Demographics of Active Duty U.S. Military Statistics By Branch
ASSIGNED STRENGTH OF ACTIVE DUTY FORCE Service Enlisted Officers Total
Percentage
Army Navy
356,553 272,665 151,332 253,904
92,791 55,269 21,245 60,744
449,344 327,934 172,577 314,648
35.3% 25.8% 13.6% 24.7%
Marine Corps
Air Force
Space Force
4,455
4,424
8,879
.7%
TOTAL
1,038,909 234,473 1,273,382
100%
MARITAL STATISTICS OF ACTIVE DUTY FORCE Service % Married % Never Married
ASSIGNED STRENGTH GENDER DISTRIBUTION Service Enlisted % Female Enlisted % Male Officer % Female
Officer % Male
% Divorced % Other
Army Navy
Army Navy
14.8% 20.8%
85.2% 79.2% 90.4% 79.1% 81.4%
19.1% 21.3% 10.2% 24.1% 19.4%
80.9% 78.7% 89.8% 75.9% 80.6%
49.7% 48.4% 38.8% 48.8% 58.6%
45.0% 47.1% 58.1% 46.2% 46.2%
5.1% 4.3% 3.0% 4.8% 4.8%
0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2% .2%
Marine Corps
Marine Corps
9.6%
Air Force
Air Force
20.9% 18.6%
Space Force
Space Force
TOTAL
17.1% 82.9% 20.1% 79.9%
TOTAL
48.8% 46.2% 4.8%
EDUCATION STATISTICS OF ACTIVE DUTY FORCE Service Percent with HSD & Above Percent with BA or BA & Above Army 68.8% 31.1% Navy 75.2% 24.6% Marine Corps 86.2% 13.8% Air Force 72.3% 27.6% Space Force 38.0% 62.0% TOTAL 72.3% 23.7%
RACE STATISTICS OF ACTIVE DUTY FORCE Service % White
% Black
% Other
Enlisted
Officer
Enlisted
Officer
Enlisted
Officer
Army Navy
65.3% 71.6%
23.5% 12.4% 11.2% 15.4%
60.2%
74.8% 20.4% 8.2% 19.5% 17.0%
Marine Corps
79.7% 81.3% 12.1%
6.1% 6.4% 6.7%
8.1%
12.6%
Air Force
67.3% 76.5%
17.5%
15.2% 17.1% 17.9% 20.3%
Space Force
71.8% 73.1% 10.3%
TOTAL
68.0%
17.6%
14.4%
AGE DISTRIBUTION OF ACTIVE DUTY FORCE Service 25 & younger 26 to 30
31 to 35
36 to 40
41 & older
Average Age
Enlisted
Officer
Enlisted
Officer
Enlisted
Officer
Enlisted
Officer
Enlisted
Officer
Army Navy
47.2% 14.7% 22.7% 22.1% 14.9% 20.1% 9.5% 19.1% 5.8% 24.0% 29
45.7% 13.2% 72.6% 16.0%
21.6% 14.1%
23.5% 15.5% 19.9% 11.2% 17.9% 5.9% 25.4% 29
Marine Corps
26.6% 6.4%
21.5% 4.8% 19.4% 2.1%
16.5%
25 29
Air Force
42.5% 14.7% 23.4% 23.0% 17.0% 22.9% 12.5% 19.2%
4.6%
20.2
Space Force
36.1% 16.7%
25.0% 21.4% 19.7% 20.7% 5.1% 19.2% 5.1% 19.2% 31 Source: Dept. of Defense 2023 Demographics: Profile of the Military Community NOTE: There are currently 42,000 active duty members of the Department of Homeland Security's Coast Guard.
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