TABLE 2-11


DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL: 1789 THROUGH PRESENT A/

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARINE AIR YEAR TOTAL ARMY B/ NAVY CORPS FORCE B/ C/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1789 718 718 1790 N.A. N.A. 1791 N.A. N.A. 1792 N.A. N.A. 1793 N.A. N.A. 1794 5,669 3,813 * 1,856 * 1795 5,296 3,440 1,856 * 1796 N.A. N.A. 1,856 * 1797 N.A. N.A. 1,856 * 1798 N.A. N.A. 1,856 * 83 1799 N.A. N.A. 2,200 * 368 1800 N.A. N.A. 5,400 * 525 1801 7,108 4,051 2,700 * 357 1802 5,432 2,873 2,200 * 359 1803 4,528 2,486 1,700 * 342 1804 5,323 2,734 2,200 * 389 1805 6,498 2,729 3,191 * 578 1806 4,076 2,653 1,105 318 1807 5,323 2,775 2,145 403 1808 8,200 5,712 1,616 872 1809 12,375 6,977 4,875 * 523 1810 11,554 5,956 5,149 * 449 1811 11,528 5,608 5,364 556 1812 12,631 6,686 5,452 493 1813 25,152 19,036 5,525 * 591 1814 46,858 38,186 8,024 * 648 1815 40,885 33,424 6,773 688 1816 16,743 10,231 6,040 * 472 1817 14,606 8,446 5,494 * 666 1818 14,260 8,155 5,545 * 560 1819 13,259 8,506 4,068 * 685 1820 15,113 10,554 3,988 571 1821 10,587 5,773 3,935 879 1822 9,863 5,358 3,774 731 1823 10,871 6,117 4,053 * 701 1824 11,008 5,973 4,095 940 1825 11,089 5,903 4,405 781 1826 11,586 5,989 4,762 835 1827 11,627 5,885 4,796 946 1828 11,431 5,702 4,797 932 1829 12,096 6,332 4,869 895 1830 11,942 6,122 4,929 891 1831 11,173 6,055 4,303 815 1832 12,478 6,268 5,312 898 1833 12,895 6,579 5,420 896 1834 13,396 7,030 5,451 915 1835 14,311 7,337 5,557 1,417 1836 16,874 9,945 * 5,588 1,341 1837 22,462 12,449 8,452 1,561 1838 17,948 9,197 7,656 1,095 1839 19,317 10,691 7,676 950 1840 21,616 12,330 8,017 1,269 1841 20,793 11,319 8,274 1,200 1842 22,851 10,780 10,782 1,289 1843 20,741 9,102 10,555 * 1,084 1844 20,919 8,730 11,103 1,086 1845 20,726 8,509 11,189 1,028 1846 39,165 27,867 * 10,131 1,167 1847 57,761 44,736 * 11,193 1,832 1848 60,308 47,319 11,238 1,751 1849 23,165 10,744 11,345 1,076 1850 20,824 10,929 8,794 1,101 1851 20,699 10,714 8,792 1,193 1852 21,349 11,376 8,805 1,168 1853 20,667 10,572 8,841 1,254 1854 21,134 10,894 8,879 1,361 1855 26,402 15,911 8,887 1,604 1856 25,867 15,715 8,681 1,471 1857 27,345 15,918 9,676 1,751 1858 29,014 17,678 9,729 1,607 1859 28,978 17,243 9,884 1,851 1860 27,958 16,215 9,942 1,801 1861 217,112 186,845 27,881 2,386 1862 673,124 637,264 33,454 * 2,406 1863 960,061 918,354 38,707 3,000 1864 1,031,724 970,905 57,680 3,139 1865 1,062,848 1,000,692 58,296 3,860 1866 76,749 57,072 16,340 3,337 1867 74,886 57,194 14,181 3,511 1868 66,412 51,066 12,268 * 3,078 1869 51,632 36,953 12,295 2,384 1870 50,348 37,240 10,562 2,546 1871 42,238 29,115 10,610 2,513 1872 42,205 28,322 11,680 2,203 1873 43,228 28,812 11,654 2,762 1874 43,609 28,640 12,700 2,269 1875 38,105 25,513 10,479 2,113 1876 40,591 28,565 10,046 1,980 1877 34,094 24,140 8,057 1,897 1878 36,444 26,023 8,087 2,334 1879 38,022 26,601 9,453 1,968 1880 37,894 26,594 9,361 1,939 1881 37,845 25,842 10,101 1,902 1882 37,850 25,811 10,170 1,869 1883 37,278 25,652 9,842 1,784 1884 39,400 26,666 10,846 1,888 1885 39,098 27,157 10,057 1,884 1886 38,636 26,727 9,909 2,000 1887 38,763 26,719 10,113 1,931 1888 39,035 27,019 10,115 1,901 1889 39,452 27,759 9,921 1,772 1890 38,666 27,373 9,246 2,047 1891 37,868 26,463 9,247 2,158 1892 38,677 27,190 9,448 2,039 1893 39,492 27,830 9,529 2,133 1894 42,101 28,265 11,460 2,376 1895 42,226 27,495 11,846 2,885 1896 41,680 27,375 12,088 2,217 1897 43,656 27,865 11,985 3,806 1898 235,785 209,714 22,492 3,579 1899 100,166 80,670 16,354 3,142 1900 125,923 101,713 18,796 5,414 1901 112,322 85,557 20,900 5,865 1902 111,145 81,275 23,648 6,222 1903 106,043 69,595 29,790 6,658 1904 110,129 70,387 32,158 7,584 1905 108,301 67,526 33,764 7,011 1906 112,216 68,945 35,053 8,218 1907 108,375 64,170 36,119 8,086 1908 128,500 76,942 42,322 9,236 1909 142,200 84,971 47,533 9,696 1910 139,344 81,251 48,533 9,560 1911 144,846 84,006 51,230 9,610 1912 153,174 92,121 51,357 9,696 1913 154,914 