1997 Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses

	1997 Economic Census Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses United States

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More data	Group			All firms		Firms with paid employees
More data	Group			Firms (number)	Sales and Receipts ($1,000)	Firms (number)	Sales and Receipts ($1,000)	Employees	Payroll ($1,000)
	Universe (All Firms)			20,821,935	18,553,243,047	5,295,152	17,907,940,321	103,359,815	2,936,492,940
	Total minorities			3,039,033	591,259,123	615,222	516,979,920	4,514,699	95,528,782
		Black		823,499	71,214,662	93,235	56,377,860	718,341	14,322,312
		Hispanic		1,199,896	186,274,582	211,884	158,674,537	1,388,746	29,830,028
			Cuban	125,273	26,492,208	30,203	23,873,193	176,428	4,162,640
			Mexican Mexican American, Chicano	472,033	73,706,753	90,755	62,270,808	695,372	13,014,996
			Puerto Rican	69,658	7,461,069	10,976	5,814,069	61,509	1,496,894
			Spaniard	57,160	16,922,913	12,590	15,263,807	76,338	2,045,675
			Hispanic Latin American	287,314	40,997,923	42,916	34,798,421	238,612	5,862,668
			Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino	188,458	20,693,715	24,445	16,654,239	140,487	3,247,154
		American Indian and Alaska Natives		197,300	34,343,907	33,277	29,226,260	298,661	6,624,235
		Asian and Pacific Islander		912,960	306,932,982	289,999	278,294,345	2,203,079	46,179,519
			Asian Indian	166,737	67,503,357	67,189	61,760,453	490,629	12,585,621
			Chinese	252,577	106,196,794	90,582	98,233,262	691,757	12,944,824
			Filipino	84,534	11,077,885	14,581	8,966,386	110,130	2,667,333
			Japanese	85,538	43,741,051	23,309	41,294,865	262,223	7,106,692
			Korean	135,571	45,936,497	50,076	40,745,504	333,649	5,789,472
			Vietnamese	97,764	9,322,891	18,948	6,768,324	79,035	1,165,550
			Other Asian	70,868	19,016,149	22,292	16,800,603	201,610	3,135,784
			Hawaiian	15,544	2,250,153	2,023	1,956,793	20,698	497,950
			Other Pacific Islander	3,826	1,888,205	1,000	1,768,155	13,349	286,293
	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
	Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing	496,164	64,032,640	114,587	50,775,178	725,410	14,923,855
07	Agricultural services	412,852	57,086,633	109,721	46,387,756	687,332	13,853,993
08	Forestry	14,051	2,817,356	2,434	2,346,506	25,526	660,824
09	Fishing, hunting, and trapping	69,271	4,128,651	2,442	2,040,916	12,552	409,038
	Mineral Industries	126,809	176,609,179	20,917	171,107,096	616,232	27,397,247
10	Metal mining	1,819	12,068,979	600	12,022,441	54,291	2,497,161
12	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
	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
17	Construction--special trade contractors	1,739,060	398,976,380	430,259	351,814,374	3,477,921	103,427,193
6552	Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries)	58,362	25,172,736	11,158	18,958,846	53,790	1,802,547
	Manufacturing	688,782	4,021,515,429	334,084	4,005,607,057	18,968,167	685,313,617
20	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	354,444,237	1,778,698	73,112,444
37	Transportation equipment	13,673	518,958,599	11,158	518,680,590	1,712,407	77,941,602
38	Instruments & related products	12,423	157,672,122	10,647	157,507,128	892,135	40,414,901
39	Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	65,185	53,512,704	17,966	51,817,545	414,129	11,543,207
	Transportation, communications, & utilities	919,570	1,183,669,281	218,834	1,151,582,436	5,883,270	207,281,648
41	Local and interurban passenger transportation	116,993	21,713,557	17,319	19,114,727	467,046	8,004,735
42	Motor freight transportation & warehousing	544,523	221,521,560	117,306	198,846,704	2,014,484	57,852,063
44	Water transportation	15,788	36,039,949	8,227	35,477,732	187,575	6,765,391
45	Transportation by air	20,706	48,149,574	6,542	47,511,569	395,263	11,938,856
46	Pipelines, except natural gas	136	7,347,288	92	7,338,906	13,903	807,394
47	Transportation services	129,652	44,873,144	41,338	41,523,634	458,324	13,647,643
48	Communications	61,180	354,151,879	17,597	352,588,611	1,494,770	65,781,116
49	Electric, gas, & sanitary services	31,345	449,872,330	11,166	449,180,553	851,905	42,484,450
	Wholesale trade	797,856	4,270,041,314	415,833	4,237,594,031	6,877,507	252,891,380
50	Wholesale trade - durable goods	489,308	2,317,534,951	267,480	2,298,657,857	4,100,254	158,602,734
51	Wholesale trade - nondurable goods	309,731	1,952,506,363	149,536	1,938,936,174	2,777,253	94,288,646
	Retail trade	2,889,041	2,649,085,229	1,096,856	2,577,370,639	22,268,978	324,734,467
52	Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr	85,060	149,891,611	52,017	147,572,959	868,645	17,911,810
53	General merchandise stores	35,027	329,908,211	9,740	328,700,392	2,713,459	37,775,544
54	Food stores	216,067	428,384,106	124,962	420,580,053	3,328,123	49,793,387
55	Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations	255,259	807,900,003	140,686	792,042,625	2,345,611	57,564,224
56	Apparel and accessory stores	127,848	121,293,150	53,890	118,323,373	1,229,852	17,316,674
57	Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores	153,248	141,376,667	83,946	137,258,560	931,008	18,362,057
58	Eating & drinking places	493,313	256,489,798	363,179	250,616,760	7,866,488	74,619,242
59	Miscellaneous retail	1,528,857	413,841,683	274,074	382,275,917	2,985,792	51,391,529
	Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev)	2,237,675	2,567,560,021	449,713	2,420,115,913	7,430,891	314,464,560
60	Depository institutions	24,616	573,212,932	23,498	572,965,319	2,159,506	74,998,700
61	Nondepository credit institutions	45,905	196,564,220	24,540	194,815,280	618,811	25,624,676
62	Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services	91,446	268,894,838	30,086	259,286,735	676,013	71,055,775
63	Insurance carriers	9,108	1,003,355,294	6,677	1,000,358,615	1,620,543	67,004,231
64	Insurance agents, brokers, and services	411,902	91,960,902	121,540	77,460,848	731,461	26,846,764
65pt	Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers)	1,503,438	269,580,890	222,727	168,794,615	1,336,389	33,451,364
67	Holding and other investment offices, except trusts	157,652	163,990,945	27,037	146,434,501	288,168	15,483,050
	Service industries (exc membership org & private households)	8,891,024	2,614,964,642	1,976,745	2,427,078,076	34,884,760	932,349,593
70	Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places	93,380	102,590,165	49,842	99,639,330	1,768,242	28,634,509
72	Personal services	1,348,554	75,580,916	177,583	53,815,269	1,333,183	18,593,604
73	Business services	2,221,047	585,990,807	348,229	538,045,410	8,858,136	222,439,658
75	Automotive repair, services, & parking	448,584	115,321,750	167,975	104,399,866	1,147,865	24,305,080
76	Miscellaneous repair services	231,371	42,959,645	63,803	37,802,866	428,378	11,647,760
78	Motion pictures	87,700	70,467,490	32,461	68,215,128	587,125	14,535,748
79	Amusement and recreation services	603,896	106,375,756	91,954	94,732,397	1,555,454	30,570,262
80	Health services	1,004,672	755,681,519	425,337	726,846,432	10,416,489	313,352,409
81	Legal services	353,147	133,560,231	164,110	124,517,693	985,331	48,394,192
82	Educational services	270,648	139,395,624	43,896	135,892,563	2,191,548	47,366,748
83	Social services	665,067	101,319,229	121,636	93,509,763	2,272,674	34,729,175
84	Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens	5,205	6,763,777	4,987	6,614,268	89,776	1,807,256
87	Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv	1,446,195	356,417,568	276,601	322,154,868	3,143,751	130,511,362
89	Services, n.e.c.	119,931	22,540,165	16,704	20,892,223	106,808	5,461,830
	Industries not classified	1,480,003	61,610,770	30,836	2,764,703	26,294	660,327

