Table B-29.   FY 2003 Active Component Officer Accessions by Race/Ethnicity and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups
                                   
                                   
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN
RACE/ ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   COLLEGE GRADUATES*
ETHNICITY    #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %
White 4,698 74.17%   3,328 80.72%   1,136 85.87%   5,533 78.73%   14,695 78.13%   12,342,586 79.58%
Black 792 12.50%   355 8.61%   62 4.69%   449 6.39%   1,658 8.82%   1,272,455 8.20%
AIAN 18 0.28%   15 0.36%   5 0.38%   29 0.41%   67 0.36%   50,723 0.33%
Asian 304 4.80%   173 4.20%   0 0.00%   163 2.32%   640 3.40%   1,617,172 10.43%
NHPI 0 0.00%   8 0.19%   0 0.00%   6 0.09%   14 0.07%   41,613 0.27%
Two or more 0 0.00%   55 1.33%   0 0.00%   60 0.85%   115 0.61%   185,777 1.20%
Unknown 522 8.24%   189 4.58%   120 9.07%   788 11.21%   1,619 8.61%   0 NA
TOTAL 6,334 100.00%   4,123 100.00%   1,323 100.00%   7,028 100.00%   18,808 100.00%   15,510,326 100.00%
Hispanic 378 5.97%   238 5.77%   79 5.97%   251 3.57%   946 5.03%   1,062,710 6.85%
Not Hispanic** 5,956 94.03%   3,885 94.23%   1,244 94.03%   6,777 96.43%   17,862 94.97%   14,447,616 93.15%
TOTAL 6,334 100.00%   4,123 100.00%   1,323 100.00%   7,028 100.00%   18,808 100.00%   15,510,326 100.00%
                                   
*   Comparison group for accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 2002-September 2003.      
**Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to ethnicity question.                
   Columns may not add to totals due to rounding.                          
   Source:   Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File.