1997 Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses

	1997 Economic Census Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses California

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More data	Group			All firms		Firms with paid employees
More data	Group			Firms (number)	Sales and Receipts ($1,000)	Firms (number)	Sales and Receipts ($1,000)	Employees	Payroll ($1,000)
	Universe (All Firms)			2,565,734	2,178,292,213	618,232	2,086,547,724	11,474,180	358,473,980
	Total minorities			738,000	182,892,499	152,153	160,330,973	1,270,199	25,537,751
		Black		79,110	6,395,311	7,377	4,552,255	56,252	1,081,299
		Hispanic		336,405	51,682,136	50,223	42,872,261	392,434	8,082,903
			Cuban	8,744	1,780,775	2,164	1,548,798	13,753	267,557
			Mexican Mexican American, Chicano	191,765	29,779,819	30,564	24,612,656	259,411	5,014,072
			Puerto Rican	5,826	652,061	1,020	560,597	9,046	93,766
			Spaniard	15,240	2,830,112	2,935	2,195,152	16,034	448,945
			Hispanic Latin American	69,359	12,263,731	8,122	10,707,265	67,435	1,597,924
			Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino	45,469	4,375,639	5,418	3,247,793	26,756	660,638
		American Indian and Alaska Natives		26,603	5,835,958	5,039	5,067,499	77,803	1,894,671
		Asian and Pacific Islander		316,048	121,565,577	93,748	110,067,485	797,768	15,202,201
			Asian Indian	34,850	15,294,953	11,501	13,807,770	66,141	2,037,591
			Chinese	105,300	53,728,090	37,672	49,572,010	326,375	6,083,389
			Filipino	37,818	4,551,879	5,649	3,493,007	48,220	995,970
			Japanese	37,525	18,261,047	10,664	17,036,378	90,424	2,287,421
			Korean	43,465	20,661,034	13,055	18,529,753	134,515	2,454,181
			Vietnamese	35,881	3,071,638	7,853	2,227,308	24,822	368,111
			Other Asian	18,117	5,486,955	7,163	4,964,553	101,135	850,258
			Hawaiian	2,167	230,175	72	198,029	1,521	59,285
			Other Pacific Islander	925	279,805	120	238,676	4,616	65,994
	Women			700,513	121,191,163	102,762	103,306,486	932,462	21,183,487

