 9.13 3,062 68.18 16.57 13,057 75.46 8.58 79.09
2012 4,727 77.30 8.47 3,207 78.89 3.08 1,015 68.30 24.70 3,285 71.37 13.88 12,234 75.20 10.14 77.80
2013 4,668 76.81 6.70 3,137 76.74 4.28 929 84.53 5.19 2,968 71.48 14.52 11,702 75.91 8.06 76.65
2014 4,214 76.22 7.14 3,040 75.85 4.12 1,159 84.29 3.78 3,001 71.76 12.20 11,414 75.62 7.43 76.57
2015 4,291 75.93 7.17 2,971 74.15 4.54 1,305 82.39 5.11 3,156 73.09 10.28 11,723 75.34 7.15 75.57
2016 4,202 75.26 6.97 3,053 75.61 2.18 1,249 77.05 7.90 3,208 76.60 5.68 11,712 75.90 5.46 74.82
2017 4,831 71.55 8.75   3,038 76.06 2.08   1,352 79.58 5.65   3,403 75.32 6.91   12,624 74.42 6.38   74.76
                                           
CORPS SERVICE CIVILIAN
FISCAL ARMY     NAVY     MARINE CORPS     AIR FORCE     TOTAL DoD     COLLEGE GRADS3
YEAR #      %      % Unknown   #      %      % Unknown   #      %      % Unknown   #      %      % Unknown   #      %      % Unknown   %
20032
2004 53,403 77.80 5.90 44,354 84.20 4.10 13,566 81.00 9.60 62,148 83.60 6.50 173,471 81.70 5.90 81.40
2005 53,191 77.20 6.20 42,987 83.80 4.00 13,685 81.10 9.30 60,871 83.10 6.50 170,734 81.20 6.00 80.50
2006 52,814 75.90 6.60 41,957 83.20 3.90 14,134 82.70 7.60 58,193 82.50 7.00 167,098 80.50 6.20 80.40
2007 53,461 75.50 7.70 41,231 82.80 3.80 14,733 82.80 7.50 53,768 81.80 7.70 163,193 80.00 6.70 80.00
2008 54,582 74.82 8.00 40,872 82.20 3.80 15,076 82.40 7.80 52,556 81.10 8.20 163,086 79.30 7.00 80.30
2009 56,241 74.40 8.00 41,223 81.80 3.80 15,468 82.60 7.50 52,848 80.70 8.40 165,780 78.90 7.10 80.10
2010 58,583 74.30 7.80 41,549 81.40 3.70 15,780 81.40 8.70 53,102 80.20 8.60 169,014 78.40 7.20 80.80
2011 60,517 74.07 7.95 41,864 81.14 3.67 16,112 81.44 8.55 52,129 79.61 8.97 170,622 78.07 7.30 80.51
2012 61,969 74.79 6.43 41,688 80.78 3.66 16,122 81.47 8.55 53,190 81.82 5.76 172,969 78.89 5.77 78.75
2013 62,254 74.79 6.49 42,045 80.46 3.67 15,647 81.54 8.37 52,551 81.10 6.36 172,497 78.59 5.95 77.71
2014 61,375 74.72 6.56 42,256 80.06 3.72 15,372 81.71 8.02 50,476 80.96 5.92 169,479 78.43 5.81 77.03
2015 59,770 74.83 6.60 41,798 79.53 3.85 15,172 81.66 7.82 48,923 80.20 6.32 165,663 78.14 5.94 76.87
2016 58,262 74.83 6.68 41,683 79.07 3.76 15,094 81.01 7.89 48,596 79.72 6.38 163,635 77.86 5.97 75.99
2017 57,917 74.49 6.94   41,508 78.65 3.63   15,356 80.61 7.80   48,785 79.20 6.47   163,566 77.45 6.05   75.98
                                           
1. Comparison group for gains includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population.
2. Officer corps numbers by race and ethnicity were not reported for FY2003.
3. Comparison group for Corps includes 21-49 year old college graduates in the civilian labor force.
Source: Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).  Civilian data prior to 1989 represent calendar year.  Civilian data through 2015 are from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey monthly files provided by DMDC. Data since 2016, were produced using Current Population Survey data by CNA replicating DMDC's approach for earlier periods.