YEAR OFFICERS NURSES ENLISTED OFFICER TOTAL CANDIDATES 1775 60 0 560 0 620 1776 90 0 3,000 0 3,090 1777 90 0 2,500 0 2,590 1778 75 0 1,500 0 1,575 1779 75 0 1,500 0 1,575 1780 61 0 1,500 0 1,561 1781 61 0 1,000 0 1,061 1782 61 0 1,000 0 1,061 1783 61 0 1,000 0 1,061 1784 61 0 700 0 761 1785 61 0 700 0 761 1786 0 0 0 0 0 1787 0 0 0 0 0 1788 0 0 0 0 0 1789 0 0 0 0 0 1790 0 0 0 0 0 1791 0 0 0 0 0 1792 0 0 0 0 0 1793 0 0 0 0 0 1794 150 0 1,706 0 1,856 1795 150 0 1,706 0 1,856 1796 150 0 1,706 0 1,856 1797 150 0 1,706 0 1,856 1798 150 0 1,706 0 1,856 1799 200 0 2,000 0 2,200 1800 400 0 5,000 0 5,400 1801 200 0 2,500 0 2,700 1802 200 0 2,000 0 2,200 1803 200 0 1,500 0 1,700 1804 200 0 2,000 0 2,200 1805 191 0 3,000 0 3,191 1806 191 0 914 0 1,105 1807 191 0 1,954 0 2,145 1808 191 0 1,425 0 1,616 1809 450 0 4,425 0 4,875 1810 450 0 4,699 0 5,149 1811 454 0 4,910 0 5,364 1812 442 0 5,010 0 5,452 1813 525 0 5,000 0 5,525 1814 524 0 7,500 0 8,024 1815 531 0 6,242 0 6,773 1816 500 0 5,540 0 6,040 1817 494 0 5,000 0 5,494 1818 545 0 5,000 0 5,545 1819 568 0 3,500 0 4,068 1820 537 0 3,451 0 3,988 1821 484 0 3,451 0 3,935 1822 534 0 3,240 0 3,774 1823 553 0 3,500 0 4,053 1824 531 0 3,564 0 4,095 1825 505 0 3,900 0 4,405 1826 471 0 4,291 0 4,762 1827 505 0 4,291 0 4,796 1828 506 0 4,291 0 4,797 1829 555 0 4,314 0 4,869 1830 615 0 4,314 0 4,929 1831 612 0 3,691 0 4,303 1832 642 0 4,670 0 5,312 1833 664 0 4,756 0 5,420 1834 695 0 4,756 0 5,451 1835 756 0 4,801 0 5,557 1836 787 0 4,801 0 5,588 1837 801 0 7,651 0 8,452 1838 847 0 6,809 0 7,656 1839 922 0 6,754 0 7,676 1840 932 0 7,085 0 8,017 1841 940 0 7,334 0 8,274 1842 998 0 9,784 0 10,782 1843 1,055 0 9,500 0 10,555 1844 1,063 0 10,040 0 11,103 1845 1,095 0 10,034 60 11,189 1846 1,053 0 9,000 78 10,131 1847 1,126 0 10,000 67 11,193 1848 1,141 0 10,000 97 11,238 1849 1,282 0 10,000 63 11,345 1850 1,273 0 7,500 21 8,794 1851 1,246 0 7,500 46 8,792 1852 1,232 0 7,500 73 8,805 1853 1,250 0 7,500 91 8,841 1854 1,254 0 7,500 125 8,879 1855 1,236 0 7,500 151 8,887 1856 1,027 0 7,500 154 8,681 1857 1,031 0 8,500 145 9,676 1858 1,068 0 8,500 161 9,729 1859 1,117 0 8,500 267 9,884 1860 1,150 0 8,500 292 9,942 1861 1,114 0 26,500 267 27,881 1862 3,224 0 30,000 230 33,454 1863 4,209 0 34,000 498 38,707 1864 5,679 0 51,500 501 57,680 1865 6,759 0 51,082 455 58,296 1866 2,297 0 13,600 443 16,340 1867 1,801 0 11,900 380 14,081 1868 1,976 0 10,000 292 12,268 1869 1,649 0 10,393 253 12,295 1870 1,551 0 8,765 246 10,562 1871 1,702 0 8,693 215 10,610 1872 1,699 0 9,719 262 11,680 1873 1,655 0 9,719 280 11,654 1874 1,595 0 10,812 293 12,700 1875 1,571 0 8,586 322 10,479 1876 1,646 0 8,058 342 10,046 1877 1,591 0 6,106 360 8,057 1878 1,582 0 6,135 370 8,087 1879 1,695 0 7,406 352 9,453 1880 1,713 0 7,322 326 9,361 1881 1,866 0 7,974 261 10,101 1882 1,911 0 8,018 241 10,170 1883 1,819 0 7,776 247 9,842 1884 1,660 0 8,947 239 10,846 1885 1,611 0 8,203 243 10,057 1886 1,549 0 8,123 237 9,909 1887 1,542 0 8,342 229 10,113 1888 1,528 0 8,354 233 10,115 1889 1,530 0 8,147 244 9,921 1890 1,489 0 7,516 241 9,246 1891 1,510 0 7,501 236 9,247 1892 1,468 0 7,741 239 9,448 1893 1,486 0 7,801 242 9,529 1894 1,405 0 9,813 242 11,460 1895 1,412 0 10,189 245 11,846 1896 1,425 0 10,408 255 12,088 1897 1,399 0 10,327 259 11,985 1898 1,432 0 20,780 280 22,492 1899 1,588 0 14,501 265 16,354 1902 1,822 0 21,433 393 23,648 1903 1,893 0 27,245 652 29,790 1904 2,014 0 29,321 823 32,158 1905 2,079 0 30,804 881 33,764 1906 2,133 0 32,163 757 35,053 1907 2,238 0 33,027 854 36,119 1908 2,443 20 39,048 811 42,322 1909 2,593 37 44,129 774 47,533 1910 2,645 54 45,076 758 48,533 1911 2,800 86 47,612 732 51,230 1912 2,964 110 47,515 768 51,357 1913 3,143 130 48,068 861 52,202 1914 3,271 135 52,667 916 56,989 1915 3,438 155 52,561 918 57,072 1916 3,870 152 55,123 1231 60,376 1917 8,038 345 185,143 1091 194,617 1918 31,194 1,386 495,662 2,096 530,338 1919 18,333 1,024 250,833 1,954 272,144 1920 10,109 533 108,950 2,253 121,845 1921 9,509 470 120,421 2,427 132,827 1922 7,855 479 89,482 2,395 100,211 1923 7,915 495 83,185 2,499 94,094 1924 8,165 486 87,709 1,824 98,184 1925 8,430 488 84,615 1,697 95,230 1926 8,618 473 82,629 1,584 93,304 1927 8,944 496 84,034 1,442 94,916 1928 8,898 503 84,822 1,580 95,803 1929 8,946 488 85,875 1,808 97,117 1930 9,038 502 85,467 1,883 96,890 1931 9,320 529 81,536 1,922 93,307 1932 9,463 504 81,679 1,738 93,384 1933 9,481 466 79,727 1,556 91,230 1934 9,623 349 80,792 1,548 92,312 1935 9,783 332 83,343 1,595 95,053 1936 9,897 350 93,625 2,420 106,292 1937 9,975 392 100,771 2,479 113,617 1938 10,312 427 105,599 2,750 119,088 1939 11,585 438 110,872 2,307 125,202 1940 17,723 504 192,173 4,873 215,273 1941 38,601 823 332,274 1,452 383,150 1942 118,038 2,907 1,102,218 6,004 1,259,167 1943 219,279 7,022 2,034,343 120,472 2,381,116 1944 300,101 8,893 2,808,134 84,627 3,201,755 1945 323,755 11,025 3,005,534 65,211 3,405,525 1946 233,035 9,077 1,832,896 30,459 2,105,467 1947 58,689 2,263 464,501 4,166 529,619 1948 45,298 2,008 396,204 5,722 449,232 1949 46,158 1,975 397,655 5,488 451,276 1950 54,423 2,426 498,954 4,951 560,754 1951 72,157 3,333 705,997 5,962 787,449 1952 79,166 3,081 735,753 6,265 824,265 1953 78,574 2,724 721,638 6,452 809,388 1954 77,889 2,403 674,580 6,514 761,386 1955 72,444 2,165 617,296 6,599 698,504 1956 70,419 2,065 596,741 8,512 677,737 1957 71,775 2,077 604,804 6,883 685,539 1958 71,144 6,181 569,890 6,181 647,215 1959 70,221 2,045 558,750 6,236 635,207 1960 68,587 2,140 555,946 5,778 630,311 1961 71,703 2,076 582,305 6,880 660,888 1962 71,593 2,098 577,677 6,694 655,964 1963 74,033 2,084 582,866 6,657 663,556 1964 75,371 2,028 583,218 6,717 665,306 1965 77,196 1,936 584,683 6,929 668,808 1966 78,100 1,943 630,767 6,725 715,592 1967 80,683 2,238 660,795 6,387 748,045 1968 81,961 2,225 663,797 6,589 752,347 1969 85,687 2,408 666,700 6,605 758,992 1970 82,565 2,283 643,164 6,048 731,777 1971 77,442 2,202 572,338 5,843 655,623 1972 74,208 2,254 524,205 5,774 604,187 1973 71,448 2,197 502,777 5,407 579,672 1974 68,250 2,527 483,257 5,021 556,528 1975 66,036 2,668 474,596 5,093 545,725 1976 64,110 2,570 460,161 4,938 529,209 1977 63,337 2,633 459,780 4,616 527,733 1978 62,890 2,606 458,710 4,915 526,515 1979 62,161 2,542 458,431 4,863 525,455 1980 62,648 2,640 457,459 4,989 525,096 1981 64,580 2,713 466,388 5,541 536,509 1982 66,579 2,661 475,147 5,582 547,308 1983 68,764 2,744 489,495 5,361 563,620 1984 70,382 2,896 497,837 5,298 573,517 1985 71,079 2,951 503,072 5,443 579,594 1986 72,890 3,029 510,713 5,662 589,265 1987 74,064 3,078 523,071 5,608 602,743 1988 74,115 3,055 523,106 5,395 602,616 1989 74,374 2,989 526,018 5,410 605,802 1990 74,557 3,020 525,159 5,707 605,423 1991 74,001 3,108 525,130 5,425 604,556 1992 72,126 3,205 498,769 5,152 576,047 1993 70,061 3,341 469,420 4,922 544,403 1994 61,750 3,251 402,626 4,286 480,224 1995 58,778 3,319 371,670 4,159 437,926 1996 57,477 3,275 355,048 3,275 419,075 1997 56,215 3,283 335,284 4,000 398,782
NOTES:
Italicized figures above indicate target for Year.
The figures for 1775 - 1942 were derived from the Bureau of Naval Personnel Annual Report, Navy and Marine Corps Military Personnel Statistics, 30 June 1960. Figures for 1943 - 1959 were derived from Annual Report Navy and Marine Corps Military Personnel Statistics, 30 June 1959. Figures for 1960 - 1992 were derived from the Bureau of Naval Personnel's quarterly Navy Military Personnel Statistics. The Bureau of Naval Personnel published monthly personnel statistics for the period 30 June 1941 to 1992. For those years, the highest personnel strength for the year is listed above. The figures for 1993 to the present were obtained directly from the Bureau of Naval Personnel.
23 October 1997