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1997 Economic Census Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Florida |
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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) | 1,301,921 | 828,429,130 | 335,394 | 789,239,505 | 5,449,574 | 133,351,371 | ||
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Total minorities | 286,885 | 50,840,406 | 60,631 | 45,021,351 | 328,788 | 6,769,695 | ||
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Black | 59,732 | 4,092,155 | 6,424 | 2,925,260 | 31,035 | 556,186 | ||
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Hispanic | 193,902 | 35,351,266 | 40,877 | 31,634,998 | 192,761 | 4,591,368 | ||
| Cuban | 89,682 | 16,729,125 | 21,033 | 15,096,060 | 106,993 | 2,451,338 | |||
| Mexican Mexican American, Chicano | 9,748 | 738,681 | 1,489 | 522,127 | 6,067 | 117,148 | |||
| Puerto Rican | 15,421 | 1,644,143 | 2,422 | 1,230,248 | 11,050 | 323,023 | |||
| Spaniard | 6,783 | 2,003,937 | 2,028 | 1,911,833 | 13,200 | 280,725 | |||
| Hispanic Latin American | 56,841 | 10,799,120 | 11,008 | 9,735,384 | 39,814 | 1,072,213 | |||
| Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino | 15,427 | 3,436,260 | 2,896 | 3,139,347 | 15,637 | 346,921 | |||
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American Indian and Alaska Natives | 10,546 | 1,518,789 | 1,789 | 1,265,839 | 10,593 | 201,623 | ||
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Asian and Pacific Islander | 33,769 | 10,467,308 | 12,722 | 9,526,421 | 96,919 | 1,517,100 | ||
| Asian Indian | 10,342 | 4,271,091 | 5,051 | 3,914,164 | 38,133 | 683,852 | |||
| Chinese | 6,877 | 2,976,786 | 3,513 | 2,870,615 | 32,211 | 398,151 | |||
| Filipino | 3,104 | 820,678 | 547 | 738,710 | 3,187 | 107,542 | |||
| Japanese | 1,529 | 638,084 | 728 | 578,792 | 4,200 | 105,417 | |||
| Korean | 2,534 | 526,970 | 722 | 399,443 | 3,791 | 44,695 | |||
| Vietnamese | 4,542 | 422,864 | 926 | 298,167 | 7,769 | 36,201 | |||
| Other Asian | 3,351 | 685,443 | 1,077 | 633,143 | 6,632 | 121,063 | |||
| Hawaiian | 1,281 | 88,107 | 137 | 78,548 | 793 | 17,141 | |||
| Other Pacific Islander | 209 | 37,284 | 21 | 14,840 | 201 | 3,037 | |||
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Women | 337,811 | 48,261,328 | 60,095 | 41,702,512 | 371,412 | 7,384,343 | ||
| 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 | 1,301,921 | 828,429,130 | 335,394 | 789,239,505 | 5,449,574 | 133,351,371 |
| Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 37,507 | 4,734,197 | 8,701 | 3,554,543 | 58,884 | 1,014,905 | |
| 07 | Agricultural services | 30,635 | 4,353,699 | 8,451 | 3,360,317 | 57,522 | 976,171 |
| 08 | Forestry | 410 | 143,822 | 91 | 124,533 | 855 | 28,642 |
| 09 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 6,463 | 236,676 | 160 | 69,693 | 507 | 10,092 |
| Mineral Industries | 2,622 | 1,701,946 | 205 | 1,626,366 | 7,568 | 280,467 | |
| 10 | Metal mining | 28 | D | 7 | D | 250 to 499 | D |
| 12 | Coal mining | 11 | 626 | 2 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 13 | Oil & gas extraction | 2,374 | D | 83 | D | 500 to 999 | D |
| 14 | Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 209 | 1,184,185 | 113 | 1,175,676 | 6,510 | 240,583 |
