Population Representation 2004

U.S. COAST GUARD

Warrant Officers

In FY 2004, the USCG accessed a total of 228 new warrant officers; the warrant officer end-strength was 1,505. The distribution by race/ethnicity and gender of USCG warrant officer accessions and warrant officers with overall DoD rates for comparison is presented in Table 7.12. As in previous years, USCG warrant officers were generally more likely to be White compared to their DoD counterparts.

Table 7.12. FY 2004 USCG and DoD Active Component Warrant Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Gender (Percent)
Race, Ethnicity & Gender	Warrant Officer Accessions		Warrant Officer Corps
Race, Ethnicity & Gender	Coast Guard	DoD	Coast Guard	DoD
White	85.1	62.4	85.0	72.0
Black	3.5	17.1	7.0	16.7
American Indian & Alaskan Native	2.2	0.7	1.4	0.6
Asian	0.4	3.0	0.1	1.7
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0	0.1	0.0	*
Two or more races	1.3	0.1	1.7	0.1
Unknown	7.5	16.6	4.7	8.8
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Hispanic	6.1	7.2	4.1	5.9
Not Hispanic	93.9	92.8	95.9	94.1
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Male	94.7	90.0	93.8	93.0
Female	5.3	10.0	6.2	7.1
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. *Less than one-tenth of one percent. Also see Appendix Tables B-43 (Active Component Warrant Officer Accessions and Warrant Officer Corps by Gender and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups), B-44 (Active Component Warrant Officer Accessions and Warrant Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups), and E-21 (Coast Guard Active Component Warrant Officer Accessions and Warrant Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Gender).

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