1997 Economic Census
Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses
Washington


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data		 Group All firms Firms with paid employees
Firms
(number)		 Sales and Receipts
($1,000)		 Firms
(number)		 Sales and Receipts
($1,000)		 Employees Payroll
($1,000)
Universe (All Firms) 447,433 357,322,932 129,780 344,895,438 2,023,814 60,792,792
Total minorities 42,935 11,335,907 11,356 10,284,870 88,304 1,725,294
 Black 5,553 504,109 893 411,968 8,321 125,629
 Hispanic 10,009 1,711,293 2,286 1,516,628 18,830 350,383
    Cuban 473 52,108 55 37,290 270 9,664
    Mexican Mexican American, Chicano 4,879 840,607 1,392 752,064 10,925 168,201
    Puerto Rican 394 48,814 99 40,115 494 8,023
    Spaniard 1,086 170,387 190 148,475 1,394 47,812
    Hispanic Latin American 1,187 284,699 198 255,825 1,523 44,804
    Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino 1,989 314,678 352 282,859 4,225 71,878
 American Indian and Alaska Natives 4,689 1,202,989 974 1,096,283 14,242 313,597
 Asian and Pacific Islander 23,309 8,007,516 7,349 7,339,438 48,352 962,057
    Asian Indian 1,924 1,090,577 659 1,052,777 8,352 136,157
    Chinese 5,241 1,999,566 1,821 1,723,405 11,372 213,417
    Filipino 2,272 266,196 298 226,205 2,330 35,573
    Japanese 3,079 1,721,448 849 1,649,270 9,518 286,357
    Korean 5,477 1,867,983 2,390 1,719,558 8,643 137,247
    Vietnamese 3,011 446,346 607 395,417 3,768 51,831
    Other Asian 1,885 426,097 631 387,870 3,454 64,164
    Hawaiian 286 175,629 42 173,130 642 32,449
    Other Pacific Islander 134 13,675 54 11,806 273 4,862
Women 123,042 15,099,236 20,854 12,990,596 139,032 2,920,112

 



