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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)			400,203	285,924,027	99,761	274,434,271	1,906,435	54,616,809
	Total minorities			82,619	11,575,635	14,042	9,892,587	117,256	2,919,945
		Black		47,614	3,964,600	4,214	3,180,637	41,755	946,386
		Hispanic		11,158	1,567,197	1,793	1,334,552	13,688	398,018
			Cuban	869	137,025	216	115,939	1,167	42,039
			Mexican Mexican American, Chicano	809	133,146	133	111,088	1,436	32,822
			Puerto Rican	847	205,151	151	193,423	1,280	52,658
			Spaniard	849	210,358	151	188,530	1,633	51,634
			Hispanic Latin American	5,777	706,843	926	580,488	7,086	189,365
			Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino	2,006	174,675	216	145,084	1,087	29,500
		American Indian and Alaska Natives		2,421	330,961	443	275,900	2,605	64,519
		Asian and Pacific Islander		22,164	5,794,335	7,775	5,171,826	60,151	1,531,766
			Asian Indian	5,054	2,133,717	1,941	1,975,980	21,041	755,785
			Chinese	5,085	1,220,134	1,836	1,092,300	10,634	260,803
			Filipino	1,416	131,469	304	110,823	1,150	42,824
			Japanese	457	D	48	D	250 to 499	D
			Korean	5,831	1,289,999	2,259	1,093,403	10,163	207,992
			Vietnamese	2,033	190,353	531	156,635	7,142	74,930
			Other Asian	2,102	659,340	788	616,622	6,689	124,411
			Hawaiian	132	123,827	41	D	2,500 to 4,999	D
			Other Pacific Islander	54	D	28	D	100 to 249	D
	Women			115,801	14,657,414	17,355	12,588,190	139,616	3,111,976

 

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	400,203	285,924,027	99,761	274,434,271	1,906,435	54,616,809
	Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing	8,888	1,162,486	2,247	D	10,000 to 24,999	D
07	Agricultural services	6,806	1,088,204	2,187	973,650	16,471	346,346
08	Forestry	140	D	22	D	100 to 249	D
09	Fishing, hunting, and trapping	1,942	D	38	D	100 to 249	D
	Mineral Industries	545	369,173	81	D	1,000 to 2,499	D
10	Metal mining	3	D	1	D	0 to 19	D
12	Coal mining	21	D	17	D	250 to 499	D
13	Oil & gas extraction	442	D	9	D	20 to 99	D
14	Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels	79	D	54	D	1,000 to 2,499	D
	Construction industries and subdividers and developers	40,495	22,278,764	14,677	20,953,091	141,648	4,388,688
15	Building construction--general contractors & operative builders	9,097	10,033,886	4,768	9,651,267	34,095	1,110,113
16	Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors	887	2,099,610	612	2,082,771	15,388	494,003
17	Construction--special trade contractors	29,160	9,659,159	9,109	8,930,690	91,253	2,750,414
6552	Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries)	1,358	486,109	195	288,363	912	34,158
	Manufacturing	8,657	38,572,678	4,069	38,408,489	192,531	7,234,926
20	Food & kindred products	476	6,712,375	268	6,701,173	20,485	624,470
21	Tobacco products	1	D	1	D	0 to 19	D
22	Textile mill products	74	189,634	32	188,882	1,485	36,399
23	Apparel & other textile products	630	394,250	182	385,958	5,699	120,922
24	Lumber & wood products	742	639,372	276	618,826	4,637	110,473
25	Furniture & fixtures	405	510,788	156	502,778	3,960	98,207
26	Paper & allied products	98	1,186,912	56	1,185,645	7,777	269,311
27	Printing & publishing	2,511	3,939,406	1,123	3,895,154	34,179	1,188,430
28	Chemicals & allied products	182	4,892,149	154	4,889,218	15,795	714,781
29	Petroleum & coal products	27	D	26	D	1,000 to 2,499	D
30	Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products	171	1,464,076	144	1,462,352	9,586	261,556
31	Leather & leather products	45	D	11	D	1,000 to 2,499	D
32	Stone, clay, & glass products	407	923,762	155	916,560	6,003	208,314
33	Primary metal industries	71	2,613,897	48	2,611,712	7,948	387,551
34	Fabricated metal products	568	1,978,091	305	1,966,330	11,675	386,949
35	Industrial machinery & equipment	668	2,891,265	406	2,879,696	16,862	611,531
36	Electronic & other electric equipment	389	2,727,778	186	2,719,623	13,220	555,014
37	Transportation equipment	213	3,877,487	165	3,873,836	8,712	426,266