Total minorities		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	3,039,033	591,259,123	615,222	516,979,920	4,514,699	95,528,782
	Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing	71,921	4,115,555	9,718	2,496,087	44,785	758,176
07	Agricultural services	58,982	3,573,964	9,152	2,317,533	42,825	716,626
08	Forestry	789	88,394	141	67,846	1,593	29,141
09	Fishing, hunting, and trapping	12,150	453,197	424	110,709	367	12,409
	Mineral Industries	3,578	915,625	555	743,228	6,585	184,997
10	Metal mining	102	10,204	37	D	20 to 99	D
12	Coal mining	27	3,702	8	D	20 to 99	D
13	Oil & gas extraction	3,338	845,348	451	679,501	5,877	165,247
14	Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels	111	56,371	58	55,245	568	15,531
	Construction industries and subdividers and developers	255,251	41,883,580	55,685	36,477,991	316,446	8,039,544
15	Building construction--general contractors & operative builders	32,222	12,553,667	10,497	11,503,760	61,655	1,745,791
16	Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors	5,317	5,671,237	2,520	5,572,654	40,261	1,327,563
17	Construction--special trade contractors	215,561	23,097,595	42,386	19,166,779	213,881	4,947,314
6552	Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries)	2,158	561,081	289	234,797	650	18,876
	Manufacturing	63,640	63,048,288	23,607	61,087,619	450,027	11,123,127
20	Food & kindred products	4,626	4,695,042	1,957	4,626,370	29,221	611,764
21	Tobacco products	S	S	S	S	S	S
22	Textile mill products	1,028	1,315,561	562	1,299,357	14,730	288,137
23	Apparel & other textile products	13,784	4,563,557	5,029	4,264,505	103,166	1,230,842
24	Lumber & wood products	5,967	1,477,832	1,247	1,293,453	13,670	288,148
25	Furniture & fixtures	2,373	1,013,620	906	967,982	11,733	235,853
26	Paper & allied products	619	1,176,801	264	1,170,189	7,480	184,653
27	Printing & publishing	10,359	2,955,952	3,562	2,703,936	29,437	812,005
28	Chemicals & allied products	673	2,692,214	526	2,669,577	10,388	359,286
29	Petroleum & coal products	41	134,221	26	D	250 to 499	D
30	Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products	801	2,665,004	693	2,653,605	21,936	537,536
31	Leather & leather products	949	215,021	150	204,844	2,159