SERVICE
       
CIVILIAN
 
 
ARMY
 
NAVY
 
MARINE CORPS
 
AIR FORCE
 
TOTAL DoD
 
COLLEGE GRADUATES*
 
AGE
#    
%    
 
#    
%    
 
#    
%    
 
#    
%    
 
#    
%    
 
#      
%     
 
a.  FY 2000 Active Component Officer Accessions                          
                                     
17-20
2 0.03%   3 0.06%   0 0.00%   1 0.02%   6 0.03%  
NA
NA
 
21
134 2.30%   121 2.52%   26 1.77%   84 1.54%   365 2.08%  
92,183
0.64%
 
22
1,370 23.54%   908 18.91%   252 17.14%   1,010 18.51%   3,540 20.17%  
420,825
2.90%
 
23
1,025 17.61%   650 13.54%   288 19.59%   925 16.95%   2,888 16.46%  
732,810
5.05%
 
24
555 9.54%   359 7.48%   185 12.59%   330 6.05%   1,429 8.14%  
880,303
6.07%
 
25
371 6.37%   271 5.64%   90 6.12%   292 5.35%   1,024 5.84%  
915,743
6.31%
 
26
371 6.37%   302 6.29%   103 7.01%   322 5.90%   1,098 6.26%  
954,915
6.58%
 
27
281 4.83%   285 5.94%   96 6.53%   261 4.78%   923 5.26%  
1,031,651
7.11%
 
28
311 5.34%   236 4.92%   84 5.71%   222 4.07%   853 4.86%  
1,081,185
7.45%
 
29
271 4.66%   238 4.96%   89 6.05%   284 5.20%   882 5.03%  
1,318,867
9.09%
 
30
235 4.04%   218 4.54%   45 3.06%   212 3.88%   710 4.05%  
1,204,689
8.30%
 
31
185 3.18%   219 4.56%   13 0.88%   200 3.67%   617 3.52%  
1,191,970
8.22%
 
32
115 1.98%   144 3.00%   15 1.02%   181 3.32%   455 2.59%  
1,126,302
7.76%
 
33
95 1.63%   145 3.02%   10 0.68%   157 2.88%   407 2.32%  
1,117,880
7.71%
 
34
71 1.22%   148 3.08%   8 0.54%   150 2.75%   377 2.15%  
1,188,598
8.19%
 
35
62 1.07%   124 2.58%   6 0.41%   126 2.31%   318 1.81%  
1,249,845
8.62%
 
36+
313 5.38%   400 8.33%   22 1.50%   271 4.97%   1,006 5.73%  
NA
NA
 
Unknown 53 0.91%   30 0.62%   138 9.39%   429 7.86%   650 3.70%  
0
0.00%
 
                                     
TOTAL 5,820 100.00%   4,801 100.00%   1,470 100.00%   5,457 100.00%   17,548 100.00%   14,507,765 100.00%  
                                     
b.  FY 2000 Active Component Officer Corps                          
                                     
17-19
0 0.00%   0 0.00%   0 0.00%   0 0.00%   0 0.00%  
NA
NA
 
20-24
7,038 10.77%   4,546 8.82%   1,560 9.75%   6,088 8.82%   19,232 9.52%   1,975,250 5.16%  
25-29
15,295 23.40%   11,530 22.37%   4,864 30.38%   14,348 20.79%   46,037 22.80%   4,713,857 12.31%  
30-34
13,452 20.58%   11,278 21.88%   3,910 24.43%   15,090 21.86%   43,730 21.66%   5,180,229 13.52%  
35-39
12,452 19.05%   10,085 19.57%   2,453 15.32%   14,162 20.52%   39,152 19.39%   5,445,244 14.22%  
40-44
9,438 14.44%   7,693 14.93%   1,790 11.18%   10,603 15.36%   29,524 14.62%   5,592,690 14.60%  
45-49
4,906 7.51%   4,319 8.38%   902 5.63%   5,886 8.53%   16,013 7.93%   5,293,435 13.82%  
50+
2,376 3.64%   2,021 3.92%   391 2.44%   2,417 3.50%   7,205 3.57%   10,103,415 26.38%  
Unknown
395 0.60%   68 0.13%   138 0.86%   428 0.62%   1,029 0.51%   0 0.00%  
                                     
TOTAL 65,352 100.00%   51,540 100.00%   16,008 100.00%   69,022 100.00%   201,922 100.00%   38,304,120 100.00%  
                                     
    * Comparison group for officer accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 1999-September 2000.  
       Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian workforce (21 years and older), September 2000.    
       Columns may not add to totals due to rounding.                          
       Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File.