How Many Are In The U.s. Armed Services

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

Terms

Active duty service members commit to the military machine full time often equally a career. Reservists back up active duty past being prepare and "in reserve" in case agile duty troops are stretched sparse and more back up is needed. Reservists are probable to have noncombatant jobs outside their Reserve commitments. National Guard members defend the homeland. National Guard units operate on a country levelpr. These "denizen soldiers" are generally called to serve afterward Reservists take been activated.

Military Service Member Data

A full of 1.4 one thousand thousand agile duty; this number is 30.8 percent smaller than it was in 1990, when there were 2.1 active duty members.

Regular army (561,979)
Air Force (329,640)
Navy (323,139)
Marine Corps (202,612)
Coast Guard (41,327)

What almost women and minorities?

Women now comprise fourteen.iv percentage (about 200,000) of the active duty force
Minorities incorporate 30 percent (nigh 425,100) of the agile duty force
(These percentages are significantly lower than 2008 information.)

What about their family status?

Active duty service members accept more family members (i.9 million) than there are service members (1.iv million). Approximately 56 percent are married:

70 pct of officers
53 per centum of enlisted personnel
vii per centum are in dual-war machine marriages
39 percentage of active duty members who are married take children
5 pct are single parents
(The largest group of children is betwixt nascence and 5 years erstwhile, most 527,670.)

Where are they stationed?

The x states with the highest active duty armed forces populations are:

California (159,380)
Virginia (127,981)
Texas (123,879)
Northward 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 Strength consists of 857,261; the Reserve force is 29 percent smaller than it was in 1990, when there were well-nigh 1.2 1000000 reservists.

What virtually women and minorities?

Women comprise near 18 percent (153,071) the Reserve force.
Racial minorities incorporate 24 pct (206,161) of the Reserve forcefulness.

What about their family unit condition?
These service members have more family unit members (ane.half-dozen million) than there are service members (857,261). But under half, or 48 percent, are married:

71 pct of officers
44 percent of enlisted personnel
3 percentage are in dual-military machine marriages
34 percent of those who are married have children.
9 per centum are unmarried parents.
The largest group of children is betwixt the ages of 12 and xviii years (225,937) and the next largest group is betwixt the ages of 6 and 11 years (224,085).

Where do they come from?

The ten 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 (thirty,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	1,417,370	857,261
Women	14.iv%	17.nine%
Minorities	30%	24.1%
Married	56.4%	48.2%
Dual-Armed services Marriages	6.7%	2.half-dozen%

	FAMILIES
Family unit Members	1,983,236	1,161,631
Spouses	725,877	413,295
Per centum with Children	44.ane%	43.2%
Children historic period 0-5	42.iii%	27.9%
Percent Single Parents	5.iv%	9.3%

2010 Department of Defense Armed services Demographics Table