June 02, 2006

Los Angeles County Way Ahead in Number of Asian-Owned Firms

Results from the 2002 Survey of Business Owners show that Los Angeles County, the nation's most populous, had almost three times as many Asian-owned firms (140,411) as number two Queens, NY (48,241). In fact, the county had more firms than every state except California and New York. Users can find the results of this survey in a pdf report available online and in downloadable form in American FactFinder. It has data on various race groups (Chinese, Asian Indian, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, Japanese, and Other Asian) for states, counties, metro areas, and cities. More.

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