TABLE 3-4


DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
DIRECT HIRE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL
FISCAL YEARS 1938 THROUGH PRESENT

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ARMY A/ - ---------------------------------------- NAVY OTHER - - MILITARY - CIVIL -(EXCLUDING AIR A/ DOD DATE - TOTAL - FUNCTIONS-FUNCTIONS-COAST GUARD) FORCE ORGANIZATIONS TOTAL DOD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 JUN 1938 94,189 69,268 163,457 30 JUN 1939 110,204 85,793 195,997 30 JUN 1940 137,354 118,671 256,025 30 JUN 1941 329,019 227,054 556,073 30 NOV 1941 439,219 283,962 723,181 30 JUN 1942 852,148 432,196 1,284,344 30 JUN 1943 1,545,457 647,763 2,193,220 30 JUN 1944 1,503,214 736,003 2,239,217 30 JUN 1945 1,881,495 B/ 746,515 2,628,010 B/ 31 JUL 1945 1,843,299 751,916 B/ 2,595,215 30 JUN 1946 927,303 488,922 1,416,225 30 JUN 1947 503,213 355,929 859,142 30 SEP 1947 359,429 340,809 135,798 49 836,085 30 JUN 1948 370,684 303,304 67,380 346,925 152,391 962 870,962 30 JUN 1949 368,935 309,858 59,077 343,356 166,054 1,530 879,875 28 FEB 1950 309,421 283,504 C/ 149,437 C/ 1,737 744,099 31 MAR 1950 298,333 C/ 256,031 C/ 42,302 C/ 293,143 149,586 1,755 742,817 C/ 30 JUN 1950 303,599 260,795 42,804 293,347 154,453 1,750 753,149 30 JUN 1951 521,018 486,726 34,292 451,586 260,728 2,166 1,235,498 30 JUN 1952 543,853 D/ 514,685 D/ 29,168 D/ 481,326 309,663 2,253 1,337,095 31 JUL 1952 543,507 482,348 D/ 311,366 2,234 1,339,455 D/ 31 JAN 1953 536,917 474,662 315,967 D/ 2,249 1,329,795 31 JAN 1953 623,421 E/ 595,766 E/ 27,655 E/ 474,662 326,059 E/ 2,249 1,426,391 E/ 30 JUN 1953 570,295 542,545 27,750 448,874 310,913 1,986 1,332,068 30 JUN 1954 495,273 469,345 25,928 413,134 298,592 1,893 1,208,892 30 JUN 1955 461,986 435,738 26,248 410,564 312,076 1,954 1,186,580 30 JUN 1956 434,691 406,661 28,030 394,669 348,230 1,899 1,179,489 30 JUN 1957 429,217 400,248 28,969 389,717 340,326 1,655 1,160,915 30 JUN 1958 415,914 387,691 28,223 363,729 315,806 1,646 F/ 1,097,095 30 JUN 1959 405,848 377,019 28,829 357,108 313,466 1,756 1,078,178 30 JUN 1960 390,046 360,503 29,543 347,760 307,449 1,865 1,047,120 30 JUN 1961 390,761 360,733 30,028 346,310 303,376 1,960 1,042,407 30 JUN 1962 393,849 361,871 31,978 348,056 306,181 21,457 1,069,543 30 JUN 1963 375,690 343,046 32,644 343,970 296,982 33,123 1,049,765 30 JUN 1964 369,558 337,669 31,889 332,678 289,724 F/ 37,796 1,029,756 31 JAN 1965 360,767 F/ 330,267 30,500 F/ 325,386 F/ 291,038 39,776 1,016,967 F/ 28 FEB 1965 360,572 330,025 F/ 30,547 325,649 291,760 39,687 1,017,668 30 JUN 1965 366,726 332,875 33,851 333,271 291,500 42,278 1,033,775 30 JUN 1966 405,544 371,121 34,423 