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 447,433 357,322,932 129,780 344,895,438 2,023,814 60,792,792
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 15,791 2,897,610 3,698 2,368,526 27,066 649,476
07 Agricultural services 9,601 1,703,702 3,053 1,425,043 21,203 439,527
08 Forestry 813 210,738 217 185,543 2,035 47,563
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 5,379 983,170 430 757,940 3,828 162,386
  Mineral Industries 722 528,001 157 503,035 3,061 129,464
10 Metal mining 70 66,485 23 65,061 541 29,553
12 Coal mining 5 D 2 D 500 to 999 D
13 Oil & gas extraction 452 D 21 D 100 to 249 D
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 195 292,324 111 284,534 1,824 64,637
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 47,543 23,910,766 20,754 22,327,825 139,770 4,656,345
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 14,879 10,742,377 7,615 10,011,050 38,730 1,224,994
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 1,586 3,573,358 1,143 3,547,950 20,317 858,322
17 Construction--special trade contractors 29,222 8,761,551 11,579 8,100,547 79,197 2,519,256
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 1,862 833,480 423 668,278 1,526 53,773
  Manufacturing 19,640 83,011,210 8,558 82,624,009 368,344 14,824,411
20 Food & kindred products 972 9,943,748 616 9,907,580 41,324 1,169,239
21 Tobacco products 1 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
22 Textile mill products 107 D 56 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
23 Apparel & other textile products 1,494 661,764 363 639,754 7,094 145,123
24 Lumber & wood products 4,168 6,943,167 1,660 6,839,301 35,469 1,124,440
25 Furniture & fixtures 803 494,677 245 478,854 4,731 126,788
26 Paper & allied products 168 4,858,783 105 4,855,831 16,328 740,718
27 Printing & publishing 2,879 2,631,889 1,236 2,584,276 25,158 767,280
28 Chemicals & allied products 252 1,868,289 211 1,863,373 6,254 309,774
29 Petroleum & coal products 28 D 25 5,393,828 2,186 115,837
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 321 1,484,338 263 1,480,908 10,927 306,856
31 Leather & leather products 405 D 34 D 500 to 999 D
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 990 1,363,865 293 1,350,489 8,027 273,841
33 Primary metal industries 146 3,680,464 98 3,677,330 12,394 513,376
34 Fabricated metal products 1,525 2,321,562 706 2,293,408 17,133 542,151
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 1,666 3,750,507 1,030 3,723,993 25,907 982,227
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 662 2,918,817 347 2,903,544 17,642 615,141
37 Transportation equipment 672 29,205,227 572 29,197,595 99,076 5,313,381
38 Instruments & related products 350 4,251,735 293 4,248,630 29,096 1,536,289
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 2,103 848,134 476 802,383 7,365 183,955
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 16,214 20,060,404 5,381 19,554,428 119,770 4,468,703
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 1,399 292,168 193 D 5,000 to 9,999 D
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 8,984 4,401,751 2,674 4,039,085 39,891 1,149,507
44 Water transportation 640 2,100,838 345 2,088,866 8,137 418,144
45 Transportation by air 513 935,959 213 925,232 8,798 294,315
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 7 19,794 6 D 20 to 99 D
47 Transportation services 2,687 954,848 1,229 902,293 12,654 370,765
48 Communications 1,392 6,441,766 426 6,411,619 30,867 1,502,004
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 639 4,913,280 342 4,903,675 12,950 617,671
  Wholesale trade 18,977 80,062,602 9,907 79,392,617 141,077 5,085,252
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods 11,637 42,466,568 6,451 42,107,773 81,130 3,113,107
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods 7,374 37,596,034 3,490 37,284,844 59,947 1,972,145
  Retail trade 64,640 55,676,951 25,036 54,498,663 461,176 7,253,032
52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr 1,881 3,581,976 1,163 3,538,303 19,613 445,599
53 General merchandise stores 671 7,522,920 213 7,506,439 50,816 841,674
54 Food stores 4,339 9,790,218 2,710 9,655,264 65,348 1,164,717
55 Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations 4,428 15,543,217 2,909 15,359,022 46,991 1,254,838
56 Apparel and accessory stores 2,109 2,211,668 951 2,176,277 25,643 443,322
57 Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores 3,357 2,977,611 2,006 2,902,671 18,781 404,376
58 Eating & drinking places 11,105 5,619,694 9,110 5,538,686 171,028 1,650,308
59 Miscellaneous retail 36,884 8,429,647 6,108 7,822,001 62,956 1,048,198
  Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) 49,622 39,910,395 10,804 36,824,736 128,784 4,550,302
60 Depository institutions 404 9,485,929 390 9,483,997 34,878 1,178,316
61 Nondepository credit institutions 1,102 2,812,682 685 2,788,913 9,047 398,597
62 Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services 1,901 1,746,622 676 1,530,314 8,109 592,764
63 Insurance carriers 233 16,345,207 208 16,306,430 26,175 1,034,284
64 Insurance agents, brokers, and services 6,894 1,293,949 2,433 1,139,270 12,523 445,117
65pt Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) 35,315 6,314,612 6,056 4,017,403 32,379 719,354
67 Holding and other investment offices, except trusts 3,932 1,911,394 515 1,558,409 5,673 181,870
  Service industries (exc membership org & private households) 194,635 50,587,442 45,873 46,761,218 634,208 19,164,880
70 Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places 2,415 1,503,331 1,311 1,433,399 26,594 436,524
72 Personal services 25,765 1,386,611 3,458 974,565 23,664 341,797
73 Business services 46,677 14,435,667 8,145 13,500,470 146,299 6,147,744
75 Automotive repair, services, & parking 8,164 2,359,315 3,694 2,204,303 25,026 556,268
76 Miscellaneous repair services 4,731 822,029 1,380 727,159 7,919 219,731
78 Motion pictures 1,690 648,010 678 614,819 8,035 115,847
79 Amusement and recreation services 13,188 2,108,018 2,140 1,921,688 38,229 660,245
80 Health services 21,807 13,321,895 9,220 12,860,780 189,173 5,752,709
81 Legal services 6,661 2,227,490 3,327 2,082,791 18,809 866,302
82 Educational services 7,509 1,893,813 1,152 1,665,642 31,381 535,580
83 Social services 17,667 2,233,830 4,104 2,024,414 52,797 807,628
84 Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens 124 176,604 117 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
87 Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv 34,982 7,155,426 6,849 6,401,450 62,473 2,596,973
89 Services, n.e.c. 3,427 315,403 470 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
  Industries not classified 20,777 677,551 740 40,381 558 10,927

 



