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1997 Economic Census Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Minnesota |
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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) | 410,634 | 382,363,126 | 104,802 | 369,836,727 | 2,138,561 | 60,829,888 | ||
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Total minorities | 15,258 | 3,105,911 | 2,920 | 2,641,643 | 26,315 | 470,328 | ||
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Black | 4,024 | 523,126 | 472 | 459,125 | 4,352 | 99,939 | ||
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Hispanic | 3,616 | 391,714 | 414 | 294,093 | 4,960 | 63,331 | ||
| Cuban | 167 | 25,652 | 23 | D | 100 to 249 | D | |||
| Mexican Mexican American, Chicano | 1,163 | 213,323 | 155 | D | 2,500 to 4,999 | D | |||
| Puerto Rican | 125 | D | 39 | 17,406 | 350 | 4,210 | |||
| Spaniard | 185 | D | 21 | D | 20 to 99 | D | |||
| Hispanic Latin American | 658 | 61,050 | 95 | 45,885 | 1,408 | 16,986 | |||
| Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino | 1,318 | 52,077 | 80 | D | 100 to 249 | D | |||
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American Indian and Alaska Natives | 2,413 | 514,907 | 350 | 404,218 | 2,310 | 57,508 | ||
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Asian and Pacific Islander | 5,435 | 1,712,093 | 1,725 | 1,514,738 | 15,921 | 261,253 | ||
| Asian Indian | 961 | 670,591 | 418 | 618,543 | 6,487 | 112,495 | |||
| Chinese | 922 | 453,959 | 461 | D | 2,500 to 4,999 | D | |||
| Filipino | 289 | 31,918 | 38 | D | 100 to 249 | D | |||
| Japanese | 301 | D | 79 | 93,276 | 640 | 19,170 | |||
| Korean | 608 | 175,283 | 151 | 157,572 | 1,041 | 25,687 | |||
| Vietnamese | 947 | 116,060 | 294 | 90,144 | 1,227 | 16,401 | |||
| Other Asian | 1,301 | 138,835 | 243 | 113,763 | 2,373 | 30,878 | |||
| Hawaiian | 61 | 12,508 | 23 | D | 100 to 249 | D | |||
| Other Pacific Islander | 44 | D | 19 | D | 20 to 99 | D | |||
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Women | 108,417 | 13,457,542 | 14,145 | 11,793,947 | 124,616 | 2,601,791 | ||
| Universe (All Firms) | All firms | Firms with paid employees | |||||
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| 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 | 410,634 | 382,363,126 | 104,802 | 369,836,727 | 2,138,561 | 60,829,888 |
| Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 7,747 | 954,303 | 1,977 | 802,587 | 9,567 | 213,323 | |
| 07 | Agricultural services | 6,919 | 915,652 | 1,924 | 775,238 | 9,338 | 208,020 |
| 08 | Forestry | 325 | 18,706 | 37 | 13,148 | 139 | 3,334 |
| 09 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 504 | 19,945 | 17 | 14,201 | 90 | 1,969 |
| Mineral Industries | 619 | 1,840,915 | 133 | 1,821,793 | 7,714 | 362,329 | |
| 10 | Metal mining | 26 | 1,607,906 | 20 | 1,607,872 | 6,427 | 306,755 |
| 12 | Coal mining | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Oil & gas extraction | 423 | D | 11 | 3,393 | 54 | 1,618 |
| 14 | Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 168 | 213,591 | 102 | 210,528 | 1,233 | 53,956 |
| Construction industries and subdividers and developers | 44,623 | 20,260,749 | 13,510 | 18,877,762 | 100,676 | 3,710,508 | |
