United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Personnel a n d P a y r o ll 3 5 9
No. 590. D e p a r t m e n t o f D e f e n s e — a c t i v e D u t y M i l i t a r y P e r s o n n e l : 1 9 4 0 t o 1 9 8 1
[Through 1976, as of June 30; beginning 1977, as of Sept 30]
YEAR
Total
service
(1 ,000)
Rate
per
1,000
population
1
YEAR
Total
service
(1,000)
Rate
per
1,000
population
‘
YEAR
Total
service
(1,000)
Rate
per
1,000
population
1
1940..
1941..
1942..
1943..
1944..
1945..
1946..
1947..
1948..
1949..
1950..
1951..
1952..
1953..
4 5 8 3.5 1 9 5 4 .................................... 3,302 20.3 17.7
1,801 13.5 1 9 5 5 ................................... 2,935 17.7 196 9 ....................... 17.1
28.5 1 9 5 6 ................................... 2,806 16.6 1970.............
9 ,0 4 5 65.9 1 9 5 7 .................................... 2,706 16.3 1971....................... 13 1
1 M 5 2 82.4 1 9 5 8 ................................... 2,601 14.9 1 9 7 2.......................... 2,323 11.1
12,123 86.3 1 9 5 9 ................................... 2,504 14.1 1973.................................. 2,253 10.6
3 ,0 3 0 21.4 1 9 6 0 ................................... 2,476 13.7 1974 2,162 10.1
1 ,583 10.9 1 9 6 1 ................................... 2,484 13.5 197 5 ................................... 2,128 9.9
1 ,4 4 6 9.8 1 9 6 2 ................................... 2 ,808 15.0 1970................................... 2 ,0 8 2 9 .6
1 ,615 10.8 1 9 6 3 ................................... 2.700 14.3 1977....................... 9 4
1 ,460 9.6 1 9 6 4 ................................... 2,687 14.0 1 978........... .................... 9 .3
3 ,2 4 9 21.0 1 9 6 5 ................................... 2,655 13.7 1979 9 .0
2 3 1 1 9 6 6 ................................... 3,094 15.7 IflflO ................................. 9 n
3 £ 5 5 22.2 1 9 6 7 ................................... 3,377 17.0 1961................................. 2,083 9 1
* Based on Bureau of the Census estimated total population (including Armed Forces abroad) as of July 1.
Source: U.S. Dept of Defense, S e le c te d M a n p o w e r S ta tis tic s , annual.
No. 591. D e p a r t m e n t o f D e f e n s e P e r s o n n e l , P a y r o l l , a n d M i l i t a r y R e t i r e e s : 1 9 5 0 t o 1 9 8 1
[Through 1976, personnel as of June 30 and payroll for years ending June 30; beginning 1977, personnel as of Sept 30 and
payroll for years ending Sept. 30. Excludes 'indirect hire" civilians, l.e., foreign nationals under special agreement by Defense
Department with foreign country. See H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1970, series Y 904-916, for similar but not
comparable personnel data]
P E R S O N N E L (1,000) PAYROLL (bil. dOl.) MILITARY RETIREES
Y E A R
Total
Active duty,
military
Direct
Active duty,
hire Total military1
civilian
Total Percent Total Percent
Direct
hire
civilian3
Number
(1,000)
Pension
paymenfs3
(bil. dot.)
1 9 5 0 ............... 2 , 2 1 3 1,460 66.0 7 5 3 8.2 5.3 64 . 6 2.9 1 3 2 (NA)
1 9 5 5 ............... 4 , 1 2 2 2 , 9 3 5 71.2 1,187 13.8 9.1 65 . 9 4 .7 1 8 0 (NA)
1 9 6 0 ............... 3 , 5 2 4 2 , 4 7 6 70.3 1,047 15.1 9.3 61 . 6 5.8 2 5 6 (NA)
1 9 6 5 ............... 3 , 6 6 9 2, 6 5 5 72.0 1,034 18.5 11.4 61 . 6 7.1 4 6 1 (NA)
1 9 7 0 ............... 4 , 2 6 0 3 , 0 6 6 72.0 1,194 30.7 19.4 63 . 2 11.3 7 7 3 2.5
1 9 7 4 ............... 3 , 2 3 3 2 , 1 6 2 66.9 1,071 32 . 7 19.9 60 . 9 12.B 1 ,0 1 2 4 .9
1 9 7 5 ............... 3 , 1 7 0 2 , 1 2 8 67.1 1,042 34.0 20.2 59.4 13.8 1,073 6.1
1 9 7 6 3 , 0 9 2 2 , 0 8 2 67.3 1,010 35.0 20.4 56.3 14,6 1,132 7.3
1 9 7 7 3 , 0 5 7 2, 0 7 5 67.9 9 8 2 36.8 21.0 57.1 15.8 1,200 8.2
1 9 7 0 ............... 3 , 0 4 3 2 , 0 6 2 67.6 900 38.6 21.0 54,4 17.6 1,280 9.0
1 9 7 9 ............... 2 , 9 8 8 2 , 0 2 7 67.8 9 6 0 40.9 22.7 55.5 18.2 1,286 10.3
1 9 8 0 ............... 3,011 2,051 68.1 9 6 0 44.6 26.0 58.3 18.6 1,330 11.9
1 9 8 1 3 , 0 6 7 2 , 0 8 3 67.9 9 8 4 43.6 24.6 56.4 19.0 1,363 12 . 7
NA Not available. ‘ Excludes troop subsistence, transportation, movement of personnel, etc. ^Excludes benefits, etc.
aFor U.S. only.
N o . 5 9 2 . D e p a r t m e n t o f D e f e n s e P e r s o n n e l , b y S e r v i c e : i 9 6 0 t o 1 9 8 1
[In thousands. As of Dec. 31. See headnote, table 691. See H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1 97 0, series Y 904-916, for
similar but not comparable data]
BRANCH OF
8ERVICE
1960 1965 1970 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Total ‘................ 3,526 3,915 4,026 3,428 3,226 3,183 3,112 3,067 3,044 3,019 2,987 3,024 3,102
Army...................... 1,257 1,448 1,664 1,261 1,148 1,145 1,140 1,133 1,122 1,107 1,108 1,120 1,144
Military................ 877 1,075 1,234 862 782 773 767 775 771 757 760 772 784
Civilian............... 361 373 430 399 366 372 373 358 351 350 348 347 360
Air Force............... 1,117 1,134 1,056 961 942 898 660 8 2 7 616 8 0 7 790 793 014
Military................ 811 842 759 707 674 625 599 580 572 567 557 560 574
Civilian............... 307 292 297 274 268 273 261 247 244 240 233 234 240
Navy3................... 1,150 1,275 1,242 1,117 1,065 1,066 1,040 1,029 1,028 1,028 1,013 1,033 1,063
Military................ 806 940 882 777 746 742 718 717 717 717 704 719 735
Civilian............... 343 335 360 340 319 324 322 312 311 311 309 315 328
1Includes personnel assigned to Office of Secretary of Defense, Organization of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Corps of Engineers
Civil Functions, and other defense activities, not shown separately. * Includes Marine Corps.
Source of tables 591 and 592: U.S. Dept, of Defense, S e le c te d M a n p o w e r S ta tis tic s , annual, and M ilita ry M a n p o w e r S ta tis tic s ,
monthly.