Table B-25.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY18: by Service, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity with Civilian Comparison Groups
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN, 21-39 YRS
RACE/ ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD COLLEGE GRADUATES1
ETHNICITY #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #        %      
Officer Gains 2
Males and Females
White 4,942 74.18 3,050 74.77 1,264 80.82 3,701 74.14 12,957 74.91 21,632,475 74.51
Black 694 10.42 278 6.82 97 6.20 379 7.59 1,448 8.37 2,838,199 9.78
AIAN 3 45 0.68 56 1.37 17 1.09 24 0.48 142 0.82 151,603 0.52
Asian 499 7.49 299 7.33 83 5.31 333 6.67 1,214 7.02 3,759,011 12.95
NHPI 4 45 0.68 18 0.44 9 0.58 31 0.62 103 0.60 86,329 0.30
Two or more 5 0 0 270 6.62 10 0.64 192 3.85 472 2.73 566,573 1.95
Unknown 437 6.56   108 2.65   84 5.37   332 6.65   961 5.56   0 0
TOTAL 6,662 100 4,079 100 1,564 100 4,992 100 17,297 100 29,034,190 100
Hispanic 574 8.62 419 10.27 184 11.76 434 8.69 1,611 9.31 3,064,328 10.55
Not Hispanic 6,088 91.38   3,660 89.73   1,380 88.24   4,558 91.31   15,686 90.69   25,969,862 89.45
TOTAL 6,662 100 4,079 100 1,564 100 4,992 100 17,297 100 29,034,190 100
Males and Females with the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
White 79.39 76.81 85.41 79.42 79.32 74.51
Black 11.15 7.00 6.55 8.13 8.86 9.78
AIAN 3 0.72 1.41 1.15 0.52 0.87 0.52
Asian 8.02 7.53 5.61 7.15 7.43 12.95
NHPI 4 0.72 0.45 0.61 0.67 0.63 0.30
Two or more 5   0     6.80     0.68     4.12     2.89     1.95
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Males
White 3,914 75.99 2,359 76.54 1,132 81.03 2,840 76.24 10,245 76.71 9,697,234 74.25
Black 475 9.22 197 6.39 78 5.58 229 6.15 979 7.33 1,199,617 9.19
AIAN 3 31 0.60 38 1.23 16 1.15 15 0.40 100 0.75 61,281 0.47
Asian 388 7.53 216 7.01 76 5.44 242 6.50 922 6.90 1,804,085 13.81
NHPI 4 31 0.65 12 0.43 7 0.57 22 0.64 72 0.59 47,544 0.36
Two or more 5 0 0 188 6.10 8 0.57 139 3.73 335 2.51 250,226 1.92
Unknown 312 6.06   72 2.34   80 5.73   238 6.39   702 5.26   0 0
TOTAL 5,151 100 3,082 100 1,397 100 3,725 100 13,355 100 13,059,987 100
Hispanic 406 7.88 298 9.67 163 11.67 309 8.30 1,176 8.81 1,345,888 10.31
Not Hispanic 4,745 92.12   2,784 90.33   1,234 88.33   3,416 91.70   12,179 91.19   11,714,099 89.69
TOTAL 5,151 100 3,082 100 1,397 100 3,725 100 13,355 100 13,059,987 100
Males with the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
White 80.88 78.37 85.95 81.45 80.97 74.25
Black 9.82 6.54 5.92 6.57 7.74 9.19
AIAN 3 0.64 1.26 1.21 0.43 0.79 0.47
Asian 8.02 7.18 5.77 6.94 7.29 13.81
NHPI 4 0.64 0.40 0.53 0.63 0.57 0.36
Two or more 5   0     6.25     0.61     3.99     2.65     1.92
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Females
White 1,028 68.03 691 69.31 132 79.04 861 67.96 2,712 68.80 11,935,241 74.72
Black 219 14.49 81 8.12 19 11.38 150 11.84 469 11.90 1,638,582 10.26
AIAN 3 14 0.93 18 1.81 1 0.60 9 0.71 42 1.07 90,322 0.57
Asian 111 7.35 83 8.32 7 4.19 91 7.18 292 7.41 1,954,925 12.24
NHPI 4 14 1.04 6 0.68 2 1.37 9 0.79 31 0.88 38,785 0.24
