Table B-31.  FY 2004 Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Gender and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups
	SERVICE															CIVILIAN
	ARMY			NAVY			MARINE CORPS			AIR FORCE			TOTAL DoD			COLLEGE GRADUATES*
GENDER	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%
a.  FY 2004 Active Component Officer Accessions
Males	4,941	78.39%		4,621	81.07%		1,129	90.25%		4,428	75.95%		15,119	79.22%		7,193,626	45.86%
Females	1,362	21.61%		1,079	18.93%		122	9.75%		1,402	24.05%		3,965	20.78%		8,491,492	54.14%
TOTAL	6,303	100.00%		5,700	100.00%		1,251	100.00%		5,830	100.00%		19,084	100.00%		15,685,118	100.00%
b.  FY 2004 Active Component Officer Corps
Males	57,208	83.35%		44,677	84.76%		15,778	94.24%		60,685	81.67%		178,348	83.97%		15,084,594	51.27%
Females	11,426	16.65%		8,030	15.24%		964	5.76%		13,619	18.33%		34,039	16.03%		14,334,860	48.73%
TOTAL	68,634	100.00%		52,707	100.00%		16,742	100.00%		74,304	100.00%		212,387	100.00%		29,419,453	100.00%
* Comparison group for accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 2003-September 2004.
Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian work force (21-49 years old), September 2004.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File.