Table C-20.  Selected Reserve Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY17: by Race/Ethnicity and Component with Civilian Comparison Group
Reserve Component Officer Corps1                                            
RACE
WHITE BLACK AIAN2 ASIAN NHPI3 TWO OR MORE UNKNOWN TOTAL
COMPONENT #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %   #      %
DoD
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 4 31,524 84.66 3,270 8.78 166 0.45 1,282 3.44 59 0.16 674 1.81 260 0.70 37,235 100
ARMY RESERVE 23,510 68.91 5,600 16.41 178 0.52 2,173 6.37 273 0.80 0 0 2,384 6.99 34,118 100
NAVAL RESERVE 11,147 78.62 907 6.40 101 0.71 680 4.80 53 0.37 551 3.89 740 5.22 14,179 100
MARINE CORPS RESERVE 3,312 80.33 157 3.81 42 1.02 150 3.64 17 0.41 65 1.58 380 9.22 4,123 100
AIR NATIONAL GUARD 13,281 87.05 671 4.40 83 0.54 418 2.74 80 0.52 205 1.34 519 3.40 15,257 100
AIR FORCE RESERVE 11,145 81.52 875 6.40 66 0.48 530 3.88 67 0.49 255 1.87 734 5.37 13,672 100
TOTAL 93,919 79.20   11,480 9.68   636 0.54   5,233 4.41   549 0.46   1,750 1.48   5,017 4.23   118,584 100
With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 4 85.26 8.84 0.45 3.47 0.16 1.82
ARMY RESERVE 74.08 17.65 0.56 6.85 0.86 0
NAVAL RESERVE 82.95 6.75 0.75 5.06 0.39 4.10
MARINE CORPS RESERVE 88.49 4.19 1.12 4.01 0.45 1.74
AIR NATIONAL GUARD 90.11 4.55 0.56 2.84 0.54 1.39
AIR FORCE RESERVE 86.14 6.76 0.51 4.10 0.52 1.97
TOTAL   82.70     10.11     0.56     4.61     0.48     1.54            
CIVILIAN COLLEGE 39,219,160 77.43 4,799,450 9.48 233,285 0.46 5,433,770 10.73 195,331 0.39 769,872 1.52 0 0 50,650,867 100
GRADUATES 5                                              
                             
ETHNICITY   With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
HISPANIC NOT HISPANIC UNKNOWN TOTAL HISPANIC NOT HISPANIC
COMPONENT     #      % #      % #      % #      %   % %
DoD
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 4 2,123 5.70 35,066 94.17 46 0.12 37,235 100 5.71 94.29
ARMY RESERVE 2,857 8.37 31,176 91.38 85 0.25 34,118 100 8.39 91.61
NAVAL RESERVE 1,085 7.65 11,961 84.36 1,133 7.99 14,179 100 8.32 91.68
MARINE CORPS RESERVE 326 7.91 3,797 92.09 0 0 4,123 100 7.91 92.09
AIR NATIONAL GUARD 581 3.81 14,619 95.82 57 0.37 15,257 100 3.82 96.18
AIR FORCE RESERVE       608 4.45   13,022 95.25   42 0.31   13,672 100   4.46   95.54
TOTAL 7,580 6.39 109,641 92.46 1,363 1.15 118,584 100 6.47 93.53
CIVILIAN COLLEGE GRADUATES6     4,628,494 9.14   46,022,373 90.86   (6) (6)   50,650,867 100
       
1. The data in this table reflect commissioned officers serving as of 30 September 2017.
2. American Indian, Alaska Native
3. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
4. 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.
5. Comparison group for reserve component officers includes college graduates in the civilian labor force (ages 21-59), September 2017.
6. 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).