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1997 Economic Census Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Massachusetts |
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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) | 537,150 | 517,291,479 | 135,309 | 498,376,149 | 2,852,762 | 93,491,900 | ||
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Total minorities | 39,039 | 6,980,154 | 7,641 | 6,133,900 | 53,243 | 1,428,377 | ||
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Black | 11,834 | 1,013,134 | 1,239 | 804,314 | 8,267 | 188,731 | ||
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Hispanic | 12,725 | 1,622,815 | 1,627 | 1,316,470 | 11,146 | 287,511 | ||
| Cuban | 797 | 299,226 | 100 | 283,719 | 1,217 | 33,818 | |||
| Mexican Mexican American, Chicano | 802 | 61,338 | 118 | 46,643 | 818 | 18,440 | |||
| Puerto Rican | 2,415 | 138,512 | 183 | 70,071 | 1,187 | 19,916 | |||
| Spaniard | 534 | 87,976 | 93 | 73,410 | 662 | 16,425 | |||
| Hispanic Latin American | 3,669 | 399,489 | 529 | 302,249 | 2,705 | 63,610 | |||
| Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino | 4,508 | 636,275 | 604 | 540,379 | 4,557 | 135,303 | |||
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American Indian and Alaska Natives | 3,428 | 295,317 | 579 | 195,226 | 2,668 | 82,551 | ||
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Asian and Pacific Islander | 12,729 | 4,182,593 | 4,379 | 3,901,454 | 31,583 | 884,323 | ||
| Asian Indian | 2,791 | 1,248,388 | 1,076 | 1,181,156 | 8,924 | 369,188 | |||
| Chinese | 4,661 | 1,788,749 | 2,006 | 1,688,292 | 14,652 | 304,669 | |||
| Filipino | 497 | 66,655 | 108 | 52,410 | 405 | 11,409 | |||
| Japanese | 703 | 294,603 | 205 | 281,348 | 1,917 | 48,941 | |||
| Korean | 1,144 | 525,391 | 522 | 501,528 | 4,193 | 114,135 | |||
| Vietnamese | 1,394 | 54,891 | 189 | D | 250 to 499 | D | |||
| Other Asian | 1,409 | 196,565 | 270 | 168,311 | 1,006 | 30,938 | |||
| Hawaiian | S | S | S | S | S | S | |||
| Other Pacific Islander | S | S | S | S | S | S | |||
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Women | 142,661 | 16,752,596 | 20,103 | 13,902,214 | 155,191 | 3,578,534 | ||
| 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 | 537,150 | 517,291,479 | 135,309 | 498,376,149 | 2,852,762 | 93,491,900 |
| Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 12,951 | 1,443,960 | 3,272 | 1,125,369 | 12,859 | 341,543 | |
| 07 | Agricultural services | 9,074 | 1,224,766 | 3,010 | 1,029,049 | 12,123 | 329,184 |
| 08 | Forestry | 250 | 15,807 | 23 | 10,396 | 106 | 3,220 |
| 09 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 3,627 | 203,387 | 239 | 85,924 | 630 | 9,139 |
| Mineral Industries | 434 | 175,214 | 74 | 159,855 | 1,433 | 65,090 | |
| 10 | Metal mining | 4 | 321 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Coal mining | 4 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Oil & gas extraction | 312 | 12,351 | 7 | 601 | 10 | 268 |
| 14 | Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 114 | 162,459 | 67 | 159,254 | 1,423 | 64,822 |
| Construction industries and subdividers and developers | 62,291 | 23,099,839 | 15,393 | 20,434,043 | 104,677 | 3,879,501 | |
| 15 | Building construction--general contractors & operative builders | 10,548 | 8,890,703 | 4,157 | 8,121,835 | 22,868 | 833,117 |
