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1997 Economic Census Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Connecticut |
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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) | 284,022 | 314,909,364 | 76,539 | 304,204,471 | 1,473,721 | 51,816,980 | ||
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Total minorities | 20,409 | 4,572,230 | 4,444 | 3,667,880 | 29,701 | 843,364 | ||
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Black | 7,251 | 528,164 | 857 | 403,166 | 4,761 | 135,296 | ||
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Hispanic | 6,594 | 1,162,806 | 1,078 | 879,929 | 9,670 | 266,018 | ||
| Cuban | 706 | 399,419 | 202 | 336,598 | 3,543 | 106,314 | |||
| Mexican Mexican American, Chicano | 401 | 30,179 | 27 | 16,988 | 686 | 15,489 | |||
| Puerto Rican | 1,694 | 237,796 | 256 | 171,771 | 2,101 | 72,591 | |||
| Spaniard | 484 | 94,240 | 74 | 53,290 | 624 | 17,761 | |||
| Hispanic Latin American | 1,913 | 285,010 | 317 | 224,584 | 1,849 | 34,873 | |||
| Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino | 1,395 | 116,161 | 202 | 76,699 | 866 | 18,989 | |||
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American Indian and Alaska Natives | 1,311 | 407,124 | 418 | 350,652 | 3,748 | 100,739 | ||
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Asian and Pacific Islander | 5,904 | 2,516,373 | 2,162 | 2,064,900 | 11,743 | 344,609 | ||
| Asian Indian | 1,980 | 826,408 | 866 | 697,465 | 4,079 | 127,872 | |||
| Chinese | 1,542 | 762,692 | 604 | 683,829 | 3,991 | 123,434 | |||
| Filipino | 510 | 91,428 | 103 | 60,174 | 344 | 11,185 | |||
| Japanese | 221 | 94,902 | 35 | 79,174 | 215 | 11,687 | |||
| Korean | 633 | 107,285 | 294 | 87,540 | 845 | 14,833 | |||
| Vietnamese | 346 | 83,964 | 79 | D | 250 to 499 | D | |||
| Other Asian | 587 | 540,261 | 165 | 376,264 | 1,720 | 38,896 | |||
| Hawaiian | 80 | D | 11 | D | 100 to 249 | D | |||
| Other Pacific Islander | 4 | D | 4 | D | 20 to 99 | D | |||
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Women | 72,393 | 9,276,337 | 11,129 | 7,643,094 | 78,598 | 2,020,006 | ||
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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 | 284,022 | 314,909,364 | 76,539 | 304,204,471 | 1,473,721 | 51,816,980 |
| Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 6,534 | 828,765 | 2,190 | 693,031 | 8,261 | 227,077 | |
| 07 | Agricultural services | 6,006 | 795,539 | 2,158 | 676,163 | 8,158 | 223,726 |
| 08 | Forestry | 149 | 4,622 | 8 | 2,246 | 7 | 260 |
| 09 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 379 | 28,604 | 24 | 14,622 | 96 | 3,091 |
| Mineral Industries | 484 | 162,681 | 63 | 135,023 | 1,348 | 66,238 | |
| 10 | Metal mining | 8 | D | 3 | 451 | 2 | 99 |
| 12 | Coal mining | 2 | D | 2 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 13 | Oil & gas extraction | 377 | D | 3 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| 14 | Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 97 | 138,182 | 55 | 133,973 | 1,209 | 54,427 |
| Construction industries and subdividers and developers | 33,816 | 11,704,557 | 9,185 | 10,109,731 | 62,415 | 2,367,947 | |
| 15 | Building construction--general contractors & operative builders | 5,912 | 4,307,820 | 2,445 | 3,810,787 | 11,629 | 453,269 |
