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1997 Economic Census
Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses
United States |
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Introductory
text includes scope, methodology and impact of sampling and nonsampling errors.
Relative standard errors are shown in the .pdf reports. For descriptions
of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in
the table.
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Group |
All firms |
Firms with paid employees |
Firms
(number) |
Sales and Receipts
($1,000) |
Firms
(number) |
Sales and Receipts
($1,000) |
Employees |
Payroll
($1,000) |
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Universe (All Firms) |
20,821,935 |
18,553,243,047 |
5,295,152 |
17,907,940,321 |
103,359,815 |
2,936,492,940 |
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Total minorities |
3,039,033 |
591,259,123 |
615,222 |
516,979,920 |
4,514,699 |
95,528,782 |
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Black |
823,499 |
71,214,662 |
93,235 |
56,377,860 |
718,341 |
14,322,312 |
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Hispanic |
1,199,896 |
186,274,582 |
211,884 |
158,674,537 |
1,388,746 |
29,830,028 |
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Cuban |
125,273 |
26,492,208 |
30,203 |
23,873,193 |
176,428 |
4,162,640 |
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Mexican Mexican American, Chicano |
472,033 |
73,706,753 |
90,755 |
62,270,808 |
695,372 |
13,014,996 |
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Puerto Rican |
69,658 |
7,461,069 |
10,976 |
5,814,069 |
61,509 |
1,496,894 |
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Spaniard |
57,160 |
16,922,913 |
12,590 |
15,263,807 |
76,338 |
2,045,675 |
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Hispanic Latin American |
287,314 |
40,997,923 |
42,916 |
34,798,421 |
238,612 |
5,862,668 |
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Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino |
188,458 |
20,693,715 |
24,445 |
16,654,239 |
140,487 |
3,247,154 |
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American Indian and Alaska Natives |
197,300 |
34,343,907 |
33,277 |
29,226,260 |
298,661 |
6,624,235 |
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Asian and Pacific Islander |
912,960 |
306,932,982 |
289,999 |
278,294,345 |
2,203,079 |
46,179,519 |
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Asian Indian |
166,737 |
67,503,357 |
67,189 |
61,760,453 |
490,629 |
12,585,621 |
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Chinese |
252,577 |
106,196,794 |
90,582 |
98,233,262 |
691,757 |
12,944,824 |
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Filipino |
84,534 |
11,077,885 |
14,581 |
8,966,386 |
110,130 |
2,667,333 |
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Japanese |
85,538 |
43,741,051 |
23,309 |
41,294,865 |
262,223 |
7,106,692 |
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Korean |
135,571 |
45,936,497 |
50,076 |
40,745,504 |
333,649 |
5,789,472 |
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Vietnamese |
97,764 |
9,322,891 |
18,948 |
6,768,324 |
79,035 |
1,165,550 |
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Other Asian |
70,868 |
19,016,149 |
22,292 |
16,800,603 |
201,610 |
3,135,784 |
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Hawaiian |
15,544 |
2,250,153 |
2,023 |
1,956,793 |
20,698 |
497,950 |
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Other Pacific Islander |
3,826 |
1,888,205 |
1,000 |
1,768,155 |
13,349 |
286,293 |
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Women |
5,417,034 |
818,669,084 |
846,780 |
717,763,965 |
7,076,081 |
149,115,699 |
| Universe
(All Firms) |
All firms |
Firms with paid employees |
SIC
Code |
Major Industry
Group(SIC based) |
Firms
(number) |
Sales and Receipts
($1,000) |
Firms
(number) |
Sales and Receipts
($1,000) |
Employees |
Payroll
($1,000) |
| Total |
All industries |
20,821,935 |
18,553,243,047 |
5,295,152 |
17,907,940,321 |