| Construction industries and subdividers and developers | 132,054 | 55,671,152 | 37,600 | 50,908,814 | 331,014 | 8,761,668 | |
| 15 | Building construction--general contractors & operative builders | 21,027 | 24,218,641 | 9,501 | 22,956,842 | 71,613 | 2,174,143 |
| 16 | Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors | 3,099 | 6,456,899 | 1,921 | 6,375,130 | 44,098 | 1,283,408 |
| 17 | Construction--special trade contractors | 104,355 | 22,601,079 | 25,195 | 19,503,811 | 209,371 | 5,121,007 |
| 6552 | Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) | 3,601 | 2,394,533 | 1,011 | 2,073,031 | 5,932 | 183,110 |
| Manufacturing | 31,740 | 84,754,942 | 15,846 | 83,938,940 | 493,754 | 15,632,117 | |
| 20 | Food & kindred products | 1,396 | 13,364,066 | 650 | 13,292,016 | 43,981 | 1,307,577 |
| 21 | Tobacco products | 45 | 592,294 | 28 | 590,657 | 2,256 | 64,852 |
| 22 | Textile mill products | 336 | 427,699 | 190 | 419,928 | 3,881 | 90,455 |
| 23 | Apparel & other textile products | 2,806 | 2,549,836 | 1,155 | 2,490,393 | 27,052 | 456,814 |
| 24 | Lumber & wood products | 2,564 | 3,121,915 | 1,233 | 3,056,286 | 21,589 | 502,562 |
| 25 | Furniture & fixtures | 1,767 | 1,504,279 | 777 | 1,450,392 | 14,979 | 338,496 |
| 26 | Paper & allied products | 320 | 4,016,096 | 166 | 4,011,010 | 13,707 | 558,073 |
| 27 | Printing & publishing | 6,534 | 7,045,659 | 3,243 | 6,904,846 | 64,133 | 1,933,503 |
| 28 | Chemicals & allied products | 694 | 9,414,855 | 513 | 9,396,152 | 23,566 | 984,837 |
| 29 | Petroleum & coal products | 63 | 369,200 | 50 | 367,097 | 1,069 | 44,836 |
| 30 | Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products | 843 | 2,602,492 | 679 | 2,585,113 | 21,773 | 558,338 |
| 31 | Leather & leather products | 184 | 233,441 | 77 | 230,207 | 2,646 | 45,059 |
| 32 | Stone, clay, & glass products | 1,427 | 3,652,690 | 602 | 3,625,440 | 22,686 | 694,139 |
| 33 | Primary metal industries | 229 | 1,206,473 | 129 | 1,200,008 | 6,073 | 190,336 |
| 34 | Fabricated metal products | 2,590 | 4,783,718 | 1,387 | 4,705,067 | 36,941 | 1,008,599 |
| 35 | Industrial machinery & equipment | 2,769 | 4,178,643 | 1,652 | 4,110,659 | 33,484 | 1,129,823 |
| 36 | Electronic & other electric equipment | 1,526 | 9,628,066 | 760 | 9,586,827 | 57,525 | 2,153,903 |
| 37 | Transportation equipment | 1,470 | 7,066,143 | 1,075 | 7,023,841 | 39,374 | 1,438,347 |
| 38 | Instruments & related products | 714 | 7,850,215 | 591 | 7,842,013 | 46,425 | 1,876,068 |
| 39 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 3,603 | 1,147,162 | 1,029 | 1,050,988 | 10,614 | 255,500 |
| Transportation, communications, & utilities | 62,747 | 58,512,529 | 14,058 | 56,545,146 | 311,047 | 10,310,069 | |
| 41 | Local and interurban passenger transportation | 6,080 | 832,305 | 852 | D | 10,000 to 24,999 | D |
| 42 | Motor freight transportation & warehousing | 34,488 | 10,383,218 | 4,996 | 9,095,941 | 84,439 | 2,537,105 |
| 44 | Water transportation | 2,485 | 6,190,508 | 1,124 | 6,133,650 | 27,934 | 763,947 |
| 45 | Transportation by air | 2,335 | 3,898,754 | 851 | 3,836,048 | 31,829 | 871,636 |
| 46 | Pipelines, except natural gas | 10 | 42,516 | 6 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| 47 | Transportation services | 11,560 | 3,270,914 | 4,393 | 2,995,155 | 37,054 | 960,528 |