Two or more 5 0 0 82 8.22 2 1.20 53 4.18 137 3.48 316,347 1.98
Unknown 125 8.27   36 3.61   4 2.40   94 7.42   259 6.57   0 0
TOTAL 1,511 100 997 100 167 100 1,267 100 3,942 100 15,974,203 100
Hispanic 168 11.12 121 12.14 21 12.57 125 9.87 435 11.04 1,718,440 10.76
Not Hispanic 1,343 88.88   876 87.86   146 87.43   1,142 90.13   3,507 88.96   14,255,763 89.24
TOTAL 1,511 100 997 100 167 100 1,267 100 3,942 100 15,974,203 100
Females with the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
White 74.17 71.90 80.98 73.40 73.64 74.72
Black 15.80 8.43 11.66 12.79 12.73 10.26
AIAN 3 1.01 1.87 0.61 0.77 1.14 0.57
Asian 8.01 8.64 4.29 7.76 7.93 12.24
NHPI 4 1.01 0.62 1.23 0.77 0.84 0.24
Two or more 5   0     8.53     1.23     4.52     3.72     1.98
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN, 21-49 YRS
RACE/ ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD COLLEGE GRADUATES6
ETHNICITY #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #        %      
Officer Corps 5
Males and Females
White 58,088 74.43 41,474 78.25 15,428 80.43 49,296 78.70 164,286 77.18 29,691,965 74.94
Black 8,771 11.24 3,845 7.25 1,006 5.24 3,821 6.10 17,443 8.19 4,223,305 10.66
AIAN 3 410 0.53 475 0.90 175 0.91 305 0.49 1,365 0.64 210,916 0.53
Asian 4,968 6.37 2,809 5.30 677 3.53 3,174 5.07 11,628 5.46 4,653,880 11.75
NHPI 4 451 0.58 257 0.48 112 0.58 308 0.49 1,128 0.53 145,142 0.37
Two or more 5 0 0 2,279 4.30 327 1.70 1,760 2.81 4,366 2.05 695,915 1.76
Unknown 5,358 6.87   1,863 3.51   1,457 7.60   3,976 6.35   12,654 5.94   0 0
TOTAL 78,046 100 53,002 100 19,182 100 62,640 100 212,870 100 39,621,123 100
Hispanic 5,990 7.67 4,276 8.07 1,762 9.19 4,459 7.12 16,487 7.75 3,918,074 9.89
Not Hispanic 70,025 89.72 45,621 86.07 17,420 90.81 48,642 77.65 181,708 85.36 35,703,049 90.11
Unknown 2,031 2.60   3,105 5.86   0 0   9,539 15.23   14,675 6.89   0 0
TOTAL 78,046 100 53,002 100 19,182 100 62,640 100 212,870 100 39,621,123 100
Males and Females with the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
White 79.91 81.10 87.04 84.03 82.05 74.94
Black 12.07 7.52 5.68 6.51 8.71 10.66
AIAN 3 0.56 0.93 0.99 0.52 0.68 0.53
Asian 6.83 5.49 3.82 5.41 5.81 11.75
NHPI 4 0.62 0.50 0.63 0.53 0.56 0.37
Two or more 5   0     4.46     1.84     3.00     2.18     1.76
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Hispanic 7.88 8.57 9.19 8.40 8.32 9.89
Not Hispanic   92.12     91.43     90.81     91.60     91.68     90.11
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Males
White 48,899 77.32 34,301 80.23 14,294 80.97 40,006 81.08 137,500 79.48 14,211,576 75.07
Black 5,868 9.28 2,738 6.40 886 5.02 2,350 4.76 11,842 6.85 1,789,352 9.45
AIAN 3 328 0.52 372 0.87 159 0.90 226 0.46 1,085 0.63 99,484 0.53
Asian 3,811 6.03 2,101 4.91 593 3.36 2,300 4.66 8,805 5.09 2,475,227 13.08
NHPI 4 332 0.58 181 0.49 100 0.62 226 0.58 839 0.56 60,620 0.32
Two or more 5 0 0 1,669 3.90 296 1.68 1,238 2.51 3,203 1.85 294,417 1.56
Unknown 4,007 6.34   1,393 3.26   1,326 7.51   2,998 6.08   9,724 5.62   0 0
TOTAL 63,245 100 42,755 100 17,654 100 49,344 100 172,998 100 18,930,676 100
