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1997 Economic Census Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Iowa |
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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) | 227,562 | 206,328,836 | 61,633 | 201,282,401 | 1,147,538 | 27,249,322 | ||
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Total minorities | 5,299 | 897,145 | 1,460 | 783,990 | 9,698 | 165,933 | ||
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Black | 1,353 | 233,466 | 262 | 216,904 | 1,931 | 41,387 | ||
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Hispanic | 1,343 | 232,858 | 329 | 214,655 | 2,500 | 41,304 | ||
| Cuban | S | S | S | S | S | S | |||
| Mexican Mexican American, Chicano | 712 | 117,404 | 220 | 108,716 | 1,716 | 25,800 | |||
| Puerto Rican | 58 | 807 | 6 | D | 0 to 19 | D | |||
| Spaniard | S | S | S | S | S | S | |||
| Hispanic Latin American | 211 | 18,601 | 49 | 16,796 | 181 | 2,817 | |||
| Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino | 195 | 82,193 | 37 | 79,968 | 546 | 10,369 | |||
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American Indian and Alaska Natives | 949 | 96,501 | 176 | 86,990 | 748 | 11,022 | ||
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Asian and Pacific Islander | 1,741 | 342,168 | 719 | 272,981 | 4,657 | 73,544 | ||
| Asian Indian | 393 | 117,886 | 231 | 109,960 | 1,693 | 36,783 | |||
| Chinese | 379 | 71,091 | 273 | 68,306 | 1,663 | 15,558 | |||
| Filipino | 104 | 9,738 | 17 | D | 100 to 249 | D | |||
| Japanese | 143 | 35,377 | 20 | D | 100 to 249 | D | |||
| Korean | 179 | 28,423 | 71 | 19,868 | 247 | 3,577 | |||
| Vietnamese | 205 | 15,591 | 64 | 11,706 | 354 | 6,654 | |||
| Other Asian | 300 | 61,512 | 33 | 24,518 | 314 | 2,065 | |||
| Hawaiian | 28 | D | 1 | D | 0 to 19 | D | |||
| Other Pacific Islander | 10 | D | 10 | D | 0 to 19 | D | |||
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Women | 57,527 | 8,093,311 | 8,309 | 7,397,563 | 71,724 | 1,400,779 | ||
| 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 | 227,562 | 206,328,836 | 61,633 | 201,282,401 | 1,147,538 | 27,249,322 |
| Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 6,701 | 851,302 | 1,344 | D | 5,000 to 9,999 | D | |
| 07 | Agricultural services | 6,377 | 843,165 | 1,328 | 678,607 | 8,154 | 184,951 |
| 08 | Forestry | 102 | 4,415 | 10 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 09 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 222 | 3,722 | 6 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| Mineral Industries | 293 | 295,585 | 67 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D | |
| 10 | Metal mining | 8 | D | 1 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 12 | Coal mining | 4 | 266 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Oil & gas extraction | 193 | D | 1 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 14 | Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 88 | D | 65 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D |
| Construction industries and subdividers and developers | 27,560 | 8,944,982 | 8,196 | 8,220,189 | 59,898 | 1,774,822 | |
| 15 | Building construction--general contractors & operative builders | 5,354 | 3,294,940 | 2,425 | 3,089,764 | 16,242 | 448,526 |