| 16 | Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors | 616 | 1,582,842 | 409 | 1,568,048 | 13,432 | 500,886 |
| 17 | Construction--special trade contractors | 26,472 | 5,550,507 | 6,200 | 4,572,515 | 36,649 | 1,391,801 |
| 6552 | Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) | 823 | 263,388 | 138 | 158,381 | 705 | 21,991 |
| Manufacturing | 9,970 | 49,323,361 | 5,771 | 49,126,788 | 294,806 | 13,796,623 | |
| 20 | Food & kindred products | 327 | 2,037,429 | 202 | 2,031,360 | 9,445 | 377,890 |
| 21 | Tobacco products | 6 | D | 5 | D | 500 to 999 | D |
| 22 | Textile mill products | 83 | 711,930 | 66 | 710,616 | 4,364 | 139,152 |
| 23 | Apparel & other textile products | 427 | 471,247 | 143 | 462,214 | 4,363 | 127,368 |
| 24 | Lumber & wood products | 592 | 289,659 | 201 | 271,171 | 2,398 | 72,100 |
| 25 | Furniture & fixtures | 332 | 312,861 | 137 | 304,213 | 2,798 | 95,641 |
| 26 | Paper & allied products | 121 | 1,850,691 | 93 | 1,849,561 | 7,292 | 354,072 |
| 27 | Printing & publishing | 1,910 | 3,849,560 | 991 | 3,809,541 | 27,855 | 1,037,588 |
| 28 | Chemicals & allied products | 183 | 5,323,771 | 159 | 5,320,219 | 22,785 | 1,601,812 |
| 29 | Petroleum & coal products | 24 | D | 22 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D |
| 30 | Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products | 310 | 1,870,997 | 280 | 1,868,589 | 12,995 | 464,719 |
| 31 | Leather & leather products | 31 | D | 9 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| 32 | Stone, clay, & glass products | 327 | 525,680 | 136 | 519,638 | 3,293 | 132,343 |
| 33 | Primary metal industries | 171 | 2,144,879 | 149 | 2,142,942 | 9,785 | 408,528 |
| 34 | Fabricated metal products | 1,342 | 4,990,844 | 944 | 4,969,243 | 36,791 | 1,418,166 |
| 35 | Industrial machinery & equipment | 1,835 | 5,418,111 | 1,196 | 5,382,435 | 33,416 | 1,445,903 |
| 36 | Electronic & other electric equipment | 665 | 4,545,176 | 420 | 4,535,695 | 33,986 | 1,806,235 |
| 37 | Transportation equipment | 227 | 9,445,403 | 197 | 9,442,350 | 51,138 | 2,743,407 |
| 38 | Instruments & related products | 307 | 3,992,454 | 279 | 3,989,991 | 22,126 | 1,077,477 |
| 39 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 866 | 1,198,136 | 258 | 1,173,448 | 7,921 | 285,816 |
| Transportation, communications, & utilities | 8,623 | 15,065,586 | 2,492 | 14,822,668 | 74,251 | 3,023,908 | |
| 41 | Local and interurban passenger transportation | 941 | 526,136 | 266 | 506,058 | 11,656 | 219,241 |
| 42 | Motor freight transportation & warehousing | 4,240 | 1,891,916 | 959 | 1,747,981 | 16,324 | 533,414 |
| 44 | Water transportation | 296 | 865,274 | 181 | 859,694 | 2,208 | 99,035 |
| 45 | Transportation by air | 265 | 405,136 | 97 | 399,279 | 3,703 | 123,361 |
| 46 | Pipelines, except natural gas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Transportation services | 1,698 | 643,959 | 621 | 606,432 | 5,695 | 238,219 |
| 48 | Communications | 669 | 5,026,812 | 225 | 5,006,063 | 21,930 | 1,064,521 |
| 49 | Electric, gas, & sanitary services | 522 | 5,706,353 | 151 | 5,697,161 | 12,735 | 746,117 |
| Wholesale trade | 10,514 | 78,601,106 | 5,633 | 78,176,490 | 96,478 | 4,386,347 | |
| 50 | Wholesale trade - durable goods | 6,688 | 30,233,069 | 3,832 | 29,991,943 | 54,418 | 2,576,926 |
| 51 | Wholesale trade - nondurable goods | 3,841 | 48,368,037 | 1,816 | 48,184,547 | 42,060 | 1,809,421 |