| 48 | Communications | 4,786 | 19,901,291 | 1,393 | 19,781,578 | 81,030 | 3,352,199 |
| 49 | Electric, gas, & sanitary services | 1,063 | 13,993,023 | 503 | 13,960,714 | 33,795 | 1,556,557 |
| Wholesale trade | 59,085 | 198,480,692 | 31,078 | 196,141,813 | 347,786 | 11,292,784 | |
| 50 | Wholesale trade - durable goods | 36,565 | 117,896,544 | 20,439 | 116,497,772 | 209,215 | 7,094,573 |
| 51 | Wholesale trade - nondurable goods | 22,589 | 80,584,148 | 10,708 | 79,644,041 | 138,571 | 4,198,211 |
| Retail trade | 161,141 | 163,799,645 | 62,257 | 159,419,713 | 1,324,231 | 19,020,184 | |
| 52 | Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr | 4,930 | 7,739,746 | 2,632 | 7,570,122 | 45,650 | 908,202 |
| 53 | General merchandise stores | 1,861 | 19,613,378 | 493 | 19,553,054 | 147,249 | 1,954,701 |
| 54 | Food stores | 10,826 | 26,226,463 | 6,197 | 25,808,722 | 228,211 | 3,088,244 |
| 55 | Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations | 14,716 | 53,145,221 | 7,687 | 52,265,013 | 133,582 | 3,526,747 |
| 56 | Apparel and accessory stores | 8,753 | 8,046,372 | 4,139 | 7,860,718 | 73,271 | 946,355 |
| 57 | Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores | 10,067 | 9,181,151 | 5,790 | 8,921,856 | 54,973 | 1,103,434 |
| 58 | Eating & drinking places | 26,012 | 15,904,631 | 18,302 | 15,319,698 | 469,207 | 4,516,832 |
| 59 | Miscellaneous retail | 84,238 | 23,942,683 | 17,279 | 22,120,530 | 172,088 | 2,975,669 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) | 160,186 | 110,805,230 | 32,571 | 102,472,697 | 428,486 | 14,552,584 | |
| 60 | Depository institutions | 935 | 24,758,951 | 875 | 24,749,185 | 110,007 | 3,331,709 |
| 61 | Nondepository credit institutions | 4,535 | 10,633,421 | 2,436 | 10,502,775 | 41,311 | 1,463,823 |
| 62 | Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services | 5,766 | 7,372,668 | 2,000 | 6,766,429 | 30,809 | 2,207,375 |
| 63 | Insurance carriers | 790 | 39,021,686 | 582 | 39,001,136 | 80,780 | 3,049,116 |
| 64 | Insurance agents, brokers, and services | 27,362 | 6,075,499 | 7,630 | 5,358,354 | 49,049 | 1,687,484 |
| 65pt | Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) | 112,560 | 17,691,992 | 17,905 | 11,287,689 | 102,799 | 2,256,874 |
| 67 | Holding and other investment offices, except trusts | 8,609 | 5,251,013 | 1,514 | 4,807,129 | 13,731 | 556,203 |
| Service industries (exc membership org & private households) | 543,852 | 146,045,836 | 132,434 | 134,380,068 | 2,144,869 | 52,440,239 | |
| 70 | Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places | 6,128 | 9,255,890 | 3,370 | 9,003,404 | 153,853 | 2,301,047 |
| 72 | Personal services | 80,822 | 4,447,288 | 11,253 | 3,164,395 | 80,278 | 1,040,311 |
| 73 | Business services | 153,685 | 31,828,292 | 25,513 | 28,637,055 | 639,848 | 12,934,213 |
| 75 | Automotive repair, services, & parking | 26,820 | 6,942,192 | 9,530 | 6,247,447 | 68,946 | 1,454,660 |
| 76 | Miscellaneous repair services | 15,404 | 2,608,758 | 4,642 | 2,224,900 | 27,271 | 682,525 |
| 78 | Motion pictures | 4,145 | 1,708,192 | 1,490 | 1,608,761 | 18,981 | 296,246 |
| 79 | Amusement and recreation services | 36,770 | 9,517,093 | 5,530 | 8,530,986 | 136,429 | 2,680,167 |
| 80 | Health services | 72,519 | 45,533,945 | 29,196 | 43,605,177 | 594,542 | 18,102,869 |
