Table B-30.  FY 2006  Active Component  Officer Accessions  and Officer Corps by Age and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN
ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   COLLEGE GRADUATES*
AGE #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #        %      
a. Officer Accessions
17-20 4 0.06% 0 0.00% 2 0.13% 1 0.02% 7 0.04% NA NA
21 114 1.69% 78 2.08% 21 1.32% 77 1.75% 290 1.76% 91,135 0.58%
22 1,553 23.06% 987 26.35% 355 22.24% 1,306 29.62% 4,201 25.48% 506,440 3.20%
23 1,082 16.07% 627 16.74% 360 22.56% 1,043 23.66% 3,112 18.88% 854,821 5.39%
24 504 7.48% 236 6.30% 219 13.72% 351 7.96% 1,310 7.95% 968,994 6.11%
25 333 4.94% 158 4.22% 126 7.89% 216 4.90% 833 5.05% 1,136,220 7.17%
26 422 6.27% 218 5.82% 125 7.83% 224 5.08% 989 6.00% 1,126,445 7.11%
27 309 4.59% 208 5.55% 97 6.08% 184 4.17% 798 4.84% 1,145,050 7.22%
28 264 3.92% 141 3.76% 57 3.57% 168 3.81% 630 3.82% 1,139,736 7.19%
29 275 4.08% 159 4.24% 47 2.94% 161 3.65% 642 3.89% 1,245,912 7.86%
30 194 2.88% 144 3.84% 51 3.20% 115 2.61% 504 3.06% 1,227,394 7.74%
31 201 2.98% 148 3.95% 22 1.38% 87 1.97% 458 2.78% 1,217,769 7.68%
32 200 2.97% 103 2.75% 11 0.69% 74 1.68% 388 2.35% 1,133,237 7.15%
33 169 2.51% 108 2.88% 10 0.63% 62 1.41% 349 2.12% 1,261,172 7.96%
34 162 2.41% 84 2.24% 5 0.31% 43 0.98% 294 1.78% 1,372,489 8.66%
35 161 2.39% 96 2.56% 6 0.38% 54 1.22% 317 1.92% 1,422,093 8.97%
36+ 787 11.69% 249 6.65% 82 5.14% 243 5.51% 1,361 8.26% NA NA
Unknown 1 0.01% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3 0.02% 0 NA
                                   
TOTAL 6,735 100.00% 3,746 100.00% 1,596 100.00% 4,409 100.00% 16,486 100.00% 15,848,907 100.00%
b.  Officer Corps
17-19** 4 0.01% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4 0.00% NA NA
20-24 7,662 11.01% 4,430 8.79% 1,928 11.27% 6,943 9.84% 20,963 10.09% 2,203,494 4.88%
25-29 15,757 22.63% 10,690 21.21% 4,454 26.04% 15,358 21.77% 46,259 22.28% 5,381,666 11.91%
30-34 13,714 19.70% 10,095 20.03% 3,992 23.34% 14,936 21.17% 42,737 20.58% 5,580,091 12.35%
35-39 13,425 19.28% 10,300 20.43% 3,565 20.85% 14,252 20.20% 41,542 20.00% 5,941,035 13.15%
40-44 10,770 15.47% 8,072 16.01% 1,967 11.50% 11,086 15.72% 31,895 15.36% 5,686,097 12.58%
45-49 5,389 7.74% 4,446 8.82% 862 5.04% 5,305 7.52% 16,002 7.71% 5,770,983 12.77%
50+ 2,788 4.00% 2,362 4.69% 334 1.95% 2,657 3.77% 8,141 3.92% 14,622,948 32.36%
Unknown 107 0.15% 14 0.03% 0 0.00% 2 0.00% 123 0.06% 0 0.00%
TOTAL 69,616 100.00%   50,409 100.00%   17,102 100.00%   70,539 100.00%   207,666 100.00%   45,186,315 100.00%
   
    * Comparison group for officer accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 2005-September 2006.
       Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian workforce (21 years and older), September 2006.
**   Includes one 16 year-old in the Army.
       Columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
       Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File.

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