FY04 Profile of Air Force Then and Now in the Air Force 1 18.8 19.6 Sole Parents (Single with Children) Airmen with Children Officer Enlisted TOTAL Officer Enlisted TOTAL 52.9% 43.0% 45.0% 2.8% 5.3% 4.8% FY04 Profile of Air Force Average number of children (for Airmen with children): 2 Comparison to other Active-Duty Services, FY04 * Includes American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, and other/unknown Then and Now in the Air Force Racial/Ethnic and Gender Composition of the Air Force 18.8 19.6 15.6 16.1 14.6 15.0 3.6 4.9 5.5 Women in the Military Dr. Betty D. Maxfield, Chief Office of Army Demographics E-mail: Betty.Maxfield@hqda.army.mil 1

TOTAL Strength by Race/Ethnicity White Black Hispanic Other TOTAL Male 83.4% 5.2% 3.6% 7.8% 60,685 Female 72.6% 12.4% 3.8% 11.2% 13,619 Total 81.4% 6.5% 3.7% 8.4% 74,304 Commissioned Officer - Race/Ethnicity and Gender The following data are based on numbers provided by the U.S. Air Force to the Defense Manpower Data Center, and are valid as of September 15, 2004. TOTAL STRENGTH of the AIR FORCE White Black Hispanic Other TOTAL Male 72..3% 14.9% 5.8% 7.0% 238,880 Female 58.5% 25.9% 6.7% 8.9% 59,436 Total 69.6% 17.1% 6.0% 7.3% 298,316 Enlisted – Race/Ethnicity and Gender TOTAL Strength by Race/Ethnicity 554,764 Education White Black Hispanic Other TOTAL Officer Enlisted AIR RESERVE – Race/Ethnicity and Grade Officer 84.6% 6.4% 3.3% 5.7% 16,724 Enlisted 66.8% 18.7% 7.4% 7.1% 58,598 Total 70.7% 16.0% 6.5% 6.8% 75,322 GED/HSDG* 1.5% 80.1% Coll./AA 0.3% 14.2% BA/BS 45.6% 4.3% MA/PhD 49.3% 0.7% Other/Unk 3.3% 0.7% *General Equivalency Diploma/High School Diploma Graduate Age Groups 17-20 21-24 25-29 30-39 40 & Over Family Members Officer 0.2% 9.5% 22.6% 40.5% 27.2% Enlisted 13.9% 29.0% 21.0% 25.7% 10.4% Spouses Children Other Dependents TOTAL 184,386 328,175 1,635 514,196 AIR GUARD – Race/Ethnicity and Grade White Black Hispanic Other TOTAL Officer 86.3% 5.1% 3.4% 5.2% 13,634 Enlisted 77.9% 9.2% 6.2% 6.7% 93,188 Total 78.9% 8.6% 5.8% 6.7% 106,822 Officer Enlisted TOTAL TOTAL MARRIED Male 74.3% 57.8% 61.1% 183,075 Female 54.9% 48.7% 49.9% 36,452 Total 70.7% 56.0% 58.9% 219,527 Married by Gender Active-Duty Air Force White Black Hispanic Other TOTAL Male 74.6% 12.9% 5.3% 7.2% 299,565 Female 61.1% 23.4% 6.2% 9.3% 73,055 Total 71.9% 15.0% 5.5% 7.6% 372,620 TOTAL ACTIVE - Race/Ethnicity and Gender Dual Military Marriages (pct of all marriages) Officer Enlisted TOTAL Male 9.8% 14.5% 13.4% Female 46.8% 62.7% 59.5% Total 15.1% 22.9% 21.0%