Service demographics offer snapshot of force Published Oct. 21, 2008 Air Force Personnel Center RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Air Force Personnel Center officials here recently published a demographics report offering a snapshot of the service's active-duty and civilian force. This data is current as of Sept. 30 and can also be found at http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/ under Air Force Demographics. Statistics are rounded to the nearest tenth. Active-duty demographics: Snapshot of the Air Force - 322, 897 individuals are on active duty -- 64,805 officers and 258,092 enlisted personnel - The Air Force has 13,242 pilots, 4,213 navigators, 1,282 air battle managers and 30,047 nonrated line officers in the grades of lieutenant colonel and below Age - The average age of the officer force is 35; for enlisted Airmen, it's 29 - Of the force, 38.47 percent are below the age of 26 -- 44.58 percent of enlisted Airmen are below 26 versus 14.11 percent of officers Gender - 19.6 percent of the force are women -- 18.31 percent of the officers are women and 19.92 percent of the enlisted corps are women -- 59.6 percent of the female officers are line officers; 40.4 percent are nonline - 84.86 percent of the male officers are line officers; 15.14 percent are nonline - The population of women is 63,272 - Women first entered pilot training in 1976, navigator training in 1977 and fighter pilot training in 1993 -- Currently, there are 601 (4.21 percent) female pilots, 246 (5.41 percent) female navigators and 151 air battle managers (11.3 percent) Race of Airmen The following percentages, which are self-reported, cover Air Force military members' racial information. - 0.62 percent reported their race to be American Indian or native Alaskan - 2.48 percent reported their race to be Asian - 14.71 percent reported their race to be black or African American - 0.97 percent reported their race to be native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander - 73.54 percent reported their race to be white - 1.87 percent reported their race to be more than one of the categories - 5.79 percent declined to report their race Ethnicity "Hispanic or Latino" is now considered an ethnic, not a racial, category that is registered separately and in addition to the above racial categories. - 9.7 percent of Airmen call themselves "Hispanic/Latino" - 86.58 percent "not Hispanic/Latino" -- 3.72 declined to respond Marital status - 60.2 percent of the current force is married, which is 71.66 percent of the officers and 57.33 percent of enlisted Airmen - There are 19,287 couples in the Air Force with both spouses in the military -- 1,395 of these are married to members of other military services Family members - Active-duty members support 492,002 family members -- 387,180 family members reside in an Airman's household Overseas - 20.95 percent of the current force is assigned overseas (including Alaska and Hawaii) -- 9,697 officers and 57,937 enlisted personnel Total active federal military service - The average total active federal military service is 11 years for officers and 8 years for enlisted Airmen Officer academic education - 51.85 percent of the officers have advanced or professional degrees -- 41.13 percent have master's degrees, 9.32 percent have professional degrees and 1.39 percent have doctorate degrees -- 25.99 percent of company grade officers have advanced degrees, 19.16 percent have master's degrees, 6.56 percent have professional degrees and 0.27 percent have doctorate degrees -- 85.63 percent of field grade officers have advanced degrees, 69.76 percent have master's degrees, 13 percent have professional degrees and 2.87 percent have doctorate degrees Enlisted academic education - 71.2 percent have some semester hours towards a college degree -- 78 percent of Airmen -- 77 percent of NCOs -- 26 percent of senior NCOs - 17.91 percent have an associate's degree or equivalent semester hours -- 1.6 percent of Airmen -- 18 percent of NCOs -- 51 percent of senior NCOs - 5.22 percent have a bachelor's degree -- 1.7 percent of Airmen -- 3.9 percent of NCOs -- 18 percent of senior NCOs - 0.83 percent have a master's degree -- .02 percent of Airmen -- .39 percent of NCOs -- 4.4 percent of senior NCOs - .01 percent have a professional or doctorate degree Component - 99.28 percent of the officers have a regular commission -- 99.53 percent of the line officers have a regular commission Developmental education - 61.83 percent of the officers have completed one or more professional military education or developmental education courses either in residence or by correspondence. -- 9,668 have completed at least one senior service school or senior developmental education course, 12,431have completed an intermediate level course while 17,972 have completed Squadron Officer School. Source of commission - 20.57 percent of the officers were commissioned through the Air Force Academy, 42.88 percent through Reserve Officer Training Corps and 19.38 percent through Officer Training School. -- The remaining 17.17 percent were commissioned through other sources (direct appointment, etc.). Civilian employee demographics Total civilian strength - There are 141,937 civilian employees -- 77.4 percent are "white collar" and 22.6 percent are "blue collar" Citizenship - 132,665 are U.S. citizens including U.S. nationals (10,134 are Air Force Reserve technicians) - 9,270 are foreign national employees - Two are other non-U.S. employees in the United States or a U.S. territory Age - The average age is 46.6 years Length of service - The average length of service is 15.3 years Retirement eligibility - 25.3 percent become eligible in more than 20 years - 29.5 percent become eligible in 11-20 years - 17.6 percent become eligible in 6-10 years - 17.3 percent become eligible in 1-5 years - 8.5 percent became eligible 0-5 years ago - 1.9 percent became eligible more than 5 years ago Gender - 33.4 percent are female and 66.9 percent are male Race The following percentages cover self-reported Air Force civilian members' racial information. - 1.1 percent reported their race to be American Indian or native Alaskan - 5 percent reported their race to be Asian - 11.9 percent reported their race to be black or African American - 0.3 percent reported their race to be native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander - 70.3 percent reported their race to be white - 0.5 percent reported their race to be more than one of the categories - 10.9 percent declined to report their race Ethnicity "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 percent of airmen call themselves "Hispanic/Latino" - 92.9 percent "not Hispanic/Latino" Overseas - 10.9 percent of the total civilian work force is assigned overseas - 40.3 percent are U.S. citizens including U.S. Nationals. - 59.7 percent are local nationals Military service - 3.1 percent of the civilian work force are retired officers - 16.2 percent of the civilian work force are retired enlisted - 29.5 percent of the civilian work force have some military service (not retired) - 51.2 percent have no military service Education (white collar) - 25.3 percent have a bachelor's degree -- 18 percent have a master's degree and 2 percent have a doctorate or professional degree - 23 percent have an associate's degree or have accumulated hours toward a bachelor's degree - 28.4 percent have at least a high school education - 1.5 percent have less than a high school diploma Education (blue collar) - 3.9 percent have a bachelor's degree -- 0.3 percent have a master's degree - 26.2 percent have an associate's degree or have accumulated hours toward a bachelor's degree - 67.9 percent have at least a high school education or equivalent - 1.4 percent have less than a high school diploma Developmental education - 6,684 civilian employees have completed one or more military schools -- 3,764 have completed Squadron Officer School -- 3,544 have completed intermediate developmental education -- 2,067 have completed senior developmental education Executive-level training - 323 employees have completed executive-level training -- 25 Congressional fellowship programs -- 270 executive and senior executive leadership -- 24 public administration graduate school -- 10 management graduate school For more information, go to Air Force Personnel Statistics on AFPC's "Ask" Web site.