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	2,565,734	2,178,292,213	618,232	2,086,547,724	11,474,180	358,473,980
	Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing	58,837	10,582,037	12,215	8,447,368	113,761	2,306,188
07	Agricultural services	54,189	10,137,105	11,808	8,148,911	111,450	2,235,098
08	Forestry	752	177,555	175	150,205	1,489	45,723
09	Fishing, hunting, and trapping	3,897	267,377	233	148,252	822	25,367
	Mineral Industries	5,724	11,112,623	829	10,915,108	32,585	1,613,951
10	Metal mining	256	605,456	82	598,587	2,341	97,555
12	Coal mining	14	3,635	5	2,984	418	42,293
13	Oil & gas extraction	5,123	8,976,811	537	8,794,795	23,550	1,184,807
14	Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels	332	1,526,721	206	1,518,742	6,276	289,296
	Construction industries and subdividers and developers	207,361	102,800,682	62,072	94,991,569	575,025	19,364,045
15	Building construction--general contractors & operative builders	51,423	43,375,475	18,964	40,782,201	127,380	4,456,846
16	Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors	5,208	12,055,409	2,943	11,902,418	64,857	2,738,531
17	Construction--special trade contractors	144,181	44,341,238	39,048	39,927,360	376,818	11,924,672
6552	Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries)	6,586	3,028,560	1,154	2,379,590	5,970	243,996
	Manufacturing	94,179	397,734,075	47,480	395,115,227	1,986,158	77,146,006
20	Food & kindred products	4,229	51,264,545	2,533	51,011,713	184,288	5,880,058
21	Tobacco products	5	2,721	3	D	0 to 19	D
22	Textile mill products	915	2,569,537	553	2,553,113	20,763	492,702
23	Apparel & other textile products	11,936	14,647,382	6,234	14,369,385	158,656	3,094,382
24	Lumber & wood products	5,470	7,767,160	2,391	7,628,904	53,996	1,382,565
25	Furniture & fixtures	4,073	6,273,623	1,733	6,156,196	58,478	1,418,291
26	Paper & allied products	934	8,752,322	575	8,716,751	39,438	1,404,857
27	Printing & publishing	17,226	22,347,320	7,305	21,878,095	161,571	5,725,308
28	Chemicals & allied products	1,520	19,811,622	1,305	19,781,209	69,384	3,343,806
29	Petroleum & coal products	130	21,040,519	120	21,038,749	15,805	982,908
30	Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products	2,249	12,981,152	1,934	12,944,516	91,891	2,689,530
31	Leather & leather products	723	659,397	233	D	5,000 to 9,999	D
32	Stone, clay, & glass products	3,795	7,575,892	1,285	7,503,921	44,487	1,509,352
33	Primary metal industries	1,032	7,068,746	624	7,037,484	29,379	1,023,254
34	Fabricated metal products	8,353	20,762,665	4,600	20,541,793	151,907	4,997,552
35	Industrial machinery & equipment	11,770	57,101,406	6,940	56,808,241	218,950	10,091,104
36	Electronic & other electric equipment	6,223	67,606,870	3,555	67,431,210	312,958	16,046,901
37	Transportation equipment	1,746	33,751,888	1,558	33,726,972	166,774	7,787,094
38	Instruments & related products	2,339	29,204,930	2,098	29,177,577	152,667	7,788,456
39	Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	10,128	6,544,378	2,518	6,165,622	47,553	1,346,014
	Transportation, communications, & utilities	89,437	117,753,177	21,267	114,121,570	620,422	22,481,468
41	Local and interurban passenger transportation	8,654	2,430,297	1,198	D	25,000 to 49,999	D
42	Motor freight transportation & warehousing	48,104	21,639,413	9,900	19,397,558	200,782	5,599,690
44	Water transportation	1,161	5,361,578	508	5,189,375	23,203	1,293,610
45	Transportation by air	2,140	7,766,029	779	7,695,067	49,054	1,421,341
46	Pipelines, except natural gas	11	448,973	10	D	1,000 to 2,499	D
47	Transportation services	19,523	5,909,056	5,949	5,285,320	59,739	1,869,371
48	Communications	7,867	42,863,813	1,979	42,605,480	166,947	7,450,623
49	Electric, gas, & sanitary services	2,076	31,334,018	1,043	31,273,287	72,266	3,849,105
	Wholesale trade	109,958	572,743,392	55,877	566,711,729	878,089	34,813,261
50	Wholesale trade - durable goods	66,348	363,770,076	34,775	360,259,115	537,127	23,236,475
51	Wholesale trade - nondurable goods	43,756	208,973,316	21,248	206,452,614	340,962	11,576,786
	Retail trade	320,762	291,586,777	113,968	281,289,643	2,286,512	37,132,754
52	Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr	7,032	13,587,218	3,749	13,333,746	76,816	1,749,258
53	General merchandise stores	4,917	34,673,816	830	34,474,045	236,551	3,625,810
54	Food stores	25,043	50,907,374	12,989	49,604,135	308,828	6,444,863
55	Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations	21,608	82,502,034	11,973	80,836,954	221,155	6,254,131
56	Apparel and accessory stores	19,623	15,506,721	6,095	14,813,619	139,754	2,132,825
57	Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores	17,552	18,862,120	8,580	18,144,905	107,003	2,264,639
58	Eating & drinking places	60,162	31,891,086	42,052	31,062,970	884,204	9,071,457
59	Miscellaneous retail	165,376	43,656,408	28,251	39,019,269	312,201	5,589,771
	Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev)	264,213	277,548,306	51,983	258,380,535	835,489	36,271,751
60	Depository institutions	1,762	61,539,080	1,660	61,525,748	239,701	8,975,574
61	Nondepository credit institutions	7,728	26,244,993	3,726	25,848,519	80,998	3,753,781
62	Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services	12,722	21,782,025	4,014	20,474,993	67,307	6,898,681
63	Insurance carriers	895	102,684,065	743	102,437,111	155,631	6,928,499
64	Insurance agents, brokers, and services	41,666	9,841,468	11,496	8,514,249	73,879	2,945,483
65pt	Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers)	182,900	39,442,587	27,981	25,474,423	184,694	5,029,363
67	Holding and other investment offices, except trusts	17,134	16,014,088	2,957	14,105,492	33,279	1,740,370
	Service industries (exc membership org & private households)	1,263,952	389,574,715	252,908	356,153,629	4,142,303	127,248,303
70	Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places	10,105	11,572,214	5,320	11,131,040	191,962	3,178,027
72	Personal services	186,943	9,890,517	18,185	6,079,591	131,806	1,957,469
73	Business services	322,175	96,545,518	46,113	87,620,461	1,187,723	34,828,145
75	Automotive repair, services, & parking	50,860	16,995,237	20,177	15,569,177	152,077	3,270,009
76	Miscellaneous repair services	24,479	4,879,439	6,176	4,150,421	45,374	1,322,143
78	Motion pictures	27,026	38,450,716	8,386	37,496,114	247,811	8,811,591
79	Amusement and recreation services	90,857	17,815,220	11,107	15,313,188	216,574	5,971,858
80	Health services	137,622	85,438,230	57,573	81,237,574	931,763	31,008,101
81	Legal services	52,751	20,113,148	20,670	18,381,247	123,974	6,948,316
82	Educational services	37,238	14,043,802	5,826	13,436,190	223,177	5,327,859
83	Social services	77,225	12,198,452	14,259	11,148,794	233,076	3,903,873
84	Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens	427	728,079	409	707,421	8,840	211,631
87	Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv	227,318	53,983,408	36,487	47,267,035	431,032	19,174,208
89	Services, n.e.c.	19,896	6,920,735	3,190	6,615,376	17,114	1,335,073
	Industries not classified	155,963	6,856,429	4,285	421,346	3,836	96,253

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	738,000	182,892,499	152,153	160,330,973	1,270,199	25,537,751
	Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing	24,046	1,867,705	3,208	1,091,701	22,905	374,492
07	Agricultural services	23,367	1,820,910	3,147	1,064,217	22,812	370,719
08	Forestry	54	3,743	16	1,798	9	312
09	Fishing, hunting, and trapping	625	43,052	44	25,686	84	3,462
	Mineral Industries	380	22,438	19	12,031	138	3,280
10	Metal mining	2	D	1	D	0 to 19	D
12	Coal mining	4	D	0	0	0	0
13	Oil & gas extraction	372	20,483	17	D	100 to 249	D
14	Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels	2	D	1	D	20 to 99	D
	Construction industries and subdividers and developers	44,277	8,563,861	11,032	7,642,180	69,046	1,789,632
15	Building construction--general contractors & operative builders	7,185	1,922,529	2,332