Table B-20.  Active Component Enlisted Members, FY19: by Occupational Area, Service, Race, and Gender
Number
  OCCUPATIONAL AREA  
   Infantry,
Gun Crews, & Commu- Other Admin- Non-
GENDER Seamanship1 Electronics nications Medical Technical istrators Electrical Craftsman Supply Occupational2 TOTAL
ARMY                      
   Males 98,039 18,632 44,764 24,144 9,485 37,069 49,048 8,566 36,921 3,622 330,290
   Females 3,032 2,702 5,022 9,379 2,122 18,527 4,584 1,125 9,988 304 56,785
   Total 101,071 21,334 49,786 33,523 11,607 55,596 53,632 9,691 46,909 3,926 387,075
   Percent Females 3.00 12.67 10.09 27.98 18.28 33.32 8.55 11.61 21.29 7.74 14.67
NAVY                      
   Males 21,889 41,762 17,094 18,825 3,610 16,920 65,910 9,283 16,734 9,444 221,471
   Females 4,620 6,322 5,760 7,575 386 7,652 13,057 2,028 5,697 2,827 55,924
   Total 26,509 48,084 22,854 26,400 3,996 24,572 78,967 11,311 22,431 12,271 277,395
   Percent Females 17.43 13.15 25.20 28.69 9.66 31.14 16.53 17.93 25.40 23.04 20.16
MARINE CORPS                      
   Males 37,008 9,241 12,796 0 3,913 21,574 25,372 4,529 15,011 20,264 149,708
   Females 376 653 1,448 0 469 5,570 1,765 337 1,824 2,415 14,857
   Total 37,384 9,894 14,244 0 4,382 27,144 27,137 4,866 16,835 22,679 164,565
   Percent Females 1.01 6.60 10.17 ----- 10.70 20.52 6.50 6.93 10.83 10.65 9.03
AIR FORCE                      
   Males 7,880 23,152 21,065 9,460 8,388 22,405 60,087 9,716 30,779 16,839 209,771
   Females 645 2,829 5,969 9,926 1,408 13,956 5,164 759 8,115 5,434 54,205
   Total 8,525 25,981 27,034 19,386 9,796 36,361 65,251 10,475 38,894 22,273 263,976
   Percent Females 7.57 10.89 22.08 51.20 14.37 38.38 7.91 7.25 20.86 24.40 20.53
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 164,816 92,787 95,719 52,429 25,396 97,968 200,417 32,094 99,445 50,169 911,240
   Females 8,673 12,506 18,199 26,880 4,385 45,705 24,570 4,249 25,624 10,980 181,771
   Total 173,489 105,293 113,918 79,309 29,781 143,673 224,987 36,343 125,069 61,149 1,093,011
   Percent Females 5.00 11.88 15.98 33.89 14.72 31.81 10.92 11.69 20.49 17.96 16.63
Percent
  OCCUPATIONAL AREA  
   Infantry,
Gun Crews, & Commu- Other Admin- Non-
GENDER Seamanship1 Electronics nications Medical Technical istrators Electrical Craftsman Supply Occupational2 TOTAL
ARMY                      
   Males 29.68 5.64 13.55 7.31 2.87 11.22 14.85 2.59 11.18 1.10 100
   Females 5.34 4.76 8.84 16.52 3.74 32.63 8.07 1.98 17.59 0.54 100
   Total 26.11 5.51 12.86 8.66 3.00 14.36 13.86 2.50 12.12 1.01 100
NAVY                      
   Males 9.88 18.86 7.72 8.50 1.63 7.64 29.76 4.19 7.56 4.26 100
   Females 8.26 11.30 10.30 13.55 0.69 13.68 23.35 3.63 10.19 5.06 100
   Total 9.56 17.33 8.24 9.52 1.44 8.86 28.47 4.08 8.09 4.42 100
MARINE CORPS                      
   Males 24.72 6.17 8.55 0 2.61 14.41 16.95 3.03 10.03 13.54 100
   Females 2.53 4.40 9.75 0 3.16 37.49 11.88 2.27 12.28 16.25 100
   Total 22.72 6.01 8.66 0 2.66 16.49 16.49 2.96 10.23 13.78 100
AIR FORCE                      
   Males 3.76 11.04 10.04 4.51 4.00 10.68 28.64 4.63 14.67 8.03 100
   Females 1.19 5.22 11.01 18.31 2.60 25.75 9.53 1.40 14.97 10.02 100
   Total 3.23 9.84 10.24 7.34 3.71 13.77 24.72 3.97 14.73 8.44 100
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 18.09 10.18 10.50 5.75 2.79 10.75 21.99 3.52 10.91 5.51 100
   Females 4.77 6.88 10.01 14.79 2.41 25.14 13.52 2.34 14.10 6.04 100
   Total 15.87 9.63 10.42 7.26 2.72 13.14 20.58 3.33 11.44 5.59 100
Number White3
  OCCUPATIONAL AREA  
   Infantry,
Gun Crews, & Commu- Other Admin- Non-