103,359,815 |
2,936,492,940 |
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Agricultural services, forestry, and
fishing |
496,164 |
64,032,640 |
114,587 |
50,775,178 |
725,410 |
14,923,855 |
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Agricultural services |
412,852 |
57,086,633 |
109,721 |
46,387,756 |
687,332 |
13,853,993 |
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Forestry |
14,051 |
2,817,356 |
2,434 |
2,346,506 |
25,526 |
660,824 |
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Fishing, hunting, and trapping |
69,271 |
4,128,651 |
2,442 |
2,040,916 |
12,552 |
409,038 |
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Mineral Industries |
126,809 |
176,609,179 |
20,917 |
171,107,096 |
616,232 |
27,397,247 |
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Metal mining |
1,819 |
12,068,979 |
600 |
12,022,441 |
54,291 |
2,497,161 |
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Coal mining |
2,242 |
24,288,482 |
1,422 |
24,170,302 |
99,403 |
4,561,564 |
| 13 |
Oil & gas extraction |
115,953 |
122,848,428 |
15,210 |
117,695,150 |
353,276 |
16,204,547 |
| 14 |
Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels |
6,862 |
17,403,290 |
3,752 |
17,219,203 |
109,262 |
4,133,975 |
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Construction industries and
subdividers and developers |
2,333,424 |
944,154,542 |
675,160 |
863,945,192 |
5,678,306 |
176,476,246 |
| 15 |
Building construction--general
contractors & operative builders |
472,111 |
389,134,702 |
197,147 |
363,751,353 |
1,304,365 |
40,998,809 |
| 16 |
Heavy construction other than
buildings construction--contractors |
64,314 |
130,870,724 |
37,019 |
129,420,619 |
842,230 |
30,247,697 |
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Construction--special trade
contractors |
1,739,060 |
398,976,380 |
430,259 |
351,814,374 |
3,477,921 |
103,427,193 |
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Subdividers and developers
n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) |
58,362 |
25,172,736 |
11,158 |
18,958,846 |
53,790 |
1,802,547 |
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Manufacturing |
688,782 |
4,021,515,429 |
334,084 |
4,005,607,057 |
18,968,167 |
685,313,617 |
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Food & kindred products |
30,256 |
490,130,601 |
16,737 |
489,187,047 |
1,702,489 |
51,117,934 |
| 21 |
Tobacco products |
133 |
36,645,733 |
88 |
36,641,662 |
43,567 |
2,399,430 |
| 22 |
Textile mill products |
8,213 |
84,021,370 |
5,178 |
83,887,889 |
600,144 |
15,209,210 |
| 23 |
Apparel & other textile products |
54,889 |
83,380,324 |
22,646 |
82,432,510 |
876,897 |
17,120,728 |
| 24 |
Lumber & wood products |
106,569 |
115,219,866 |
34,713 |
111,907,874 |
776,944 |
19,626,459 |
| 25 |
Furniture & fixtures |
28,712 |
62,551,208 |
11,470 |
61,900,220 |
537,731 |
14,019,789 |
| 26 |
Paper & allied products |
7,186 |
161,211,853 |
4,373 |
161,071,165 |
676,510 |
26,870,903 |
| 27 |
Printing & publishing |
119,936 |
216,211,945 |
57,891 |
213,862,501 |
1,645,771 |
55,216,424 |
| 28 |
Chemicals & allied products |
10,941 |
409,994,222 |
8,871 |
409,320,937 |
1,044,085 |
54,469,556 |
| 29 |
Petroleum & coal products |
1,434 |
176,788,852 |
1,193 |
176,756,460 |
137,388 |
7,821,475 |
| 30 |
Rubber & miscellaneous plastics
products |
16,296 |
162,732,650 |
13,975 |
162,495,829 |
1,081,225 |
32,657,397 |
| 31 |
Leather & leather products |
5,251 |
10,275,926 |
1,733 |
10,173,915 |
82,881 |
1,893,820 |
| 32 |
Stone, clay, & glass products |
29,262 |
88,090,813 |
12,135 |
87,638,425 |
533,650 |
18,025,290 |
| 33 |
Primary metal industries |
7,703 |
191,711,591 |
5,294 |
191,540,047 |
720,972 |
28,543,314 |
| 34 |
Fabricated metal products |
63,141 |
235,330,354 |
35,141 |
234,014,337 |
1,600,272 |
53,819,427 |
| 35 |
Industrial machinery & equipment |
85,401 |
411,881,461 |
53,821 |
410,326,739 |
2,110,272 |
83,490,307 |
| 36 |
Electronic & other electric
equipment |
28,324 |
355,193,235 |
15,200 |
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