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2002 SURVEY OF BUSINESS OWNERS (SBO)

The SBO is a consolidation of two prior surveys, the Surveys of Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (SMOBE/SWOBE), and includes questions from a survey discontinued in 1992 on Characteristics of Business Owners (CBO).

Minority-Owned Firms: 2002

Released June 20, 2008.

[ Statistics for Selected Places With 100 or More Minority-Owned Firms: 2002 [xls 505 KB] ]

[ Statistics for Minority-Owned Firms by State, Selected Metropolitan Statistical Area, and Kind of Business: 2002 [xls 548 KB] ]

Statistics for 150 Places with the Largest Number of Minority-Owned Firms: 2002

[NOTE. Includes firms with paid employees and firms with no paid employees. The estimates are based on the 2002 Survey of Business Owners. "Minority-owned" is defined as any firm with Black or African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, or Hispanic or Latino owners holding a 51% or larger stake. Firms with more than one domestic establishment are counted in each geographic area in which they operate. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, geographic area coding, and definitions, see Introductory Text.]
Rank1 Geographic Area Name Number of minority-owned firms Number of minority-owned employer firms RSE of no of firms (%) RSE of no of empl firms (%)
1 New York city, NY 324,594 37,795 1 2
2 Los Angeles city, CA 156,295 23,588 2 4
3 Houston city, TX 78,904 9,233 3 6
4 Chicago city, IL 70,863 8,407 2 3
5 Miami city, FL 41,596 6,648 2 4
6 San Antonio city, TX 35,427 6,218 6 11
7 Dallas city, TX 28,191 4,507 5 7
8 San Diego city, CA 28,125 4,851 6 7
9 San Francisco city, CA 27,384 7,194 6 9
10 El Paso city, TX 25,340 3,501 3 7
11 San Jose city, CA 25,101 5,533 5 5
12 Honolulu census designated place, HI 24,611 6,695 5 2
13 Hialeah city, FL 23,723 3,076 7 5
14 Detroit city, MI 21,277 1,742 4 6
15 Philadelphia city, PA 19,877 3,601 4 3
16 Washington city, DC 16,823 3,050 3 4
17 Oakland city, CA 13,762 2,412 8 13
18 Phoenix city, AZ 13,637 2,393 5 4
19 Long Beach city, CA 13,450 1,997 12 16
20 Memphis city, TN 13,353 1,435 6 7
21 Baltimore city, MD (Independent City) 12,545 1,946 7 5
22 Austin city, TX 12,247 2,344 8 9
23 New Orleans city, LA 12,162 1,366 5 6
24 Laredo city, TX 11,133 2,086 10 12
25 Atlanta city, GA 10,979 1,845 9 8
26 Charlotte city, NC 10,871 1,577 8 6
27 Fort Worth city, TX 10,356 1,209 12 16
28 Fresno city, CA 10,177 2,161 8 15
29 Jacksonville city, FL 10,169 1,864 10 8
30 Sacramento city, CA 9,990 1,999 10 15
31 Albuquerque city, NM 9,867 1,841 5 4
32 Santa Ana city, CA 9,513 1,686 9 15
33 Boston city, MA 9,056 1,667 7 7
34 Hempstead town (balance), NY 9,012 1,095 12 10
35 Columbus city, OH 8,878 1,155 6 10
36 Anaheim city, CA 8,857 1,696 11 14
37 Seattle city, WA 8,612 2,425 4 4
38 Denver city, CO 8,481 1,951 6 6
39 Brownsville city, TX 8,178 1,218 11 15
40 Indianapolis city (balance), IN 7,881 1,186 6 9
41 McAllen city, TX 7,853 1,709 8 18
42 Jersey City city, NJ 7,756 922 7 12
43 Corpus Christi city, TX 7,668 1,235 13 16
44 Chula Vista city, CA 7,567 1,113 7 27
45 Tampa city, FL 7,491 1,699 11 13
46 Arlington city, TX 7,361 884 8 15
47 Tucson city, AZ 7,356 1,284 6 6
48 Garden Grove city, CA 7,132 1,306 12 20
49 Newark city, NJ 7,088 1,241 2 5
50 Mission city, TX 7,061 463 11 25
51 Orlando city, FL 6,957 1,236 11 12
52 Las Vegas city, NV 6,955 1,263 3 2
53 Fremont city, CA 6,939 1,495 6 10
54 Miramar city, FL 6,915 334 10 15
55 Oklahoma City city, OK 6,875 1,188 5 7
56 Nashville-Davidson (balance), TN 6,783 1,002 12 8
57 Torrance city, CA 6,706 1,557 11 20
58 Garland city, TX 6,637 398 12 30
59 Pembroke Pines city, FL 6,595 822 9 22
60 Milwaukee city, WI 6,455 1,279 4 7
61 Riverside city, CA 6,324 992 13 15
62 Cleveland city, OH 6,220 938 8 8