| 16 | Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors | 1,324 | 3,525,802 | 804 | 3,496,045 | 14,204 | 646,115 |
| 17 | Construction--special trade contractors | 49,245 | 10,034,776 | 10,185 | 8,309,432 | 66,141 | 2,348,966 |
| 6552 | Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) | 1,184 | 648,558 | 257 | 506,731 | 1,464 | 51,303 |
| Manufacturing | 17,515 | 84,099,141 | 9,452 | 83,723,229 | 477,977 | 20,073,903 | |
| 20 | Food & kindred products | 746 | 5,959,853 | 492 | 5,941,658 | 23,586 | 775,952 |
| 21 | Tobacco products | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Textile mill products | 230 | 1,959,666 | 167 | 1,957,245 | 14,455 | 538,308 |
| 23 | Apparel & other textile products | 1,122 | 1,415,006 | 432 | 1,397,803 | 15,496 | 349,045 |
| 24 | Lumber & wood products | 1,186 | 511,475 | 346 | 474,787 | 3,537 | 95,518 |
| 25 | Furniture & fixtures | 635 | 758,332 | 226 | 744,932 | 5,952 | 177,735 |
| 26 | Paper & allied products | 319 | 4,241,579 | 230 | 4,235,193 | 21,235 | 797,966 |
| 27 | Printing & publishing | 3,562 | 7,632,153 | 1,713 | 7,565,490 | 53,273 | 2,103,819 |
| 28 | Chemicals & allied products | 345 | 5,293,154 | 306 | 5,289,745 | 21,182 | 1,118,801 |
| 29 | Petroleum & coal products | 34 | D | 32 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D |
| 30 | Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products | 556 | 4,394,665 | 495 | 4,388,669 | 27,110 | 957,101 |
| 31 | Leather & leather products | 193 | 352,226 | 110 | D | 2,500 to 4,999 | D |
| 32 | Stone, clay, & glass products | 662 | 1,301,115 | 261 | 1,290,127 | 8,938 | 347,025 |
| 33 | Primary metal industries | 224 | 2,757,104 | 181 | 2,755,346 | 10,436 | 386,519 |
| 34 | Fabricated metal products | 1,629 | 5,464,568 | 1,026 | 5,434,046 | 39,369 | 1,652,741 |
| 35 | Industrial machinery & equipment | 2,563 | 9,339,996 | 1,589 | 9,251,445 | 53,645 | 2,561,322 |
| 36 | Electronic & other electric equipment | 1,198 | 15,256,083 | 740 | 15,230,909 | 77,404 | 3,482,378 |
| 37 | Transportation equipment | 225 | 2,744,775 | 189 | 2,742,205 | 12,199 | 548,759 |
| 38 | Instruments & related products | 653 | 11,432,028 | 585 | 11,427,479 | 66,070 | 3,394,521 |
| 39 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 1,575 | 2,921,991 | 477 | 2,884,712 | 18,901 | 638,812 |
| Transportation, communications, & utilities | 19,860 | 27,397,060 | 4,690 | 26,865,713 | 130,732 | 4,706,507 | |
| 41 | Local and interurban passenger transportation | 3,728 | 966,083 | 663 | 894,155 | 23,512 | 401,650 |
| 42 | Motor freight transportation & warehousing | 8,716 | 3,482,265 | 1,934 | 3,201,059 | 31,519 | 972,489 |
| 44 | Water transportation | 432 | 418,443 | 217 | 406,600 | 2,247 | 77,597 |
| 45 | Transportation by air | 344 | 848,763 | 133 | 839,476 | 5,840 | 177,995 |
| 46 | Pipelines, except natural gas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Transportation services | 3,668 | 997,878 | 1,180 | 903,174 | 11,865 | 330,509 |
| 48 | Communications | 1,359 | 7,881,108 | 374 | 7,843,894 | 37,095 | 1,688,595 |
| 49 | Electric, gas, & sanitary services | 1,637 | 12,802,520 | 213 | 12,777,355 | 18,654 | 1,057,672 |
| Wholesale trade | 19,131 | 117,573,536 | 10,465 | 116,828,746 | 173,701 | 7,725,206 | |
| 50 | Wholesale trade - durable goods | 12,125 | 63,817,993 | 6,968 | 63,361,892 | 105,127 | 4,993,491 |
| 51 | Wholesale trade - nondurable goods | 7,033 | 53,755,543 | 3,524 | 53,466,854 | 68,574 | 2,731,715 |
