2020 Demographics Profile of the Military Community

1 2020 Demographics Profile OF THE Military Community 2020 Demographics Report Acknowledgments This report is published by the Department of Defense (DoD), Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy (ODASD (MC&FP)), under contract with ICF ( ). A special thank you is given to the Defense Manpower Data Center staff who provided data and support for this document. This page is intentionally blank. Table of Contents 2020 Demographics Report Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I INTRODUCTION IX CHAPTER 1: TOTAL Military FORCE 1 Total DoD Personnel 3 Total DoD Civilian Personnel 5 Total DoD Military Personnel 6 CHAPTER 2: active DUTY MEMBERS 9 active Duty Personnel 11 Gender 16 Race/Ethnicity 22 Geographic Location 30 Age 35 Education 39 Personnel Separations 43 CHAPTER 3: RESERVE AND GUARD MEMBERS 49 Ready Reserve Personnel 51 Selected Reserve Personnel 53 Gender 59 Race/Ethnicity 66 Geographic Location 76 Age 81 Education 85 Reserve Losses 90 Table of Contents 2020 Demographics Report CHAPTER 4: TOTAL FORCE FAMILIES 95 Total DoD Force Families 97 CHAPTER 5: active DUTY FAMILIES 101 Family Status 103 Marital Status 109 Spouses 120 Parental Status 125 Dependents 130 CHAPTER 6.

2 RESERVE AND GUARD FAMILIES 135 Family Status 137 Marital Status 144 Spouses 156 Parental Status 161 Dependents 167 CHAPTER 7: REFERENCE TABLES 173 Armed Forces Comparative Pay Grades and Ranks 175 United States Installation Population by State 176 International Population by Continent 184 DATA SOURCES AND REFERENCES 185 Table of Exhibits 2020 Demographics Report Table of Exhibits CHAPTER 1: TOTAL Military FORCE 1 TOTAL DOD PERSONNEL 3 Military Personnel and DoD Civilians 3 active Duty and Ready Reserve Personnel 4 TOTAL DOD CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 5 DoD Appropriated Funds (APF) Civilians 5 DoD Non-Appropriated Funds (NAF) Civilians 5 TOTAL DOD Military PERSONNEL 6 Enlisted Members and Officers in the Total DoD Military Force 6 Gender of the Total DoD Military Force 6 Race of the Total DoD Military Force 7 Hispanic Ethnicity of the Total DoD Military Force 7 Age of the Total DoD Military Force 8 Education of the Total DoD Military Force 8 CHAPTER 2.

3 active DUTY MEMBERS 9 active DUTY PERSONNEL 11 Enlisted Members and Officers on active Duty 11 Number and Ratio of active Duty Enlisted Members to Officers by Service Branch 11 active Duty Personnel by Service Branch 12 Number and Percentage of active Duty Personnel by Service Branch and Pay Grade 13 active Duty Personnel Trends 14 Number of active Duty Enlisted Members and Officers Trends: 2000 2020 14 Ratio of active Duty Enlisted Members to Officers by Service Branch Trends: 2000-2020 14 Number of active Duty Personnel by Service Branch Trends: 2000-2020 14 active Duty Members by Service Branch Trends: 2000-2020 15 Table of Exhibits 2020 Demographics Report GENDER 16 Gender of active Duty Members 16 Gender of active Duty Enlisted Members 16 Gender of active Duty Officers 17 Number and Ratio of active Duty Enlisted Members and Officers by Service Branch and Gender 17 Percentage of active Duty Enlisted Members and Officers by Service Branch and Gender 18 Number of Male and Female active Duty Members by Service Branch and Pay Grade 18 Gender Trends 19 Number of Male and Female active Duty Members by Service Branch Trends: 2000-2020 19 Percentage of Male and Female active Duty Members by Service Branch Trends: 2000-2020 19 Number of Male and Female active Duty Enlisted Members by Service Branch Trends: 2000-2020 20 Percentage of Male and Female active Duty Enlisted Members by Service Branch Trends.