| Retail trade | 35,670 | 37,334,417 | 15,893 | 36,359,978 | 276,300 | 4,713,891 | |
| 52 | Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr | 1,074 | 2,186,481 | 721 | 2,157,202 | 10,368 | 280,000 |
| 53 | General merchandise stores | 407 | 3,338,840 | 140 | 3,322,026 | 26,930 | 447,443 |
| 54 | Food stores | 2,803 | 6,128,502 | 1,686 | 6,021,866 | 48,947 | 743,273 |
| 55 | Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations | 2,755 | 10,203,185 | 1,851 | 10,072,836 | 27,034 | 770,839 |
| 56 | Apparel and accessory stores | 1,614 | 2,126,135 | 822 | 2,085,645 | 19,271 | 290,895 |
| 57 | Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores | 2,049 | 1,937,206 | 1,191 | 1,881,371 | 11,361 | 238,222 |
| 58 | Eating & drinking places | 6,753 | 3,026,706 | 5,192 | 2,958,459 | 83,110 | 885,378 |
| 59 | Miscellaneous retail | 18,292 | 8,387,362 | 4,367 | 7,860,573 | 49,279 | 1,057,841 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) | 36,442 | 78,083,527 | 6,268 | 74,857,912 | 140,032 | 7,497,151 | |
| 60 | Depository institutions | 367 | 6,304,627 | 340 | 6,300,500 | 24,415 | 829,140 |
| 61 | Nondepository credit institutions | 635 | 4,499,306 | 333 | 4,479,248 | 7,427 | 489,497 |
| 62 | Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services | 2,064 | 5,897,292 | 850 | 5,744,993 | 12,008 | 1,750,467 |
| 63 | Insurance carriers | 211 | 51,831,298 | 190 | 51,826,979 | 65,020 | 3,136,469 |
| 64 | Insurance agents, brokers, and services | 5,210 | 2,265,649 | 1,520 | 1,177,195 | 10,724 | 458,881 |
| 65pt | Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) | 24,843 | 4,538,388 | 2,728 | 2,764,667 | 16,093 | 485,114 |
| 67 | Holding and other investment offices, except trusts | 3,222 | 2,746,967 | 417 | 2,564,330 | 4,345 | 347,583 |
| Service industries (exc membership org & private households) | 122,274 | 42,867,265 | 29,420 | 39,897,917 | 519,571 | 15,732,488 | |
| 70 | Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places | 695 | 639,079 | 341 | 621,168 | 14,067 | 219,166 |
| 72 | Personal services | 14,917 | 1,104,656 | 3,074 | 825,677 | 18,677 | 291,427 |
| 73 | Business services | 30,509 | 9,497,569 | 5,489 | 8,627,247 | 115,590 | 3,475,177 |
| 75 | Automotive repair, services, & parking | 3,812 | 1,413,016 | 2,103 | 1,325,428 | 14,786 | 337,527 |
| 76 | Miscellaneous repair services | 2,557 | 498,356 | 805 | 437,474 | 4,370 | 142,082 |
| 78 | Motion pictures | 1,061 | 384,759 | 426 | 356,609 | 4,275 | 76,875 |
| 79 | Amusement and recreation services | 8,041 | 2,931,276 | 1,305 | 2,777,024 | 33,116 | 691,071 |
| 80 | Health services | 14,726 | 12,460,293 | 6,169 | 12,113,472 | 174,789 | 5,671,106 |
| 81 | Legal services | 5,664 | 1,929,763 | 2,647 | 1,778,386 | 15,047 | 685,749 |
| 82 | Educational services | 4,444 | 4,008,663 | 722 | 3,955,016 | 48,069 | 1,264,247 |
| 83 | Social services | 8,795 | 1,878,984 | 1,853 | 1,746,925 | 34,264 | 616,216 |
| 84 | Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens | 102 | 126,609 | 98 | 126,183 | 1,722 | 34,256 |
| 87 | Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv | 24,853 | 5,767,763 | 4,279 | 5,019,972 | 39,168 | 2,145,894 |
| 89 | Services, n.e.c. | 2,238 | 226,479 | 249 | 187,336 | 1,631 | 81,695 |
| Industries not classified | 20,354 | 938,099 | 283 | 24,933 | 259 | 5,310 | |