Hispanic 4,641 7.34 3,306 7.73 1,573 8.91 3,300 6.69 12,820 7.41 1,835,544 9.70
Not Hispanic 57,213 90.46 37,185 86.97 16,081 91.09 38,699 78.43 149,178 86.23 17,095,132 90.30
Unknown 1,391 2.20   2,264 5.30   0 0   7,345 14.89   11,000 6.36   0 0
TOTAL 63,245 100 42,755 100 17,654 100 49,344 100 172,998 100 18,930,676 100
Males with the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
White 82.55 82.93 87.54 86.32 84.21 75.07
Black 9.91 6.62 5.43 5.07 7.25 9.45
AIAN 3 0.55 0.90 0.97 0.49 0.66 0.53
Asian 6.43 5.08 3.63 4.96 5.39 13.08
NHPI 4 0.56 0.44 0.61 0.49 0.51 0.32
Two or more 5   0     4.04     1.81     2.67     1.96     1.56
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Hispanic 7.50 8.16 8.91 7.86 7.91 9.70
Not Hispanic   92.50     91.84     91.09     92.14     92.09     90.30
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Females
White 9,189 62.08 7,173 70.00 1,134 74.21 9,290 69.87 26,786 67.18 15,480,389 74.82
Black 2,903 19.61 1,107 10.80 120 7.85 1,471 11.06 5,601 14.05 2,433,952 11.76
AIAN 3 82 0.55 103 1.01 16 1.05 79 0.59 280 0.70 111,432 0.54
Asian 1,157 7.82 708 6.91 84 5.50 874 6.57 2,823 7.08 2,178,653 10.53
NHPI 4 119 0.93 76 0.90 12 0.90 82 0.82 289 0.89 84,522 0.41
Two or more 5 0 0 610 5.95 31 2.03 522 3.93 1,163 2.92 401,498 1.94
Unknown 1,351 9.13   470 4.59   131 8.57   978 7.36   2,930 7.35   0 0
TOTAL 14,801 100 10,247 100 1,528 100 13,296 100 39,872 100 20,690,447 100
Hispanic 1,349 9.11 970 9.47 189 12.37 1,159 8.72 3,667 9.20 2,082,530 10.07
Not Hispanic 12,812 86.56 8,436 82.33 1,339 87.63 9,943 74.78 32,530 81.59 18,607,917 89.93
Unknown 640 4.32   841 8.21   0 0   2,194 16.50   3,675 9.22   0 0
TOTAL 14,801 100 10,247 100 1,528 100 13,296 100 39,872 100 20,690,447 100
Females with the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
White 68.32 73.37 81.17 75.42 72.51 74.82
Black 21.58 11.32 8.59 11.94 15.16 11.76
AIAN 3 0.61 1.05 1.15 0.64 0.76 0.54
Asian 8.60 7.24 6.01 7.10 7.64 10.53
NHPI 4 0.88 0.78 0.86 0.67 0.78 0.41
Two or more 5   0     6.24     2.22     4.24     3.15     1.94
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Hispanic 9.53 10.31 12.37 10.44 10.13 10.07
Not Hispanic   90.47     89.69     87.63     89.56     89.87     89.93
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
     
1. Comparison group for gains includes 21-39 year-old college graduates in the noninstitutional civilian population, October 2017-September 2018 average.
2. Officer gains reflect an addition to the officer ranks between 1 October 2017 and 30 September 2018.  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.
3. American Indian, Alaska Native
4. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
5. The Army does not report data on the number of active duty officers or active duty officer gains in the "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.
6. Comparison group for officers includes college graduates in the civilian labor force (21-49 years old) September, 2018.
7. Officer corps reflects commissioned officers serving as of 30 September 2018.
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).