How Many Service Members In Us Military

The at-a-glance reference tables in this section illustrate the numbers of agile duty, Reserve, and National Guard troops every bit well equally their demographics, including gender, race, location and more. Demographic data is useful to anyone wishing to learn more well-nigh the military machine, or for anyone who needs quantitative data.

Terms

Active duty service members commit to the military full time ofttimes as a career. Reservists support active duty past being ready and "in reserve" in case active duty troops are stretched thin and more support is needed. Reservists are likely to have civilian jobs outside their Reserve commitments. National Guard members defend the homeland. National Baby-sit units operate on a state levelpr. These "citizen soldiers" are mostly chosen to serve later Reservists take been activated.

Military Service Member Data

A full of one.iv million active duty; this number is 30.viii percent smaller than it was in 1990, when there were two.ane active duty members.

Army (561,979)
Air Strength (329,640)
Navy (323,139)
Marine Corps (202,612)
Declension Baby-sit (41,327)

What about women and minorities?

Women at present comprise 14.iv percent (about 200,000) of the active duty force
Minorities incorporate xxx percent (near 425,100) of the active duty force
(These percentages are significantly lower than 2008 data.)

What about their family status?

Active duty service members have more family members (1.9 meg) than there are service members (one.4 1000000). Approximately 56 percentage are married:

seventy percent of officers
53 percentage of enlisted personnel
seven percent are in dual-military marriages
39 percent of active duty members who are married have children
five pct are single parents
(The largest grouping of children is between birth and 5 years old, about 527,670.)

Where are they stationed?

The 10 states with the highest active duty military populations are:

California (159,380)
Virginia (127,981)
Texas (123,879)
N Carolina (116,114)
Georgia (74,235)
Washington (62,409)
Florida (57,558)
Hawaii (47,531)
Kentucky (45,568)
Colorado (36,998)

Reserve and National Guard Service Member Information

The Reserve and Guard Force consists of 857,261; the Reserve force is 29 percent smaller than it was in 1990, when in that location were almost i.2 million reservists.

What about women and minorities?

Women comprise well-nigh 18 percent (153,071) the Reserve force.
Racial minorities contain 24 percentage (206,161) of the Reserve force.

What about their family status?
These service members have more family members (1.half-dozen meg) than there are service members (857,261). Simply under half, or 48 percentage, are married:

71 pct of officers
44 percent of enlisted personnel
iii percent are in dual-military marriages
34 percent of those who are married accept children.
ix percentage are single parents.
The largest group of children is betwixt the ages of 12 and 18 years (225,937) and the adjacent largest group is between the ages of 6 and eleven years (224,085).

Where do they come from?

The 10 states with the highest numbers of Reserve and Guard troops are:

California (58,844)
Texas (55,971)
Florida (36,971)
Pennsylvania (32,494)
New York (30,353)
Georgia (29,964)
Ohio (28,455)
Virginia (25,841)
Illinois (25,417)
North Carolina (22,753)

Demographic Variable	Active Duty	Reserve and Guard

	MEMBERS

Total Number	ane,417,370	857,261
Women	14.4%	17.9%
Minorities	30%	24.ane%
Married	56.4%	48.2%
Dual-Military Marriages	half dozen.vii%	2.6%

	FAMILIES
Family Members	ane,983,236	1,161,631
Spouses	725,877	413,295
Percent with Children	44.1%	43.2%
Children age 0-5	42.3%	27.9%
Percent Single Parents	5.4%	9.3%

2010 Department of Defense Military Demographics Table