Table B-35.  Active Component Warrant Officer Gains and Corps, FY18: 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 895 72.59 104 54.17 235 77.56 0 ----- 1,234 71.41 54,795,705 75.08
Black 198 16.06 51 26.56 23 7.59 0 ----- 272 15.74 10,300,323 14.11
AIAN 3 6 0.49 3 1.56 1 0.33 0 ----- 10 0.58 915,271 1.25
Asian 37 3.00 12 6.25 3 0.99 0 ----- 52 3.01 4,621,558 6.33
NHPI 4 8 0.65 0 0 0 0 0 ----- 8 0.46 370,183 0.51
Two or more 5 0 0 2 1.04 6 1.98 0 ----- 8 0.46 1,982,457 2.72
Unknown 89 7.22   20 10.42   35 11.55   0 -----   144 8.33   0 0
TOTAL 1,233 100 192 100 303 100 0 ----- 1,728 100 72,985,497 100
Hispanic 146 11.84 32 16.67 46 15.18 0 ----- 224 12.96 15,210,284 20.84
Not Hispanic 6 1,087 88.16 160 83.33 257 84.82 0 ----- 1,504 87.04 57,775,213 79.16
TOTAL 1,233 100   192 100   303 100   0 -----   1,728 100   72,985,497 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN 18-49 YRS-OLD
RACE/ ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   LABOR FORCE7
ETHNICITY #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #        %      
Corps 8
White 9,777 68.52 1,030 59.37 1,575 73.26 0 ----- 12,382 68.21 80,044,617 75.28
Black 2,444 17.13 437 25.19 201 9.35 0 ----- 3,082 16.98 14,647,715 13.78
AIAN 3 75 0.53 31 1.79 15 0.70 0 ----- 121 0.67 1,238,383 1.16
Asian 459 3.22 95 5.48 61 2.84 0 ----- 615 3.39 7,211,693 6.78
NHPI 4 97 0.68 5 0.29 17 0.79 0 ----- 119 0.66 556,384 0.52
Two or more 5 0 0 46 2.65 37 1.72 0 ----- 83 0.46 2,627,597 2.47
Unknown 1,417 9.93   91 5.24   244 11.35   0 -----   1,752 9.65   0 0
TOTAL 14,269 100 1,735 100 2,150 100 0 ----- 18,154 100 106,326,388 100
Hispanic 1,585 11.11 213 12.28 359 16.70 0 ----- 2,157 11.88 21,521,833 20.24
Not Hispanic 12,499 87.60 1,509 86.97 1,791 83.30 0 ----- 15,799 87.03 84,804,555 79.76
Unknown 185 1.30 13 0.75 0 0 0 ----- 198 1.09 0 0
TOTAL 14,269 100   1,735 100   2,150 100   0 -----   18,154 100   106,326,388 100
     
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 2017-September 2018 average.
2. Warrant officer gains reflect an addition to the warrant officer ranks between 1 October 2017 and 30 September 2018.  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 2018.
8. Warrant officer corps reflects warrant officer ranks serving as of 30 September 2018.
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).