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 42,935 11,335,907 11,356 10,284,870 88,304 1,725,294
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 1,191 D 259 97,335 1,626 30,723
07 Agricultural services 739 92,928 216 75,014 1,223 23,080
08 Forestry 60 D 17 6,970 334 3,849
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 393 28,410 26 15,351 68 3,794
  Mineral Industries 2 D 0 0 0 0
10 Metal mining 1 D 0 0 0 0
12 Coal mining 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Oil & gas extraction 1 D 0 0 0 0
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 2,536 1,126,443 1,023 995,027 6,829 221,618
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 587 422,785 312 407,734 1,756 61,237
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 114 182,677 93 181,902 985 45,665
17 Construction--special trade contractors 1,703 429,805 600 385,752 4,047 113,116
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 131 91,176 18 19,640 41 1,600
  Manufacturing 1,422 652,460 406 635,039 6,043 129,097
20 Food & kindred products 97 38,372 51 36,273 359 3,614
21 Tobacco products 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Textile mill products 4 20 0 0 0 0
23 Apparel & other textile products 267 60,985 72 59,020 852 14,027
24 Lumber & wood products 164 120,621 64 118,137 1,116 27,707
25 Furniture & fixtures 47 D 2 D 100 to 249 D
26 Paper & allied products 16 D 13 D 250 to 499 D
27 Printing & publishing 188 28,734 72 26,998 344 8,681
28 Chemicals & allied products 8 D 8 D 250 to 499 D
29 Petroleum & coal products S S S S S S
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 1 D 1 D 20 to 99 D
31 Leather & leather products 306 3,919 2 D 0 to 19 D
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 14 D 3 D 100 to 249 D
33 Primary metal industries 1 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
34 Fabricated metal products 79 18,514 27 17,306 247 4,488
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 33 D 32 D 500 to 999 D
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 19 D 2 D 0 to 19 D
37 Transportation equipment 23 D 22 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
38 Instruments & related products 5 D 0 0 0 0
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 149 26,727 34 24,703 263 5,465
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 1,990 290,509 357 239,332 2,337 56,979
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 619 23,991 15 8,158 284 3,852
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 985 110,835 186 77,833 920 23,402
44 Water transportation 4 D 2 D 0 to 19 D
45 Transportation by air 18 D 3 D 0 to 19 D
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Transportation services 278 54,553 136 52,800 697 16,352
48 Communications 84 74,555 14 74,184 348 8,795
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 3 D 2 D 20 to 99 D
  Wholesale trade 1,627 3,542,992 801 3,465,117 7,125 195,164
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods 940 1,398,939 436 1,345,337 2,811 95,721
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods 687 2,144,054 365 2,119,780 4,314 99,443
  Retail trade 7,997 2,824,561 4,166 2,658,122 32,519 394,587
52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr 70 18,283 22 16,337 160 3,667
53 General merchandise stores 114 10,230 32 6,592 91 647
54 Food stores 1,465 833,683 998 790,083 3,959 57,918
55 Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations 339 754,945 221 750,360 2,335 48,742
56 Apparel and accessory stores 293 33,284 81 22,535 467 4,518
57 Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores 158 49,863 52 44,020 295 4,672
58 Eating & drinking places 2,996 846,304 2,313 784,830 23,222 240,111
59 Miscellaneous retail 2,563 277,969 449 243,363 1,989 34,312
  Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) 2,965 456,966 552 348,424 2,059 60,085
60 Depository institutions S S S S S S
61 Nondepository credit institutions 116 24,261 79 23,975 183 9,302
62 Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services 70 D 17 D 20 to 99 D
63 Insurance carriers 3 D 3 D 0 to 19 D
64 Insurance agents, brokers, and services 370 21,410 69 11,985 165 3,871
65pt Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) 2,214 228,182 343 140,183 837 16,099
67 Holding and other investment offices, except trusts 166 20,515 14 13,063 214 3,925
  Service industries (exc membership org & private households) 18,070 1,972,886 3,221 1,620,972 24,283 577,697
70 Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places 385 129,752 274 125,005 2,379 23,708
72 Personal services 4,027 165,641 546 83,208 1,465 19,471
73 Business services 5,048 239,787 454 154,536 2,818 76,108
75 Automotive repair, services, & parking 538 67,820 211 59,819 799 15,379
76 Miscellaneous repair services 191 16,948 50 14,268 186 4,167
78 Motion pictures 164 28,335 63 24,868 355 4,141
79 Amusement and recreation services 862 536,771 106 512,939 7,635 214,012
80 Health services 1,898 325,245 688 289,130 3,389 93,957
81 Legal services 239 34,221 73 28,568 278 8,041
82 Educational services 460 13,701 33 7,630 182 3,682
83 Social services 1,548 40,026 132 21,704 629 7,829
84 Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens 0 0 0 0 0 0
87 Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv 2,518 368,991 578 296,846 4,132 106,472
89 Services, n.e.c. 193 5,648 15 2,450 37 730
  Industries not classified 5,156 338,885 595 225,502 5,484 59,344

