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July 21, 2004
Release No. 072
Service demographics offer
snapshot of force
AIR FORCE PERSONNEL CENTER -
The Air Force Personnel Center recently published its
quarterly demographics report offering a snapshot of the service's
active-duty and civilian force, as of June 30.
More information can be found at the
center's analysis branch website:
http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/demographics/.
Statistics are rounded to the
nearest tenth.
Active-Duty Demographics
Snapshot of the Air Force
- 376,926
individuals are on active duty
-- 74,275 officers and
302,651 enlisted personnel
- The Air Force has
13,644 pilots, 4,703 navigators,
1,247 air battle managers
and 37,330 non-rated line officers in the
grades of lieutenant colonel and below
Age
- The average age of the officer force is
35; for the enlisted force it's
29
- Of the force, 41.9
percent are below the age of 26
-- 48.8 percent of
enlisted are below 26 versus 13.6 percent of
officers
Sex
- 19.6
percent of the force are women
-- 18.2 percent of the
officers are women and 19.9 percent of the enlisted corps are women
-- 60.9 percent of the
female officers are line officers; 39.1
percent are non-line
-- 85.2
percent of the male officers are line officers;
14.8 percent are non-line
- The population of women is
73,907
- Women first began entering pilot training in 1976,
fighter pilot training in July 1993 and navigator training in 1977
-- Currently there are
550 (4 percent) female pilots and 204 (4.3
percent) female navigators
Race of Airmen
New U.S. government rules now provide Airmen the
chance to associate themselves with multiple race groups. The following
percentages cover self-reported Air Force military members' racial
information.
- .5 percent reported
their race to be American Indian or Alaska Native
- 1.8 percent reported
their race to be Asian
- 15.4 percent reported
their race to be Black or African American
- .4 percent reported
their race to be Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
- 75.2 percent reported
their race to be White
- .9 percent reported
their race to be more than one of the categories
- 5.8 percent declined to
report their race
Ethnicity of Airmen
"Hispanic or Latino" is now considered an
ethnic, not a racial, category that is registered separately and in addition
to the above racial categories.
- 7.4 percent of
airmen call themselves "Hispanic/Latino"
- 90.9 percent
"not Hispanic/Latino"
- 1.7 percent declined to respond
Marital Status
- 58.6 percent
of the current force is married
-- 70.9 percent of the
officers are married and 55.5 percent of the
enlisted
- There are 21,445
couples in the Air Force with both spouses in the military
-- 1,457 of these are
married to members of other military services
Family Members
- Active duty members supported
558,474 family members
-- 440,543 are
family-members-in-household
Overseas
- 21 percent
of the current force is assigned overseas (including Alaska and Hawaii)
-- 11,146 officers and
67,901 enlisted personnel
Total Active Federal Military
Service
- The average total active federal military
service is 11 years for officers and
8 years for enlisted
Academic Education
- 49 percent
of the officers have advanced or professional degrees
-- 39.4 percent have
master's degrees, 8.3 percent have professional
degrees and 1.4 percent have doctorate degrees
-- 22 percent of
company grade officers have advanced degrees;
16.1 percent have master's degrees, 5.6 percent
have professional degrees and .4 percent have
doctorate degrees
-- 86.7 percent of field grade officers have
advanced degrees; 71.7 percent have master's
degrees, 12.1 percent have professional degrees
and 2.9 percent
have doctorate degrees
- 99.9 percent of the
enlisted force have at least a high school education
-- 73.8 percent have
some semester hours towards a college degree
-- 14.1 percent have
an associate's degree or equivalent semester hours
-- 4.3 percent have a
bachelor's degree
-- .6 percent have a
master's degree
-- .01 percent have a
professional or doctorate degree
Component
- 42.1 percent
of the officers have a Regular commission
-- 42.6 percent of the line officers have a
Regular commission
Developmental Education
- 56.9
percent of the officers have completed one or more PME or developmental
education course either in residence or by correspondence.
-- 8,948 have completed at least one Senior
Service School or senior developmental education course,
15,610 have completed an intermediate level course
while 17,705 have completed Squadron Officer
School.
Source of Commission
- 19.5 percent
of the officers were commissioned through the Air Force Academy,
41.2 percent through Reserve Officer Training Corps
and 22.3 percent through Officer Training
School.
-- The remaining 17.1 percent were
commissioned from other sources (direct appointment, etc.).
Civilian Employee Demographics
Total Civilian Strength
- There are
143,886 civilian employees
-- 75.7 percent are
"white collar" and 24.3 percent are "blue
collar"
Citizenship
- 134,302 are
U.S. citizens including U.S. nationals (9,256 are Air Force Reserve
Technicians)
- 9,580 are foreign
national employees
- 4
are other non-U.S. employees in the U.S. or a U.S.
territory
Age
- The average age is
45.7 years
Length of Service
- The average length of service is
15.7 years
Gender
- 35.4 percent
are female and 64.6 percent are male
Race/Ethnic Group
The following percentages cover self-reported Air Force civilian employees'
racial/ethnic information. Civilian Air Force
employees continue to report using previous categories.
- 70.6 percent are
Caucasian
- 11.4 percent are
African American
- 7.2 percent are
Hispanic
- 6.1 percent are another
minority
- 4.7 percent are not
reported
Overseas
- 11.5 percent of the
total civilian work force are assigned overseas (16,599)
- 42.3 percent are U.S.
citizens including U.S. nationals.
- 57.7 percent are local nationals
Education
White Collar
- 40.4
percent have a college degree
-- 14.5 percent have a
master's and 1.5 percent have a doctorate
- 26.6 percent have
accumulated hours toward a bachelor's degree
-- 9.6 percent have an
associate's degree or equivalent
- 24.8 percent have at
least a high school education
- 5.7 percent have less than a high school
diploma
Blue Collar
- 4.2
percent have a college degree
-- .3 percent have a
master's degree
- 27 percent have
accumulated hours toward a bachelor's degree
--
9.2 percent have an associate's degree or equivalent
- 55.6 percent have at
least a high school education or equivalent
- 11.3 percent have less
than a high school diploma
Developmental Education
- 6,037 civilian employees have completed one
or more military schools
-- 2,356 have
completed Squadron Officer School
-- 2,681 have
completed intermediate developmental education
-- 1,000 have
completed senior developmental education
Executive-Level Training
- 323
employees have completed executive-level training
--
26 Congressional Fellowship programs
--
253 Executive and Senior Leadership
-- 26
Public Administration graduate school
-- 18 Management graduate school
(AFPC is located at Randolph AFB, Texas.)
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