| 16 | Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors | 980 | 1,643,354 | 654 | 1,627,280 | 8,445 | 315,108 |
| 17 | Construction--special trade contractors | 20,788 | 3,908,511 | 5,052 | 3,459,772 | 35,068 | 1,007,555 |
| 6552 | Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) | 442 | 98,177 | 69 | 43,373 | 143 | 3,633 |
| Manufacturing | 6,796 | 64,784,619 | 3,506 | 64,684,137 | 252,495 | 8,368,406 | |
| 20 | Food & kindred products | 448 | 21,686,589 | 301 | 21,677,773 | 48,005 | 1,364,201 |
| 21 | Tobacco products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Textile mill products | 36 | 153,905 | 11 | 153,441 | 1,143 | 33,593 |
| 23 | Apparel & other textile products | 365 | 327,212 | 96 | 323,475 | 4,420 | 82,108 |
| 24 | Lumber & wood products | 887 | 1,297,812 | 227 | 1,277,729 | 10,649 | 281,679 |
| 25 | Furniture & fixtures | 275 | 928,397 | 94 | 922,929 | 6,012 | 206,816 |
| 26 | Paper & allied products | 69 | 2,159,594 | 43 | 2,159,134 | 6,288 | 214,971 |
| 27 | Printing & publishing | 1,272 | 2,761,062 | 754 | 2,749,395 | 21,824 | 650,449 |
| 28 | Chemicals & allied products | 133 | 5,288,297 | 118 | 5,284,872 | 7,180 | 281,661 |
| 29 | Petroleum & coal products | 10 | 109,861 | 10 | 109,861 | 304 | 8,986 |
| 30 | Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products | 189 | 2,439,233 | 167 | 2,437,063 | 15,839 | 488,439 |
| 31 | Leather & leather products | 42 | 70,607 | 22 | 70,335 | 738 | 14,597 |
| 32 | Stone, clay, & glass products | 359 | 1,579,405 | 195 | 1,576,500 | 7,250 | 213,763 |
| 33 | Primary metal industries | 99 | 2,727,885 | 67 | 2,727,027 | 9,719 | 407,201 |
| 34 | Fabricated metal products | 604 | 3,235,320 | 349 | 3,228,032 | 22,306 | 658,902 |
| 35 | Industrial machinery & equipment | 1,034 | 12,194,850 | 675 | 12,180,101 | 43,567 | 1,776,105 |
| 36 | Electronic & other electric equipment | 188 | 3,402,722 | 91 | 3,398,803 | 17,410 | 723,300 |
| 37 | Transportation equipment | 160 | 2,380,766 | 138 | 2,378,918 | 14,838 | 408,357 |
| 38 | Instruments & related products | 74 | 1,420,200 | 65 | 1,419,925 | 10,453 | 420,466 |
| 39 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 623 | 620,902 | 154 | 608,824 | 4,550 | 132,812 |
| Transportation, communications, & utilities | 12,230 | 11,208,756 | 3,751 | 10,706,362 | 62,333 | 1,821,498 | |
| 41 | Local and interurban passenger transportation | 399 | 68,677 | 141 | 62,849 | 2,251 | 24,529 |
| 42 | Motor freight transportation & warehousing | 9,262 | 3,938,183 | 2,688 | 3,488,521 | 33,735 | 882,770 |
| 44 | Water transportation | 82 | 115,271 | 54 | 114,340 | 613 | 19,467 |
| 45 | Transportation by air | 255 | 118,910 | 84 | 113,608 | 1,736 | 36,606 |
| 46 | Pipelines, except natural gas | 7 | 46,047 | 7 | 46,047 | 107 | 5,667 |
| 47 | Transportation services | 949 | 182,003 | 294 | 158,857 | 2,185 | 52,643 |
| 48 | Communications | 709 | 3,069,384 | 360 | 3,058,249 | 12,620 | 408,380 |
| 49 | Electric, gas, & sanitary services | 590 | 3,670,281 | 146 | 3,663,891 | 9,086 | 391,436 |
| Wholesale trade | 9,087 | 38,960,954 | 5,224 | 38,661,725 | 79,794 | 2,335,873 | |
| 50 | Wholesale trade - durable goods | 5,275 | 14,376,469 | 3,044 | 14,257,258 | 41,306 | 1,216,299 |
| 51 | Wholesale trade - nondurable goods | 3,844 | 24,584,485 | 2,212 | 24,404,467 | 38,488 | 1,119,574 |
