USCG Warrant Officers

In FY 1998, the USCG accessed a total of 204 new warrant officers and the warrant officer end-strength was 1,472. The distribution by race/ethnicity and gender of USCG warrant officer accessions and warrant officers with overall DoD rates for comparison is presented in Table 8.9. In general, both USCG warrant officer accessions and warrant officers were more likely to be White and male than their overall DoD counterparts.

Table 8.9. FY 1998 USCG and DoD Active Component Warrant Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Gender (Percent)
	Warrant Officer Accessions		Warrant Officer Corps
Race/ Ethnicity	Coast Guard	DoD	Coast Guard	DoD
White	85.3	70.5	90.0	75.8
Black	7.4	19.6	4.6	15.1
Hispanic	4.4	5.5	3.1	4.5
Other	2.9	4.4	2.5	4.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Gender
Male	95.6	91.6	97.3	93.7
Female	4.4	8.4	2.7	6.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. Also see Appendix Tables B-44 (Active Component Warrant Officer Accessions and Warrant Officer Corps by Gender and Service), B-45 (Active Component Warrant Officer Accessions and Warrant Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Service), and E-23 (Coast Guard Active Component Warrant Officer Accessions and Warrant Officers by Race/Ethnicity and Gender).