 



Black 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 5,553 504,109 893 411,968 8,321 125,629
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 92 D 12 D 20 to 99 D
07 Agricultural services 81 4,782 12 D 20 to 99 D
08 Forestry 0 0 0 0 0 0
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 12 D 0 0 0 0
  Mineral Industries 1 D 0 0 0 0
10 Metal mining 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Coal mining 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Oil & gas extraction 1 D 0 0 0 0
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 264 42,627 104 36,753 458 9,351
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 60 D 27 D 20 to 99 D
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 17 D 9 D 20 to 99 D
17 Construction--special trade contractors 187 28,472 68 25,385 338 7,508
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 1 D 0 0 0 0
  Manufacturing 65 9,347 23 D 100 to 249 D
20 Food & kindred products 6 D 3 D 0 to 19 D
21 Tobacco products 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Textile mill products 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Apparel & other textile products 2 D 2 D 20 to 99 D
24 Lumber & wood products 4 D 0 0 0 0
25 Furniture & fixtures 1 D 0 0 0 0
26 Paper & allied products 2 D 0 0 0 0
27 Printing & publishing 25 457 5 D 0 to 19 D
28 Chemicals & allied products 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Petroleum & coal products 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Leather & leather products 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 1 D 0 0 0 0
33 Primary metal industries 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Fabricated metal products 13 D 11 3,093 84 1,663
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 1 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
37 Transportation equipment 1 D 0 0 0 0
38 Instruments & related products 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 9 D 1 D 20 to 99 D
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 434 30,636 40 17,544 554 7,709
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 244 12,936 13 D 250 to 499 D
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 118 14,010 14 7,044 162 2,711
44 Water transportation 1 D 0 0 0 0
45 Transportation by air 13 D 0 0 0 0
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Transportation services 36 1,091 11 984 51 558
48 Communications 19 D 1 D 20 to 99 D
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 2 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
  Wholesale trade 90 24,931 17 D 20 to 99 D
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods 45 13,467 9 12,931 55 1,304
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods 46 11,464 7 D 20 to 99 D
  Retail trade 504 121,325 86 114,809 1,388 16,275
52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr 2 D 0 0 0 0
53 General merchandise stores 1 D 0 0 0 0
54 Food stores 42 4,156 8 D 20 to 99 D
55 Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations 15 78,065 5 77,830 208 4,636
56 Apparel and accessory stores 31 766 2 D 0 to 19 D
57 Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores 24 7,765 12 7,515 89 1,251
58 Eating & drinking places 61 20,133 23 18,378 973 8,684
59 Miscellaneous retail 329 10,423 36 7,714 90 1,401
  Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) 361 28,975 69 20,093 235 4,789
60 Depository institutions 23 D 23 D 100 to 249 D
61 Nondepository credit institutions 27 570 15 454 5 162
62 Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services 0 0 0 0 0 0
63 Insurance carriers 0 0 0 0 0 0
64 Insurance agents, brokers, and services 79 4,556 26 3,050 59 1,200
65pt Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) 207 7,193 6 D 0 to 19 D
67 Holding and other investment offices, except trusts 24 D 0 0 0 0
  Service industries (exc membership org & private households) 2,990 178,341 366 131,776 2,352 52,845
70 Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places 12 583 5 D 0 to 19 D
72 Personal services 663 10,100 1 D 0 to 19 D
73 Business services 859 46,607 72 32,574 1,087 17,069
75 Automotive repair, services, & parking 87 5,303 40 4,394 88 1,245
76 Miscellaneous repair services 34 3,287 13 2,723 56 803
78 Motion pictures 8 110 1 D 0 to 19 D
79 Amusement and recreation services 251 9,406 8 2,144 22 778
80 Health services 236 42,915 75 40,536 510 18,688
81 Legal services 68 16,739 17 14,953 86 2,647
82 Educational services 57 1,076 2 D 0 to 19 D
83 Social services 405 16,127 62 11,878 221 2,134
84 Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens 0 0 0 0 0 0
87 Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv 278 24,689 70 21,396 262 9,083
89 Services, n.e.c. 34 1,397 0 0 0 0
  Industries not classified 751 63,040 177 54,439 3,021 28,411

 



