![History](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114202926im_/http://www.peacecorps.gov/images/center/learn/history_hdr.gif)
Peace Corps officially established:
March 1, 1961 Total number of Volunteers and trainees to date:
195,000 Total number of countries served: 139
![Volunteers](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114202926im_/http://www.peacecorps.gov/images/center/learn/vol_hdr.gif)
Current number of Volunteers and Trainees: 7,876
Gender:
60% female, 40% male
Marital Status:
94% single, 6% married
People of Color:
17% of Peace Corps Volunteers
Age:
27 years old (average), 25 years old (median)
Volunteers over age 50:
5% (oldest Volunteer is 84)
Education:
95% have at least an undergraduate degree, 11% have graduate studies or degrees
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![Countries and Projects](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114202926im_/http://www.peacecorps.gov/images/center/learn/countries_hdr.gif)
Current number of countries served:
70 posts serving 76 countries
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![Volunteers by Work Area: Education (36%), Health and HIV/AIDS (21%), Business Development (15%), Environment (15%), Agriculture (5%), Youth (3%), Other (6%)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114202926im_/http://www.peacecorps.gov/images/center/learn/workarea_graph.gif)
Education: 35%
Health & HIV/AIDS: 21%
Business: 15%
Environment: 15%
Youth: 5%
Agriculture: 5%
Other: 4%
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![Budget](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114202926im_/http://www.peacecorps.gov/images/center/learn/budget_hdr.gif)
Fiscal year 2009 budget:
$330.8 million
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![Current Director](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114202926im_/http://www.peacecorps.gov/images/center/learn/current_hdr.gif)
Ronald A. Tschetter
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![Toll-Free Recruitment Number](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114202926im_/http://www.peacecorps.gov/images/center/learn/tollfree_hdr.gif)
800.424.8580
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Figures are based on data as of September 30, 2008. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
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