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1997 Economic Census Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Kentucky |
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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) | 281,551 | 245,795,924 | 68,328 | 238,602,609 | 1,389,368 | 33,299,966 | ||
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Total minorities | 12,664 | 2,460,827 | 2,445 | 2,203,562 | 24,572 | 467,887 | ||
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Black | 5,629 | 658,535 | 611 | 588,703 | 7,717 | 121,353 | ||
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Hispanic | 1,481 | 282,916 | 388 | 249,136 | 3,085 | 67,295 | ||
| Cuban | 173 | 49,470 | 19 | D | 250 to 499 | D | |||
| Mexican Mexican American, Chicano | 297 | 68,510 | 105 | 64,146 | 980 | 12,208 | |||
| Puerto Rican | 53 | D | 6 | D | 0 to 19 | D | |||
| Spaniard | 181 | D | 96 | D | 250 to 499 | D | |||
| Hispanic Latin American | 339 | 76,372 | 98 | 65,995 | 1,079 | 23,302 | |||
| Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino | 437 | 52,691 | 62 | D | 250 to 499 | D | |||
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American Indian and Alaska Natives | 3,069 | 242,694 | 391 | 149,055 | 2,257 | 35,864 | ||
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Asian and Pacific Islander | 2,595 | 1,292,917 | 1,115 | 1,230,704 | 11,843 | 246,056 | ||
| Asian Indian | 719 | 442,828 | 398 | 421,762 | 4,523 | 95,181 | |||
| Chinese | 476 | 153,946 | 316 | 148,867 | 2,618 | 36,073 | |||
| Filipino | 366 | 33,323 | 64 | 18,894 | 171 | 5,744 | |||
| Japanese | 148 | 471,959 | 84 | 470,409 | 2,899 | 76,383 | |||
| Korean | 218 | 43,545 | 81 | 40,215 | 481 | 7,996 | |||
| Vietnamese | 246 | D | 74 | D | 250 to 499 | D | |||
| Other Asian | 343 | 116,274 | 60 | 106,697 | 764 | 18,911 | |||
| Hawaiian | 56 | D | 33 | D | 20 to 99 | D | |||
| Other Pacific Islander | 24 | D | 6 | D | 0 to 19 | D | |||
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Women | 65,965 | 9,876,600 | 10,789 | 8,927,738 | 95,453 | 1,572,686 | ||
| 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 | 281,551 | 245,795,924 | 68,328 | 238,602,609 | 1,389,368 | 33,299,966 |
| Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 6,943 | 646,659 | 1,328 | 519,943 | 8,244 | 155,571 | |
| 07 | Agricultural services | 6,475 | 618,263 | 1,318 | D | 5,000 to 9,999 | D |
| 08 | Forestry | 133 | D | 5 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 09 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 335 | D | 5 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| Mineral Industries | 2,137 | 5,348,789 | 600 | 5,280,339 | 23,341 | 875,168 | |
| 10 | Metal mining | 5 | D | 1 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 12 | Coal mining | 503 | 4,704,871 | 352 | 4,698,083 | 19,017 | 740,191 |
| 13 | Oil & gas extraction | 1,548 | 333,935 | 184 | 273,857 | 2,052 | 59,498 |
| 14 | Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 82 | D | 64 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D |
| Construction industries and subdividers and developers | 39,965 | 11,116,197 | 9,212 | 9,892,441 | 77,503 | 2,031,491 | |
| 15 | Building construction--general contractors & operative builders | 7,102 | 4,232,164 | 2,470 | 3,816,096 | 18,069 | 462,799 |
| 16 | Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors | 1,364 | 1,888,188 | 661 | 1,859,015 | 11,591 | 387,493 |
| 17 | Construction--special trade contractors | 30,792 | 4,751,175 | 5,956 | 4,044,487 | 47,385 | 1,170,458 |
| 6552 | Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) | 712 | 244,670 | 130 | 172,843 | 458 | 10,741 |
| Manufacturing | 9,543 | 89,530,346 | 4,070 | 89,325,955 | 310,578 | 10,090,693 | |
| 20 | Food & kindred products | 349 | 6,860,853 | 213 | 6,856,360 | 25,259 | 735,752 |
| 21 | Tobacco products | 12 | 3,920,358 | 12 | 3,920,358 | 3,688 | 204,877 |
| 22 | Textile mill products | 52 | 902,480 | 37 | 902,301 | 7,084 | 150,093 |
| 23 | Apparel & other textile products | 390 | 2,180,908 | 155 | 2,175,288 | 25,840 | 484,225 |
| 24 | Lumber & wood products | 3,430 | 1,434,862 | 649 | 1,323,226 | 12,562 | 251,378 |
| 25 | Furniture & fixtures | 346 | 1,013,106 | 112 | 1,007,467 | 5,467 | 131,122 |
| 26 | Paper & allied products | 118 | 2,765,189 | 77 | 2,763,572 | 10,627 | 372,078 |
| 27 | Printing & publishing | 1,216 | 3,456,311 | 656 | 3,440,485 | 24,211 | 663,659 |
| 28 | Chemicals & allied products | 160 | 7,444,522 | 140 | 7,442,916 | 14,337 | 660,142 |
| 29 | Petroleum & coal products | 31 | 2,268,284 | 23 | 2,266,452 | 3,178 | 157,588 |
| 30 | Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products | 217 | 3,483,171 | 198 | 3,482,335 | 20,625 | 567,634 |
| 31 | Leather & leather products | 43 | 212,610 | 17 | 211,788 | 1,247 | 25,872 |
| 32 | Stone, clay, & glass products | 395 | 1,714,296 | 229 | 1,709,308 | 10,752 | 324,537 |
| 33 | Primary metal industries | 124 | 6,868,017 | 85 | 6,864,882 | 17,563 | 708,534 |
| 34 | Fabricated metal products | 725 | 4,449,753 | 463 | 4,439,129 | 26,458 | 798,378 |
| 35 | Industrial machinery & equipment | 1,050 | 7,003,676 | 637 | 6,988,042 | 35,232 | 1,249,895 |
| 36 | Electronic & other electric equipment | 224 | 4,073,377 | 124 | 4,069,751 | 24,029 | 827,932 |
| 37 | Transportation equipment | 166 | 28,417,635 | 140 | 28,415,470 | 34,477 | 1,571,953 |
| 38 | Instruments & related products | 85 | 345,019 | 72 | 343,344 | 2,996 | 88,190 |
| 39 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 522 | 715,919 | 143 | 703,481 | 4,946 | 116,854 |
| Transportation, communications, & utilities | 14,462 | 18,391,776 | 3,635 | 17,877,737 | 81,765 | 2,590,389 | |
| 41 | Local and interurban passenger transportation | 774 | 126,612 | 189 | 112,659 | 3,631 | 52,144 |
| 42 | Motor freight transportation & warehousing | 10,766 | 3,196,368 | 2,400 | 2,763,121 | 25,845 | 677,920 |
| 44 | Water transportation | 252 | 568,582 | 121 | 562,098 | 4,123 | 122,057 |
| 45 | Transportation by air | 262 | 2,745,437 | 88 | 2,738,311 | 18,230 | 627,651 |
| 46 | Pipelines, except natural gas | 3 | 10,280 | 3 | 10,280 | 74 | 3,581 |
| 47 | Transportation services | 1,086 | 266,597 | 324 | 239,112 | 3,390 | 77,306 |
| 48 | Communications | 952 | 2,776,344 | 351 | 2,759,985 | 13,068 | 442,970 |
| 49 | Electric, gas, & sanitary services | 390 | 8,701,556 | 182 | 8,692,171 | 13,404 | 586,760 |
| Wholesale trade | 9,210 | 40,320,757 | 5,283 | 39,916,693 | 85,736 | 2,519,964 | |
| 50 | Wholesale trade - durable goods | 5,854 | 17,930,872 | 3,474 | 17,648,333 | 47,413 | 1,458,570 |
| 51 | Wholesale trade - nondurable goods | 3,375 | 22,389,885 | 1,828 | 22,268,360 | 38,323 | 1,061,394 |
| Retail trade | 45,191 | 35,813,152 | 16,151 | 34,595,347 | 328,660 | 4,209,059 | |
| 52 | Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr | 1,662 | 2,420,085 | 1,006 | 2,376,678 | 14,693 | 268,003 |
| 53 | General merchandise stores | 634 | 5,256,067 | 170 | 5,238,163 | 46,629 | 546,259 |
| 54 | Food stores | 3,786 | 5,785,753 | 2,024 | 5,625,381 | 50,523 | 607,622 |
| 55 | Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations | 5,522 | 11,462,210 | 2,688 | 11,058,596 | 38,810 | 778,404 |
| 56 | Apparel and accessory stores | 1,666 | 1,231,271 | 806 | 1,200,319 | 13,081 | 186,736 |
| 57 | Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores | 2,605 | 1,615,928 | 1,329 | 1,546,515 | 11,739 | 204,210 |
| 58 | Eating & drinking places | 5,619 | 3,428,816 | 4,200 | 3,376,800 | 116,347 | 1,062,684 |
| 59 | Miscellaneous retail | 23,813 | 4,613,022 | 4,044 | 4,172,895 | 36,838 | 555,141 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) | 24,391 | 19,013,462 | 5,201 | 17,793,290 | 72,045 | 2,142,609 | |
| 60 | Depository institutions | 464 | 6,806,809 | 457 | 6,805,601 | 25,738 | 716,919 |
| 61 | Nondepository credit institutions | 526 | 1,362,614 | 309 | 1,352,780 | 9,090 | 232,845 |
| 62 | Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services | 629 | 393,179 | 207 | D | 2,500 to 4,999 | D |
| 63 | Insurance carriers | 195 | 5,971,254 | 156 | D | 10,000 to 24,999 | D |
| 64 | Insurance agents, brokers, and services | 5,498 | 973,073 | 1,712 | 852,916 | 9,839 | 296,094 |
| 65pt | Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) | 16,126 | 2,055,608 | 2,217 | 1,134,635 | 10,607 | 186,502 |
| 67 | Holding and other investment offices, except trusts | 1,077 | 1,450,925 | 267 | 1,410,315 | 2,547 | 131,944 |
| Service industries (exc membership org & private households) | 105,504 | 25,012,079 | 23,284 | 23,384,641 | 401,233 | 8,680,727 | |
| 70 | Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places | 1,009 | 690,962 | 627 | 677,074 | 15,964 | 184,164 |
| 72 | Personal services | 19,653 | 981,542 | 2,300 | 727,606 | 18,023 | 256,473 |
| 73 | Business services | 25,752 | 4,616,646 | 3,344 | 4,224,620 | 87,361 | 1,342,881 |
| 75 | Automotive repair, services, & parking | 8,294 | 1,319,599 | 2,165 | 1,130,164 | 13,090 | 242,614 |
| 76 | Miscellaneous repair services | 3,771 | 495,136 | 878 | 420,407 | 5,419 | 129,082 |
| 78 | Motion pictures | 808 | 238,983 | 393 | 228,767 | 4,465 | 37,789 |
| 79 | Amusement and recreation services | 6,972 | 780,870 | 1,159 | 680,503 | 14,198 | 176,174 |
| 80 | Health services | 10,763 | 10,659,324 | 5,473 | 10,448,607 | 160,048 | 4,575,974 |
| 81 | Legal services | 4,137 | 1,068,015 | 2,093 | 971,852 | 10,133 | 305,510 |
| 82 | Educational services | 2,554 | 1,008,144 | 460 | 984,540 | 21,199 | 318,129 |
| 83 | Social services | 7,964 | 1,009,321 | 1,568 | 960,228 | 27,995 | 367,226 |
| 84 | Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens | 59 | 81,030 | 59 | 81,030 | 629 | 9,505 |
| 87 | Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv | 13,026 | 2,005,242 | 2,762 | 1,801,836 | 22,159 | 718,211 |
| 89 | Services, n.e.c. | 855 | 57,265 | 116 | 47,407 | 550 | 16,995 |
| Industries not classified | 24,926 | 602,707 | 285 | 16,223 | 263 | 4,295 | |