Hispanic 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 10,009 1,711,293 2,286 1,516,628 18,830 350,383
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 343 31,584 112 26,000 694 10,110
07 Agricultural services 240 21,602 88 D 250 to 499 D
08 Forestry 23 D 16 D 250 to 499 D
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 80 D 7 D 0 to 19 D
  Mineral Industries 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Metal mining 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Coal mining 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Oil & gas extraction 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 805 324,602 374 310,919 2,284 72,823
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 158 120,461 101 118,056 481 16,734
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 41 53,102 41 53,102 379 18,750
17 Construction--special trade contractors 606 151,039 231 139,762 1,424 37,340
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Manufacturing 311 80,134 90 74,341 579 18,799
20 Food & kindred products 42 D 27 D 20 to 99 D
21 Tobacco products 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Textile mill products 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Apparel & other textile products 25 D 8 D 0 to 19 D
24 Lumber & wood products 40 15,210 6 D 100 to 249 D
25 Furniture & fixtures S S S S S S
26 Paper & allied products 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Printing & publishing 49 15,727 19 15,481 124 4,516
28 Chemicals & allied products 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Petroleum & coal products S S S S S S
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Leather & leather products 13 D 0 0 0 0
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 1 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
33 Primary metal industries 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Fabricated metal products S S S S S S
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 14 D 13 D 100 to 249 D
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 10 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
37 Transportation equipment 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Instruments & related products 5 D 0 0 0 0
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 43 4,205 12 D 20 to 99 D
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 566 81,188 133 64,031 498 10,170
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 2 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 452 44,048 116 27,945 269 4,499
44 Water transportation 1 D 0 0 0 0
45 Transportation by air 59 D 0 0 0 0
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Transportation services 26 8,966 7 D 20 to 99 D
48 Communications 26 D 10 D 100 to 249 D
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wholesale trade 239 304,961 82 299,672 2,032 28,719
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods 137 38,860 34 35,237 135 7,339
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods 102 266,100 48 264,435 1,897 21,380
  Retail trade 1,821 471,981 807 451,049 8,870 116,983
52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr 25 3,895 1 D 0 to 19 D
53 General merchandise stores 42 1,600 0 0 0 0
54 Food stores 83 17,171 35 15,467 212 2,258
55 Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations 92 106,946 39 103,910 294 7,447
56 Apparel and accessory stores 79 10,783 45 9,339 116 1,245
57 Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores 49 4,530 13 D 20 to 99 D
58 Eating & drinking places 670 299,613 581 297,160 8,095 103,007
59 Miscellaneous retail 780 27,443 94 18,520 109 2,292
  Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) 259 19,860 25 9,019 70 2,468
60 Depository institutions 0 0 0 0 0 0
61 Nondepository credit institutions 11 D 0 0 0 0
62 Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services 5 1,279 2 D 0 to 19 D
63 Insurance carriers 0 0 0 0 0 0
64 Insurance agents, brokers, and services 40 2,257 8 D 0 to 19 D
65pt Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) 193 14,884 15 6,928 52 2,018
67 Holding and other investment offices, except trusts 10 D 0 0 0 0
  Service industries (exc membership org & private households) 4,358 242,081 496 161,977 2,523 71,169
70 Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places 36 D 5 D 0 to 19 D
72 Personal services 661 26,366 38 12,781 131 1,987
73 Business services 1,296 72,431 47 48,628 768 31,477
75 Automotive repair, services, & parking 213 23,582 78 20,125 323 5,585
76 Miscellaneous repair services 59 2,417 9 1,346 19 311
78 Motion pictures 31 7,839 11 D 100 to 249 D
79 Amusement and recreation services 232 6,013 14 2,072 75 580
80 Health services 308 28,494 74 19,830 311 9,655
81 Legal services 50 5,193 26 4,526 60 1,366
82 Educational services 87 1,874 6 D 0 to 19 D
83 Social services 611 10,474 35 3,574 87 1,900
84 Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens 0 0 0 0 0 0
87 Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv 709 55,983 147 39,809 600 16,964
89 Services, n.e.c. 66 D 6 D 0 to 19 D
  Industries not classified 1,307 154,903 167 119,619 1,279 19,142

 



