Table B-33.  FY 2004 Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups
	SERVICE															CIVILIAN
RACE/	ARMY			NAVY			MARINE CORPS			AIR FORCE			TOTAL DoD			COLLEGE GRADUATES*
ETHNICITY	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%
a. FY 2004 Active Component Officer Accessions
White	4,704	74.63%		4,652	81.61%		775	61.95%		4,513	77.41%		14,644	76.73%		12,402,144	79.07%
Black	770	12.22%		445	7.81%		48	3.84%		377	6.47%		1,640	8.59%		1,323,546	8.44%
AIAN	33	0.52%		29	0.51%		6	0.48%		24	0.41%		92	0.48%		56,928	0.36%
Asian	296	4.70%		213	3.74%		26	2.08%		231	3.96%		766	4.01%		1,685,407	10.75%
NHPI	0	0.00%		14	0.25%		2	0.16%		14	0.24%		30	0.16%		48,280	0.31%
Two or more	0	0.00%		129	2.26%		13	1.04%		132	2.26%		274	1.44%		168,813	1.08%
Unknown	500	7.93%		218	3.82%		381	30.46%		539	9.25%		1,638	8.58%		0	NA
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%
Hispanic	367	5.82%		295	5.18%		93	7.43%		203	3.48%		958	5.02%		1,087,231	6.93%
Not Hispanic**	5,936	94.18%		5,405	94.82%		1,158	92.57%		5,627	96.52%		18,126	94.98%		14,597,887	93.07%
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%
a. FY 2004 Active Component Officer Corps
White	53,403	77.81%		44,354	84.15%		13,566	81.03%		62,148	83.64%		173,471	81.68%		23,950,421	81.41%
Black	8,513	12.40%		3,902	7.40%		973	5.81%		4,938	6.65%		18,326	8.63%		2,483,371	8.44%
AIAN	329	0.48%		207	0.39%		101	0.60%		242	0.33%		879	0.41%		113,514	0.39%
Asian	2,366	3.45%		1,740	3.30%		287	1.71%		1,561	2.10%		5,954	2.80%		2,511,743	8.54%
NHPI	0	0.00%		53	0.10%		50	0.30%		106	0.14%		209	0.10%		63,890	0.22%
Two or more	0	0.00%		309	0.59%		158	0.94%		507	0.68%		974	0.46%		296,515	1.01%
Unknown	4,023	5.86%		2,142	4.06%		1,607	9.60%		4,802	6.46%		12,574	5.92%		0	NA
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%
Hispanic	3,410	4.97%		2,744	5.21%		1,033	6.17%		2,716	3.66%		9,903	4.66%		1,925,081	6.54%
Not Hispanic**	65,224	95.03%		49,963	94.79%		15,709	93.83%		71,588	96.34%		202,484	95.34%		27,494,372	93.46%
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.
**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.