356,744 306,915 68,927 1,138,130 30 JUN 1967 484,818 449,767 35,051 409,942 328,711 79,134 G/ 1,302,605 30 JUN 1968 486,859 450,485 36,374 G/ 430,205 322,661 77,252 1,316,977 30 JUN 1969 500,877 G/ 465,708 G/ 35,169 433,870 G/ 332,865 G/ 73,975 1,341,587 G/ 30 JUN 1970 443,369 410,994 32,375 376,340 306,323 67,752 1,193,784 30 JUN 1971 421,047 388,023 33,024 350,198 293,141 62,851 1,127,237 30 JUN 1972 400,502 367,335 33,167 341,543 279,897 60,715 1,082,657 30 JUN 1973 366,163 333,235 32,928 321,765 270,488 72,549 1,030,965 30 JUN 1974 382,388 348,089 34,299 329,378 280,812 77,496 1,070,074 30 JUN 1975 378,937 343,150 35,787 319,719 268,466 74,707 1,041,829 30 JUN 1976 368,219 333,174 35,045 315,885 252,687 73,470 1,010,261 30 SEP 1976 360,216 326,564 33,652 311,314 248,225 77,718 997,473 30 SEP 1977 350,696 316,664 34,032 310,119 243,810 77,269 981,894 30 SEP 1978 353,203 318,643 34,560 309,880 240,182 77,048 980,313 30 SEP 1979 346,694 312,337 34,357 303,472 234,249 75,871 960,286 30 SEP 1980 348,534 315,012 33,522 302,498 233,132 75,952 960,116 30 SEP 1981 354,360 321,599 32,761 315,290 235,014 79,519 984,183 30 SEP 1982 356,615 324,363 32,252 314,244 236,996 81,778 989,633 30 SEP 1983 369,229 335,722 33,507 333,756 240,977 82,499 1,026,461 30 SEP 1984 376,961 347,219 29,742 337,213 242,622 86,951 1,043,747 30 SEP 1985 394,600 363,280 31,320 347,731 253,333 88,885 1,084,549 30 SEP 1986 389,960 357,788 32,172 335,651 252,127 90,236 1,067,974 30 SEP 1987 393,803 362,441 31,362 347,915 254,446 93,854 1,090,018 30 SEP 1988 372,619 340,379 32,240 341,655 243,110 92,235 1,049,619 30 SEP 1989 382,014 350,818 31,196 347,456 250,840 95,127 1,075,437 30 SEP 1990 361,694 332,508 29,186 334,271 239,820 98,367 1,034,152 30 SEP 1991 352,254 322,177 30,077 321,806 225,001 13,655 1,012,716 30 SEP 1992 327,515 296,318 31,197 304,369 207,633 143,257 982,774 30 SEP 1993 296,436 265,886 30,550 278,746 195,034 150,963 921,179 30 SEP 1994 283,303 253,563 29,740 258,657 189,588 148,330 879,878 30 SEP 1995 273,231 243,544 29,687 238,067 180,148 140,360 831,806 30 SEP 1996 262,482 234,660 27,822 221,684 177,025 134,730 795,921 A/ AIR FORCE DATA PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1947, ARE INCLUDED WITH ARMY DATA. THE ALLOCATION OF PERSONNEL BETWEEN ARMY AND AIR FORCE WAS ESTIMATED FOR SEPTEMBER 30, 1947, AND JUNE 30, 1948. B/ WORLD WAR II PEAK. C/ POST WORLD WAR II LOW. D/ KOREAN CONFLICT PEAK. E/ REFLECTS CHANGES IN REPORTING OF CERTAIN FOREIGN NATIONALS SERVING THE ARMY AND AIR FORCE IN OVERSEAS AREAS AS DIRECTED BY THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. F/ LOW BETWEEN KOREAN CONFLICT AND VIETNAM BUILD-UP. G/ VIETNAM CONFLICT PEAK.