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1997 Economic Census Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Alabama |
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Group | All firms | Firms with paid employees | ||||||
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| Firms (number) |
Sales and Receipts ($1,000) |
Firms (number) |
Sales and Receipts ($1,000) |
Employees | Payroll ($1,000) |
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Universe (All Firms) | 285,206 | 237,406,593 | 75,987 | 228,632,577 | 1,530,488 | 36,646,331 | ||
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Total minorities | 28,292 | 3,231,787 | 4,701 | 2,764,167 | 35,581 | 730,738 | ||
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Black | 19,077 | 1,008,966 | 2,266 | 728,041 | 13,232 | 231,869 | ||
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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 | |||
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American Indian and Alaska Natives | 3,513 | 459,539 | 592 | 382,184 | 4,001 | 75,893 | ||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||||
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| 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 | |
| Women | All firms | Firms with paid employees | |||||
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| 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 | 69,515 | 10,230,379 | 11,836 | 9,031,979 | 97,966 | 1,723,899 |
| Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 964 | 76,749 | 228 | 59,497 | 1,018 | 19,028 | |
| 07 | Agricultural services | 841 | 65,849 | 210 | 50,981 | 894 | 15,677 |
| 08 | Forestry | 51 | 9,905 | 18 | 8,516 | 124 | 3,351 |
| 09 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 72 | 996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mineral Industries | 93 | 27,122 | 32 | D | 250 to 499 | D | |
| 10 | Metal mining | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Coal mining | 6 | D | 6 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 13 | Oil & gas extraction | 63 | 10,160 | 7 | 8,421 | 218 | 3,137 |
| 14 | Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 24 | D | 19 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| Construction industries and subdividers and developers | 2,537 | 638,759 | 854 | 569,271 | 6,292 | 140,757 | |
| 15 | Building construction--general contractors & operative builders | 431 | 121,471 | 157 | 91,238 | 619 | 13,730 |
| 16 | Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors | 108 | 162,720 | 83 | 161,523 | 1,271 | 34,242 |
| 17 | Construction--special trade contractors | 1,920 | 342,834 | 602 | 313,001 | 4,383 | 92,205 |
| 6552 | Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) | 78 | 11,734 | 12 | 3,508 | 19 | 581 |
| Manufacturing | 1,646 | 1,972,480 | 575 | 1,952,215 | 17,572 | 390,028 | |
| 20 | Food & kindred products | 36 | 236,216 | 11 | 235,914 | 1,314 | 24,614 |
| 21 | Tobacco products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Textile mill products | 112 | 186,943 | 7 | 185,144 | 1,720 | 29,293 |
| 23 | Apparel & other textile products | 392 | 124,012 | 56 | 115,021 | 2,106 | 29,760 |
| 24 | Lumber & wood products | 191 | 308,527 | 54 | 306,424 | 2,573 | 51,341 |
| 25 | Furniture & fixtures | 55 | 107,010 | 20 | 106,555 | 992 | 21,904 |
| 26 | Paper & allied products | 23 | D | 11 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| 27 | Printing & publishing | 223 | 129,590 | 121 | 127,731 | 1,634 | 38,693 |
| 28 | Chemicals & allied products | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 29 | Petroleum & coal products | 2 | D | 2 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 30 | Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products | 10 | 226,081 | 10 | 226,081 | 1,692 | 45,951 |
| 31 | Leather & leather products | 16 | D | 2 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 32 | Stone, clay, & glass products | 102 | 60,854 | 17 | 60,347 | 391 | 12,587 |
| 33 | Primary metal industries | 31 | 82,127 | 29 | D | 250 to 499 | D |
| 34 | Fabricated metal products | 138 | 103,570 | 86 | 101,812 | 1,466 | 34,155 |
| 35 | Industrial machinery & equipment | 136 | 136,004 | 79 | 135,391 | 1,297 | 38,111 |
| 36 | Electronic & other electric equipment | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 37 | Transportation equipment | 12 | 31,820 | 12 | 31,820 | 312 | 6,470 |
| 38 | Instruments & related products | 7 | 5,420 | 7 | 5,420 | 33 | 972 |
| 39 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 100 | 50,426 | 29 | 49,586 | 445 | 10,329 |
| Transportation, communications, & utilities | 1,542 | 460,539 | 387 | 421,413 | 4,554 | 111,611 | |
| 41 | Local and interurban passenger transportation | 72 | 11,435 | 15 | 10,669 | 290 | 3,825 |
| 42 | Motor freight transportation & warehousing | 992 | 297,341 | 218 | 274,993 | 2,629 | 64,930 |
| 44 | Water transportation | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Transportation by air | 14 | D | 2 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 46 | Pipelines, except natural gas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Transportation services | 337 | 31,666 | 96 | 17,184 | 340 | 5,877 |
| 48 | Communications | 115 | 114,055 | 52 | 113,088 | 1,183 | 34,714 |
| 49 | Electric, gas, & sanitary services | 11 | D | 3 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| Wholesale trade | 1,593 | 1,945,131 | 731 | 1,896,976 | 6,051 | 158,602 | |
| 50 | Wholesale trade - durable goods | 978 | 1,115,573 | 515 | 1,077,538 | 3,714 | 98,336 |
| 51 | Wholesale trade - nondurable goods | 616 | 829,558 | 217 | 819,438 | 2,337 | 60,267 |
| Retail trade | 15,888 | 2,456,200 | 3,789 | 2,166,062 | 25,846 | 280,120 | |
| 52 | Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr | 249 | 128,096 | 72 | 115,835 | 593 | 11,250 |
| 53 | General merchandise stores | 226 | 10,199 | 29 | 5,421 | 81 | 1,197 |
| 54 | Food stores | 1,013 | 300,189 | 415 | 260,786 | 2,303 | 26,363 |
| 55 | Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations | 568 | 808,543 | 226 | 754,075 | 2,766 | 55,609 |
| 56 | Apparel and accessory stores | 1,117 | 176,056 | 467 | 159,193 | 2,083 | 21,960 |
| 57 | Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores | 740 | 230,527 | 279 | 217,472 | 2,087 | 35,703 |
| 58 | Eating & drinking places | 1,595 | 263,317 | 892 | 249,069 | 9,530 | 70,215 |
| 59 | Miscellaneous retail | 10,385 | 539,273 | 1,416 | 404,211 | 6,403 | 57,823 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) | 5,390 | 882,943 | 889 | 729,860 | 5,128 | 151,892 | |
| 60 | Depository institutions | 33 | 283,594 | 33 | 283,594 | 1,779 | 48,602 |
| 61 | Nondepository credit institutions | 68 | 46,531 | 51 | 46,284 | 305 | 8,193 |
| 62 | Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services | 66 | D | 11 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 63 | Insurance carriers | 2 | D | 2 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 64 | Insurance agents, brokers, and services | 921 | 198,190 | 264 | 188,238 | 1,098 | 54,750 |
| 65pt | Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) | 4,048 | 277,079 | 506 | 143,365 | 1,713 | 31,806 |
| 67 | Holding and other investment offices, except trusts | 256 | 66,691 | 26 | 60,174 | 197 | 6,899 |
| Service industries (exc membership org & private households) | 34,668 | 1,620,443 | 4,361 | 1,210,171 | 30,883 | 463,214 | |
| 70 | Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places | 208 | 22,997 | 72 | 19,867 | 413 | 3,987 |
| 72 | Personal services | 10,404 | 292,129 | 1,058 | 143,781 | 5,499 | 54,465 |
| 73 | Business services | 9,264 | 443,693 | 874 | 344,394 | 10,926 | 142,139 |
| 75 | Automotive repair, services, & parking | 549 | 94,876 | 218 | 85,297 | 1,041 | 17,679 |
| 76 | Miscellaneous repair services | 428 | 69,078 | 121 | 65,404 | 833 | 21,563 |
| 78 | Motion pictures | 156 | 10,164 | 44 | 8,064 | 362 | 2,291 |
| 79 | Amusement and recreation services | 1,323 | 32,602 | 103 | 19,904 | 1,001 | 5,638 |
| 80 | Health services | 2,427 | 263,719 | 569 | 223,241 | 4,139 | 93,496 |
| 81 | Legal services | 713 | 60,645 | 164 | 46,736 | 423 | 8,302 |
| 82 | Educational services | 1,371 | 17,269 | 56 | 8,628 | 623 | 4,015 |
| 83 | Social services | 4,128 | 93,872 | 611 | 62,539 | 3,245 | 27,784 |
| 84 | Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens | 1 | D | 1 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 87 | Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv | 3,398 | 214,333 | 469 | 180,638 | 2,341 | 81,269 |
| 89 | Services, n.e.c. | 300 | D | 6 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| Industries not classified | 5,218 | 150,013 | 17 | D | 100 to 249 | D | |
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Last modified: 7/12/01