Demographics of Active Duty U.S. Military

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Assigned Strength of Active Duty Force
Service	Enlisted	Officers	Total	Percentage
Army	452,064	87,610	539,675	37.8%
Navy	275,296	51,388	326,684	22.9%
Marine Corps	178,213	20,202	198,415	13.9%
Air Force	258,095	64,805	322,900	22.6%
Coast Guard	33,228	8,134	41,362	2.9%
Total	1,196,897	232,139	1,429,036	100%

Active Duty Gender Distribution
Service	Enlisted Percent Female	Officer Percent Female
Army	13.2 %	15.5 %
Navy	15 %	15.1 %
Marine Corps	6.2 %	5.8 %
Air Force	19.9 %	18.3
Coast Guard	11.6 %	14.9 %
Total	14 %	15.3 %

Race Profile of Active Duty Force
Service	% White	% Minorities	% Black	% Other
Army	73.9 %	26.1 %	21.5 %	4.6 %
Navy	66.2 %	33.8 %	19.3 %	14.4 %
Marine Corps	83.7 %	16.3 %	11.1 %	5.2 %
Air Force	78.1 %	21.9 %	15.6 %	6.3 %
Coast Guard	82 %	18 %	6.1 %	11.9 %
Total	74.6 %	25.4 %	17.8 %	7.6 %

Marital Profile of Active Duty Force
Service	Enlisted Percent Married	Officer Percent Married
Army	53.7 %	69.9 %
Navy	51.3 %	69.3 %
Marine Corps	42.6 %	67.8 %
Air Force	57.3 %	71.7 %
Coast Guard	54.8 %	73.8 %
Total	52.3 %	70.2 %

Education Profile of Active Duty Force
Service	Percent with HSD & Above	Percent with BA/BS & Above
Army	86.8 %	83 %
Navy	94.6 %	89 %
Marine Corps	96.1 %	88.8 %
Air Force	99 %	99 %
Coast Guard	99.5 %	53.4 %
Total	92.5 %	89.3 %

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