4 2000-2020 20 Number of Male and Female active Duty Officers by Service Branch Trends: 2000-2020 21 Percentage of Male and Female active Duty Officers by Service Branch Trends: 2000-2020 21 RACE/ETHNICITY 22 Race of active Duty Members 22 Race of active Duty Enlisted Members 22 Race of active Duty Officers 23 Number of active Duty Enlisted Members and Officers by Race and Service Branch 23 Percentage of active Duty Enlisted Members and Officers by Race and Service Branch 24 Number and Percentage of active Duty Members by Race and Pay Grade 25 Number and Percentage of active Duty Members by Ethnicity and Race 26 Number and Percentage of active Duty Members by Ethnicity and Service Branch 26 active Duty Enlisted Members and Officers in Racial Minority Groups 27 Table of Exhibits 2020 Demographics Report Number and Ratio of active Duty Enlisted Members and Officers in Racial Minority Groups by Service Branch 27 Percentage of active Duty Racial Minorities and Non-Minorities by Service Branch and Pay

5 Grade 28 Race/Ethnicity Trends 28 Number of active Duty Enlisted Members and Officers in Racial Minority Groups by Service Branch Trends: 2010-2020 28 Percentage of active Duty Enlisted Members and Officers in Racial Minority Groups by Service Branch Trends: 2010 2020 29 Percentage of active Duty Members in Racial Minority Groups by Service Branch Trends: 2010-2020 29 GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION 30 Worldwide Geographic Location of active Duty Enlisted Members and Officers 30 Worldwide Geographic Location by Service Branch 30 Number and Percentage of active Duty Members by Marital Status and Worldwide Geographic Location 31 Number and Percentage of active Duty Members within the United States by State 32 Number and Percentage of active Duty Members within the United States by State and Service Branch 33 Geographic Location Trends 34 Number and Percentage of active Duty Members by Worldwide Geographic Location Trends.

6 2000-2020 34 AGE 35 Age of active Duty Members 35 Age of active Duty Enlisted Members 35 Age of active Duty Officers 36 Number of active Duty Enlisted Members and Officers by Service Branch and Age 36 Percentage of active Duty Enlisted Members and Officers by Service Branch and Age 37 Average Age of active Duty Enlisted Members and Officers by Service Branch 37 Table of Exhibits 2020 Demographics Report Age Trends 38 active Duty Member Age Trends: 2000-2020 38 Average Age of active Duty Enlisted Members and Officers Trends: 2000-2020 38 EDUCATION 39 Education Level of active Duty Members 39 Education Level of active Duty Enlisted Members 39 Education Level of active Duty Officers 40 Number of active Duty Members by Service Branch and Education Level 40 Percentage of active Duty Members by Service Branch and Education Level 41 Number of active Duty Enlisted Members and Officers by Service Branch and Education Level 41 Education Trends 42 Percentage of active Duty Enlisted Members by Education Level Trends: 2010-2020 42 Percentage of active Duty Officers by Education Level Trends.

7 2010-2020 42 PERSONNEL SEPARATIONS 43 active Duty Separations 43 active Duty Enlisted Member Separations 44 active Duty Officer Separations 44 active Duty Separations by Service Branch 45 Number of active Duty Enlisted Member and Officer Separations by Service Branch 45 Number of active Duty Enlisted Member and Officer Separations by Service Branch and Major Category of Separation 46 Number of active Duty Enlisted Member and Officer Separations by Service Branch and Type of Separation 46 Number of Retired active Duty Enlisted Members and Officers by Service Branch and Type of Retirement 47 Table of Exhibits 2020 Demographics Report Personnel Separations Trends 47 active Duty Separations by Service Branch Trends: 2000-2020 47 active Duty Separations by Service Branch Trends: 2000-2020 48 CHAPTER 3: RESERVE AND GUARD MEMBERS 49 READY RESERVE PERSONNEL 51 Ready Reserve Enlisted Members and Officers 51 Number of Ready Reserve Enlisted Members and Officers by Ready Reserve Program and Reserve Component 52 Ready Reserve Members by Reserve Component 52 SELECTED RESERVE PERSONNEL 53 Selected Reserve Enlisted Members and Officers 53 Number and Ratio of Selected Reserve Enlisted Members to Officers by Reserve Component 53 Selected Reserve Personnel by Reserve Component 54 Number of Selected Reserve Personnel by Reserve Component and Pay Grade 55 Percentage of Selected Reserve Personnel by Reserve Component and Pay Grade 56 Selected Reserve Personnel Trends 57 Number of Selected Reserve Enlisted Member and Officer Trends: 2000-2020 57 Ratio of Selected Reserve Enlisted Members to Officers by Reserve Component Trends.

