1997 Economic Census Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Alabama	Select a state United States Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
		Select counties Autauga County, AL Baldwin County, AL Barbour County, AL Bibb County, AL Blount County, AL Bullock County, AL Butler County, AL Calhoun County, AL Chambers County, AL Cherokee County, AL Chilton County, AL Choctaw County, AL Clarke County, AL Clay County, AL Cleburne County, AL Coffee County, AL Colbert County, AL Conecuh County, AL Coosa County, AL Covington County, AL Crenshaw County, AL Cullman County, AL Dale County, AL Dallas County, AL DeKalb County, AL Elmore County, AL Escambia County, AL Etowah County, AL Fayette County, AL Franklin County, AL Geneva County, AL Greene County, AL Hale County, AL Henry County, AL Houston County, AL Jackson County, AL Jefferson County, AL Lamar County, AL Lauderdale County, AL Lawrence County, AL Lee County, AL Limestone County, AL Lowndes County, AL Macon County, AL Madison County, AL Marengo County, AL Marion County, AL Marshall County, AL Mobile County, AL Monroe County, AL Montgomery County, AL Morgan County, AL Perry County, AL Pickens County, AL Pike County, AL Randolph County, AL Russell County, AL St. Clair County, AL Shelby County, AL Sumter County, AL Talladega County, AL Tallapoosa County, AL Tuscaloosa County, AL Walker County, AL Washington County, AL Wilcox County, AL Winston County, AL
		Select places Abbeville, AL Adamsville, AL Alabaster, AL Albertville, AL Alexander City, AL Aliceville, AL Andalusia, AL Anniston, AL Arab, AL * Athens, AL Atmore, AL Attalla, AL Auburn, AL Bay Minette, AL Bessemer, AL Birmingham, AL * Boaz, AL * Brent, AL Brewton, AL Brighton, AL Centre, AL Centreville, AL Chickasaw, AL Childersburg, AL * Citronelle, AL Clanton, AL Columbiana, AL Cordova, AL Cullman, AL Dadeville, AL Daleville, AL Daphne, AL Decatur, AL * Demopolis, AL Dothan, AL * Elba, AL Enterprise, AL * Eufaula, AL Evergreen, AL Fairfield, AL Fairhope, AL Fayette, AL Florence, AL Foley, AL Fort Payne, AL Fultondale, AL Gadsden, AL Gardendale, AL Geneva, AL Glencoe, AL * Greensboro, AL Greenville, AL Gulf Shores, AL Guntersville, AL Haleyville, AL * Hamilton, AL Hanceville, AL Hartselle, AL Headland, AL Heflin, AL Helena, AL Homewood, AL Hoover, AL * Hueytown, AL Huntsville, AL * Irondale, AL Jackson, AL Jacksonville, AL Jasper, AL Lafayette, AL Lanett, AL Leeds, AL * Lincoln, AL Linden, AL Lipscomb, AL Livingston, AL Luverne, AL Madison, AL * Marion, AL Midfield, AL Millbrook, AL Mobile, AL Monroeville, AL Montevallo, AL Montgomery, AL Moody, AL Moulton, AL Mountain Brook, AL Muscle Shoals, AL Northport, AL Oneonta, AL Opelika, AL Opp, AL Orange Beach, AL Oxford, AL * Ozark, AL Pelham, AL Pell City, AL Phenix City, AL * Piedmont, AL * Pleasant Grove, AL Prattville, AL * Prichard, AL Rainbow City, AL Roanoke, AL Robertsdale, AL Russellville, AL Saraland, AL Satsuma, AL Scottsboro, AL Selma, AL Sheffield, AL Spanish Fort, AL * Sylacauga, AL Talladega, AL Tallassee, AL * Tarrant, AL Thomasville, AL Troy, AL Trussville, AL * Tuscaloosa, AL Tuscumbia, AL Tuskegee, AL Union Springs, AL Valley, AL Vestavia Hills, AL * Warrior, AL Wetumpka, AL Winfield, AL * York, AL
		Select metro areas Anniston, AL MSA Birmingham, AL MSA Columbus, GA--AL MSA Decatur, AL MSA Dothan, AL MSA Florence, AL MSA Gadsden, AL MSA Huntsville, AL MSA Mobile, AL MSA Montgomery, AL MSA Tuscaloosa, AL MSA

