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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2006

• Michael Bergman
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***CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY***

U.S. Census Bureau To Release New Details About
Black-Owned Businesses, Including Local Area Data

• What:

• The U.S. Census Bureau is holding a news conference to release new details about black-owned firms in selected counties, metro areas and cities. Nationwide, the number of black-owned businesses increased 45 percent between 1997 and 2002. Information on the number of firms, sales and receipts, and firms with paid employees by kind of business, will be presented for these areas.

• When:

• Tuesday, April 18; 9:30 a.m. (EDT)

• Who:

• Thomas L. Mesenbourg, associate director for economic programs,
     U.S. Census Bureau
  Harry C. Alford, president & CEO, National Black Chamber of Commerce
  Mike Little, chairman, National Black Chamber of Commerce
  Ronald N. Langston, national director, Minority Business Development Agency
  Valerie Strang, survey statistician, Economic Census Branch, U.S. Census Bureau
  

• Where:

• U.S. Department of Commerce
  1401 Constitution Ave., N.W.
  Room 4830
  Washington, D.C. 20230
  

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