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Event Materials

• Presentation:
  National [PDF] | Northern Virginia [PDF]

• Media Advisory: Census Bureau Webinar to Highlight Characteristics of Businesses and Business Owners

• News Release: Half of U.S. Respondent Businesses Were Home-Based, Majority Self-Financed, Census Bureau Reports

• Charts:
  - Chart 1.  Characteristics of Businesses and Business Owners, Types of Workers Used: 2007 [PDF]
  - Chart 2.  Characteristics of Businesses and Business Owners,Owner's Service-Disabled Veteran Status by Gender: 2007 [PDF]
  - Chart 3.  Characteristics of Businesses and Business Owners, Owner's Education Background by Gender: 2007 [PDF]
  - Chart 4.  Family-Owned Businesses for Select Ownership Groups: 2007 [PDF]
  - Chart 5.  Businesses Operating as a Franchise in Selected Industries: 2007 [PDF]
  - Chart 6.  Home-Based Firms by Receipts Size: 2007 [PDF]
  - Chart 7.  Family-Owned Firms by Industry: 2007 [PDF]
  - Chart 8.  Home-Based Businesses in Selected Industries: 2007 [PDF]

• Speaker Biographies:
  - Thomas L. Mesenbourg Jr., Deputy Director, U.S. Census Bureau
  - David Hinson, national director, Minority Business Development Agency
  - Stanley Rolark, Chief, Public Information Office, U.S. Census Bureau
  - Lee Wentela, Branch Chief, Company Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau
  - Anthony Caruso, Project Manager, Company Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau
  - Katherine Russell, Project Manager, Survey of Business Owners and Self-Employed Persons,
      U.S. Census Bureau

Background Materials

• Minority Business Development Agency
• Searching and Accessing Survey of Business Owners Data on American FactFinder [PDF]
• Survey of Business Owners Web site
• Census Bureau Blog entry: Half of U.S. Businesses Operated from the Home