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More 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)			285,206	237,406,593	75,987	228,632,577	1,530,488	36,646,331
	Total minorities			28,292	3,231,787	4,701	2,764,167	35,581	730,738
		Black		19,077	1,008,966	2,266	728,041	13,232	231,869
		Hispanic		2,919	396,775	426	355,509	3,950	91,369
			Cuban	S	S	S	S	S	S
			Mexican Mexican American, Chicano	623	92,565	131	79,360	1,259	22,512
			Puerto Rican	173	95,511	43	93,238	797	33,285
			Spaniard	169	20,417	24	17,481	162	4,222
			Hispanic Latin American	520	56,153	116	50,459	731	10,815
			Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino	1,150	102,835	80	88,698	623	11,588
		American Indian and Alaska Natives		3,513	459,539	592	382,184	4,001	75,893
		Asian and Pacific Islander		3,315	1,386,959	1,458	1,312,431	14,761	336,391
			Asian Indian	1,011	440,788	576	412,664	5,516	138,566
			Chinese	494	216,047	341	212,203	3,588	55,242
			Filipino	138	9,944	23	D	20 to 99	D
			Japanese	157	500,610	97	498,590	3,057	92,531
			Korean	389	85,358	132	71,877	972	16,851
			Vietnamese	735	42,676	150	26,404	286	5,141
			Other Asian	354	87,617	123	81,046	916	23,357
			Hawaiian	12	D	9	D	0 to 19	D
			Other Pacific Islander	25	D	8	D	250 to 499	D
	Women			69,515	10,230,379	11,836	9,031,979	97,966	1,723,899

 

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	285,206	237,406,593	75,987	228,632,577	1,530,488	36,646,331
	Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing	7,692	934,780	1,582	765,188	11,213	202,064
07	Agricultural services	5,996	688,709	1,411	570,105	9,677	164,818
08	Forestry	548	192,732	142	172,298	1,323	31,960
09	Fishing, hunting, and trapping	1,148	53,339	29	22,785	213	5,286
	Mineral Industries	833	2,501,061	251	2,451,107	10,315	448,467
10	Metal mining	5	1,258	3	D	20 to 99	D
12	Coal mining	89	1,097,330	55	1,083,044	6,033	293,094
13	Oil & gas extraction	621	1,081,742	121	1,048,088	1,709	60,450
14	Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels	119	320,731	73	D	2,500 to 4,999	D
	Construction industries and subdividers and developers	40,641	14,144,154	9,990	12,769,824	99,791	2,502,273
15	Building construction--general contractors & operative builders	7,342	7,075,367	2,914	6,606,378	30,606	884,848
16	Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors	1,369	1,836,622	719	1,803,628	14,594	362,889
17	Construction--special trade contractors	30,946	4,983,625	6,199	4,223,757	54,126	1,242,969
6552	Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries)	989	248,540	163	136,061	465	11,567
	Manufacturing	11,706	70,075,596	6,019	69,830,759	378,392	11,012,669
20	Food & kindred products	331	6,663,960	208	6,657,198	36,968	734,523
21	Tobacco products	2	D	2	D	500 to 999	D
22	Textile mill products	364	5,072,868	230	5,070,392	36,503	839,597
23	Apparel & other textile products	801	3,046,264	280	3,035,230	36,289	604,829
24	Lumber & wood products	3,869	5,648,940	1,700	5,538,138	36,734	847,590
25	Furniture & fixtures	410	1,346,303	197	1,336,668	11,908	263,026
26	Paper & allied products	122	6,351,593	79	6,349,719	20,072	1,001,832
27	Printing & publishing	1,303	1,704,936	689	1,680,577	16,149	462,551
28	Chemicals & allied products	205	6,956,374	173	6,952,159	15,639	700,089
29	Petroleum & coal products	32	D	30	D	1,000 to 2,499	D
30	Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products	216	3,536,679	200	3,535,073	19,825	653,108