| Retail trade | 39,203 | 27,048,492 | 14,754 | 26,334,629 | 258,526 | 3,192,444 | |
| 52 | Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr | 1,441 | 1,900,339 | 972 | 1,865,295 | 12,368 | 215,684 |
| 53 | General merchandise stores | 388 | 3,480,378 | 137 | 3,471,188 | 31,795 | 359,576 |
| 54 | Food stores | 1,637 | 4,504,655 | 1,083 | 4,479,980 | 44,361 | 587,171 |
| 55 | Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations | 3,805 | 9,401,943 | 2,277 | 9,237,322 | 33,541 | 668,738 |
| 56 | Apparel and accessory stores | 1,345 | 896,654 | 794 | 880,125 | 11,342 | 126,386 |
| 57 | Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores | 2,047 | 1,244,146 | 1,207 | 1,209,558 | 9,403 | 168,378 |
| 58 | Eating & drinking places | 6,357 | 2,280,725 | 4,976 | 2,206,301 | 85,832 | 625,210 |
| 59 | Miscellaneous retail | 22,313 | 3,339,652 | 3,438 | 2,984,860 | 29,884 | 441,301 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) | 23,076 | 34,978,464 | 5,770 | 34,030,193 | 83,717 | 2,777,623 | |
| 60 | Depository institutions | 672 | 4,798,858 | 665 | 4,798,395 | 23,101 | 640,895 |
| 61 | Nondepository credit institutions | 286 | 2,503,405 | 169 | 2,500,221 | 7,231 | 254,214 |
| 62 | Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services | 907 | 661,593 | 353 | D | 2,500 to 4,999 | D |
| 63 | Insurance carriers | 282 | 23,677,869 | 258 | D | 25,000 to 49,999 | D |
| 64 | Insurance agents, brokers, and services | 6,980 | 1,008,455 | 2,160 | 863,770 | 9,102 | 260,382 |
| 65pt | Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) | 12,895 | 1,599,222 | 2,075 | 952,284 | 8,919 | 172,856 |
| 67 | Holding and other investment offices, except trusts | 1,275 | 729,062 | 311 | 685,825 | 2,554 | 106,969 |
| Service industries (exc membership org & private households) | 90,870 | 18,897,062 | 19,509 | 17,662,469 | 340,502 | 6,725,002 | |
| 70 | Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places | 1,080 | 560,014 | 624 | 531,961 | 13,196 | 150,027 |
| 72 | Personal services | 14,725 | 742,087 | 2,203 | 560,123 | 13,830 | 182,277 |
| 73 | Business services | 19,767 | 3,943,503 | 2,657 | 3,671,388 | 71,693 | 1,296,426 |
| 75 | Automotive repair, services, & parking | 6,293 | 1,063,642 | 2,173 | 915,354 | 11,685 | 221,429 |
| 76 | Miscellaneous repair services | 3,414 | 389,295 | 904 | 330,706 | 3,865 | 83,399 |
| 78 | Motion pictures | 457 | 196,577 | 227 | 191,304 | 3,559 | 38,037 |
| 79 | Amusement and recreation services | 5,875 | 1,093,394 | 1,207 | 1,034,827 | 18,780 | 256,517 |
| 80 | Health services | 7,639 | 6,726,881 | 3,965 | 6,573,042 | 120,884 | 2,985,956 |
| 81 | Legal services | 2,463 | 628,244 | 1,493 | 590,052 | 6,715 | 217,762 |
| 82 | Educational services | 2,642 | 1,175,758 | 404 | 1,155,404 | 28,662 | 406,398 |
| 83 | Social services | 16,034 | 948,815 | 1,600 | 812,583 | 30,700 | 378,793 |
| 84 | Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens | 95 | 30,591 | 93 | D | 500 to 999 | D |
| 87 | Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv | 9,726 | 1,347,166 | 1,968 | 1,222,248 | 15,918 | 485,242 |
| 89 | Services, n.e.c. | 775 | 51,095 | 106 | D | 250 to 499 | D |
| Industries not classified | 12,461 | 358,620 | 227 | D | 100 to 249 | D | |