American Indian and Alaska Natives 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 4,689 1,202,989 974 1,096,283 14,242 313,597
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 338 22,243 23 6,031 78 1,117
07 Agricultural services 85 D 6 D 0 to 19 D
08 Forestry 10 D 5 D 20 to 99 D
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 244 13,520 12 5,144 10 419
  Mineral Industries 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Metal mining 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Coal mining 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Oil & gas extraction 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 702 317,907 349 294,985 2,453 78,698
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 154 108,563 85 103,485 502 18,316
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 35 D 29 42,575 331 15,107
17 Construction--special trade contractors 512 166,446 234 148,925 1,620 45,275
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 1 D 0 0 0 0
  Manufacturing 191 55,365 59 52,467 604 14,839
20 Food & kindred products 9 D 0 0 0 0
21 Tobacco products 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Textile mill products 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Apparel & other textile products 20 288 0 0 0 0
24 Lumber & wood products 99 38,842 45 37,467 435 10,521
25 Furniture & fixtures 3 D 0 0 0 0
26 Paper & allied products 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Printing & publishing 18 D 6 D 20 to 99 D
28 Chemicals & allied products S S S S S S
29 Petroleum & coal products 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 1 D 1 D 20 to 99 D
31 Leather & leather products 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Primary metal industries 1 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
34 Fabricated metal products S S S S S S
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 1 D 1 D 20 to 99 D
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 2 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
37 Transportation equipment 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Instruments & related products 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 23 220 0 0 0 0
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 161 39,523 54 32,744 387 10,387
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 116 25,857 41 D 250 to 499 D
44 Water transportation 4 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
45 Transportation by air S S S S S S
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Transportation services 21 D 12 D 100 to 249 D
48 Communications 7 D 0 0 0 0
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 11 D 0 0 0 0
  Wholesale trade 117 101,107 46 96,789 391 12,782
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods 45 60,186 33 D 250 to 499 D
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods 72 40,921 13 D 100 to 249 D
  Retail trade 306 109,118 98 103,082 1,405 16,065
52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr 8 D 0 0 0 0
53 General merchandise stores 5 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
54 Food stores S S S S S S
55 Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations 62 7,175 24 6,485 48 916
56 Apparel and accessory stores 5 D 5 D 0 to 19 D
57 Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores 32 5,450 18 D 20 to 99 D
58 Eating & drinking places 37 26,496 22 D 500 to 999 D
59 Miscellaneous retail 144 57,416 23 56,226 309 6,664
  Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) 132 6,860 20 2,098 36 834
60 Depository institutions 0 0 0 0 0 0
61 Nondepository credit institutions 0 0 0 0 0 0
62 Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services 0 0 0 0 0 0
63 Insurance carriers 0 0 0 0 0 0
64 Insurance agents, brokers, and services 35 2,032 5 D 0 to 19 D
65pt Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) 87 4,126 15 D 20 to 99 D
67 Holding and other investment offices, except trusts 10 702 0 0 0 0
  Service industries (exc membership org & private households) 1,059 477,310 147 462,651 7,822 167,743
70 Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places 10 D 0 0 0 0
72 Personal services 164 4,278 7 1,420 22 317
73 Business services 212 9,411 33 6,761 181 2,479
75 Automotive repair, services, & parking 45 4,374 9 3,641 24 582
76 Miscellaneous repair services 23 4,626 4 D 20 to 99 D
78 Motion pictures S S S S S S
79 Amusement and recreation services 98 416,246 22 415,771 7,130 149,346
80 Health services 161 4,721 11 2,590 65 1,472
81 Legal services 30 2,727 8 1,870 36 842
82 Educational services 26 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
83 Social services 106 2,240 1 D 0 to 19 D
84 Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens 0 0 0 0 0 0
87 Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv 141 26,553 41 24,591 260 10,532
89 Services, n.e.c. 16 D 0 0 0 0
  Industries not classified 1,683 73,556 179 45,436 1,066 11,132

 



