Table C-13.  Selected Reserve Enlisted Members, FY18: by Race/Ethnicity, Component, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
                                 
RACE
WHITE BLACK AIAN1 ASIAN NHPI2 TWO OR MORE UNKNOWN TOTAL
GENDER #       %     #       %     #       %     #       %     #      %     #       %     #       %     #       %    
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD                              
   Males 189,759 79.86 35,121 14.78 1,553 0.65 7,348 3.09 416 0.18 2,745 1.16 686 0.29 237,628 100
   Females 34,463 66.21 14,481 27.82 512 0.98 1,605 3.08 105 0.20 735 1.41 150 0.29 52,051 100
   Total 224,222 77.40 49,602 17.12 2,065 0.71 8,953 3.09 521 0.18 3,480 1.20 836 0.29 289,679 100
   Percent Females 15.37 29.19 24.79 17.93 20.15 21.12 17.94 17.97
With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 80.09 14.82 0.66 3.10 0.18 1.16
   Females 66.40 27.90 0.99 3.09 0.20 1.42
   Total 77.63 17.17 0.71 3.10 0.18 1.20
ARMY RESERVE 3                                
   Males 78,494 67.98 23,096 20.00 657 0.57 7,641 6.62 1,254 1.09 0 0 4,316 3.74 115,458 100
   Females 18,520 52.22 12,458 35.13 268 0.76 2,198 6.20 558 1.57 0 0 1,461 4.12 35,463 100
   Total 97,014 64.28 35,554 23.56 925 0.61 9,839 6.52 1,812 1.20 0 0 5,777 3.83 150,921 100
   Percent Females 19.09 35.04 28.97 22.34 30.79 ----- 25.29 23.50
With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 70.62 20.78 0.59 6.87 1.13 0
   Females 54.47 36.64 0.79 6.46 1.64 0
   Total 66.84 24.50 0.64 6.78 1.25 0
NAVAL RESERVE                                
   Males 20,026 60.60 5,660 17.13 899 2.72 2,106 6.37 378 1.14 2,383 7.21 1,592 4.82 33,044 100
   Females 5,499 49.80 2,923 26.47 313 2.83 650 5.89 115 1.04 948 8.58 595 5.39 11,043 100
   Total 25,525 57.90 8,583 19.47 1,212 2.75 2,756 6.25 493 1.12 3,331 7.56 2,187 4.96 44,087 100
   Percent Females 21.54 34.06 25.83 23.58 23.33 28.46 27.21 25.05
With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 63.67 18.00 2.86 6.70 1.20 7.58
   Females 52.63 27.98 3.00 6.22 1.10 9.07
   Total 60.92 20.48 2.89 6.58 1.18 7.95
MARINE CORPS RESERVE                              
   Males 26,403 80.78 3,281 10.04 270 0.83 1,407 4.30 269 0.82 236 0.72 821 2.51 32,687 100
   Females 844 70.98 163 13.71 13 1.09 38 3.20 18 1.51 21 1.77 92 7.74 1,189 100
   Total 27,247 80.43 3,444 10.17 283 0.84 1,445 4.27 287 0.85 257 0.76 913 2.70 33,876 100
   Percent Females 3.10 4.73 4.59 2.63 6.27 8.17 10.08 3.51
With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 82.86 10.30 0.85 4.42 0.84 0.74
   Females 76.94 14.86 1.19 3.46 1.64 1.91
   Total 82.66 10.45 0.86 4.38 0.87 0.78
AIR NATIONAL GUARD                              
   Males 59,548 82.02 6,180 8.51 440 0.61 2,169 2.99 731 1.01 1,777 2.45 1,760 2.42 72,605 100
   Females 14,197 72.94 3,040 15.62 192 0.99 617 3.17 275 1.41 666 3.42 476 2.45 19,463 100
   Total 73,745 80.10 9,220 10.01 632 0.69 2,786 3.03 1,006 1.09 2,443 2.65 2,236 2.43 92,068 100
   Percent Females 19.25 32.97 30.38 22.15 27.34 27.26 21.29 21.14
With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 84.05 8.72 0.62 3.06 1.03 2.51
   Females 74.77 16.01 1.01 3.25 1.45 3.51
   Total 82.09 10.26 0.70 3.10 1.12 2.72
AIR FORCE RESERVE                              
   Males 28,372 70.73 6,776 16.89 245 0.61 1,549 3.86 555 1.38 1,148 2.86 1,467 3.66 40,112 100
   Females 8,447 56.79 4,145 27.87 139 0.93 602 4.05 249 1.67 631 4.24 662 4.45 14,875 100
   Total 36,819 66.96 10,921 19.86 384 0.70 2,151 3.91 804 1.46 1,779 3.24 2,129 3.87 54,987 100
   Percent Females 22.94 37.95 36.20 27.99 30.97 35.47 31.09 27.05
With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 73.42 17.53 0.63 4.01 1.44 2.97
   Females 59.43 29.16 0.98 4.24 1.75 4.44
   Total 69.66 20.66 0.73 4.07 1.52 3.37
TOTAL DoD                                
   Males 402,602 75.74 80,114 15.07 4,064 0.76 22,220 4.18 3,603 0.68 8,289 1.56 10,642 2.00 531,534 100
   Females 81,970 61.13 37,210 27.75 1,437 1.07 5,710 4.26 1,320 0.98 3,001 2.24 3,436 2.56 134,084 100
   Total 484,572 72.80 117,324 17.63 5,501 0.83 27,930 4.20 4,923 0.74 11,290 1.70 14,078 2.12 665,618 100
   Percent Females 16.92 31.72 26.12 20.44 26.81 26.58 24.41 20.14
With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 77.29 15.38 0.78 4.27 0.69 1.59
   Females 62.74 28.48 1.10 4.37 1.01 2.30
   Total 74.37 18.01 0.84 4.29 0.76 1.73
18-55 YR-OLD CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE4                            
   Males 51,911,478 77.68 8,020,323 12.00 783,328 1.17 4,370,468 6.54 308,782 0.46 1,433,285 2.14 0 0 66,827,664 100
   Females 44,049,629 74.61 8,814,007 14.93 696,567 1.18 3,854,741 6.53 259,606 0.44 1,363,059 2.31 0 0 59,037,610 100
   Total 95,961,107 76.24 16,834,331 13.37 1,479,895 1.18 8,225,209 6.53 568,388 0.45 2,796,344 2.22 0 0 125,865,274 100
   Percent Females 45.90 52.36 47.07 46.86 45.67 48.74 ----- 46.91
ETHNICITY
HISPANIC NOT HISPANIC Unknown TOTAL HISPANIC NOT HISPANIC
GENDER #       %     #       %     #       %     #       %       %       %    
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD               With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 25,413 10.69 211,717 89.10 498 0.21 237,628 100 10.72 89.28
   Females 6,885 13.23 45,091 86.63 75 0.14 52,051 100 13.25 86.75
   Total 32,298 11.15 256,808 88.65 573 0.20 289,679 100 11.17 88.83
   Percent Females 21.32 17.56 13.09 17.97
ARMY RESERVE                 With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 21,564 18.68 93,815 81.25 79 0.07 115,458 100 18.69 81.31
   Females 7,009 19.76 28,443 80.20 11 0.03 35,463 100 19.77 80.23
   Total 28,573 18.93 122,258 81.01 90 0.06 150,921 100 18.94 81.06
   Percent Females 24.53 23.26 12.22 23.50
NAVAL RESERVE                 With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 6,110 18.49 22,032 66.67 4,902 14.83 33,044 100 21.71 78.29
   Females 2,306 20.88 7,080 64.11 1,657 15.00 11,043 100 24.57 75.43
   Total 8,416 19.09 29,112 66.03 6,559 14.88 44,087 100 22.43 77.57
   Percent Females 27.40 24.32 25.26 25.05
MARINE CORPS RESERVE               With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 7,932 24.27 24,755 75.73 0 0 32,687 100 24.27 75.73
   Females 358 30.11 831 69.89 0 0 1,189 100 30.11 69.89
   Total 8,290 24.47 25,586 75.53 0 0 33,876 100 24.47 75.53
   Percent Females 4.32 3.25 ----- 3.51
AIR NATIONAL GUARD               With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 7,720 10.63 62,633 86.27 2,252 3.10 72,605 100 10.97 89.03
   Females 2,538 13.04 16,330 83.90 595 3.06 19,463 100 13.45 86.55
   Total 10,258 11.14 78,963 85.77 2,847 3.09 92,068 100 11.50 88.50
   Percent Females 24.74 20.68 20.90 21.14
AIR FORCE RESERVE               With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 4,736 11.81 22,029 54.92 13,347 33.27 40,112 100 17.69 82.31
   Females 1,883 12.66 7,140 48.00 5,852 39.34 14,875 100 20.87 79.13
   Total 6,619 12.04 29,169 53.05 19,199 34.92 54,987 100 18.50 81.50
   Percent Females 28.45 24.48 30.48 27.05
TOTAL DoD                 With the Unknowns distributed like the Knowns
   Males 73,475 13.82 436,981 82.21 21,078 3.97 531,534 100 14.39 85.61
   Females 20,979 15.65 104,915 78.25 8,190 6.11 134,084 100 16.66 83.34
   Total 94,454 14.19 541,896 81.41 29,268 4.40 665,618 100 14.84 85.16
   Percent Females 22.21 19.36 27.98 20.14
                 
18-55 YR-OLD CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE4            
   Males 13,874,497 20.76 52,953,167 79.24 (5) (5) 66,827,664 100
   Females 10,501,553 17.79 48,536,056 82.21 (5) (5) 59,037,610 100
   Total 24,376,050 19.37 101,489,224 80.63 (5) (5) 125,865,274 100
   Percent Females 43.08 47.82 46.91
     
Note: The data in the table reflect enlisted members as of 30 September 2018.
1. American Indian, Alaska Native
2. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
3. The US Army Reserve (USAR) does not report data on the number of enlisted personnel in the "Two or more" category. Caution should be used in comparing the racial composition of the USAR's enlisted force with those of the other Selected Reserve components.
4. 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, September 2018.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).