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More data	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)			537,150	517,291,479	135,309	498,376,149	2,852,762	93,491,900
	Total minorities			39,039	6,980,154	7,641	6,133,900	53,243	1,428,377
		Black		11,834	1,013,134	1,239	804,314	8,267	188,731
		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
		American Indian and Alaska Natives		3,428	295,317	579	195,226	2,668	82,551
		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
	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

 

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	39,039	6,980,154	7,641	6,133,900	53,243	1,428,377
	Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing	548	D	113	21,807	146	5,653
07	Agricultural services	295	25,254	107	D	100 to 249	D
08	Forestry	5	D	1	D	0 to 19	D
09	Fishing, hunting, and trapping	248	D	5	D	0 to 19	D
	Mineral Industries	S	S	S	S	S	S
10	Metal mining	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Coal mining	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Oil & gas extraction	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels	S	S	S	S	S	S
	Construction industries and subdividers and developers	2,741	607,392	548	539,757	2,712	104,853
15	Building construction--general contractors & operative builders	259	247,807	107	242,106	546	23,616
16	Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors	73	101,518	47	100,684	481	28,598
17	Construction--special trade contractors	2,393	257,427	393	196,968	1,686	52,639
6552	Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries)	17	639	0	0	0	0
	Manufacturing	605	660,944	230	652,055	4,970	157,895
20	Food & kindred products	39	6,143	12	D	20 to 99	D
21	Tobacco products	1	D	0	0	0	0
22	Textile mill products	2	D	2	D	100 to 249	D
23	Apparel & other textile products	73	13,327	17	12,314	345	4,356
24	Lumber & wood products	4	D	1	D	0 to 19	D
25	Furniture & fixtures	13	881	1	D	0 to 19	D
26	Paper & allied products	S	S	S	S	S	S
27	Printing & publishing	146	43,818	61	41,060	472	11,295
28	Chemicals & allied products	5	D	5	D	20 to 99	D
29	Petroleum & coal products	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products	6	71,611	6	71,611	605	19,978
31	Leather & leather products	8	1,191	5	D	0 to 19	D
32	Stone, clay, & glass products	14	D	4	D	100 to 249	D
33	Primary metal industries	6	D	6	D	100 to 249	D
34	Fabricated metal products	27	41,985	17	41,893	431	13,989
35	Industrial machinery & equipment	75	80,934	22	79,205	633	29,841
36	Electronic & other electric equipment	58	183,726	28	183,366	1,313	37,639
37	Transportation equipment	4	D	4	D	20 to 99	D
38	Instruments & related products	34	38,279	33	D	250 to 499	D
39	Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	87	2,791	5	D	20 to 99	D
	Transportation, communications, & utilities	2,180	116,320	149	68,207	596	15,741
41	Local and interurban passenger transportation	904	18,819	13	2,876	53	888
42	Motor freight transportation & warehousing	724	43,456	43	24,704	133	5,066
44	Water transportation	2	D	2	D	0 to 19	D
45	Transportation by air	8	D	1	D	0 to 19	D
46	Pipelines, except natural gas	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	Transportation services	315	34,591	78	D	250 to 499	D
48	Communications	104	D	12	D	20 to 99	D
49	Electric, gas, & sanitary services	122	14,090	1	D	20 to 99	D
	Wholesale trade	668	1,556,865