Population Representation 2004 - Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officer Corps

SELECTED RESERVE OFFICER ACCESSIONS AND OFFICER CORPS

Race and Ethnicity. Tables 6.2 and 6.3 show the FY 2004 Selected Reserve officer accessions and officer corps by race and ethnicity. The proportions of Black officer accessions in the Selected Reserve (9 percent) are almost the same as the proportions in the Active Components (8 percent).

Table 6.2. FY 2004 Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officer Corps, By Race (Percent)
Race	Army National Guard	Army Reserve	Naval Reserve	USMC Reserve	Air National Guard	Air Force Reserve	Total DoD
SELECTED RESERVE OFFICER ACCESSIONS
White	83.7	69.7	77.0	84.8	87.9	83.7	78.8
Black	9.3	14.5	6.7	4.8	4.8	7.7	9.4
American Indian & Alaskan Native	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.2	0.3
Asian	2.7	2.9	3.7	1.9	1.2	1.5	2.6
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.3
Two or more races	0.0	0.0	4.9	0.3	0.8	0.6	1.2
Unknown	4.2	12.0	7.4	7.6	4.5	5.8	7.5
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
SELECTED RESERVE OFFICER CORPS
White	86.7	76.2	79.3	86.3	89.8	87.7	82.8
Black	8.3	16.4	4.9	4.3	5.3	6.5	9.5
American Indian & Alaskan Native	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.4
Asian	1.8	2.7	2.4	1.3	1.6	1.2	2.0
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2
Two or more races	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.3
Unknown	2.9	3.9	11.6	6.2	2.3	3.9	4.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Rows may not add to total due to rounding. Also see Appendix Table C-27 (Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Component).

Table 6.3. FY 2004 Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officer Corps, By Ethnicity (Percent)
Ethnicity	Army National Guard	Army Reserve	Naval Reserve	USMC Reserve	Air National Guard	Air Force Reserve	Total DoD
SELECTED RESERVE OFFICER ACCESSIONS
Hispanic	4.6	5.6	5.2	6.0	3.9	3.7	4.9
Not Hispanic	95.4	94.4	94.8	94.0	96.1	96.3	95.1
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
SELECTED RESERVE OFFICER CORPS
Hispanic	4.8	5.4	3.5	4.6	3.4	3.3	4.4
Not Hispanic	95.2	94.6	96.5	95.4	96.6	96.7	95.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Also see Appendix Table C-27 (Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Component).

The Army components of the Selected Reserve have the highest proportion of Black officer accessions (ARNG – 9 percent, USAR – 15 percent). In the remaining components, the proportion of Black officer accessions is approximately 5 to 8 percent. Asian officer accessions are distributed evenly across all components at approximately 1 to 3 percent, respectively. As it pertains to ethnicity, all of the components accessed between 3 and 5 percent Hispanic officers.

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