GENDER Seamanship1 Electronics nications Medical Technical istrators Electrical Craftsman Supply Occupational2 TOTAL
ARMY                      
   Males 65,112 9,226 28,936 12,703 5,496 11,711 26,367 3,981 15,901 2,598 182,031
   Females 1,398 907 2,796 3,992 875 3,095 1,780 291 3,003 132 18,269
   Total 66,510 10,133 31,732 16,695 6,371 14,806 28,147 4,272 18,904 2,730 200,300
   Percent Females 2.10 8.95 8.81 23.91 13.73 20.90 6.32 6.81 15.89 4.84 9.12
NAVY                      
   Males 9,195 18,376 7,194 6,046 2,148 4,608 24,686 4,071 5,068 2,210 83,602
   Females 1,138 2,163 1,803 2,022 192 1,362 3,117 568 1,220 508 14,093
   Total 10,333 20,539 8,997 8,068 2,340 5,970 27,803 4,639 6,288 2,718 97,695
   Percent Females 11.01 10.53 20.04 25.06 8.21 22.81 11.21 12.24 19.40 18.69 14.43
MARINE CORPS                      
   Males 25,358 5,587 8,080 0 2,728 8,718 16,097 2,497 8,041 12,127 89,233
   Females 248 341 816 0 322 1,656 945 167 880 1,178 6,553
   Total 25,606 5,928 8,896 0 3,050 10,374 17,042 2,664 8,921 13,305 95,786
   Percent Females 0.97 5.75 9.17 ----- 10.56 15.96 5.55 6.27 9.86 8.85 6.84
AIR FORCE                      
   Males 5,539 14,365 13,976 4,233 5,726 10,632 38,453 5,643 17,128 9,590 125,285
   Females 418 1,300 3,390 4,337 856 4,882 2,932 362 3,729 2,596 24,802
   Total 5,957 15,665 17,366 8,570 6,582 15,514 41,385 6,005 20,857 12,186 150,087
   Percent Females 7.02 8.30 19.52 50.61 13.01 31.47 7.08 6.03 17.88 21.30 16.53
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 105,204 47,554 58,186 22,982 16,098 35,669 105,603 16,192 46,138 26,525 480,151
   Females 3,202 4,711 8,805 10,351 2,245 10,995 8,774 1,388 8,832 4,414 63,717
   Total 108,406 52,265 66,991 33,333 18,343 46,664 114,377 17,580 54,970 30,939 543,868
   Percent Females 2.95 9.01 13.14 31.05 12.24 23.56 7.67 7.90 16.07 14.27 11.72
Percent
  OCCUPATIONAL AREA  
   Infantry,
Gun Crews, & Commu- Other Admin- Non-
GENDER Seamanship1 Electronics nications Medical Technical istrators Electrical Craftsman Supply Occupational2 TOTAL
ARMY                      
   Males 35.77 5.07 15.90 6.98 3.02 6.43 14.48 2.19 8.74 1.43 100
   Females 7.65 4.96 15.30 21.85 4.79 16.94 9.74 1.59 16.44 0.72 100
   Total 33.21 5.06 15.84 8.33 3.18 7.39 14.05 2.13 9.44 1.36 100
NAVY                      
   Males 11.00 21.98 8.61 7.23 2.57 5.51 29.53 4.87 6.06 2.64 100
   Females 8.07 15.35 12.79 14.35 1.36 9.66 22.12 4.03 8.66 3.60 100
   Total 10.58 21.02 9.21 8.26 2.40 6.11 28.46 4.75 6.44 2.78 100
MARINE CORPS                      
   Males 28.42 6.26 9.05 0 3.06 9.77 18.04 2.80 9.01 13.59 100
   Females 3.78 5.20 12.45 0 4.91 25.27 14.42 2.55 13.43 17.98 100
   Total 26.73 6.19 9.29 0 3.18 10.83 17.79 2.78 9.31 13.89 100
AIR FORCE                      
   Males 4.42 11.47 11.16 3.38 4.57 8.49 30.69 4.50 13.67 7.65 100
   Females 1.69 5.24 13.67 17.49 3.45 19.68 11.82 1.46 15.04 10.47 100
   Total 3.97 10.44 11.57 5.71 4.39 10.34 27.57 4.00 13.90 8.12 100
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 21.91 9.90 12.12 4.79 3.35 7.43 21.99 3.37 9.61 5.52 100
   Females 5.03 7.39 13.82 16.25 3.52 17.26 13.77 2.18 13.86 6.93 100
   Total 19.93 9.61 12.32 6.13 3.37 8.58 21.03 3.23 10.11 5.69 100
Number Racially Diverse4
  OCCUPATIONAL AREA  
   Infantry,
Gun Crews, & Commu- Other Admin- Non-
GENDER Seamanship1 Electronics nications Medical Technical istrators Electrical Craftsman Supply Occupational2 TOTAL
ARMY                      
   Males 32,927 9,406 15,828 11,441 3,989 25,358 22,681 4,585 21,020 1,024 148,259
   Females 1,634 1,795 2,226 5,387 1,247 15,432 2,804 834 6,985 172 38,516