| 15 | Building construction--general contractors & operative builders | 8,038 | 8,287,590 | 3,730 | 7,913,836 | 22,961 | 814,400 |
| 16 | Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors | 1,438 | 3,206,528 | 862 | 3,179,294 | 14,586 | 653,590 |
| 17 | Construction--special trade contractors | 34,326 | 8,359,687 | 8,727 | 7,459,137 | 62,450 | 2,217,455 |
| 6552 | Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) | 826 | 406,944 | 196 | 325,495 | 679 | 25,063 |
| Manufacturing | 16,864 | 79,761,062 | 8,006 | 79,436,391 | 449,031 | 16,840,300 | |
| 20 | Food & kindred products | 651 | 15,794,007 | 443 | 15,774,703 | 54,759 | 1,919,920 |
| 21 | Tobacco products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Textile mill products | 109 | 176,593 | 47 | 175,622 | 1,578 | 42,416 |
| 23 | Apparel & other textile products | 991 | 259,913 | 260 | 246,939 | 3,938 | 72,906 |
| 24 | Lumber & wood products | 3,091 | 3,062,460 | 733 | 2,960,324 | 20,243 | 613,927 |
| 25 | Furniture & fixtures | 692 | 914,528 | 267 | 902,374 | 7,887 | 239,180 |
| 26 | Paper & allied products | 183 | 4,221,185 | 128 | 4,220,363 | 31,027 | 1,766,967 |
| 27 | Printing & publishing | 2,725 | 7,127,646 | 1,491 | 7,087,840 | 59,183 | 1,999,407 |
| 28 | Chemicals & allied products | 265 | 2,762,346 | 216 | 2,748,505 | 11,688 | 527,709 |
| 29 | Petroleum & coal products | 30 | 3,451,317 | 27 | 3,451,225 | 2,092 | 109,182 |
| 30 | Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products | 478 | 2,943,653 | 414 | 2,938,100 | 21,658 | 667,687 |
| 31 | Leather & leather products | 91 | 378,290 | 27 | 376,880 | 2,175 | 75,074 |
| 32 | Stone, clay, & glass products | 595 | 2,282,701 | 255 | 2,273,927 | 13,140 | 447,744 |
| 33 | Primary metal industries | 165 | 1,218,583 | 104 | 1,216,120 | 7,767 | 280,740 |
| 34 | Fabricated metal products | 1,582 | 5,906,467 | 895 | 5,882,564 | 41,389 | 1,446,886 |
| 35 | Industrial machinery & equipment | 2,364 | 12,025,464 | 1,548 | 11,994,813 | 71,262 | 2,913,523 |
| 36 | Electronic & other electric equipment | 661 | 5,583,137 | 373 | 5,574,978 | 36,657 | 1,262,429 |
| 37 | Transportation equipment | 229 | 4,775,079 | 187 | 4,771,329 | 12,521 | 378,979 |
| 38 | Instruments & related products | 397 | 5,730,126 | 352 | 5,727,196 | 41,359 | 1,839,668 |
| 39 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 1,692 | 1,147,567 | 366 | 1,112,589 | 8,708 | 235,956 |
| Transportation, communications, & utilities | 20,650 | 17,305,941 | 5,045 | 16,524,732 | 106,432 | 3,385,647 | |
| 41 | Local and interurban passenger transportation | 1,636 | 471,886 | 479 | 443,565 | 13,780 | 179,942 |
| 42 | Motor freight transportation & warehousing | 13,655 | 5,019,133 | 2,898 | 4,368,509 | 37,721 | 1,079,398 |
| 44 | Water transportation | 187 | D | 111 | D | 500 to 999 | D |
| 45 | Transportation by air | 410 | 582,518 | 133 | 573,048 | 4,321 | 121,411 |
| 46 | Pipelines, except natural gas | 4 | D | 4 | D | 250 to 499 | D |
| 47 | Transportation services | 2,299 | 700,573 | 791 | 655,494 | 9,584 | 303,350 |
| 48 | Communications | 1,250 | 5,299,150 | 435 | 5,275,441 | 24,627 | 908,015 |
| 49 | Electric, gas, & sanitary services | 1,237 | 4,772,554 | 222 | 4,753,067 | 15,288 | 740,058 |
| Wholesale trade | 17,364 | 104,176,544 | 9,647 | 103,639,184 | 158,017 | 5,955,629 | |
| 50 | Wholesale trade - durable goods | 11,024 | 54,429,031 | 6,358 | 54,111,725 | 98,248 | 3,914,774 |
| 51 | Wholesale trade - nondurable goods | 6,382 | 49,747,513 | 3,331 | 49,527,459 | 59,769 | 2,040,855 |
| Retail trade | 56,393 | 49,973,179 | 20,435 | 48,898,751 | 446,742 | 6,404,532 | |
| 52 | Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr | 1,978 | 3,208,996 | 1,382 | 3,161,411 | 18,626 | 383,796 |
| 53 | General merchandise stores | 558 | 6,219,648 | 222 | 6,206,782 | 60,209 | 996,905 |
| 54 | Food stores | 2,750 | 6,904,161 | 1,810 | 6,835,207 | 55,848 | 763,425 |
| 55 | Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations | 4,523 | 16,203,326 | 2,793 | 15,983,189 | 51,287 | 1,099,656 |
| 56 | Apparel and accessory stores | 1,949 | 1,782,986 | 938 | 1,755,143 | 20,284 | 256,881 |
| 57 | Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores | 2,768 | 2,692,067 | 1,524 | 2,633,780 | 18,868 | 381,179 |
| 58 | Eating & drinking places | 7,908 | 4,484,499 | 6,525 | 4,418,538 | 152,807 | 1,393,222 |
| 59 | Miscellaneous retail | 34,157 | 8,477,496 | 5,439 | 7,904,701 | 68,813 | 1,129,468 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) | 42,684 | 59,888,780 | 9,772 | 56,725,344 | 154,810 | 6,317,034 | |
| 60 | Depository institutions | 737 | 7,545,716 | 714 | 7,539,690 | 36,344 | 1,192,813 |
| 61 | Nondepository credit institutions | 835 | 3,252,252 | 490 | 3,236,206 | 12,295 | 548,874 |
| 62 | Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services | 2,368 | 5,058,932 | 739 | 4,932,539 | 17,303 | 1,354,570 |
| 63 | Insurance carriers | 403 | 31,941,087 | 370 | D | 25,000 to 49,999 | D |
| 64 | Insurance agents, brokers, and services | 9,850 | 1,810,311 | 3,265 | D | 10,000 to 24,999 | D |
| 65pt | Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) | 25,841 | 4,556,785 | 3,961 | 2,668,950 | 23,601 | 528,974 |
| 67 | Holding and other investment offices, except trusts | 2,912 | 5,723,697 | 495 | 5,064,914 | 5,767 | 359,194 |
| Service industries (exc membership org & private households) | 178,333 | 47,136,173 | 37,059 | 43,095,773 | 705,269 | 17,636,615 | |
| 70 | Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places | 2,723 | 1,677,131 | 1,317 | 1,603,621 | 32,277 | 428,515 |
| 72 | Personal services | 22,596 | 1,380,248 | 3,276 | 1,037,256 | 27,426 | 412,962 |
| 73 | Business services | 46,025 | 11,138,974 | 8,249 | 10,277,442 | 174,290 | 4,320,617 |
| 75 | Automotive repair, services, & parking | 8,234 | 2,402,285 | 2,949 | 2,194,445 | 23,562 | 531,910 |
| 76 | Miscellaneous repair services | 5,097 | 778,773 | 1,281 | 675,353 | 8,181 | 191,772 |
| 78 | Motion pictures | 1,406 | 654,537 | 628 | 627,621 | 8,537 | 112,443 |
| 79 | Amusement and recreation services | 13,086 | 1,927,252 | 2,012 | 1,758,372 | 35,953 | 546,875 |
| 80 | Health services | 12,997 | 15,085,661 | 5,552 | 13,851,094 | 231,317 | 6,705,730 |
| 81 | Legal services | 5,065 | 1,954,998 | 2,335 | 1,856,791 | 16,841 | 825,946 |
| 82 | Educational services | 6,137 | 2,103,167 | 946 | 2,049,897 | 38,932 | 707,825 |
| 83 | Social services | 25,136 | 2,294,506 | 2,843 | 1,978,878 | 54,642 | 784,102 |
| 84 | Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens | 152 | 125,621 | 147 | 125,315 | 2,040 | 42,444 |