Asian and Pacific Islander 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 23,309 8,007,516 7,349 7,339,438 48,352 962,057
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 446 D 123 D 500 to 999 D
07 Agricultural services 347 58,830 113 51,335 762 16,029
08 Forestry 33 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 67 D 9 D 20 to 99 D
  Mineral Industries 1 D 0 0 0 0
10 Metal mining 1 D 0 0 0 0
12 Coal mining 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Oil & gas extraction 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 806 459,244 205 367,785 1,776 67,452
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 220 185,183 99 179,517 682 25,333
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 22 96,534 15 D 250 to 499 D
17 Construction--special trade contractors 435 86,576 73 D 500 to 999 D
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 129 90,952 18 19,640 41 1,600
  Manufacturing 885 518,607 244 510,011 4,756 94,900
20 Food & kindred products 40 34,757 20 33,819 323 3,253
21 Tobacco products 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Textile mill products 4 20 0 0 0 0
23 Apparel & other textile products 224 57,844 62 56,510 806 13,301
24 Lumber & wood products 21 66,446 14 66,233 539 14,738
25 Furniture & fixtures 2 D 2 D 100 to 249 D
26 Paper & allied products 14 D 13 D 250 to 499 D
27 Printing & publishing 101 19,581 47 18,399 219 5,693
28 Chemicals & allied products 8 D 8 D 250 to 499 D
29 Petroleum & coal products 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Leather & leather products 299 3,806 2 D 0 to 19 D
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 12 D 2 D 100 to 249 D
33 Primary metal industries 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Fabricated metal products 31 13,692 13 D 100 to 249 D
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 17 20,804 17 20,804 305 7,147
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 8 D 0 0 0 0
37 Transportation equipment S S S S S S
38 Instruments & related products 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 82 20,319 22 19,085 206 4,248
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 908 142,016 130 125,013 896 28,713
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 373 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 304 27,161 14 D 100 to 249 D
44 Water transportation 1 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
45 Transportation by air 3 D 3 D 0 to 19 D
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Transportation services 195 35,706 107 34,792 478 10,976
48 Communications 31 D 3 D 100 to 249 D
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 1 D 1 D 20 to 99 D
  Wholesale trade 1,208 3,112,264 660 3,045,108 4,628 151,525
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods 724 1,286,667 364 1,237,980 2,370 79,585
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods 484 1,825,597 296 1,807,127 2,258 71,940
  Retail trade 5,533 2,167,594 3,276 2,033,145 21,975 259,313
52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr 43 14,381 21 13,437 148 3,354
53 General merchandise stores 65 7,814 31 5,801 79 479
54 Food stores 1,343 806,296 956 765,389 3,744 55,319
55 Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations 187 563,162 171 562,539 1,800 36,014
56 Apparel and accessory stores 193 21,988 29 12,498 336 3,155
57 Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores 67 32,914 23 30,962 157 2,635
58 Eating & drinking places 2,299 538,288 1,750 481,615 14,229 134,401
59 Miscellaneous retail 1,337 182,750 296 160,903 1,481 23,956
  Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) 2,257 402,089 438 317,215 1,716 51,995
60 Depository institutions 7 D 7 D 250 to 499 D
61 Nondepository credit institutions 78 23,612 65 23,520 178 9,140
62 Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services 65 D 15 D 20 to 99 D
63 Insurance carriers 3 D 3 D 0 to 19 D
64 Insurance agents, brokers, and services 219 12,618 30 6,854 85 2,280
65pt Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) 1,766 202,744 307 130,762 746 13,057
67 Holding and other investment offices, except trusts 122 17,472 14 13,063 214 3,925
  Service industries (exc membership org & private households) 9,929 1,091,009 2,239 874,027 11,721 288,473
70 Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places 327 128,253 264 124,204 2,373 23,498
72 Personal services 2,629 126,646 501 68,975 1,312 17,156
73 Business services 2,711 111,393 302 66,573 782 25,083
75 Automotive repair, services, & parking 220 42,501 97 39,497 469 10,110
76 Miscellaneous repair services 88 6,944 27 5,973 72 1,551
78 Motion pictures 96 18,930 42 16,750 171 2,800
79 Amusement and recreation services 291 105,121 61 92,951 408 63,308
80 Health services 1,230 253,275 532 226,805 2,517 64,442
81 Legal services 94 9,588 22 7,218 96 3,185
82 Educational services 295 11,156 29 6,367 166 3,224
83 Social services 426 11,187 33 5,543 316 3,611
84 Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens 0 0 0 0 0 0
87 Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv 1,439 262,513 320 211,050 3,010 69,893
89 Services, n.e.c. 82 3,500 9 2,119 28 613
  Industries not classified 1,356 41,346 56 D 20 to 99 D

 



