Survey of Business Owners (SBO)

1992 Survey of Business Owners Press Releases

          
    WOMEN-OWNED FIRMS COMPARED TO ALL U.S. FIRMS BY STATE:  1992
    (Data includes individual proprietorships, partnerships and subchapter S
    corporations. Detail may not add to total due to rounding.)

                                                      Women      Women         All U.S.   Women
                           Women           All U.S.    as a  Sales and        Sales and    as a
                           Firms              Firms Percent   Receipts         Receipts Percent
    Geographic area     (number)    RSE    (number)  of All ($ million) RSE  ($ million) of All

    All Firms/1         6,407,000   NA   19,286,000   33.2%  1,574,000   2   14,071,000   11.2%
    "C" Corporations/1    518,000    1    2,033,000   25.5%    932,000   3   10,747,000    8.7%

    Non "C" Corporation Firms:
    United States       5,888,883    -   17,253,143   34.1%    642,484   2    3,324,200   19.3%
    Alabama                71,466    -      227,119   31.5%      7,628   2       41,620   18.3%
    Alaska                 19,380    -       58,898   32.9%      1,871   3        7,114   26.3%
    Arizona                93,300    -      248,337   37.6%      8,974   2       35,223   25.5%
    Arkansas               50,440    -      159,820   31.6%      4,416   1       23,529   18.8%
    California            801,487    -    2,259,327   35.5%     84,943   3      408,481   20.8%
    Colorado              121,659    -      323,147   37.6%     10,784   3       46,763   23.1%
    Connecticut            79,931    -      237,705   33.6%     11,078   2       70,157   15.8%
    Delaware               14,904    1       42,228   35.3%      2,303   5        9,098   25.3%
    District of Columbia   14,599    1       35,344   41.3%      1,610   3       11,061   14.6%
    Florida               352,048    -    1,000,542   35.2%     39,485   2      172,499   22.9%
    Georgia               143,045    -      425,118   33.6%     22,450  35       82,009   27.4%
    Hawaii                 29,743    -       79,050   37.6%      2,575   2       10,724   24.0%
    Idaho                  29,946    -       88,712   33.8%      2,339   2       12,676   18.5%
    Illinois              250,613    -      726,974   34.5%     33,289   2      180,500   18.5%
    Indiana               125,411    -      364,253   34.4%     16,056   1       77,462   20.7%
    Iowa                   71,040    -      206,840   34.3%      6,021   4       29,896   20.1%
    Kansas                 66,429    -      191,262   34.7%      5,760   2       27,524   20.9%
    Kentucky               74,280    -      236,525   31.4%      6,763   2       37,112   18.2%
    Louisiana              76,849    -      236,589   32.5%     11,743  37       34,217   34.3%
    Maine                  35,260    -      109,360   32.2%      3,046   1       14,424   21.1%
    Maryland              121,777    -      328,403   37.1%     11,333   4       57,909   19.6%
    Massachusetts         147,572    -      442,848   33.3%     16,104   2       98,358   16.4%
    Michigan              193,820    -      551,091   35.2%     17,796   5      107,645   16.5%
    Minnesota             124,143    -      358,921   34.6%     11,812   2       68,327   17.3%
    Mississippi            40,879    -      135,497   30.2%      3,452   2       19,305   17.9%
    Missouri              117,885    -      348,978   33.8%     11,075   1       65,303   16.9%
    Montana                25,310    -       76,331   33.2%      1,814   1        8,820   20.6%
    Nebraska               43,637    -      124,212   35.1%      4,941  13       20,439   24.2%
    Nevada                 32,430    -       87,786   36.9%      3,674   4       19,593   18.7%
    New Hampshire          31,492    -       97,772   32.2%      4,125   1       16,387   25.2%
    New Jersey            164,798    -      517,204   31.9%     26,657   4      141,761   18.8%
    New Mexico             40,636    -      107,377   37.8%      2,966   1       11,751   25.2%
    New York              395,944    -    1,159,700   34.1%     59,950   3      327,619   18.3%
    North Carolina        142,516    -      439,301   32.4%     14,365   2       76,188   18.9%
    North Dakota           15,355    1       48,368   31.7%      1,095   1        6,441   17.0%
    Ohio                  224,693    -      666,183   33.7%    20,905    4      120,307   17.4%
    Oklahoma               82,894    -      246,936   33.6%      6,605   5       33,457   19.8%
    Oregon                 87,970    -      238,967   36.8%      9,327   3       38,745   24.1%
    Pennsylvania          227,500    -      728,063   31.2%     29,400   2      166,894   17.6%
    Rhode Island           21,353    1       67,641   31.6%      2,918   3       15,634   18.7%
    South Carolina         64,812    -      197,330   32.8%      5,049   1       29,217   17.3%
    South Dakota           18,215    -       57,084   31.9%      1,681   1       10,129   16.6%
    Tennessee             101,134    -      325,371   31.1%      8,573   2       59,161   14.5%
    Texas                 414,179    -    1,256,121   33.0%     35,330   3      229,833   15.4%
    Utah                   45,626    -      129,202   35.3%      4,204   1       19,313   21.8%
    Vermont                21,033    -       58,924   35.7%      1,568   1        8,592   18.3%
    Virginia              138,494    -      391,451   35.4%     11,990   4       66,555   18.0%
    Washington            136,337    -      372,975   36.6%     16,057   7       67,795   23.7%
    West Virginia          30,644    -       94,912   32.3%      2,080   1       11,792   17.6%
    Wisconsin              99,357    -      300,348   33.1%     11,511   2       61,368   18.8%
    Wyoming                14,617    -       40,696   35.9%        992   1        7,474   13.3%

            RSE = Relative Standard Error. These data are subject to sampling variability
                  as well as reporting and coverage errors.
            Footnotes: /1 = State data are not available for "C" corporations.
            NA = Not Available.
            (-) = Zero.

            SOURCE:  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS