1997 Economic Census
Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses
Illinois


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Group All firms Firms with paid employees
Firms
(number)
Sales and Receipts
($1,000)
Firms
(number)
Sales and Receipts
($1,000)
Employees Payroll
($1,000)
Universe (All Firms) 882,053 993,116,732 240,024 965,260,429 4,994,344 155,799,469
Total minorities 110,340 23,997,470 23,687 21,602,327 191,442 4,724,731
 Black 41,244 3,913,240 3,747 3,253,027 35,034 787,773
 Hispanic 31,010 4,814,853 6,320 4,173,772 71,692 1,551,678
    Cuban 1,341 293,940 275 278,030 1,723 50,143
    Mexican Mexican American, Chicano 15,584 2,471,682 3,996 2,169,958 44,012 698,027
    Puerto Rican 2,636 203,897 407 146,958 1,704 37,483
    Spaniard 1,014 210,537 153 186,778 1,571 40,803
    Hispanic Latin American 5,274 1,180,151 1,098 1,018,359 19,550 632,471
    Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino 5,162 454,646 393 373,690 3,133 92,751
 American Indian and Alaska Natives 3,945 664,108 650 570,584 4,879 137,517
 Asian and Pacific Islander 36,857 14,727,553 13,205 13,679,250 80,589 2,262,178
    Asian Indian 10,967 3,929,883 4,363 3,558,181 26,477 792,349
    Chinese 6,005 5,154,597 3,102 5,022,152 20,909 530,582
    Filipino 4,219 552,097 594 467,525 3,192 106,647
    Japanese 1,867 1,835,961 713 1,801,234 6,455 185,690
    Korean 7,946 1,714,358 3,187 1,454,048 13,568 255,282
    Vietnamese 1,412 117,903 228 D 500 to 999 D
    Other Asian 3,877 1,375,929 977 1,263,136 8,991 366,859
    Hawaiian 458 D 30 D 0 to 19 D
    Other Pacific Islander 107 D 12 D 250 to 499 D
Women 239,725 44,273,464 39,584 40,125,169 392,569 9,044,388

 



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 882,053 993,116,732 240,024 965,260,429 4,994,344 155,799,469
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 14,476 2,372,626 4,357 2,120,164 25,265 678,906
07 Agricultural services 13,823 2,240,514 4,305 2,003,575 24,692 654,980
08 Forestry 256 17,743 40 8,152 90 2,095
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 397 114,369 12 108,437 483 21,831
  Mineral Industries 3,786 2,418,913 571 2,329,470 14,373 579,945
10 Metal mining 32 1,828 2 D 0 to 19 D
12 Coal mining 46 1,123,304 27 1,122,570 5,364 262,323
13 Oil & gas extraction 3,511 406,890 392 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 198 886,891 151 884,126 7,040 264,102
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 93,019 43,395,442 28,657 40,477,138 236,149 9,041,713
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 20,862 16,316,236 8,254 15,308,825 51,094 1,812,315
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 2,165 5,536,721 1,399 5,501,249 27,524 1,189,770
17 Construction--special trade contractors 67,817 20,455,768 18,644 18,818,721 155,883 5,966,569
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 2,197 1,086,717 382 848,343 1,648 73,059
  Manufacturing 27,742 210,945,143 16,947 210,479,737 1,013,527 39,240,439
20 Food & kindred products 1,312 30,913,991 858 30,891,614 96,501 3,498,888
21 Tobacco products 7 D 3 D 250 to 499 D
22 Textile mill products 158 417,311 96 415,701 3,416 87,496
23 Apparel & other textile products 1,285 1,240,020 472 1,222,390 16,881 394,502
24 Lumber & wood products 1,801 1,591,921 693 1,553,085 16,377 360,220
25 Furniture & fixtures 1,035 2,437,517 530 2,419,204 17,261 502,747
26 Paper & allied products 480 7,111,265 350 7,104,483 36,581 1,361,618
27 Printing & publishing 5,895 14,461,858 3,243 14,357,448 102,955 3,739,933
28 Chemicals & allied products 735 24,048,765 603 24,030,951 65,225 3,521,241
29 Petroleum & coal products 93 9,464,954 88 9,464,775 9,287 546,034
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 1,040 11,239,024 913 11,215,823 73,833 2,334,749
31 Leather & leather products 116 D 55 D 2,500 to 4,999 D
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 928 3,318,001 532 3,305,161 20,335 723,477
33 Primary metal industries 478 11,897,105 392 11,892,012 46,555 1,837,437
34 Fabricated metal products 3,315 17,608,652 2,404 17,561,563 120,872 4,320,907
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 4,889 29,539,513 3,520 29,477,374 156,560 6,688,142
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 1,415 20,533,583 959 20,507,636 123,271 5,161,608
37 Transportation equipment 425 16,472,241 343 16,465,746 50,448 2,034,322
38 Instruments & related products 594 4,451,148 511 4,444,246 31,301 1,355,539
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 2,125 3,260,871 766 3,216,010 22,644 694,747
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 45,001 53,547,275 10,787 52,089,167 286,774 10,319,269
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 8,068 1,368,832 849 1,189,317 27,219 404,376
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 25,448 12,643,683 5,934 11,606,514 112,338 3,410,151
44 Water transportation 351 1,051,306 212 1,042,317 4,385 147,300
45 Transportation by air 699 1,989,825 237 1,970,139 12,473 366,933
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 15 238,755 15 238,755 646 37,499
47 Transportation services 6,436 4,731,164 2,466 4,589,154 30,671 1,030,733
48 Communications 2,454 14,794,625 749 14,746,116 59,397 2,695,292
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 1,597 16,729,085 392 16,706,855 39,645 2,226,985
  Wholesale trade 36,565 285,041,447 21,537 283,902,374 381,887 15,611,291
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods 22,896 160,992,316 14,118 160,314,147 232,217 10,067,812
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods 13,765 124,049,131 7,515 123,588,227 149,670 5,543,479
  Retail trade 116,070 116,940,253 46,674 114,166,247 985,051 15,213,948
52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr 3,326 6,363,029 2,130 6,273,534 40,713 799,455
53 General merchandise stores 1,522 14,108,251 431 14,007,784 128,422 2,051,419
54 Food stores 7,619 16,703,207 4,734 16,497,536 121,710 2,077,405
55 Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations 8,325 35,209,350 5,337 34,828,505 96,091 2,454,069
56 Apparel and accessory stores 5,047 5,434,187 2,362 5,322,190 55,429 703,332
57 Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores 6,042 6,531,477 3,427 6,385,581 42,444 836,715
58 Eating & drinking places 22,946 11,926,318 17,488 11,676,662 350,456 3,621,062
59 Miscellaneous retail 61,489 20,664,434 11,011 19,174,455 149,786 2,670,491
  Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) 101,730 147,649,654 22,506 139,099,191 411,068 18,951,609
60 Depository institutions 2,100 34,239,929 1,970 34,195,778 120,099 4,310,034
61 Nondepository credit institutions 2,242 13,397,806 1,169 13,341,664 33,319 1,572,308
62 Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services 7,499 13,458,518 2,480 13,014,995 41,324 3,781,374
63 Insurance carriers 670 58,838,438 582 58,783,416 96,450 4,557,198
64 Insurance agents, brokers, and services 19,949 4,744,992 6,528 4,167,592 40,733 1,610,964
65pt Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) 61,975 12,345,861 9,040 8,042,233 58,895 1,867,564
67 Holding and other investment offices, except trusts 7,860 10,624,110 1,302 7,553,513 20,248 1,252,167
  Service industries (exc membership org & private households) 379,411 128,057,023 89,352 120,511,695 1,639,531 46,144,704
70 Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places 2,320 3,133,533 1,279 3,046,770 52,489 808,403
72 Personal services 56,611 3,472,732 8,010 2,567,939 62,086 887,756
73 Business services 102,124 31,586,763 18,941 29,507,974 448,196 11,806,445
75 Automotive repair, services, & parking 16,497 6,060,157 7,602 5,689,034 56,614 1,333,003
76 Miscellaneous repair services 9,093 2,005,300 2,874 1,818,943 18,987 585,605
78 Motion pictures 3,245 2,936,488 1,373 2,879,135 22,299 511,696
79 Amusement and recreation services 24,811 4,700,941 3,703 4,296,043 63,412 1,339,651
80 Health services 40,114 35,235,437 18,186 34,107,705 480,185 14,250,201
81 Legal services 16,774 7,600,542 7,434 7,142,499 50,456 2,820,380
82 Educational services 11,773 6,941,541 1,935 6,815,268 108,883 2,551,437
83 Social services 31,682 4,751,947 4,272 4,437,830 104,559 1,717,743
84 Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens 152 459,910 148 459,657 6,030 137,088
87 Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv 60,161 18,772,511 13,312 17,396,997 162,316 7,258,149
89 Services, n.e.c. 4,471 399,221 700 345,901 3,019 137,147
  Industries not classified 66,608 2,748,956 991 85,246 719 17,645

 



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 110,340 23,997,470 23,687 21,602,327 191,442 4,724,731
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 1,064 78,751 390 68,278 645 20,677
07 Agricultural services 1,011 77,953 390 68,278 645 20,677
08 Forestry S S S S S S
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Mineral Industries 75 1,053 13 496 22 167
10 Metal mining 2 D 0 0 0 0
12 Coal mining 2 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
13 Oil & gas extraction 71 1,002 12 D 20 to 99 D
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 0 0 0 0 0 0