Women 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 123,042 15,099,236 20,854 12,990,596 139,032 2,920,112
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 2,529 196,933 549 162,861 2,692 53,778
07 Agricultural services 2,054 152,474 494 130,469 2,199 42,899
08 Forestry 121 29,799 45 27,822 487 10,485
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 354 14,661 10 4,570 7 395
  Mineral Industries 93 2,626 9 D 20 to 99 D
10 Metal mining 5 D 0 0 0 0
12 Coal mining 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Oil & gas extraction 76 1,656 1 D 0 to 19 D
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 12 D 8 D 20 to 99 D
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 3,374 1,203,666 1,631 1,132,049 10,237 323,158
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 838 300,285 398 269,213 1,399 47,381
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 154 151,403 119 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
17 Construction--special trade contractors 2,258 708,997 1,105 679,709 7,661 232,848
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 123 42,981 10 D 0 to 19 D
  Manufacturing 3,505 1,701,657 861 1,651,298 12,469 364,026
20 Food & kindred products 183 468,442 58 464,203 2,664 86,632
21 Tobacco products 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Textile mill products 17 603 4 D 0 to 19 D
23 Apparel & other textile products 762 63,002 84 52,329 1,018 20,463
24 Lumber & wood products 196 308,696 53 304,172 1,660 44,717
25 Furniture & fixtures 109 46,256 17 44,908 435 14,528
26 Paper & allied products 22 7,986 14 D 20 to 99 D
27 Printing & publishing 669 174,708 175 167,021 1,917 60,089
28 Chemicals & allied products 32 87,366 32 87,366 139 5,458
29 Petroleum & coal products 2 D 2 D 100 to 249 D
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products S S S S S S
31 Leather & leather products 141 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 303 57,896 53 54,122 584 19,655
33 Primary metal industries 36 D 24 34,206 318 10,654
34 Fabricated metal products 146 78,796 77 77,354 698 19,180
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 98 110,367 53 107,645 988 31,929
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 88 50,670 39 49,923 323 8,725
37 Transportation equipment 49 D 48 D 100 to 249 D
38 Instruments & related products 36 D 35 D 100 to 249 D
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 584 87,215 64 79,502 914 19,341
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 2,891 546,609 864 489,248 6,456 152,049
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 159 20,189 71 18,992 645 9,040
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 1,211 211,809 282 180,428 1,838 50,172
44 Water transportation 44 76,850 9 76,232 465 14,950
45 Transportation by air 32 7,091 7 D 100 to 249 D
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Transportation services 1,064 136,303 420 118,719 2,603 49,417
48 Communications 311 77,780 38 73,563 681 24,392
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 69 16,588 36 D 100 to 249 D
  Wholesale trade 3,033 3,116,707 1,006 3,033,781 7,810 243,847
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods 1,629 2,054,230 605 2,009,189 4,557 149,650
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods 1,406 1,062,477 403 1,024,592 3,253 94,197
  Retail trade 20,520 3,449,059 5,418 3,186,242 36,210 506,509
52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr 268 196,842 103 182,769 1,099 22,176
53 General merchandise stores 187 22,372 20 18,009 241 3,700
54 Food stores 953 579,602 586 567,354 4,450 62,767
55 Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations 393 1,039,187 201 1,027,338 4,140 113,358
56 Apparel and accessory stores 895 111,495 319 100,199 1,439 16,901
57 Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores 592 116,385 249 97,692 961 16,934
58 Eating & drinking places 2,641 575,179 2,112 539,178 15,742 149,442
59 Miscellaneous retail 14,599 807,998 1,835 653,703 8,137 121,231
  Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) 10,930 1,177,683 1,683 754,914 6,109 168,989
60 Depository institutions 52 241,505 52 241,505 1,045 37,912
61 Nondepository credit institutions 125 43,596 63 41,905 489 20,261
62 Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services 285 43,422 110 37,508 269 8,606
63 Insurance carriers S S S S S S
64 Insurance agents, brokers, and services 1,107 89,625 231 50,653 708 18,704
65pt Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) 8,437 664,974 1,147 304,780 3,325 72,481
67 Holding and other investment offices, except trusts 914 84,395 71 68,396 252 10,007
  Service industries (exc membership org & private households) 69,566 3,581,782 8,824 2,575,776 57,021 1,106,785
70 Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places 500 72,113 175 65,536 1,269 16,001
72 Personal services 13,212 365,977 1,027 169,329 5,088 69,871
73 Business services 16,550 1,049,402 1,848 827,351 22,333 454,951
75 Automotive repair, services, & parking 608 109,121 284 100,643 1,272 27,706
76 Miscellaneous repair services 501 79,465 186 72,089 707 18,108
78 Motion pictures 308 D 114 27,359 461 11,697
79 Amusement and recreation services 3,025 191,782 201 155,387 4,293 62,005
80 Health services 7,633 687,273 1,569 534,133 10,081 198,800
81 Legal services 1,388 155,814 435 124,964 1,209 46,506
82 Educational services 3,715 72,001 173 37,995 738 10,983
83 Social services 11,388 288,569 1,482 156,745 5,578 57,268
84 Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens 1 D 0 0 0 0
87 Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv 9,372 421,679 1,223 269,107 3,609 120,629
89 Services, n.e.c. 1,371 48,721 113 35,137 383 12,259
  Industries not classified 6,670 122,513 76 D 0 to 19 D
D Withheld to avoid disclosure;   N Not available;   S Withheld because data do not meet publication standards;  

Source: 1997 Economic Census:   Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises

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