8 2000-2020 57 Number of Selected Reserve Personnel by Reserve Component Trends: 2000-2020 58 Selected Reserve Members by Reserve Component Trends: 2000-2020 58 GENDER 59 Gender of Selected Reserve Members 59 Gender of Selected Reserve Enlisted Members 59 Gender of Selected Reserve Officers 60 Number and Ratio of Selected Reserve Enlisted Members and Officers by Gender and Reserve Component 60 Table of Exhibits 2020 Demographics Report Percentage of Enlisted Members and Officers in the Selected Reserve by Gender and Reserve Component 61 Number of Male and Female Selected Reserve Members by Pay Grade and Reserve Component 62 Gender Trends 63 Number of Male and Female Selected Reserve Members by Reserve Component Trends: 2000-2020 63 Percentage of Male and Female Selected Reserve Members by Reserve Component Trends: 2000-2020 63 Number of Male and Female Selected Reserve Enlisted Members by Reserve Component Trends: 2000-2020 64 Percentage of Male and Female Selected Reserve Enlisted Members by Reserve Component Trends: 2000-2020 64 Number of Male and Female Selected Reserve Officers by Reserve Component Trends: 2000-2020 65 Percentage of Male and Female Selected Reserve Officers by Reserve Component Trends.

9 2000-2020 65 RACE/ETHNICITY 66 Race of Selected Reserve Members 66 Race of Selected Reserve Enlisted Members 66 Race of Selected Reserve Officers 67 Number of Selected Reserve Enlisted Members and Officers by Race and Reserve Component 68 Percentage of Selected Reserve Enlisted Members and Officers by Race and Reserve Component 69 Number and Percentage of Selected Reserve Members by Race and Pay Grade 70 Number and Percentage of Selected Reserve Members by Ethnicity 71 Ethnicity by Reserve Component 71 Selected Reserve Enlisted Members and Officers in Racial Minority Groups 72 Number and Ratio of Selected Reserve Enlisted Members and Officers in Racial Minority Groups by Reserve Component 72 Table of Exhibits 2020 Demographics Report Percentage of Selected Reserve Racial Minorities and Non-Minorities by Reserve Component and Pay Grade 73 Race/Ethnicity Trends 74 Number of Selected Reserve Enlisted Members and Officers in Racial Minority Groups by Reserve Component Trends: 2010-2020 74 Percentage of Selected Reserve Enlisted Members and Officers in Racial Minority Groups by Reserve Component Trends: 2010-2020 74 Percentage of Selected Reserve Members in Racial Minority Groups by Reserve Component Trends.

10 2010-2020 75 GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION 76 Worldwide Geographic Location of Selected Reserve Enlisted Members and Officers 76 Worldwide Geographic Location by Reserve Component 76 Number and Percentage of Selected Reserve Members by Marital Status and Worldwide Geographic Location 77 Number and Percentage of Selected Reserve Members within the United States by State 78 Number and Percentage of Selected Reserve Members within the United States by State and Service Branch 79 Geographic Location Trends 80 Number and Percentage of Selected Reserve Members by Worldwide Geographic Location Trends: 2000-2020 80 AGE 81 Age of Selected Reserve Members 81 Age of Selected Reserve Enlisted Members 81 Age of Selected Reserve Officers 82 Number of Selected Reserve Enlisted Members and Officers by Reserve Component and Age 82 Percentage of Selected Reserve Enlisted Members and Officers by Reserve Component and Age 83 Average Age of Selected Reserve Enlisted Members and Officers by Reserve Component 83 Table of Exhibits 2020 Demographics Report Age Trends 84 Selected Reserve Member Age Trends: 2000-2020 84 Average Age of Selected Reserve Enlisted Members and Officers Trends.