The following infographic provides key highlights of Black and African American service members and veterans. The information and statistics in this document are from our various data collection efforts centered on military life, transition, employment, entrepreneurship, and higher education.
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A Few Key Takeaways
Populations
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There are over over 2.3 MILLION Black & African American Veterans in U.S.
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There are over 350,000 Black & African American Active Duty and Selected Reserve members
Views on Military Service
TOP SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES STRENGTHENED BY MILITARY SERVICES
Teamwork - 91%
Teamwork
93%
Work ethic/discipline - 89%
Work ethic/discipline
89%
Leadership and management skills - 83%
Leadership and management skills
83%
Mental toughness - 81%
Mental toughness
81%
Professionalism - 80%
Professionalism
80%
Adaptation to different challenges - 80%
Adaptation to different challenges
80%
Self-Discipline- 80%
Self-Discipline
80%
Ability to get things done - 79%
Ability to get things done
79%
Coping with adversity - 78%
Coping with adversity
78%
Working effectively with supervisors and other authorities- 76%
Working effectively with supervisors and other authorities
76%
Transition Difficulty
55% of Black and African American veterans characterized their financial transition from military to civilian life as difficult or very difficult.
59% of Black and African American veterans characterizes their employment transition as difficult or very difficult.
Higher Education
79% of Black and African American post 9/11 veterans have some college degree or higher.
Employment
TOP FIVE OCCUPATIONS
- Service Occupations (security guards, police officers, correctional officers and jailers, firefighters)
- Transportation and Material Moving Occupation
- Management, Business, and Financial Occupation
- Office and Administrative Support Occupation
- Education, Legal, Community Service, Arts, and Media Occupation