63 Alhambra city, CA 6,117 1,238 12 17
64 Miami Beach city, FL 6,073 884 10 14
65 San Bernardino city, CA 6,057 801 8 24
66 Portland city, OR 6,044 1,451 2 8
67 Stockton city, CA 5,963 1,553 6 14
68 Bakersfield city, CA 5,847 910 9 20
69 Irvine city, CA 5,834 1,232 10 22
70 Glendale city, CA 5,678 845 13 26
71 Westminster city, CA 5,382 1,035 16 30
72 Kansas City city, MO 5,315 887 10 10
73 Raleigh city, NC 5,284 763 11 15
74 Pasadena city, CA 5,223 887 11 24
75 Hayward city, CA 5,010 1,273 10 17
76 Downey city, CA 4,943 538 13 35
77 Oxnard city, CA 4,881 533 16 31
78 Inglewood city, CA 4,823 748 9 41
79 Minneapolis city, MN 4,820 630 5 12
80 Tulsa city, OK 4,796 1,020 8 7
81 St. Louis city, MO (Independent City) 4,749 894 8 9
82 Corona city, CA 4,746 492 11 29
83 Plano city, TX 4,672 983 10 20
84 Irving city, TX 4,621 730 12 14
85 Yonkers city, NY 4,615 425 12 28
86 Ontario city, CA 4,576 843 10 27
87 Virginia Beach city, VA (Independent City) 4,569 891 11 11
88 Paterson city, NJ 4,567 603 6 15
89 Aurora city, CO 4,522 536 10 9
90 Hollywood city, FL 4,499 566 8 15
91 Pomona city, CA 4,483 404 14 31
92 El Monte city, CA 4,470 893 15 13
92 Fontana city, CA 4,470 672 20 25
94 Cincinnati city, OH 4,463 528 11 11
95 West Covina city, CA 4,446 278 19 29
96 Jackson city, MS 4,425 510 12 11
97 Montgomery city, AL 4,381 349 11 8
98 Monterey Park city, CA 4,376 792 13 23
98 Fort Lauderdale city, FL 4,376 1,011 5 7
100 Edinburg city, TX 4,301 402 9 22
101 Carson city, CA 4,289 598 15 26
102 Durham city, NC 4,278 654 14 7
103 Coral Gables city, FL 4,212 1,518 9 13
104 Islip town (balance), NY 4,180 767 10 18
105 Baton Rouge city, LA 4,170 687 11 10
106 Cerritos city, CA 4,092 677 14 22
107 Moreno Valley city, CA 4,056 314 18 30
108 Norwalk city, CA 4,001 593 15 29
109 Alexandria city, VA (Independent City) 3,894 688 10 10
110 Huntington Beach city, CA 3,875 892 19 14
111 Rialto city, CA 3,835 225 11 41
112 Vallejo city, CA 3,831 813 16 28
113 Grand Prairie city, TX 3,824 219 18 37
114 Birmingham city, AL 3,809 560 7 10
115 Brookhaven town (balance), NY 3,797 888 11 22
116 Rancho Cucamonga city, CA 3,784 449 13 34
117 Sunrise city, FL 3,754 326 12 15
118 Salinas city, CA 3,717 646 12 26
119 Fullerton city, CA 3,700 699 10 27
120 Oyster Bay town (balance), NY 3,652 745 15 18
121 Pharr city, TX 3,632 442 14 28
122 Daly City city, CA 3,616 620 11 21
123 Arcadia city, CA 3,592 536 17 35
124 North Miami city, FL 3,577 347 12 22
124 Oceanside city, CA 3,577 268 18 35
126 Colorado Springs city, CO 3,549 682 9 9
127 Diamond Bar city, CA 3,528 644 11 23
128 Coral Springs city, FL 3,513 453 15 23
129 Burbank city, CA 3,497 603 12 21
130 Mesa city, AZ 3,472 525 14 9
131 Elizabeth city, NJ 3,446 633 9 19
132 Gardena city, CA 3,433 648 15 30
133 North Miami Beach city, FL 3,382 272 18 26
134 Baldwin Park city, CA 3,367 360 17 35
135 North Hempstead town (balance), NY 3,365 528 16 22
136 Anchorage municipality, AK 3,354 771 6 9
136 Modesto city, CA 3,354 739 14 18
138 Wichita city, KS 3,331 694 8 8
139 South Gate city, CA 3,299 436 21 21
140 Columbus city, GA 3,284 443 9 12
141 Richmond city, VA (Independent City) 3,273 772 10 7
142 San Leandro city, CA 3,271 640 13 31
143 Augusta-Richmond County (balance), GA 3,267 417 9 12
144 San Gabriel city, CA 3,260 446 14 37
145 Santa Clara city, CA 3,257 1,123 12 17
146 Missouri City city, TX 3,229 131 17 44
147 St. Petersburg city, FL 3,184 413 16 14
148 Providence city, RI 3,156 299 7 15
149 Palmdale city, CA 3,155 118 15 33
150 Greensboro city, NC 3,140 536 13 11

1 Ranking is based solely on the estimate of the number of all firms. Differences between estimates for places may not be statistically significant.

For more information on the scope, coverage, and methodology for the 2002 SBO, access SBO Survey Methodology.


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