31	Leather & leather products	93	12,846	18	D	100 to 249	D
32	Stone, clay, & glass products	397	1,698,606	224	1,693,611	9,186	279,038
33	Primary metal industries	188	7,137,503	143	7,134,790	25,499	959,760
34	Fabricated metal products	949	3,602,746	578	3,584,209	25,282	721,209
35	Industrial machinery & equipment	1,198	6,265,993	700	6,247,426	28,836	884,387
36	Electronic & other electric equipment	356	4,326,238	191	4,320,123	21,905	779,016
37	Transportation equipment	252	3,805,169	226	3,802,437	24,612	945,024
38	Instruments & related products	100	575,146	85	574,490	4,800	121,135
39	Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	624	595,736	172	580,548	5,781	135,432
	Transportation, communications, & utilities	14,107	17,117,863	3,750	16,563,440	89,210	3,079,664
41	Local and interurban passenger transportation	429	139,608	158	133,875	4,003	58,059
42	Motor freight transportation & warehousing	10,530	3,992,423	2,414	3,527,334	37,442	964,447
44	Water transportation	239	281,792	139	276,572	2,629	66,527
45	Transportation by air	348	312,455	88	301,365	3,738	115,882
46	Pipelines, except natural gas	6	46,342	6	46,342	87	4,241
47	Transportation services	1,248	294,509	340	251,549	2,899	70,989
48	Communications	967	5,102,739	395	5,085,897	22,971	958,169
49	Electric, gas, & sanitary services	356	6,947,995	226	6,940,506	15,441	841,350
	Wholesale trade	11,122	43,923,624	6,299	43,549,983	93,656	2,790,795
50	Wholesale trade - durable goods	7,348	23,524,477	4,505	23,288,736	57,920	1,841,440
51	Wholesale trade - nondurable goods	3,794	20,399,147	1,814	20,261,247	35,736	949,355
	Retail trade	47,074	38,709,326	17,749	37,343,128	352,238	4,241,899
52	Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr	1,770	2,556,371	1,127	2,514,856	13,743	253,688
53	General merchandise stores	688	5,680,935	173	5,655,596	49,132	581,732
54	Food stores	4,162	6,646,419	2,250	6,447,142	56,680	626,985
55	Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations	6,938	12,797,474	3,248	12,284,052	40,219	840,901
56	Apparel and accessory stores	2,223	1,712,004	1,021	1,668,766	18,125	214,321
57	Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores	2,788	1,710,120	1,609	1,647,100	13,727	238,030
58	Eating & drinking places	5,763	3,324,495	4,187	3,254,425	121,394	924,083
59	Miscellaneous retail	22,876	4,281,508	4,268	3,871,191	39,218	562,159
	Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev)	24,846	22,905,993	5,368	21,468,431	87,602	2,740,834
60	Depository institutions	401	6,830,222	399	D	25,000 to 49,999	D
61	Nondepository credit institutions	714	1,266,358	444	1,248,088	6,917	206,488
62	Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services	580	518,868	189	D	2,500 to 4,999	D
63	Insurance carriers	177	9,928,354	158	D	10,000 to 24,999	D
64	Insurance agents, brokers, and services	5,102	1,034,741	1,556	927,457	9,225	306,479
65pt	Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers)	16,654	2,380,133	2,485	1,314,623	14,279	273,016
67	Holding and other investment offices, except trusts	1,344	947,317	263	893,936	2,848	139,749
	Service industries (exc membership org & private households)	106,415	26,375,996	25,340	23,868,889	407,593	9,622,230
70	Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places	1,098	643,118	661	620,139	14,420	158,199
72	Personal services	20,348	1,069,414	2,553	787,116	19,942	260,098
73	Business services	26,378	4,576,173	3,938	4,141,826	102,880	1,879,102
