FY03

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FY03 Profile of Marine Corps
Includes AI/AN, AA/PI, and other, unknown
Then and Now in the Marine Corps
Dr. Betty D. Maxfield, Chief Office of Army
Demographics E-mail Betty.Maxfield_at_hqda.army.mil
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17-20 21-24 25-29 30-39 40 Over
Officer 0 9.7 26.4 45.1 18.8
Warrant 0 0 2.2 69.3 28.5
Enlisted 30.5 37.3 16.2 12.9 3.1
The following data are based on numbers provided
by the Marine Corps to the Defense Manpower Data
Center, and are valid as of September 15, 2003.
Officer 16,787 9.5
Warrant 1,964 1.1
Officer Warrant Enlisted
GED/HSDG 2.4 70.9 95.9
Other/Unk. 0.1 1.6 0.6
MA/PhD 17.8 3.5 0.1
BA/BS 79.0 11.9 1.0
Coll./AA 0.7 12.1 2.4
Enlisted 158,832 89.4
TOTAL STRENGTH 177,583
FAMILY
Officer Warrant Enlisted TOTAL TOTAL MARRIED
Male 70.1 91.2 40.3 43.7 72,999
Female 41.5 62.9 40.3 40.6 4,320
Total 68.5 89.5 40.3 43.5 77,319
White Black Hispanic Other TOTAL
Commissioned Officer - Race/Ethnicity and Gender
Male 84.5 6.1 5.4 4.0 15,828
Female 76.2 9.4 7.5 6.9 959
Total 84.0 6.2 5.5 4.3 16,787
Dual Military Marriages (pct of all marriages)
Officer Warrant Enlisted TOTAL
Male 3.3 4.2 5.5 5.1
Female 56.0 54.8 65.9 64.8
Total 5.1 6.3 9.2 8.5
White Black Hispanic Other TOTAL
Warrant Officer Race/Ethnicity and Gender
Male 74.4 15.0 7.4 3.2 1,848
Female 54.3 31.0 10.3 4.4 116
Total 73.2 15.9 7.6 3.3 1,964
Officer Warrant Enlisted TOTAL
Soldiers with Children
Sole Parents (Single with Children)
Commissioned/ Warrant Enlisted TOTAL
50.2 84.9 28.3 31.0
2.5 3.0 2.9
Average number of children (for Soldiers with
children) 2
White Black Hispanic Other TOTAL
Enlisted Race/Ethnicity and Gender
Male 66.2 13.7 13.7 6.4 149,272
Female 53.6 20.9 17.4 8.1 9,560
Total 65.5 14.1 13.9 6.5 158,832