   Total 34,561 11,201 18,054 16,828 5,236 40,790 25,485 5,419 28,005 1,196 186,775
   Percent Females 4.73 16.03 12.33 32.01 23.82 37.83 11.00 15.39 24.94 14.38 20.62
NAVY                      
   Males 12,694 23,386 9,900 12,779 1,462 12,312 41,224 5,212 11,666 7,234 137,869
   Females 3,482 4,159 3,957 5,553 194 6,290 9,940 1,460 4,477 2,319 41,831
   Total 16,176 27,545 13,857 18,332 1,656 18,602 51,164 6,672 16,143 9,553 179,700
   Percent Females 21.53 15.10 28.56 30.29 11.71 33.81 19.43 21.88 27.73 24.28 23.28
MARINE CORPS                      
   Males 11,650 3,654 4,716 0 1,185 12,856 9,275 2,032 6,970 8,137 60,475
   Females 128 312 632 0 147 3,914 820 170 944 1,237 8,304
   Total 11,778 3,966 5,348 0 1,332 16,770 10,095 2,202 7,914 9,374 68,779
   Percent Females 1.09 7.87 11.82 ----- 11.04 23.34 8.12 7.72 11.93 13.20 12.07
AIR FORCE                      
   Males 2,341 8,787 7,089 5,227 2,662 11,773 21,634 4,073 13,651 7,249 84,486
   Females 227 1,529 2,579 5,589 552 9,074 2,232 397 4,386 2,838 29,403
   Total 2,568 10,316 9,668 10,816 3,214 20,847 23,866 4,470 18,037 10,087 113,889
   Percent Females 8.84 14.82 26.68 51.67 17.17 43.53 9.35 8.88 24.32 28.14 25.82
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 59,612 45,233 37,533 29,447 9,298 62,299 94,814 15,902 53,307 23,644 431,089
   Females 5,471 7,795 9,394 16,529 2,140 34,710 15,796 2,861 16,792 6,566 118,054
   Total 65,083 53,028 46,927 45,976 11,438 97,009 110,610 18,763 70,099 30,210 549,143
   Percent Females 8.41 14.70 20.02 35.95 18.71 35.78 14.28 15.25 23.95 21.73 21.50
Percent
  OCCUPATIONAL AREA  
   Infantry,
Gun Crews, & Commu- Other Admin- Non-
GENDER Seamanship1 Electronics nications Medical Technical istrators Electrical Craftsman Supply Occupational2 TOTAL
ARMY                      
   Males 22.21 6.34 10.68 7.72 2.69 17.10 15.30 3.09 14.18 0.69 100
   Females 4.24 4.66 5.78 13.99 3.24 40.07 7.28 2.17 18.14 0.45 100
   Total 18.50 6.00 9.67 9.01 2.80 21.84 13.64 2.90 14.99 0.64 100
NAVY                      
   Males 9.21 16.96 7.18 9.27 1.06 8.93 29.90 3.78 8.46 5.25 100
   Females 8.32 9.94 9.46 13.27 0.46 15.04 23.76 3.49 10.70 5.54 100
   Total 9.00 15.33 7.71 10.20 0.92 10.35 28.47 3.71 8.98 5.32 100
MARINE CORPS                      
   Males 19.26 6.04 7.80 0 1.96 21.26 15.34 3.36 11.53 13.46 100
   Females 1.54 3.76 7.61 0 1.77 47.13 9.87 2.05 11.37 14.90 100
   Total 17.12 5.77 7.78 0 1.94 24.38 14.68 3.20 11.51 13.63 100
AIR FORCE                      
   Males 2.77 10.40 8.39 6.19 3.15 13.93 25.61 4.82 16.16 8.58 100
   Females 0.77 5.20 8.77 19.01 1.88 30.86 7.59 1.35 14.92 9.65 100
   Total 2.25 9.06 8.49 9.50 2.82 18.30 20.96 3.92 15.84 8.86 100
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 13.83 10.49 8.71 6.83 2.16 14.45 21.99 3.69 12.37 5.48 100
   Females 4.63 6.60 7.96 14.00 1.81 29.40 13.38 2.42 14.22 5.56 100
   Total 11.85 9.66 8.55 8.37 2.08 17.67 20.14 3.42 12.77 5.50 100
   
1. Although women do not serve in infantry positions, they do serve in other positions, such as gun crews, air crews, and seamanship specialties, which are also part of this occupational area.
2. "Non-occupational" may include students, patients, those with unassigned duties, and unknowns.
3. White includes all individuals who self-identify as "White" and "Not Hispanic."
4. Racially Diverse includes all individuals who do not self-identify as "White" and "Not Hispanic."  This includes Unknowns for both race and ethnicity.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).  The military data in this table reflect enlisted members as of 30 September 2019.