U.S. number of DoD active duty personnel 2022, by race

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Abigail Tierney
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Dec 4, 2024
In 2022, approximately 226,293 active duty personnel in the United States Department of Defense were Black or African American. Furthermore, another 897,340 active duty DoD personnel were white in that year, making up around 68.8 percent of the total number.

Number of United States Department of Defense active duty personnel in 2022, by race

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Statistic: Number of United States Department of Defense active duty personnel in 2022, by race

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Release date

November 2023

Region

United States

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

* The Army does not report "Multi-racial".
DoD = Department of Defense

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