Table B-35.  Active Component Warrant Officer Gains and Corps, FY17: by Service and Race/Ethnicity with Civilian Comparison Groups
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN 18-39 YRS-OLD
RACE/ ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   LABOR FORCE1
ETHNICITY #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #        %      
Gains 2
White 820 72.18 115 57.79 195 80.25 0 ----- 1,130 71.61 54,279,039 75.30
Black 180 15.85 45 22.61 9 3.70 0 ----- 234 14.83 10,071,449 13.97
AIAN 3 3 0.26 3 1.51 0 0 0 ----- 6 0.38 915,929 1.27
Asian 43 3.79 11 5.53 4 1.65 0 ----- 58 3.68 4,537,891 6.30
NHPI 4 5 0.44 0 0 4 1.65 0 ----- 9 0.57 377,921 0.52
Two or more 5 0 0 8 4.02 6 2.47 0 ----- 14 0.89 1,900,209 2.64
Unknown 85 7.48   17 8.54   25 10.29   0 -----   127 8.05   0 0
TOTAL 1,136 100 199 100 243 100 0 ----- 1,578 100 72,082,438 100
Hispanic 133 11.71 33 16.58 39 16.05 0 ----- 205 12.99 14,754,335 20.47
Not Hispanic 6 1,003 88.29 166 83.42 204 83.95 0 ----- 1,373 87.01 57,328,103 79.53
TOTAL 1,136 100   199 100   243 100   0 -----   1,578 100   72,082,438 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN 18-49 YRS-OLD
RACE/ ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   LABOR FORCE7
ETHNICITY #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #        %      
Corps 8
White 9,738 67.84 1,010 59.69 1,497 72.60 0 ----- 12,245 67.62 79,746,376 75.51
Black 2,515 17.52 432 25.53 201 9.75 0 ----- 3,148 17.38 14,495,316 13.72
AIAN 3 75 0.52 32 1.89 17 0.82 0 ----- 124 0.68 1,315,442 1.25
Asian 444 3.09 93 5.50 62 3.01 0 ----- 599 3.31 7,003,112 6.63
NHPI 4 97 0.68 7 0.41 19 0.92 0 ----- 123 0.68 509,155 0.48
Two or more 5 0 0 44 2.60 32 1.55 0 ----- 76 0.42 2,544,991 2.41
Unknown 1,486 10.35   74 4.37   234 11.35   0 -----   1,794 9.91   0 0
TOTAL 14,355 100 1,692 100 2,062 100 0 ----- 18,109 100 105,614,392 100
Hispanic 1,549 10.79 195 11.52 337 16.34 0 ----- 2,081 11.49 20,975,261 19.86
Not Hispanic 12,585 87.67 1,485 87.77 1,725 83.66 0 ----- 15,795 87.22 84,639,130 80.14
Unknown 221 1.54 12 0.71 0 0 0 ----- 233 1.29 0 0
TOTAL 14,355 100   1,692 100   2,062 100   0 -----   18,109 100   105,614,392 100
     
Note:  Officer gains reflect an addition to the officer ranks. This addition can reflect a new accession, a movement from another component, or the return of the officer to the same component.  The OSD definition of an officer gain is a transaction in a database that reflects the addition of an SSN that was not in the previous file.
1. Comparison group for gains includes 18-39 year-old members of the civilian labor force, October 2016-September 2017 average.
2. Warrant officer gains reflect an addition to the warrant officer ranks between 1 October 2016 and 30 September 2017.  This addition can reflect a new accession, a movement from another component, or the return of the warrant officer to the same component.  The OSD definition of an warrant officer gain is a transaction in a database that reflects the addition of an SSN that was not in the previous file.
3. American Indian, Alaska Native
4. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
5. The Army does not report data on the number of active duty warrant officers or active duty warrant officer gains in the "Two or more" category. Caution should be used in comparing the racial composition of the Army's warrant officer corps or warrant officer gains with those of the other Services.
6. Officer gain data does not contain Unknowns for ethnicity.
7. Comparison group for active component warrant officers includes 18-49 year-old members of the civilian labor force, September 2017.
8. Warrant officer corps reflects warrant officer ranks serving as of 30 September 2017.
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).