| 81 | Legal services | 21,832 | 7,539,810 | 12,565 | 7,126,061 | 65,849 | 3,400,995 |
| 82 | Educational services | 12,396 | 4,629,882 | 2,285 | 4,459,080 | 70,847 | 1,623,841 |
| 83 | Social services | 22,486 | 4,361,813 | 5,994 | 4,087,916 | 102,273 | 1,528,973 |
| 84 | Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens | 240 | 313,678 | 227 | 311,870 | 4,400 | 82,018 |
| 87 | Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv | 85,456 | 16,855,090 | 20,333 | 14,948,318 | 176,810 | 6,153,457 |
| 89 | Services, n.e.c. | 5,607 | 503,913 | 964 | 424,698 | 4,542 | 158,917 |
| Industries not classified | 113,054 | 3,922,961 | 2,711 | 251,405 | 1,935 | 46,354 | |
| 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 | 286,885 | 50,840,406 | 60,631 | 45,021,351 | 328,788 | 6,769,695 |
| Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 6,856 | 369,494 | 1,068 | D | 2,500 to 4,999 | D | |
| 07 | Agricultural services | 5,927 | 335,485 | 1,055 | 217,750 | 3,770 | 52,088 |
| 08 | Forestry | 44 | 7,083 | 11 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 09 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 885 | 26,926 | 2 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| Mineral Industries | 109 | 14,969 | 2 | D | 0 to 19 | D | |
| 10 | Metal mining | 7 | D | 1 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 12 | Coal mining | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Oil & gas extraction | 98 | 10,988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 1 | D | 1 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| Construction industries and subdividers and developers | 26,423 | 3,739,251 | 5,601 | 3,260,484 | 26,771 | 625,945 | |
| 15 | Building construction--general contractors & operative builders | 2,148 | 1,185,029 | 781 | 1,133,172 | 3,842 | 96,897 |
| 16 | Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors | 384 | 411,097 | 195 | 408,446 | 2,998 | 80,391 |
| 17 | Construction--special trade contractors | 23,630 | 2,060,240 | 4,621 | 1,678,605 | 19,894 | 447,939 |
| 6552 | Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) | 262 | 82,886 | 5 | 40,261 | 37 | 717 |
| Manufacturing | 4,804 | 2,467,273 | 1,893 | 2,354,685 | 20,365 | 423,506 | |
| 20 | Food & kindred products | 348 | 251,608 | 185 | 247,488 | 1,566 | 30,557 |
| 21 | Tobacco products | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 22 | Textile mill products | 97 | 124,593 | 33 | 119,864 | 1,365 | 24,655 |
| 23 | Apparel & other textile products | 847 | 251,097 | 211 | 237,697 | 3,234 | 47,717 |
| 24 | Lumber & wood products | 209 | 129,810 | 90 | 127,153 | 909 | 17,534 |
| 25 | Furniture & fixtures | 354 | 144,218 | 180 | 138,377 | 2,033 | 34,681 |
| 26 | Paper & allied products | 49 | 82,659 | 10 | 81,715 | 336 | 10,129 |
| 27 | Printing & publishing | 879 | 191,355 | 424 | 176,534 | 2,294 | 55,450 |
| 28 | Chemicals & allied products | 92 | 447,539 | 59 | 434,209 | 982 | 29,096 |
| 29 | Petroleum & coal products | 1 | D | 1 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 30 | Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products | 79 | 173,489 | 58 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D |
| 31 | Leather & leather products | 38 | 13,786 | 2 | D | 250 to 499 | D |
| 32 | Stone, clay, & glass products | 170 | 46,544 | 81 | 44,417 | 373 | 7,683 |