BLACK-OWNED FIRMS COMPARED TO ALL U.S. FIRMS BY STATE: 1992 (Data includes individual proprietorships, partnerships and subchapter S corporations. Detail may not add to total due to rounding.) Black Black All U.S. Black Black All U.S. as a Sales and Sales and as a Firms Firms Percent Receipts Receipts Percent Geographic area (number) RSE (number) of All ($ million) RSE ($ million) of All United States 620,912 - 17,253,143 3.6% 32,197 2 3,324,200 1.0% Alabama 14,707 - 227,119 6.5% 535 2 41,620 1.3% Alaska 739 - 58,898 1.3% 39 3 7,114 0.5% Arizona 2,936 1 248,337 1.2% 138 17 35,223 0.4% Arkansas 5,738 1 159,820 3.6% 233 3 23,529 1.0% California 68,968 - 2,259,327 3.1% 5,478 2 408,481 1.3% Colorado 4,372 1 323,147 1.4% 295 7 46,763 0.6% Connecticut 5,714 1 237,705 2.4% 292 6 70,157 0.4% Delaware 2,060 2 42,228 4.9% 157 12 9,098 1.7% District of Columbia 10,111 1 35,344 28.6% 452 4 11,061 4.1% Florida 40,371 1 1,000,542 4.0% 2,265 15 172,499 1.3% Georgia 38,264 - 425,118 9.0% 1,677 4 82,009 2.0% Hawaii 717 - 79,050 0.9% 27 24 10,724 0.3% Idaho 152 3 88,712 0.2% 25 1 12,676 0.2% Illinois 28,433 1 726,974 3.9% 1,773 3 180,500 1.0% Indiana 8,349 1 364,253 2.3% 711 7 77,462 0.9% Iowa 1,106 2 206,840 0.5% 76 7 29,896 0.3% Kansas 3,078 1 191,262 1.6% 92 3 27,524 0.3% Kentucky 5,097 1 236,525 2.2% 251 4 37,112 0.7% Louisiana 20,312 - 236,589 8.6% 774 13 34,217 2.3% Maine 235 2 109,360 0.2% 25 6 14,424 0.2% Maryland 35,758 - 328,403 10.9% 1,242 5 57,909 2.1% Massachusetts 7,225 1 442,848 1.6% 428 5 98,358 0.4% Michigan 19,695 1 551,091 3.6% 1,268 4 107,645 1.2% Minnesota 2,785 1 358,921 0.8% 283 8 68,327 0.4% Mississippi 14,067 - 135,497 10.4% 505 1 19,305 2.6% Missouri 9,973 1 348,978 2.9% 403 3 65,303 0.6% Montana 113 10 76,331 0.1% 7 8 8,820 0.1% Nebraska 1,350 2 124,212 1.1% 62 13 20,439 0.3% Nevada 1,736 1 87,786 2.0% 113 23 19,593 0.6% New Hampshire 326 1 97,772 0.3% 46 - 16,387 0.3% New Jersey 20,137 1 517,204 3.9% 1,239 6 141,761 0.9% New Mexico 925 2 107,377 0.9% 61 9 11,751 0.5% New York 51,312 - 1,159,700 4.4% 2,268 3 327,619 0.7% North Carolina 29,221 - 439,301 6.7% 893 2 76,188 1.2% North Dakota 117 13 48,368 0.2% 8 20 6,441 0.1% Ohio 22,690 1 666,183 3.4% 1,096 4 120,307 0.9% Oklahoma 4,621 1 246,936 1.9% 191 6 33,457 0.6% Oregon 1,447 3 238,967 0.6% 101 10 38,745 0.3% Pennsylvania 15,917 1 728,063 2.2% 1,134 5 166,894 0.7% Rhode Island 857 4 67,641 1.3% 65 7 15,634 0.4% South Carolina 18,343 - 197,330 9.3% 673 1 29,217 2.3% South Dakota 111 1 57,084 0.2% 10 - 10,129 0.1% Tennessee 14,920 - 325,371 4.6% 555 4 59,161 0.9% Texas 50,008 - 1,256,121 4.0% 2,339 17 229,833 1.0% Utah 354 5 129,202 0.3% 45 1 19,313 0.2% Vermont 139 - 58,924 0.2% 7 - 8,592 0.1% Virginia 26,100 - 391,451 6.7% 1,211 3 66,555 1.8% Washington 4,575 1 372,975 1.2% 257 8 67,795 0.4% West Virginia 1,093 2 94,912 1.2% 42 2 11,792 0.4% Wisconsin 3,446 1 300,348 1.1% 324 30 61,368 0.5% Wyoming 97 - 40,696 0.2% 5 - 7,474 0.1% RSE = Relative standard error. These data are subject to sampling variability as well as reporting and coverage errors. (-) = Zero SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS.