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1997 Economic Census Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Arkansas |
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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) | 193,424 | 143,570,776 | 49,341 | 135,575,701 | 915,826 | 19,926,386 | ||
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Total minorities | 13,023 | 1,406,545 | 2,076 | 1,109,183 | 12,566 | 210,939 | ||
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Black | 6,721 | 386,958 | 761 | 264,831 | 2,464 | 40,975 | ||
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Hispanic | 2,586 | 189,955 | 365 | 121,645 | 2,044 | 30,487 | ||
| Cuban | 191 | D | 5 | D | 20 to 99 | D | |||
| Mexican Mexican American, Chicano | 598 | 71,135 | 148 | 54,619 | 1,535 | 15,096 | |||
| Puerto Rican | S | S | S | S | S | S | |||
| Spaniard | 119 | D | 57 | D | 20 to 99 | D | |||
| Hispanic Latin American | 313 | 15,810 | 15 | 8,853 | 39 | 1,045 | |||
| Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino | 1,234 | 57,721 | 56 | 15,966 | 179 | 2,146 | |||
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American Indian and Alaska Natives | 2,308 | 438,170 | 351 | 369,989 | 3,456 | 63,573 | ||
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Asian and Pacific Islander | 1,530 | 397,121 | 616 | 353,727 | 4,627 | 76,107 | ||
| Asian Indian | 413 | 153,118 | 266 | 142,769 | 2,148 | 32,149 | |||
| Chinese | 334 | 84,417 | 168 | 76,437 | 933 | 19,584 | |||
| Filipino | 104 | 3,333 | 1 | D | 20 to 99 | D | |||
| Japanese | 69 | 70,146 | 21 | 66,603 | 632 | 12,980 | |||
| Korean | 234 | 38,138 | 51 | 28,603 | 385 | 4,744 | |||
| Vietnamese | 237 | 23,120 | 70 | 17,001 | 318 | 2,721 | |||
| Other Asian | 109 | 23,909 | 32 | 20,035 | 165 | 3,158 | |||
| Hawaiian | 20 | D | 4 | D | 0 to 19 | D | |||
| Other Pacific Islander | 8 | D | 4 | D | 0 to 19 | D | |||
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Women | 42,581 | 6,490,255 | 7,099 | 5,822,349 | 64,379 | 990,025 | ||
| 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 | 193,424 | 143,570,776 | 49,341 | 135,575,701 | 915,826 | 19,926,386 |
| Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 5,415 | 712,246 | 1,028 | 544,774 | 7,146 | 121,183 | |
| 07 | Agricultural services | 4,788 | 620,031 | 947 | 469,048 | 5,432 | 98,748 |
| 08 | Forestry | 355 | 83,611 | 73 | 70,745 | 1,660 | 21,185 |
| 09 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 272 | 8,604 | 8 | 4,981 | 54 | 1,250 |
| Mineral Industries | 1,529 | 852,660 | 298 | 798,896 | 3,848 | 122,751 | |
| 10 | Metal mining | 1 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Coal mining | 6 | D | 1 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 13 | Oil & gas extraction | 1,392 | 615,538 | 230 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D |
| 14 | Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 130 | D | 67 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D |
| Construction industries and subdividers and developers | 29,244 | 6,320,691 | 5,720 | 5,359,685 | 43,113 | 1,013,521 | |
| 15 | Building construction--general contractors & operative builders | 4,844 | 2,563,171 | 1,543 | 2,252,191 | 10,143 | 232,233 |
| 16 | Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors | 1,141 | 973,270 | 514 | 943,662 | 7,683 | 209,629 |
| 17 | Construction--special trade contractors | 22,725 | 2,608,903 | 3,561 | 2,028,012 | 24,620 | 554,477 |
| 6552 | Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) | 536 | 175,347 | 104 | 135,820 | 667 | 17,182 |
| Manufacturing | 8,362 | 47,642,041 | 3,690 | 47,398,023 | 256,068 | 6,408,017 | |
| 20 | Food & kindred products | 323 | 12,149,787 | 191 | 12,142,759 | 65,938 | 1,366,462 |
| 21 | Tobacco products | 1 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Textile mill products | 34 | 441,894 | 22 | 441,681 | 3,890 | 92,185 |
| 23 | Apparel & other textile products | 277 | 402,276 | 125 | 399,307 | 8,114 | 116,255 |
| 24 | Lumber & wood products | 3,595 | 3,329,372 | 1,072 | 3,191,783 | 19,774 | 465,810 |
| 25 | Furniture & fixtures | 271 | 908,993 | 120 | 904,167 | 10,281 | 215,875 |
| 26 | Paper & allied products | 96 | 4,158,104 | 71 | 4,157,694 | 14,773 | 551,691 |
| 27 | Printing & publishing | 779 | 1,507,008 | 431 | 1,497,494 | 12,038 | 287,592 |
| 28 | Chemicals & allied products | 123 | 3,150,646 | 100 | 3,148,977 | 8,005 | 303,223 |
| 29 | Petroleum & coal products | 25 | D | 23 | 1,246,180 | 1,268 | 42,428 |
| 30 | Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products | 188 | 2,241,947 | 165 | 2,239,557 | 13,646 | 372,419 |
| 31 | Leather & leather products | 55 | 186,838 | 23 | D | 2,500 to 4,999 | D |
| 32 | Stone, clay, & glass products | 309 | 733,974 | 173 | 730,339 | 4,626 | 124,540 |
| 33 | Primary metal industries | 86 | 3,881,504 | 62 | 3,880,781 | 9,908 | 346,177 |
| 34 | Fabricated metal products | 578 | 3,061,015 | 301 | 3,051,654 | 20,789 | 577,547 |
| 35 | Industrial machinery & equipment | 742 | 3,194,114 | 441 | 3,181,145 | 18,692 | 490,276 |
| 36 | Electronic & other electric equipment | 188 | 3,306,647 | 104 | 3,290,657 | 19,262 | 459,509 |
| 37 | Transportation equipment | 186 | 2,904,381 | 151 | 2,882,668 | 14,770 | 384,340 |
| 38 | Instruments & related products | 43 | 363,065 | 38 | D | 2,500 to 4,999 | D |
| 39 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 532 | 474,276 | 146 | 462,232 | 3,985 | 81,957 |
| Transportation, communications, & utilities | 11,065 | 10,001,479 | 2,909 | 9,568,968 | 62,085 | 1,900,820 | |
| 41 | Local and interurban passenger transportation | 223 | 68,859 | 100 | 65,936 | 1,727 | 28,568 |
| 42 | Motor freight transportation & warehousing | 8,592 | 3,694,575 | 1,949 | 3,312,572 | 37,271 | 1,035,034 |
| 44 | Water transportation | 105 | 60,308 | 66 | 58,774 | 713 | 14,714 |
| 45 | Transportation by air | 330 | 300,432 | 102 | 288,650 | 2,185 | 54,455 |
| 46 | Pipelines, except natural gas | 4 | 29,862 | 4 | 29,862 | 64 | 3,619 |
| 47 | Transportation services | 840 | 152,053 | 242 | 134,775 | 1,810 | 45,654 |
| 48 | Communications | 643 | 2,047,352 | 239 | 2,034,713 | 9,466 | 330,941 |
| 49 | Electric, gas, & sanitary services | 340 | 3,648,038 | 219 | 3,643,686 | 8,849 | 387,835 |
| Wholesale trade | 6,750 | 29,184,296 | 3,783 | 28,923,814 | 49,287 | 1,335,758 | |
| 50 | Wholesale trade - durable goods | 4,223 | 9,477,390 | 2,452 | 9,353,482 | 26,615 | 748,295 |
| 51 | Wholesale trade - nondurable goods | 2,542 | 19,706,906 | 1,346 | 19,570,332 | 22,672 | 587,463 |
| Retail trade | 31,717 | 22,846,817 | 12,421 | 21,952,016 | 207,116 | 2,809,033 | |
| 52 | Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr | 1,160 | 1,598,683 | 722 | 1,563,777 | 9,144 | 170,570 |
| 53 | General merchandise stores | 428 | 3,974,272 | 128 | 3,961,792 | 45,992 | 865,180 |
| 54 | Food stores | 2,389 | 3,233,304 | 1,440 | 3,157,234 | 28,003 | 300,392 |
| 55 | Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations | 4,500 | 7,976,245 | 2,130 | 7,618,282 | 24,395 | 471,632 |
| 56 | Apparel and accessory stores | 1,499 | 731,980 | 772 | 707,773 | 8,345 | 83,656 |
| 57 | Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores | 1,882 | 917,797 | 1,047 | 876,217 | 6,648 | 113,388 |
| 58 | Eating & drinking places | 4,161 | 1,838,575 | 3,031 | 1,796,851 | 64,649 | 512,895 |
| 59 | Miscellaneous retail | 15,793 | 2,575,961 | 3,246 | 2,270,090 | 19,940 | 291,320 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) | 16,409 | 8,942,860 | 3,780 | 8,270,998 | 40,802 | 1,197,075 | |
| 60 | Depository institutions | 315 | 2,947,012 | 308 | 2,946,632 | 16,609 | 424,014 |
| 61 | Nondepository credit institutions | 222 | 1,047,590 | 136 | 1,040,447 | 2,483 | 84,454 |
| 62 | Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services | 364 | 526,852 | 133 | 515,179 | 2,485 | 159,395 |
| 63 | Insurance carriers | 157 | 2,192,303 | 132 | 2,189,355 | 5,380 | 184,726 |
| 64 | Insurance agents, brokers, and services | 4,270 | 505,972 | 1,297 | 404,648 | 4,923 | 133,665 |
| 65pt | Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) | 10,237 | 1,186,652 | 1,680 | 668,454 | 7,558 | 142,046 |
| 67 | Holding and other investment offices, except trusts | 958 | 536,479 | 208 | 506,283 | 1,364 | 68,775 |
| Service industries (exc membership org & private households) | 70,368 | 13,859,361 | 15,962 | 12,748,052 | 246,176 | 5,015,571 | |
| 70 | Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places | 1,150 | 413,212 | 638 | 394,179 | 10,170 | 105,910 |
| 72 | Personal services | 13,363 | 566,441 | 1,475 | 393,551 | 10,253 | 128,461 |
| 73 | Business services | 17,436 | 2,374,530 | 2,132 | 2,099,651 | 58,195 | 1,003,061 |
| 75 | Automotive repair, services, & parking | 6,105 | 790,162 | 1,652 | 633,274 | 8,111 | 142,909 |
| 76 | Miscellaneous repair services | 2,777 | 334,621 | 621 | 273,443 | 3,192 | 71,520 |
| 78 | Motion pictures | 528 | 340,174 | 282 | 331,510 | 3,175 | 35,526 |
| 79 | Amusement and recreation services | 3,732 | 340,895 | 754 | 289,451 | 7,372 | 80,170 |
| 80 | Health services | 7,254 | 6,193,577 | 3,650 | 6,045,194 | 96,937 | 2,532,005 |
| 81 | Legal services | 2,410 | 495,782 | 1,363 | 456,263 | 4,846 | 162,114 |
| 82 | Educational services | 1,648 | 337,709 | 296 | 325,183 | 9,183 | 131,987 |
| 83 | Social services | 4,970 | 612,948 | 1,193 | 575,655 | 21,975 | 255,349 |
| 84 | Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens | 51 | 12,684 | 44 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| 87 | Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv | 8,593 | 1,009,286 | 1,869 | 884,861 | 12,014 | 351,387 |
| 89 | Services, n.e.c. | 436 | 37,340 | 78 | D | 500 to 999 | D |
| Industries not classified | 13,025 | 3,208,325 | 210 | 10,475 | 185 | 2,657 | |
| 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 | 42,581 | 6,490,255 | 7,099 | 5,822,349 | 64,379 | 990,025 |
| Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 848 | 64,512 | 121 | 52,769 | 769 | 13,376 | |
| 07 | Agricultural services | 768 | 60,565 | 101 | 50,240 | 576 | 11,619 |
| 08 | Forestry | 51 | 3,347 | 21 | 2,529 | 193 | 1,757 |
| 09 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 29 | 599 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mineral Industries | 308 | 26,673 | 30 | D | 100 to 249 | D | |
| 10 | Metal mining | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Coal mining | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Oil & gas extraction | 300 | D | 29 | 14,498 | 204 | 5,306 |
| 14 | Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 8 | D | 1 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| Construction industries and subdividers and developers | 1,721 | 373,622 | 322 | 328,658 | 2,720 | 66,029 | |
| 15 | Building construction--general contractors & operative builders | 364 | 96,395 | 99 | 77,685 | 344 | 7,792 |
| 16 | Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors | 94 | 87,558 | 50 | 86,456 | 565 | 18,846 |
| 17 | Construction--special trade contractors | 1,224 | 115,591 | 162 | 93,476 | 1,430 | 27,756 |
| 6552 | Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) | 38 | 74,078 | 12 | 71,041 | 380 | 11,635 |
| Manufacturing | 939 | 1,195,603 | 349 | 1,158,571 | 8,209 | 182,084 | |
| 20 | Food & kindred products | 44 | 135,891 | 20 | 135,345 | 369 | 10,150 |
| 21 | Tobacco products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Textile mill products | 6 | D | 2 | D | 250 to 499 | D |
| 23 | Apparel & other textile products | 105 | 42,920 | 28 | 42,118 | 1,125 | 15,370 |
| 24 | Lumber & wood products | 187 | 109,851 | 56 | 98,316 | 554 | 12,538 |
| 25 | Furniture & fixtures | 25 | D | 4 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| 26 | Paper & allied products | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Printing & publishing | 147 | 115,068 | 53 | 113,684 | 1,454 | 39,043 |
| 28 | Chemicals & allied products | 7 | 8,928 | 7 | 8,928 | 54 | 1,523 |
| 29 | Petroleum & coal products | 1 | D | 1 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 30 | Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 31 | Leather & leather products | 7 | 41,058 | 3 | 41,036 | 637 | 10,728 |
| 32 | Stone, clay, & glass products | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 33 | Primary metal industries | 16 | D | 15 | D | 250 to 499 | D |
| 34 | Fabricated metal products | 64 | 173,424 | 49 | 173,304 | 867 | 25,232 |
| 35 | Industrial machinery & equipment | 52 | D | 34 | D | 500 to 999 | D |
| 36 | Electronic & other electric equipment | 18 | D | 8 | D | 250 to 499 | D |
| 37 | Transportation equipment | 11 | D | 2 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| 38 | Instruments & related products | 12 | 4,821 | 12 | 4,821 | 37 | 1,096 |
| 39 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 131 | 60,158 | 26 | 57,321 | 548 | 11,342 |
| Transportation, communications, & utilities | 1,212 | 309,734 | 366 | 283,240 | 2,955 | 62,251 | |
| 41 | Local and interurban passenger transportation | 46 | 8,118 | 18 | 7,719 | 371 | 5,150 |
| 42 | Motor freight transportation & warehousing | 798 | 170,884 | 256 | 148,590 | 1,338 | 30,006 |
| 44 | Water transportation | 13 | D | 11 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 45 | Transportation by air | 8 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Pipelines, except natural gas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Transportation services | 218 | 20,312 | 45 | 17,460 | 377 | 7,316 |
| 48 | Communications | 98 | 56,732 | 27 | 56,213 | 611 | 11,576 |
| 49 | Electric, gas, & sanitary services | 32 | D | 10 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| Wholesale trade | 867 | 1,334,837 | 422 | 1,322,899 | 4,277 | 114,468 | |
| 50 | Wholesale trade - durable goods | 396 | 398,621 | 186 | 391,191 | 2,009 | 49,092 |
| 51 | Wholesale trade - nondurable goods | 471 | 936,216 | 236 | 931,708 | 2,267 | 65,376 |
| Retail trade | 9,675 | 1,654,953 | 2,481 | 1,497,392 | 15,531 | 174,625 | |
| 52 | Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr | 215 | 148,736 | 110 | 142,163 | 881 | 14,655 |
| 53 | General merchandise stores | 80 | 4,078 | 14 | 2,366 | 23 | 168 |
| 54 | Food stores | 647 | 276,528 | 298 | 252,718 | 2,475 | 24,206 |
| 55 | Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations | 319 | 515,128 | 167 | 506,335 | 2,298 | 33,028 |
| 56 | Apparel and accessory stores | 649 | 112,490 | 351 | 103,551 | 1,230 | 16,478 |
| 57 | Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores | 363 | 84,894 | 140 | 79,759 | 774 | 11,627 |
| 58 | Eating & drinking places | 1,074 | 166,513 | 621 | 151,136 | 5,182 | 43,476 |
| 59 | Miscellaneous retail | 6,346 | 346,586 | 798 | 259,364 | 2,668 | 30,989 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) | 3,149 | 387,581 | 470 | 290,000 | 2,251 | 51,936 | |
| 60 | Depository institutions | 25 | 146,878 | 25 | 146,878 | 991 | 23,647 |
| 61 | Nondepository credit institutions | 27 | 5,616 | 9 | 5,156 | 68 | 2,245 |
| 62 | Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services | 44 | 5,038 | 6 | 3,878 | 17 | 1,207 |
| 63 | Insurance carriers | 19 | 17,462 | 19 | 17,462 | 125 | 3,190 |
| 64 | Insurance agents, brokers, and services | 573 | 31,398 | 207 | 25,324 | 223 | 4,235 |
| 65pt | Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) | 2,242 | 160,315 | 196 | 77,387 | 778 | 16,137 |
| 67 | Holding and other investment offices, except trusts | 232 | 20,874 | 21 | 13,914 | 49 | 1,274 |
| Service industries (exc membership org & private households) | 20,936 | 1,107,119 | 2,492 | 868,268 | 27,433 | 318,781 | |
| 70 | Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places | 214 | 40,731 | 67 | 36,013 | 873 | 12,917 |
| 72 | Personal services | 6,189 | 123,850 | 453 | 53,077 | 1,467 | 19,176 |
| 73 | Business services | 5,349 | 284,746 | 456 | 237,162 | 10,809 | 90,422 |
| 75 | Automotive repair, services, & parking | 324 | 30,200 | 96 | 24,516 | 359 | 6,051 |
| 76 | Miscellaneous repair services | 213 | 25,270 | 65 | 22,857 | 338 | 5,774 |
| 78 | Motion pictures | 200 | 19,903 | 100 | 17,684 | 315 | 2,633 |
| 79 | Amusement and recreation services | 612 | 27,093 | 95 | 17,174 | 492 | 4,036 |
| 80 | Health services | 1,731 | 369,057 | 398 | 344,211 | 9,494 | 132,801 |
| 81 | Legal services | 316 | 29,451 | 139 | 15,532 | 264 | 5,102 |
| 82 | Educational services | 600 | D | 6 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| 83 | Social services | 3,163 | 45,127 | 351 | 22,142 | 1,441 | 10,645 |
| 84 | Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens | 4 | D | 3 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 87 | Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv | 1,824 | 89,122 | 242 | 61,092 | 1,261 | 23,612 |
| 89 | Services, n.e.c. | 200 | 13,259 | 27 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| Industries not classified | 2,947 | 35,621 | 66 | D | 0 to 19 | D | |
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