75	Automotive repair, services, & parking	8,289	1,431,619	2,580	1,238,234	15,291	299,301
76	Miscellaneous repair services	3,973	694,026	1,120	612,306	7,250	184,859
78	Motion pictures	710	245,050	301	233,361	4,197	47,234
79	Amusement and recreation services	5,732	636,335	1,010	551,182	13,642	156,269
80	Health services	11,016	10,040,478	5,338	9,770,232	143,165	4,304,600
81	Legal services	3,979	1,464,659	2,317	1,393,132	12,579	519,286
82	Educational services	2,835	798,995	503	772,906	18,345	293,310
83	Social services	6,558	782,629	1,814	690,674	22,100	285,559
84	Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens	56	34,661	52	D	250 to 499	D
87	Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv	14,719	3,875,478	3,173	2,959,402	32,599	1,203,187
89	Services, n.e.c.	838	83,361	94	D	500 to 999	D
	Industries not classified	21,528	718,200	397	21,828	478	5,436

 

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	28,292	3,231,787	4,701	2,764,167	35,581	730,738
	Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing	792	D	80	7,991	376	2,461
07	Agricultural services	603	12,926	75	7,242	362	2,299
08	Forestry	27	D	5	749	14	162
09	Fishing, hunting, and trapping	162	D	0	0	0	0
	Mineral Industries	4	D	1	D	20 to 99	D
10	Metal mining	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Coal mining	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Oil & gas extraction	4	D	1	D	20 to 99	D
14	Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Construction industries and subdividers and developers	3,024	331,534	680	265,071	3,508	50,901
15	Building construction--general contractors & operative builders	423	119,917	130	105,209	658	13,755
16	Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors	59	49,711	15	D	250 to 499	D
17	Construction--special trade contractors	2,525	160,840	534	110,854	2,476	30,818
6552	Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries)	18	1,066	1	D	0 to 19	D
	Manufacturing	647	492,553	115	481,447	3,922	107,666
20	Food & kindred products	5	D	0	0	0	0
21	Tobacco products	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Textile mill products	1	D	1	D	20 to 99	D
23	Apparel & other textile products	80	10,712	6	D	100 to 249	D
24	Lumber & wood products	242	13,424	28	8,299	135	2,021
25	Furniture & fixtures	21	446	0	0	0	0
26	Paper & allied products	8	D	1	D	100 to 249	D
27	Printing & publishing	76	11,553	12	D	250 to 499	D
28	Chemicals & allied products	1	D	1	D	20 to 99	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	8	D	0	0	0	0
32	Stone, clay, & glass products	30	1,843	5	822	12	197
33	Primary metal industries	5	D	2	D	1,000 to 2,499	D
34	Fabricated metal products	73	89,601	14	89,029	638	19,621
35	Industrial machinery & equipment	62	79,808	34	78,651	803	24,514
36	Electronic & other electric equipment	7	D	2	D	0 to 19	D
37	Transportation equipment	3	D	3	D	20 to 99	D
38	Instruments & related products	1	D	1	D	20 to 99	D
39	Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	21	D	1	D	20 to 99	D
	Transportation, communications, & utilities	1,303	111,764	197	75,205	985	16,801
41	Local and interurban passenger transportation	128	3,193	8	D	20 to 99	D
42	Motor freight transportation & warehousing	956	88,454	154	59,426	698	13,167
44	Water transportation	12	D	1	D	20 to 99	D
45	Transportation by air	10	27	0	0	0	0
46	Pipelines, except natural gas	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	Transportation services	101	4,911	7	D	0 to 19	D
48	Communications	77	6,682	23	5,943