| 87 | Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv | 27,441 | 5,413,400 | 5,407 | 4,896,868 | 49,354 | 1,967,039 |
| 89 | Services, n.e.c. | 2,434 | 199,620 | 313 | 162,820 | 1,917 | 58,435 |
| Industries not classified | 26,460 | 1,065,480 | 321 | 14,410 | 303 | 3,971 | |
| Women | 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 | 108,417 | 13,457,542 | 14,145 | 11,793,947 | 124,616 | 2,601,791 |
| Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 1,206 | 88,591 | 335 | 74,498 | 997 | 20,944 | |
| 07 | Agricultural services | 1,138 | 86,905 | 325 | 73,545 | 958 | 20,542 |
| 08 | Forestry | 39 | 1,357 | 9 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 09 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 28 | 328 | 1 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| Mineral Industries | 58 | D | 2 | D | 0 to 19 | D | |
| 10 | Metal mining | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 12 | Coal mining | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Oil & gas extraction | 52 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 4 | D | 2 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| Construction industries and subdividers and developers | 2,614 | 993,578 | 943 | 936,469 | 6,437 | 244,267 | |
| 15 | Building construction--general contractors & operative builders | 423 | 196,307 | 164 | 186,917 | 787 | 25,565 |
| 16 | Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors | 154 | 229,693 | 123 | 227,666 | 1,144 | 56,013 |
| 17 | Construction--special trade contractors | 1,981 | 525,942 | 643 | 489,298 | 4,423 | 159,360 |
| 6552 | Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) | 57 | 41,636 | 12 | 32,588 | 83 | 3,329 |
| Manufacturing | 2,527 | 2,288,382 | 698 | 2,261,140 | 15,815 | 537,412 | |
| 20 | Food & kindred products | 72 | 730,971 | 23 | 729,321 | 2,135 | 82,576 |
| 21 | Tobacco products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Textile mill products | 38 | 4,361 | 6 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 23 | Apparel & other textile products | 491 | 45,374 | 91 | 39,205 | 721 | 12,495 |
| 24 | Lumber & wood products | 160 | 29,570 | 45 | 28,639 | 278 | 6,465 |
| 25 | Furniture & fixtures | 56 | 70,104 | 16 | 69,162 | 517 | 18,177 |
| 26 | Paper & allied products | 54 | 121,470 | 29 | 121,379 | 1,292 | 42,314 |
| 27 | Printing & publishing | 606 | 254,534 | 183 | 247,391 | 2,682 | 79,677 |
| 28 | Chemicals & allied products | 9 | D | 4 | D | 250 to 499 | D |
| 29 | Petroleum & coal products | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 30 | Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products | 12 | 104,493 | 12 | 104,493 | 1,004 | 34,459 |
| 31 | Leather & leather products | 21 | D | 2 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 32 | Stone, clay, & glass products | 152 | 38,422 | 11 | 36,955 | 400 | 17,405 |
| 33 | Primary metal industries | 8 | 30,508 | 4 | 30,474 | 237 | 7,350 |
| 34 | Fabricated metal products | 175 | 132,280 | 62 | 130,927 | 1,384 | 48,973 |
| 35 | Industrial machinery & equipment | 162 | 391,225 | 99 | 389,117 | 2,671 | 113,798 |
| 36 | Electronic & other electric equipment | 81 | 21,524 | 21 | 20,757 | 257 | 5,843 |
| 37 | Transportation equipment | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 38 | Instruments & related products | 19 | D | 8 | D | 500 to 999 | D |
