Table D-36.  Black Active Component Officer Gains and Corps by Service with Civilian Comparison Group, FYs 2003-2016
                                           
GAINS SERVICE CIVILIAN
FISCAL ARMY     NAVY     MARINE CORPS     AIR FORCE     TOTAL DoD     COLLEGE GRADS1
YEAR #      %      % Unknown   #      %      % Unknown   #      %      % Unknown   #      %      % Unknown   #      %      % Unknown   %
20032 792 12.50 8.20 355 8.60 4.60 62 4.70 9.10 449 6.40 11.20 1,658 8.80 8.60 8.20
2004 770 12.20 7.90 445 7.80 3.80 48 3.80 30.50 377 6.50 9.30 1,640 8.60 8.60 8.40
2005 743 11.40 8.60 282 7.90 5.10 72 3.70 24.70 336 6.10 11.70 1,433 8.20 10.60 8.10
2006 740 11.00 10.50 326 8.70 4.30 72 4.50 7.80 161 6.70 19.00 1,299 7.90 11.10 8.30
2007 864 11.50 8.80 272 7.00 2.70 70 3.60 9.30 166 3.80 18.90 1,372 7.80 10.00 8.70
2008 926 12.40 7.80 366 9.10 4.30 63 3.40 11.70 219 5.30 19.90 1,574 9.00 10.20 8.60
2009 1,043 13.20 6.80 339 8.30 3.50 71 4.20 7.40 231 4.90 14.20 1,684 9.20 8.00 8.30
2010 866 11.20 5.80 369 8.80 2.90 52 3.00 21.30 258 5.60 13.80 1,545 8.50 8.60 8.90
2011 710 9.84 6.61 278 7.11 2.79 76 4.51 9.13 263 5.86 16.57 1,327 7.67 8.58 8.67
2012 533 8.72 8.47 257 6.32 3.08 53 3.57 24.70 276 6.00 13.88 1,119 6.88 10.14 8.63
2013 553 9.10 6.70 294 7.19 4.28 57 5.19 5.19 247 5.95 14.52 1,151 7.47 8.06 8.80
2014 463 8.37 7.14 283 7.06 4.12 59 4.29 3.78 243 5.81 12.20 1,048 6.94 7.43 8.51
2015 500 8.85 7.17 296 7.39 4.54 77 4.86 5.11 278 6.44 10.28 1,151 7.40 7.15 9.15
2016 520 9.31 6.97   307 7.60 2.18   123 7.59 7.90   273 6.52 5.68   1,223 7.93 5.46   9.35
                                           
CORPS SERVICE CIVILIAN
FISCAL ARMY     NAVY     MARINE CORPS     AIR FORCE     TOTAL DoD     COLLEGE GRADS3
YEAR #      %      % Unknown   #      %      % Unknown   #      %      % Unknown   #      %      % Unknown   #      %      % Unknown   %
20032
2004 8,513 12.40 5.90 3,902 7.40 4.10 973 5.80 9.60 4,938 6.70 6.50 18,326 8.60 5.90 8.40
2005 8,611 12.50 6.20 3,857 7.50 4.00 950 5.60 9.30 4,814 6.60 6.50 18,232 8.70 6.00 8.40
2006 8,595 12.40 6.60 3,875 7.70 3.90 954 5.60 7.60 4,466 6.30 7.00 17,890 8.60 6.20 8.40
2007 8,720 12.30 7.70 3,854 7.70 3.80 942 5.30 7.50 3,986 6.10 7.70 17,502 8.60 6.70 9.00
2008 9,135 12.50 8.00 3,903 7.90 3.80 954 5.20 7.80 3,838 5.90 8.20 17,830 8.70 7.00 8.60
2009 9,667 12.80 8.00 3,945 7.80 3.80 964 5.20 7.50 3,804 5.80 8.40 18,380 8.70 7.10 8.90
2010 10,090 12.80 7.80 3,983 7.80 3.70 964 5.00 8.70 3,831 5.80 8.60 18,868 8.80 7.20 8.50
2011 10,331 12.65 7.95 3,951 7.66 3.67 968 4.89 8.55 3,734 5.70 8.97 18,984 8.69 7.30 8.49
2012 10,344 12.48 6.43 3,891 7.54 3.66 954 4.82 8.55 3,853 5.93 5.76 19,042 8.68 5.77 9.07
2013 10,207 12.26 6.49 3,906 7.47 3.67 922 4.80 8.37 3,815 5.89 6.36 18,850 8.59 5.95 9.00
2014 9,908 12.06 6.56 3,913 7.41 3.72 895 4.76 8.02 3,706 5.94 5.92 18,422 8.53 5.81 9.52
2015 9,347 11.70 6.60 3,857 7.34 3.85 881 4.74 7.82 3,634 5.96 6.32 17,719 8.36 5.94 9.82
2016 8,935 11.48 6.68   3,878 7.36 3.76   937 5.03 7.89   3,622 5.94 6.38   17,372 8.27 5.97   9.65
                       
1. Comparison group for gains includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population.
2. Officer corps numbers by race and ethnicity were not reported for FY2003.
3. Comparison group for Corps includes 21-49 year old college graduates in the civilian labor force.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey monthly files provided by DMDC.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).
DMDC did not provide 2016 civilian data; 2016 data is provided as an estimate for the 2016 population.