Table C-18.  FY 2008 Selected Reserve Officer Gains and Officers by Gender and Component with Civilian Comparison Groups
  COMPONENT TOTAL CIVILIAN
GENDER ARNG USAR USNR USMCR ANG USAFR    DoD    COLLEGE GRADUATES1, 2
a.  FY 2008 Reserve Officer Gains
Male
   Number 3,426 2,921 1,505 845 991 1,058 10,746 7,532,065
   Percent 84.53% 73.17% 82.97% 92.55% 79.73% 69.88% 79.43% 44.39%
Female
   Number 627 1,071 309 68 252 456 2,783 9,435,005
   Percent 15.47% 26.83% 17.03% 7.45% 20.27% 30.12% 20.57% 55.61%
TOTAL
   Number 4,053 3,992 1,814 913 1,243 1,514 13,529 16,967,070
   Percent 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
b.  FY 2008 Reserve Component Officers
Male
   Number 27,718 25,028 12,402 2,956 11,735 11,357 91,196 16,109,951
   Percent 87.48% 75.42% 83.91% 93.60% 83.14% 74.87% 81.36% 50.17%
Female
   Number 3,967 8,156 2,378 202 2,380 3,812 20,895 16,003,022
   Percent 12.52% 24.58% 16.09% 6.40% 16.86% 25.13% 18.64% 49.83%
TOTAL
   Number 31,685 33,184 14,780 3,158 14,115 15,169 112,091 32,112,972
   Percent 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
   
  1. Comparison group for gains includes 21-35 year-old college graduates in the noninstitutional civilian population, October 2007-September 2008 average.
  2. Comparison group for reserve component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian workforce (21-49 years old), September 2008.
      Rows of columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
      Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey.