Racial / Ethnic / Gender make-up of the U.S, Military
Drydem
mandated that the Department of Defense report on social
representation in the U.S. Military Services annually.
The Departmnent of Defense uses civilian statististical data
collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics ( Department
of Labor ) to analyze the Military's racial/ethnic composition.
Below are few selected tables...
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Table 2.5. Race/Ethnicity and Gender of FY 2000
Active Component NPS Accessions,
by Service, and Civilians 18–24 Years Old (Percent)
Marine Air
Army Navy Corps Force DoD
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MALES
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White 64.8 59.5 67.8 70.7 64.9
Black 19.5 19.2 12.4 16.9 17.6
Hispanic 11.1 12.0 14.5 07.1 11.3
Other 04.6 09.3 05.3 05.4 06.2
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Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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FEMALES
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White 48.2 50.9 59.5 58.8 52.3
Black 36.3 27.8 18.0 26.2 30.3
Hispanic 10.2 11.9 16.1 8.3 10.6
Other 05.3 09.4 06.4 06.7 06.8
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Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Columns may not add to total due to rounding.
Also see Appendix Tables B-3
(Race/Ethnicity by Service and Gender) and
B-4 (Ethnicity by Service).
Source:
Civilian data from
Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population
Survey File, October 1999 – September 2000.
Other" minorities. Members of "Other" racial
minorities (e.g., Native Americans, Asians,
and Pacific Islanders) are greater than 6 percent;
they are slightly overrepresented in the
Services. The proportion of "Other"
minorities ranges from 5 to 9 percent in
the Services, with the Navy having the
largest percentage. In the civilian population,
5 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds are "Other"
racial minorities, an increase of more
than 2 percentage points since FY 1981.
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Table 3.3. FY 2000 Race/Ethnicity of Active Component Enlisted Members,
by Service, and Civilian Labor Force 18–44 Years Old (Percent)
Race or Marine Air 18-to-44 y.o
Ethnicity Army Navy Corps Force DoD Civilians
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White 55.2 60.6 66.3 72.8 62.5 69.5
Black 29.1 20.6 16.2 18.4 22.4 12.4
Hispanic 9.1 9.9 13.5 5.5 9.0 13.1
Other 6.6 8.8 4.0 3.3 6.0 5.0
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Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Columns may not add to total due to rounding.
Also see Appendix Table B-25 (Race/Ethnicity by Service and Gender).
Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics
Current Population Survey File, September 2000.
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Table 4.5. FY 2000 Active Component Minority Officer Accessions and
Officer Corps, by Service (Percent)
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ACTIVE COMPONENT OFFICER ACCESSIONS
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Marine Air
Minority Army Navy Corps Force DoD
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Black 12.0 7.6 5.7 8.0 9.0
Hispanic 5.9 6.0 6.3 1.5 4.6
Other 7.6 7.3 4.8 9.3 7.8
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Total 25.5 21.0 16.9 18.7 21.4
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ACTIVE COMPONENT OFFICER CORPS
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Marine Air
Minority Army Navy Corps Force DoD
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Black 11.4 6.5 6.5 6.4 8.1
Hispanic 4.1 5.5 5.1 2.2 3.9
Other 5.5 4.8 3.1 3.0 4.3
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Total 21.0 16.8 14.7 11.7 16.2
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Columns may not add to total due to rounding.
"Other" includes Native Americans, Asians, and Pacific Islanders.
Also see Appendix Table B-34 (Race/Ethnicity by Service).
for additional statistics see...
http://dod.mil/prhome/poprep2000/
http://dod.mil/prhome/poprep2000/html/chapter2/c2_raceth.htm
http://dod.mil/prhome/poprep2000/html/faqs/faqs.htm
Don Kirkman
<8a523498.03032...@posting.google.com>:
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Thanks, Walter. I should have known that if the information was
available you'd find it. :-)
I guess the AAs fall into that "other" category.
--
Don
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Drydem
"Don Kirkman" <spamb...@covad.net> wrote in message
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> It seems to me I heard somewhere that Drydem wrote in article
> <8a523498.03032...@posting.google.com>:
>
> >The Senate Committee on Armed Services (Report 93-884, May 1974)
> >mandated that the Department of Defense report on social
> >representation in the U.S. Military Services annually.
> >The Departmnent of Defense uses civilian statististical data
> >collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics ( Department
> >of Labor ) to analyze the Military's racial/ethnic composition.
> >Below are few selected tables...
> available you'd find it. :-)
> I guess the AAs fall into that "other" category.
Your welcome, Don. Albeit - I did this more for Chris
who wanted to determine if the military was using collecting
statistics wrt to integration ( I think Chris, also was hypothesizing
that the military might be using some sort of recruiting
quota system ). The Statistics say that Asian Pacific Americans
constitute the majority of the persons under the "other"
category but doesn't actually do a breakout figure -
so we can't use the stats to determine how the
percentage in the "other" category are really
Alaskan Natives/Intiuts, Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders, or
Native American Indians are Commissioned Officers
in the U.S. Military. It doesn't look like these stats
could be used for some racial/ethnic quota for APAs
in ROTCs --- however, I didn't check the admissions
policies of our military academies (Air Force, Navy,
Army ) .
JazzFusion
"Drydem" <walte...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Don Kirkman" <spamb...@covad.net> wrote in message
> news:ud918vk2i1rtl6ajc...@4ax.com...
> > It seems to me I heard somewhere that Drydem wrote in article
> > <8a523498.03032...@posting.google.com>:
> >
> > >The Senate Committee on Armed Services (Report 93-884, May 1974)
> > >mandated that the Department of Defense report on social
> > >representation in the U.S. Military Services annually.
> > >The Departmnent of Defense uses civilian statististical data
> > >collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics ( Department
> > >of Labor ) to analyze the Military's racial/ethnic composition.
> > >Below are few selected tables...
> > Thanks, Walter. I should have known that if the information was
> > available you'd find it. :-)
> > I guess the AAs fall into that "other" category.
>
> Your welcome, Don. Albeit - I did this more for Chris
> who wanted to determine if the military was using collecting
> statistics wrt to integration ( I think Chris, also was hypothesizing
> that the military might be using some sort of recruiting
> quota system ).
I was thinking it might be possible they used stats to help monitor the
racial makeup of the military, mostly to effect an inproved targeting of
recruitment/marketing efforts. Beyond that, I thought it possible they
could also use similar stats to help ensure ongoing integration levels, but
the former seems more likely between the two.
>The Statistics say that Asian Pacific Americans
> constitute the majority of the persons under the "other"
> category but doesn't actually do a breakout figure -
> so we can't use the stats to determine how the
> percentage in the "other" category are really
> Alaskan Natives/Intiuts, Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders, or
> Native American Indians are Commissioned Officers
> in the U.S. Military. It doesn't look like these stats
> could be used for some racial/ethnic quota for APAs
> in ROTCs --- however, I didn't check the admissions
> policies of our military academies (Air Force, Navy,
> Army ) .
I also did some searching (about 30 seconds worth) and found a bunch of
various links concerning stats of latinos in various ranks in the military,
but I didn't quickly find AA stats of the same type. I'm not sure of the
legitimacy of the latino stats.