Table C-20.  Selected Reserve Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY18: by Race/Ethnicity and Component with Civilian Comparison Group

Reserve Component Officer Corps1                                            
RACE
WHITE BLACK AIAN2 ASIAN NHPI3 TWO OR MORE UNKNOWN TOTAL
COMPONENT #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %
DoD
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 4 31,105 84.41 3,236 8.78 163 0.44 1,287 3.49 67 0.18 724 1.96 268 0.73 36,850 100
ARMY RESERVE 23,562 68.60 5,549 16.16 181 0.53 2,285 6.65 269 0.78 0 0 2,502 7.28 34,348 100
NAVAL RESERVE 10,952 78.12 906 6.46 103 0.73 706 5.04 51 0.36 578 4.12 723 5.16 14,019 100
MARINE CORPS RESERVE 3,406 80.86 158 3.75 37 0.88 146 3.47 18 0.43 74 1.76 373 8.86 4,212 100
AIR NATIONAL GUARD 13,333 86.57 689 4.47 85 0.55 447 2.90 79 0.51 236 1.53 532 3.45 15,401 100
AIR FORCE RESERVE 11,175 81.47 876 6.39 65 0.47 538 3.92 72 0.52 254 1.85 736 5.37 13,716 100
TOTAL 93,533 78.90   11,414 9.63   634 0.53   5,409 4.56   556 0.47   1,866 1.57   5,134 4.33   118,546 100
With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 4 85.03 8.85 0.45 3.52 0.18 1.98
ARMY RESERVE 73.99 17.42 0.57 7.18 0.84 0
NAVAL RESERVE 82.37 6.81 0.77 5.31 0.38 4.35
MARINE CORPS RESERVE 88.72 4.12 0.96 3.80 0.47 1.93
AIR NATIONAL GUARD 89.67 4.63 0.57 3.01 0.53 1.59
AIR FORCE RESERVE 86.09 6.75 0.50 4.14 0.55 1.96
TOTAL   82.47     10.06     0.56     4.77     0.49     1.65            
CIVILIAN COLLEGE 39,602,491 76.48 5,259,915 10.16 254,641 0.49 5,707,254 11.02 184,020 0.36 773,843 1.49 0 0 51,782,163 100
GRADUATES 5                                              
                             
ETHNICITY   With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
HISPANIC NOT HISPANIC UNKNOWN TOTAL HISPANIC NOT HISPANIC
COMPONENT     #      % #      % #      % #      %   % %
DoD
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 4 2,130 5.78 34,671 94.09 49 0.13 36,850 100 5.79 94.21
ARMY RESERVE 2,924 8.51 31,341 91.25 83 0.24 34,348 100 8.53 91.47
NAVAL RESERVE 1,131 8.07 11,783 84.05 1,105 7.88 14,019 100 8.76 91.24
MARINE CORPS RESERVE 338 8.02 3,874 91.98 0 0 4,212 100 8.02 91.98
AIR NATIONAL GUARD 869 5.64 13,644 88.59 888 5.77 15,401 100 5.99 94.01
AIR FORCE RESERVE       857 6.25   10,486 76.45   2,373 17.30   13,716 100   7.56   92.44
TOTAL 8,249 6.96 105,799 89.25 4,498 3.79 118,546 100 7.23 92.77
CIVILIAN COLLEGE GRADUATES6     4,848,707 9.36   46,933,456 90.64   (6) (6)   51,782,163 100
       
1. The data in this table reflect commissioned officers serving as of 30 September 2018.
2. American Indian, Alaska Native
3. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
4. 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.
5. Comparison group for reserve component officers includes college graduates in the civilian labor force (ages 21-59), September 2018.
6. 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).