| Retail trade | 61,040 | 64,608,052 | 29,022 | 62,982,968 | 560,189 | 8,712,716 | |
| 52 | Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr | 1,630 | 3,251,930 | 1,086 | 3,209,507 | 16,696 | 413,806 |
| 53 | General merchandise stores | 875 | 5,984,704 | 311 | 5,939,545 | 51,433 | 767,420 |
| 54 | Food stores | 4,977 | 11,115,225 | 3,198 | 10,930,353 | 101,938 | 1,445,479 |
| 55 | Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations | 5,360 | 16,976,412 | 3,293 | 16,667,532 | 45,885 | 1,198,149 |
| 56 | Apparel and accessory stores | 2,943 | 3,940,853 | 1,417 | 3,867,248 | 43,000 | 799,827 |
| 57 | Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores | 3,245 | 3,535,212 | 1,842 | 3,433,678 | 21,752 | 455,947 |
| 58 | Eating & drinking places | 12,975 | 6,991,679 | 10,449 | 6,873,272 | 193,736 | 2,084,379 |
| 59 | Miscellaneous retail | 29,173 | 12,812,037 | 7,564 | 12,061,833 | 85,749 | 1,547,709 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) | 52,646 | 102,565,971 | 10,068 | 97,760,233 | 248,887 | 12,742,255 | |
| 60 | Depository institutions | 637 | 18,135,279 | 620 | 18,133,356 | 57,538 | 2,389,918 |
| 61 | Nondepository credit institutions | 879 | 2,798,521 | 484 | 2,771,315 | 9,271 | 454,341 |
| 62 | Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services | 2,691 | 15,020,480 | 1,126 | 14,724,937 | 54,115 | 4,779,548 |
| 63 | Insurance carriers | 260 | 51,872,736 | 231 | D | 50,000 to 99,999 | D |
| 64 | Insurance agents, brokers, and services | 8,260 | 2,748,854 | 2,853 | D | 10,000 to 24,999 | D |
| 65pt | Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) | 36,208 | 7,045,798 | 4,344 | 4,160,876 | 30,739 | 933,292 |
| 67 | Holding and other investment offices, except trusts | 3,934 | 4,944,303 | 633 | 4,360,633 | 10,264 | 522,667 |
| Service industries (exc membership org & private households) | 256,630 | 94,481,758 | 53,539 | 88,446,198 | 1,141,358 | 35,231,424 | |
| 70 | Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places | 2,134 | 2,134,250 | 1,078 | 2,076,303 | 31,957 | 613,419 |
| 72 | Personal services | 31,055 | 2,005,410 | 5,253 | 1,463,863 | 34,554 | 524,236 |
| 73 | Business services | 59,610 | 22,791,994 | 10,631 | 21,391,459 | 257,963 | 8,838,720 |
| 75 | Automotive repair, services, & parking | 9,184 | 2,831,381 | 3,952 | 2,533,595 | 25,587 | 586,176 |
| 76 | Miscellaneous repair services | 4,783 | 934,488 | 1,381 | 811,534 | 8,398 | 262,441 |
| 78 | Motion pictures | 2,033 | 793,720 | 686 | 746,697 | 9,586 | 158,242 |
| 79 | Amusement and recreation services | 17,772 | 2,311,352 | 2,309 | 2,000,362 | 32,453 | 684,457 |
| 80 | Health services | 32,435 | 23,505,075 | 9,841 | 22,514,262 | 351,137 | 10,717,382 |
| 81 | Legal services | 12,963 | 4,272,547 | 4,968 | 3,882,587 | 29,138 | 1,423,514 |
| 82 | Educational services | 9,873 | 12,223,132 | 1,504 | 12,106,205 | 152,269 | 3,687,226 |
| 83 | Social services | 17,069 | 3,800,719 | 3,099 | 3,510,508 | 82,287 | 1,454,072 |
| 84 | Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens | 205 | 228,471 | 204 | D | 2,500 to 4,999 | D |
| 87 | Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv | 53,138 | 16,279,806 | 8,522 | 14,884,268 | 119,550 | 6,087,039 |
| 89 | Services, n.e.c. | 4,707 | 369,413 | 442 | D | 2,500 to 4,999 | D |
| Industries not classified | 35,781 | 1,846,948 | 463 | 49,795 | 949 | 13,755 | |