Population Representation 2004

U.S. COAST GUARD

Race/Ethnicity and Gender. The USCG percentage of Whites was slightly higher than the overall DoD rate for the officer corps (85 and 82 percent, respectively), as shown in Table 7.9. Members of the USCG’s officer corps were also slightly more likely to be male than were DoD officers (85 and 84 percent, respectively). These percentages, however, are reversed for officer accessions (78 and 84 percent respectively).

Table 7.9. Race, Ethnicity and Gender of FY 2004 USCG and DoD Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps (Percent)
Race, Ethnicity & Gender	Officer Accessions		Officer Corps
Race, Ethnicity & Gender	Coast Guard¹	DoD	Coast Guard¹	DoD
White	81.7	76.7	84.5	81.7
Black	5.7	8.6	4.8	8.6
American Indian & Alaskan Native	0.7	0.5	1.2	0.4
Asian	0.2	4.0	0.3	2.8
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.1
Two or more races	5.1	1.4	3.9	0.5
Unknown	6.7	8.6	5.4	5.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Hispanic	6.9	5.0	5.1	4.7
Not Hispanic	93.2	95.0	94.9	95.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Male	78.1	84.0	85.1	84.0
Female	21.9	16.0	14.9	16.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. ¹ See Appendix Tables B-31 (Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Gender and Service), B-33 (Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Service), and E-18 (Coast Guard Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Gender).

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