Table D-18.   Female Active Component Officers by Service with Civilian Comparison Group, FYs 1973-2003
	SERVICE															CIVILIAN
FISCAL	ARMY			NAVY			MARINE CORPS			AIR FORCE			TOTAL DoD			COLLEGE GRADS
YEAR*	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		%
1973	4,269	4.2%		3,445	5.2%		303	1.7%		4,733	4.1%		12,750	4.2%		NA
1974	4,356	4.7%		3,639	5.7%		323	1.9%		4,769	4.3%		13,087	4.6%		NA
1975	4,813	5.5%		3,486	5.8%		342	2.0%		5,038	4.9%		13,679	5.1%		NA
1976	5,115	6.0%		3,567	5.9%		386	2.2%		5,052	5.1%		14,120	5.4%		NA
1977	5,652	6.7%		3,779	6.3%		408	2.3%		5,383	5.6%		15,222	5.9%		36.1%
1978	6,214	7.4%		3,967	6.6%		411	2.4%		6,010	6.3%		16,602	6.5%		36.4%
1979	6,786	8.0%		4,292	7.3%		433	2.6%		7,276	7.6%		18,787	7.3%		37.3%
1980	7,498	8.8%		4,859	8.1%		459	2.7%		8,493	8.7%		21,309	8.2%		38.2%
1981	8,254	9.4%		5,329	8.5%		500	2.9%		9,117	9.2%		23,200	8.7%		38.7%
1982	8,877	10.0%		5,724	8.9%		535	3.0%		9,955	9.7%		25,091	9.2%		39.4%
1983	9,307	10.2%		6,303	9.4%		588	3.2%		10,578	10.1%		26,776	9.5%		39.9%
1984	9,989	10.8%		6,532	9.9%		614	3.2%		11,235	10.6%		28,370	10.0%		41.1%
1985	10,540	11.2%		6,888	10.2%		609	3.3%		11,927	11.0%		29,964	10.4%		41.6%
1986	10,946	11.5%		7,213	10.5%		595	3.2%		12,377	11.3%		31,131	10.7%		41.9%
1987	11,215	12.0%		7,195	10.4%		602	3.2%		12,642	11.8%		31,654	11.0%		42.4%
1988	11,359	12.3%		7,324	10.5%		603	3.2%		12,899	12.3%		32,185	11.3%		42.8%
1989	11,746	12.8%		7,449	10.7%		622	3.4%		13,403	12.9%		33,220	11.7%		42.2%
1990	11,914	13.3%		7,779	11.2%		596	3.3%		13,331	13.3%		33,620	12.1%		42.7%
1991	11,935	13.4%		7,888	11.6%		594	3.3%		13,323	13.8%		33,740	12.4%		42.8%
1992	11,238	13.8%		8,150	12.3%		548	3.2%		12,683	14.0%		32,619	12.8%		42.9%
1993	10,631	14.2%		8,113	12.8%		532	3.2%		12,252	14.6%		31,528	13.2%		43.6%
1994	10,337	14.3%		7,847	13.2%		529	3.3%		12,322	15.2%		31,035	13.6%		44.3%
1995	10,197	14.4%		7,775	13.8%		566	3.6%		12,068	15.4%		30,606	13.8%		49.3%
1996	9,865	14.3%		7,748	13.9%		625	3.9%		12,048	15.8%		30,286	14.0%		47.1%
1997	9,660	14.2%		7,704	14.2%		668	4.2%		12,009	16.2%		30,041	14.2%		48.1%
1998	9,609	14.3%		7,694	14.5%		738	4.6%		11,971	16.7%		30,012	14.4%		47.8%
1999	9,740	14.7%		7,669	14.7%		781	4.9%		11,841	16.8%		30,031	14.7%		48.2%
2000	9,997	15.3%		7,736	15.0%		812	5.1%		11,819	17.1%		30,364	15.0%		48.3%
2001	10,250	15.8%		7,892	15.2%		859	5.3%		11,827	17.4%		30,828	15.3%		48.1%
2002	10,669	16.0%		8,097	15.3%		887	5.4%		12,786	17.8%		32,439	15.6%		48.7%
2003	11,122	16.4%		8,159	15.3%		959	5.7%		13,384	18.2%		33,624	15.9%		48.8%
Source:   Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey monthly files.   Civilian data prior to 1989 represent calendar year.