FISCAL YEAR 2020 OVERVIEW
Regular Army (RA): 61,251 (100% of 61,200 goal)
Army Reserve (AR): 13,706 (86% of 15,850 goal)
Special Operations Recruiting Battalion: 2,996 (61% of 4,930 mission)
Warrant Officers: 1,073 (76% of 1,413 mission)
Medical Mission: 1,796 (102% of 1,760 goal)
Chaplains: 382 (109% of 350 goal)
Demographics
Male: RA 81.4% AR 66.6%
Female: RA 18.6% AR 33.4%
Caucasian: RA 52.7% AR 43.4%
African American: RA 21.3% AR 23.8%
Hispanic: RA 19.9% AR 23.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander: RA 5.3% AR 8.7%
Native American: RA 0.8% AR 0.5%
Education
* 93.1% of RA recruits and 93.4% of AR recruits had a high school diploma. The remainder were required to have a GED or state equivalency.
* 10.8% of RA and 15.5% AR recruits had at least one semester of college prior to joining.
* 63.1% of RA and 64.5% of AR recruits scored above a 50 on the Armed Forces Qualification Test (the Department of Defense mandates no less than 60%)
Geography
About 50% of RA recruits come from the following eight states:
Texas (12%)
California (10.4%)
Florida (8.4%)
Georgia (5%)
North Carolina (4.6%)
New York (4.4%)
Illinois (3.2%)
Virginia (3.2%)
Bonuses
Regular Army: 19,283 recruits received an average bonus of $14.4K
Army Reserve: 7,574 with average bonus of $9.4K