38	Instruments & related products	236	2,594,840	197	2,592,471	18,930	1,056,290
39	Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	783	326,264	218	309,148	3,358	97,783
	Transportation, communications, & utilities	19,231	17,425,524	4,198	16,887,506	99,280	3,539,087
41	Local and interurban passenger transportation	4,622	D	739	D	5,000 to 9,999	D
42	Motor freight transportation & warehousing	9,386	3,272,079	1,870	2,945,767	32,174	933,560
44	Water transportation	497	464,314	299	452,961	4,590	138,231
45	Transportation by air	273	589,525	90	580,793	5,060	149,195
46	Pipelines, except natural gas	2	D	2	D	20 to 99	D
47	Transportation services	2,666	551,789	733	489,675	6,391	165,478
48	Communications	1,353	6,696,598	358	6,668,088	29,406	1,296,483
49	Electric, gas, & sanitary services	459	5,397,583	134	5,376,811	12,767	728,265
	Wholesale trade	12,036	58,699,668	6,557	58,296,803	111,271	4,253,187
50	Wholesale trade - durable goods	7,550	37,698,694	4,482	37,452,790	67,844	2,771,260
51	Wholesale trade - nondurable goods	4,511	21,000,974	2,100	20,844,013	43,427	1,481,927
	Retail trade	49,194	49,576,276	19,165	48,467,877	425,021	6,706,600
52	Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr	1,150	2,474,398	703	2,446,565	15,908	315,343
53	General merchandise stores	517	5,806,470	161	5,790,298	45,134	572,462
54	Food stores	3,496	8,963,059	1,873	8,825,499	69,039	1,359,861
55	Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations	3,548	14,750,158	2,350	14,563,675	43,763	1,151,522
56	Apparel and accessory stores	2,027	2,433,907	979	2,390,050	27,194	405,026
57	Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores	2,407	2,883,788	1,426	2,833,737	18,439	388,696
58	Eating & drinking places	8,804	4,914,085	6,361	4,798,429	143,452	1,474,279
59	Miscellaneous retail	27,371	7,350,411	5,438	6,819,624	62,092	1,039,411
	Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev)	47,323	39,159,182	7,971	35,915,311	148,033	5,963,734
60	Depository institutions	373	6,835,676	358	6,833,350	35,245	1,132,675
61	Nondepository credit institutions	1,081	3,123,291	675	3,079,687	17,414	691,590
62	Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services	1,569	3,243,516	534	3,178,813	13,370	1,274,624
63	Insurance carriers	302	15,300,860	249	15,293,498	26,126	1,137,138
64	Insurance agents, brokers, and services	7,004	1,708,608	2,046	1,520,518	15,257	587,420
65pt	Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers)	33,572	6,499,628	3,885	3,794,143	34,286	845,341
67	Holding and other investment offices, except trusts	3,585	2,447,603	387	2,215,302	6,335	294,946
	Service industries (exc membership org & private households)	186,071	57,723,325	41,026	54,106,062	769,685	22,098,193
70	Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places	1,147	1,550,804	579	1,510,790	23,339	435,316
72	Personal services	23,039	1,488,134	3,457	1,117,605	28,567	407,480
73	Business services	43,540	14,692,360	8,389	13,830,600	228,368	6,353,832
75	Automotive repair, services, & parking	6,524	2,240,275	2,917	2,084,072	23,249	531,532
76	Miscellaneous repair services	3,761	769,630	1,233	692,069	8,568	234,857
78	Motion pictures	1,455	531,353	538	497,821	7,028	91,185
79	Amusement and recreation services	11,846	1,743,671	1,587	1,562,768	24,587	567,396
80	Health services	25,064	15,295,560	8,783	14,707,624	207,103	6,346,158
81	Legal services	7,402	1,928,455	3,048	1,742,808	16,199	717,277
82	Educational services	6,569	3,610,892	998	3,533,221	47,512	1,210,359
83	Social services	17,100	2,619,081	2,274	2,406,201	48,219	822,196
84	Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens	87	99,836	85	D	1,000 to 2,499	D
87	Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv	36,003	10,787,946	6,912	9,987,224	101,818	4,197,424
89	Services, n.e.c.	2,729	365,328	421	D	2,500 to 4,999	D
	Industries not classified	28,591	956,951	598	42,960	391	11,434

 

