The Marine Corps

[Pages:48]The Marine Corps

Demographics Update

As of June 2017

Table of Contents

Snapshot

02

Marine and Family

03

Age

13

Service Trends

15

Gender, Ethnicity, Race

19

Education

25

Separations

27

Total Ready Reserve

31

Selected Reserve

33

(SMCR, IMA, AR)

Installation Demographics

35

References

46

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Snapshot

The Marine Corps is the youngest, most junior, and least married of the four Military Services.

66% of Marines are 25 or younger

25% of Marines are not old enough to legally

consume alcohol

40%

of Marines are LCpl or below (other services are between 19% and 23%)

42% of Marines are married (next closest is the Navy

at 52%)

7.7 Enlisted Marines per Marine Officer (next

closest is Navy with one Officer per 4.8 Sailors)

Marine Corps families are "younger" than those of the other Military Services.

is the average age of Marine Spouses (next

29.3 closest is Army at 31.5)

is the average age of a married Enlisted Marine

27.8 (average age is 30.7 years old for all other

services)

24.2 is the average age of a Marine at birth of first

child

Active Duty Marine Corps Demographics

June 2017

Active Duty

21,296

Officer

163,346

Enlisted

184,642

Total

Number/Percent 14,531

68.2% Officer

Married

63,640

39.0% Enlisted

78,171

42.3% To tal

Single Marines

106,471

Total

Dual Military

8,583

Total

Total Family Members

78,195 92,385

Spouses Children

152 170,732

Parents

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Marine and Family

The Marine Corps is unique from the other services with more active duty personnel than family members. There are 184,642 active duty Marines and 170,732 family members: 78,195 spouses, 92,385 children, and 152 parents.1

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SNCOs have the greatest number of family members.

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Marine and Family

As of June 2017, 42% of Marines are married

(38.9% of Enlisted Marines and 68.2% of Marine Officers).1

The Marine Corps has the lowest percentage of married personnel.3

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Of the Marines who were divorced in FY 2016, the overall average age was 29 (average age for Marine Officers is 36 and Enlisted Marines is 28). Approximately 91% of Marines who were divorced in FY16 were enlisted; about half of those Marines were NCOs ( 14% Pvts ? LCpls; 51% NCOs; 26% SNCOs; 9% Officers).3 In FY 2016, the divorce rate for Marines with a deployment history was 1.9% compared to 2.2% for Marines with no deployment history. Marines with a deployment history have historically similar divorce rates as Marines with no deployment history.3 There was an average of 1.2 children involved in each divorce during FY 2016.3

3.1% The overall annual divorce rate for the Marine Corps for FY 2016.3

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Marine and Family

The Marine Corps has

8,583

Dual Military Families.1

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