B42 - Officer Accessions by Commission & Race/Ethnicity

Table B-42. FY 1998 Active Component Officer Accessions by Source of Commission, Service, and Race/Ethnicity

a. Number

RACE/ ETHNICITY

SOURCE OF COMMISSION

TOTAL

Academy

ROTC Scholarship

ROTC Non-Scholarship

OCS/OTS

Direct Appointment

Other

Unknown

ARMY

 White

749

1,683

778

236

661

1

26

4,134

 Black

43

211

184

39

96

0

0

573

 Hispanic

43

81

106

17

18

0

0

265

 Other

61

139

84

11

114

0

0

409

 Total

896

2,114

1,152

303

889

1

26

5,381

NAVY

 White

655

523

46

707

801

453

10

3,195

 Black

42

52

7

88

69

52

0

310

 Hispanic

40

59

4

85

40

15

0

243

 Other

44

38

2

69

72

33

1

259

 Total

781

672

59

949

982

553

11

4,007

MARINE CORPS

 White

129

138

0

654

17

185

0

1,123

 Black

11

8

0

76

1

39

0

135

 Hispanic

3

13

0

78

0

9

0

103

 Other

12

11

0

44

0

15

0

82

 Total

155

170

0

852

18

248

0

1,443

AIR FORCE

 White

779

1,250

418

460

991

14

0

3,912

 Black

46

103

41

27

95

0

0

312

 Hispanic

7

10

3

22

8

1

0

51

 Other

106

172

55

26

129

0

0

488

 Total

938

1,535

517

535

1,223

15

0

4,763

TOTAL DoD

 White

2,312

3,594

1,242

2,057

2,470

653

36

12,364

 Black

142

374

232

230

261

91

0

1,330

 Hispanic

93

163

113

202

66

25

0

662

 Other

223

360

141

150

315

48

1

1,238

 Total

2,770

4,491

1,728

2,639

3,112

817

37

15,594

b. Percent

RACE/ ETHNICITY

SOURCE OF COMMISSION

TOTAL

Academy

ROTC Scholarship

ROTC Non-Scholarship

OCS/OTS

Direct Appointment

Other

Unknown

ARMY

 White

18.12%

40.71%

18.82%

5.71%

15.99%

0.02%

0.63%

100.00%

 Black

7.50%

36.82%

32.11%

6.81%

16.75%

0.00%

0.00%

100.00%

 Hispanic

16.23%

30.57%

40.00%

6.42%

6.79%

0.00%

0.00%

100.00%

 Other

14.91%

33.99%

20.54%

2.69%

27.87%

0.00%

0.00%

100.00%

 Total

16.65%

39.29%

21.41%

5.63%

16.52%

0.02%

0.48%

100.00%

NAVY

 White

20.50%

16.37%

1.44%

22.13%

25.07%

14.18%

0.31%

100.00%

 Black

13.55%

16.77%

2.26%

28.39%

22.26%

16.77%

0.00%

100.00%

 Hispanic

16.46%

24.28%

1.65%

34.98%

16.46%

6.17%

0.00%

100.00%

 Other

16.99%

14.67%

0.77%

26.64%

27.80%

12.74%

0.39%

100.00%

 Total

19.49%

16.77%

1.47%

23.68%

24.51%

13.80%

0.27%

100.00%

MARINE CORPS

 White

11.49%

12.29%

0.00%

58.24%

1.51%

16.47%

0.00%

100.00%

 Black

8.15%

5.93%

0.00%

56.30%

0.74%

28.89%

0.00%

100.00%

 Hispanic

2.91%

12.62%

0.00%

75.73%

0.00%

8.74%

0.00%

100.00%

 Other

14.63%

13.41%

0.00%

53.66%

0.00%

18.29%

0.00%

100.00%

 Total

10.74%

11.78%

0.00%

59.04%

1.25%

17.19%

0.00%

100.00%

AIR FORCE

 White

19.91%

31.95%

10.69%

11.76%

25.33%

0.36%

0.00%

100.00%

 Black

14.74%

33.01%

13.14%

8.65%

30.45%

0.00%

0.00%

100.00%

 Hispanic

13.73%

19.61%

5.88%

43.14%

15.69%

1.96%

0.00%

100.00%

 Other

21.72%

35.25%

11.27%

5.33%

26.43%

0.00%

0.00%

100.00%

 Total

19.69%

32.23%

10.85%

11.23%

25.68%

0.31%

0.00%

100.00%

TOTAL DoD

 White

18.70%

29.07%

10.05%

16.64%

19.98%

5.28%

0.29%

100.00%

 Black

10.68%

28.12%

17.44%

17.29%

19.62%

6.84%

0.00%

100.00%

 Hispanic

14.05%

24.62%

17.07%

30.51%

9.97%

3.78%

0.00%

100.00%

 Other

18.01%

29.08%

11.39%

12.12%

25.44%

3.88%

0.08%

100.00%

 Total

17.76%

28.80%

11.08%

16.92%

19.96%

5.24%

0.24%

100.00%

 Rows may not add to totals due to rounding.


Last Updated on 11/30/99

 

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