C27 - RC Officers by Race/Ethnicity

Table C-27. FY 1998 Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officers by Race/Ethnicity and Component
with Civilian Comparison Groups

COMPONENT

RACE/ETHNICITY

 

TOTAL

WHITE

 

BLACK

 

HISPANIC

 

OTHER

 

#

%

 

#

%

 

#

%

 

#

%

 

#

%

a. FY 1997 Reserve Officer Accessions

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

1,971

82.57%

 

196

8.21%

 

111

4.65%

 

109

4.57%

 

2,387

100.00%

ARMY RESERVE

5,081

78.48%

 

859

13.27%

 

226

3.49%

 

308

4.76%

 

6,474

100.00%

NAVAL RESERVE

2,699

90.94%

 

102

3.44%

 

58

1.95%

 

109

3.67%

 

2,968

100.00%

MARINE CORPS RESERVE

618

89.05%

 

35

5.04%

 

23

3.31%

 

18

2.59%

 

694

100.00%

AIR NATIONAL GUARD

953

86.64%

 

60

5.45%

 

29

2.64%

 

58

5.27%

 

1,100

100.00%

AIR FORCE RESERVE

1,647

88.60%

 

87

4.68%

 

35

1.88%

 

90

4.84%

 

1,859

100.00%

 

TOTAL DoD

12,969

83.77%

 

1,339

8.65%

 

482

3.11%

 

692

4.47%

 

15,482

100.00%

 

CIVILIAN COLLEGE GRADUATES*

11,013,453

78.39%

 

1,089,062

7.75%

 

777,648

5.54%

 

1,168,843

8.32%

 

14,049,006

100.00%

b. FY 1997 Reserve Component Officers

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

26,707

85.31%

 

2,314

7.39%

 

1,394

4.45%

 

891

2.85%

 

31,306

100.00%

ARMY RESERVE

31,459

77.36%

 

5,816

14.30%

 

1,570

3.86%

 

1,820

4.48%

 

40,665

100.00%

NAVAL RESERVE

17,645

90.93%

 

657

3.39%

 

361

1.86%

 

742

3.82%

 

19,405

100.00%

MARINE CORPS RESERVE

3,403

90.51%

 

159

4.23%

 

106

2.82%

 

92

2.45%

 

3,760

100.00%

AIR NATIONAL GUARD

11,545

87.23%

 

659

4.98%

 

394

2.98%

 

637

4.81%

 

13,235

100.00%

AIR FORCE RESERVE

14,020

87.97%

 

897

5.63%

 

397

2.49%

 

624

3.92%

 

15,938

100.00%

 

TOTAL DoD

104,779

84.29%

 

10,502

8.45%

 

4,222

3.40%

 

4,806

3.87%

 

124,309

100.00%

 

CIVILIAN COLLEGE GRADUATES**

22,649,299

80.84%

 

2,172,097

7.75%

 

1,228,505

4.38%

 

1,966,397

7.02%

 

28,016,298

100.00%

 * Comparison group for accessions includes 21-35 year old college gradutes in the non-institutional civilian population,
October 1997-September 1998.

 ** Comparison group for reserve component officers includes college graduates in the civilian work force (21-49 years old), September 1998.

 Rows may not add to totals due to rounding.

 Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File.


Last Updated on 12/6/99

 

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