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	82,619	11,575,635	14,042	9,892,587	117,256	2,919,945
	Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing	841	41,584	184	31,734	685	10,603
07	Agricultural services	770	40,291	183	D	500 to 999	D
08	Forestry	6	D	1	D	0 to 19	D
09	Fishing, hunting, and trapping	65	D	0	0	0	0
	Mineral Industries	14	449	0	0	0	0
10	Metal mining	1	D	0	0	0	0
12	Coal mining	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Oil & gas extraction	12	D	0	0	0	0
14	Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels	1	D	0	0	0	0
	Construction industries and subdividers and developers	5,199	1,256,628	1,154	1,119,039	9,532	245,032
15	Building construction--general contractors & operative builders	782	483,202	277	450,961	2,539	65,841
16	Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors	80	170,119	44	D	1,000 to 2,499	D
17	Construction--special trade contractors	4,322	599,551	832	496,364	5,623	144,022
6552	Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries)	15	3,756	1	D	0 to 19	D
	Manufacturing	650	239,646	164	231,133	2,101	54,398
20	Food & kindred products	86	14,191	5	D	100 to 249	D
21	Tobacco products	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Textile mill products	8	113	0	0	0	0
23	Apparel & other textile products	107	8,677	3	7,270	81	1,402
24	Lumber & wood products	S	S	S	S	S	S
25	Furniture & fixtures	26	D	17	D	250 to 499	D
26	Paper & allied products	7	D	1	D	20 to 99	D
27	Printing & publishing	294	58,964	87	56,178	746	22,340
28	Chemicals & allied products	13	17,218	8	D	100 to 249	D
29	Petroleum & coal products	S	S	S	S	S	S
30	Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products	1	D	1	D	20 to 99	D
31	Leather & leather products	1	D	1	D	0 to 19	D
32	Stone, clay, & glass products	4	D	2	D	20 to 99	D
33	Primary metal industries	10	D	7	D	20 to 99	D
34	Fabricated metal products	7	214	0	0	0	0
35	Industrial machinery & equipment	7	D	5	D	100 to 249	D
36	Electronic & other electric equipment	20	16,730	9	16,614	214	4,950
37	Transportation equipment	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	Instruments & related products	10	D	9	D	100 to 249	D
39	Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	29	2,842	10	D	0 to 19	D
	Transportation, communications, & utilities	6,774	389,098	547	230,137	3,268	61,643
41	Local and interurban passenger transportation	2,807	114,016	260	64,977	1,548	19,373
42	Motor freight transportation & warehousing	2,879	144,221	138	51,231	833	14,171
44	Water transportation	32	D	2	D	20 to 99	D
45	Transportation by air	16	D	0	0	0	0
46	Pipelines, except natural gas	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	Transportation services	651	70,132	111	59,042	356	10,958
48	Communications	319	24,646	23	21,573	376	11,101
49	Electric, gas, & sanitary services	69	23,540	12	D	100 to 249	D
	Wholesale trade	1,213	1,325,260	388	1,290,968	2,756	101,542
50	Wholesale trade - durable goods	597	1,041,098	231	1,021,830	1,900	80,814
51	Wholesale trade - nondurable goods	617	284,162	157	269,138	856	20,727
	Retail trade	11,190	2,322,496	3,704	2,068,102	23,750	298,136
52	Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr	67	11,637	19	11,046	105	2,697
53	General merchandise stores	110	11,497	18	6,066	62	844
54	Food stores	1,349	532,051	474	457,424	3,439	49,079
55	Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations	463	480,582	313	473,578	1,680	22,129
56	Apparel and accessory stores	537	65,550	171	54,127	740	7,440
57	Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores	207	80,752	63	77,158	346	8,284
58	Eating & drinking places	3,145	706,329	1,984	639,265	14,625	168,846
59	Miscellaneous retail	5,312	434,097	663	349,437	2,752	38,819
	Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev)	4,015	315,197	367	160,493	1,354	53,514
60	Depository institutions	23	D	23	D	20 to 99	D
61	Nondepository credit institutions	108	16,253	49	14,466	289	6,780
62	Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services	168