Table C-20.  Selected Reserve Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY15: by Race/Ethnicity and Component with Civilian Comparison Group

Reserve Component Officer Corps                                            
RACE
WHITE BLACK AIAN1 ASIAN NHPI2 TWO OR MORE UNKNOWN TOTAL
COMPONENT #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %
DoD
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 3 31,085 83.7 3,222 8.7 150 0.40 1,196 3.2 42 0.11 531 1.4 895 2.4 37,121 100
ARMY RESERVE 23,074 69.3 5,734 17.2 173 0.52 1,932 5.8 263 0.79 0 0 2,111 6.3 33,287 100
NAVAL RESERVE 11,298 78.7 939 6.5 102 0.71 665 4.6 53 0.37 500 3.5 804 5.6 14,361 100
MARINE CORPS RESERVE 3,188 80.6 161 4.1 41 1.0 138 3.5 19 0.48 76 1.9 331 8.4 3,954 100
AIR NATIONAL GUARD 13,157 87.2 691 4.6 80 0.53 394 2.6 76 0.50 177 1.2 509 3.4 15,084 100
AIR FORCE RESERVE 11,433 82.0 913 6.6 64 0.46 502 3.6 59 0.42 230 1.7 736 5.3 13,937 100
TOTAL 93,235 79.2   11,660 9.9   610 0.52   4,827 4.1   512 0.43   1,514 1.3   5,386 4.6   117,744 100
With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 3 85.8 8.9 0.41 3.3 0.12 1.5
ARMY RESERVE 74.0 18.4 0.55 6.2 0.84 0
NAVAL RESERVE 83.3 6.9 0.75 4.9 0.39 3.7
MARINE CORPS RESERVE 88.0 4.4 1.1 3.8 0.52 2.1
AIR NATIONAL GUARD 90.3 4.7 0.55 2.7 0.52 1.2
AIR FORCE RESERVE 86.6 6.9 0.48 3.8 0.45 1.7
TOTAL   83.0     10.4     0.54     4.3     0.46     1.3            
CIVILIAN COLLEGE 37,193,161 78.3 4,462,212 9.4 302,346 0.64 4,652,799 9.8 139,755 0.29 776,419 1.6 0 0 47,526,692 100
GRADUATES 4                                              
                             
ETHNICITY   With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
HISPANIC NOT HISPANIC UNKNOWN TOTAL HISPANIC NOT HISPANIC
COMPONENT     #      % #      % #      % #      %   % %
DoD
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 3 2,053 5.5 35,029 94.4 39 0.11 37,121 100 5.5 94.5
ARMY RESERVE 2,700 8.1 30,463 91.5 124 0.37 33,287 100 8.1 91.9
NAVAL RESERVE 1,047 7.3 12,064 84.0 1,250 8.7 14,361 100 8.0 92.0
MARINE CORPS RESERVE 301 7.6 3,653 92.4 0 0 3,954 100 7.6 92.4
AIR NATIONAL GUARD 590 3.9 14,472 95.9 22 0.15 15,084 100 3.9 96.1
AIR FORCE RESERVE       613 4.4   13,303 95.5   21 0.15   13,937 100   4.4   95.6
TOTAL 7,304 6.2 108,984 92.6 1,456 1.2 117,744 100 6.3 93.7
CIVILIAN COLLEGE GRADUATES4     4,157,956 8.7   43,368,736 91.3   (5) (5)   47,526,692 100
       
  1. American Indian, Alaska Native
  2. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
  3. The US Army Reserve (USAR) does not report data on the number of officers in the "Two or more" category. Caution should be used in comparing the racial composition of the ARNG's 
      officer corps with those of the other Selected Reserve components.
  4. Comparison group for reserve component officers includes college graduates in the civilian labor force (ages 21-59), September 2015.
  5. Civilian data do not have Unknowns for Ethnicity.
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
      Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).