92,756 52,202 9,956 1914 165,919 98,544 56,989 10,386 1915 174,112 106,754 57,072 10,286 1916 179,376 108,399 60,376 10,601 1917 643,833 421,467 194,617 27,749 1918 2,897,167 2,395,742 448,606 52,819 1919 1,172,602 851,624 272,144 48,834 1920 343,302 204,292 121,845 17,165 1921 386,542 230,725 132,827 22,990 1922 270,207 148,763 100,211 21,233 1923 247,031 133,243 94,094 19,694 1924 261,189 142,673 98,184 20,332 1925 251,756 137,048 95,230 19,478 1926 247,396 134,938 93,304 19,154 1927 248,943 134,829 94,916 19,198 1928 250,907 136,084 95,803 19,020 1929 255,031 139,118 97,117 18,796 1930 255,648 139,378 96,890 19,380 1931 252,605 140,516 93,307 18,782 1932 244,902 134,957 93,384 16,561 1933 243,845 136,547 91,230 16,068 1934 247,137 138,464 92,312 16,361 1935 251,799 139,486 95,053 17,260 1936 291,356 167,816 106,292 17,248 1937 311,808 179,968 113,617 18,223 1938 322,932 185,488 119,088 18,356 1939 334,473 189,839 125,202 19,432 1940 458,365 269,023 160,997 28,345 1941 1,801,101 1,462,315 284,427 54,359 1942 3,858,791 3,075,608 640,570 142,613 1943 9,044,745 6,994,472 1,741,750 308,523 1944 11,451,719 7,994,750 2,981,365 475,604 1945 12,055,884 8,266,373 3,319,586 469,925 1946 3,024,893 1,435,496 978,203 155,679 455,515 1947 1,582,111 685,458 497,773 93,053 305,827 1948 1,444,283 554,030 417,535 84,988 387,730 1949 1,613,686 660,473 447,901 85,965 419,347 1950 1,459,462 593,167 380,739 74,279 411,277 1951 3,249,371 1,531,774 736,596 192,620 788,381 1952 3,635,912 1,596,419 824,265 231,967 983,261 1953 3,555,067 1,533,815 794,440 249,219 977,593 1954 3,302,104 1,404,598 725,720 223,868 947,918 1955 2,935,107 1,109,296 660,695 205,170 959,946 1956 2,806,441 1,025,778 669,925 200,780 909,958 1957 2,794,761 997,994 676,071 200,861 919,835 1958 2,599,518 898,925 639,942 189,495 871,156 1959 2,503,631 861,964 625,661 175,571 840,435 1960 2,475,438 873,078 616,987 170,621 814,752 1961 2,482,905 858,622 626,223 176,909 821,151 1962 2,805,603 1,066,404 664,212 190,962 884,025 1963 2,698,927 975,916 663,897 189,683 869,431 1964 2,685,782 973,238 665,969 189,777 856,798 1965 2,653,926 969,066 669,985 190,213 824,662 1966 3,092,175 1,199,784 743,322 261,716 887,353 1967 3,375,485 1,442,498 750,224 285,269 897,494 1968 3,546,071 1,570,343 763,626 307,252 904,850 1969 3,458,072 1,512,169 773,779 309,771 862,353 1970 3,064,760 1,322,548 691,126 259,737 791,349 1971 2,713,044 1,123,810 621,565 212,369 755,300 1972 2,321,959 810,960 586,923 198,238 725,838 1973 2,251,936 800,973 563,683 196,098 691,182 1974 2,162,005 783,330 545,903 188,802 643,970 1975 2,128,120 784,333 535,085 195,951 612,751 1976 2,081,910 779,417 524,678 192,399 585,416 1977 2,074,543 782,246 529,895 191,707 570,695 1978 2,061,708 771,624 529,557 190,815 569,712 1979 2,026,892 758,852 523,335 185,250 559,455 1980 2,050,627 777,036 527,153 188,469 557,969 1981 2,082,560 781,419 540,219 190,620 570,302 1982 2,108,612 780,391 552,996 192,380 582,845 1983 2,123,349 779,643 557,573 194,089 592,044 1984 2,138,157 780,180 564,638 196,214 597,125 1985 2,151,032 780,787 570,705 198,025 601,515 1986 2,169,112 780,980 581,119 198,814 608,199 1987 2,174,217 780,815 586,842 199,525 607,035 1988 2,138,213 771,847 592,570 197,350 576,446 1989 2,130,229 769,741 592,652 196,956 570,880 1990 2,043,705 732,403 579,417 196,652 535,233 1991 1,985,555 710,821 570,262 194,040 510,432 1992 1,807,177 610,450 541,883 184,529 470,315 1993 1,705,103 572,423 509,950 178,379 444,351 1994 1,610,490 541,343 468,662 174,158 426,327 1995 1,518,224 508,559 434,617 174,639 400,409 * ESTIMATED N.A.= NOT AVAILABLE A/ MILITARY PERSONNEL ON EXTENDED OR CONTINUOUS ACTIVE DUTY. EXCLUDES RESERVES ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR TRAINING. PRIOR YEAR TOTALS HAVE BEEN CORRECTED. B/ REPRESENTS "COMMAND STRENGTH" PRIOR TO JUNE 30, 1956. C/ ARMY AIR FORCES AND ITS PREDECESSORS FOR PERIOD PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 18, 1947.

Historical Background and Notes for Table 2-11