| 39 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 402 | 156,138 | 78 | 152,395 | 1,079 | 26,626 |
| Transportation, communications, & utilities | 2,283 | 470,146 | 616 | D | 5,000 to 9,999 | D | |
| 41 | Local and interurban passenger transportation | 133 | 27,167 | 58 | 25,693 | 1,044 | 12,717 |
| 42 | Motor freight transportation & warehousing | 1,029 | 251,280 | 272 | 227,909 | 1,440 | 38,848 |
| 44 | Water transportation | 14 | D | 9 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 45 | Transportation by air | 35 | D | 3 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| 46 | Pipelines, except natural gas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Transportation services | 769 | 122,676 | 232 | 113,430 | 2,228 | 44,438 |
| 48 | Communications | 237 | 53,309 | 39 | 49,671 | 400 | 11,692 |
| 49 | Electric, gas, & sanitary services | 67 | 11,330 | 3 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| Wholesale trade | 2,388 | 2,429,350 | 858 | 2,370,835 | 6,795 | 187,865 | |
| 50 | Wholesale trade - durable goods | 1,327 | 1,602,821 | 455 | 1,564,513 | 4,266 | 121,078 |
| 51 | Wholesale trade - nondurable goods | 1,061 | 826,529 | 402 | 806,322 | 2,529 | 66,786 |
| Retail trade | 19,071 | 2,763,604 | 3,320 | 2,560,842 | 29,739 | 363,069 | |
| 52 | Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr | 190 | 206,319 | 154 | 205,483 | 1,211 | 25,389 |
| 53 | General merchandise stores | 127 | 9,319 | 35 | 7,770 | 170 | 1,182 |
| 54 | Food stores | 443 | 556,958 | 206 | 542,676 | 3,950 | 60,282 |
| 55 | Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations | 307 | 642,772 | 166 | 619,248 | 2,517 | 48,683 |
| 56 | Apparel and accessory stores | 892 | 141,745 | 297 | 130,067 | 2,112 | 19,001 |
| 57 | Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores | 507 | 175,560 | 223 | 166,526 | 1,404 | 29,530 |
| 58 | Eating & drinking places | 1,421 | 320,249 | 1,059 | 311,831 | 11,140 | 91,301 |
| 59 | Miscellaneous retail | 15,196 | 710,682 | 1,193 | 577,242 | 7,236 | 87,703 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) | 7,892 | 1,088,119 | 1,333 | 818,343 | 5,941 | 122,112 | |
| 60 | Depository institutions | 30 | 140,556 | 30 | 140,556 | 770 | 21,217 |
| 61 | Nondepository credit institutions | 105 | D | 33 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| 62 | Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services | 308 | 38,783 | 96 | 30,799 | 155 | 11,398 |
| 63 | Insurance carriers | 25 | D | 25 | D | 500 to 999 | D |
| 64 | Insurance agents, brokers, and services | 1,423 | 100,842 | 305 | 77,229 | 763 | 19,173 |
| 65pt | Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) | 5,552 | 584,750 | 811 | 360,298 | 3,259 | 46,505 |
| 67 | Holding and other investment offices, except trusts | 453 | 26,340 | 39 | 13,443 | 135 | 3,144 |
| Service industries (exc membership org & private households) | 63,550 | 3,217,957 | 6,084 | 2,338,125 | 53,535 | 1,014,196 | |
| 70 | Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places | 381 | 88,562 | 163 | 78,282 | 1,657 | 20,062 |
| 72 | Personal services | 9,915 | 261,107 | 1,118 | 135,887 | 4,744 | 54,036 |
| 73 | Business services | 15,931 | 895,017 | 1,526 | 655,249 | 15,710 | 305,419 |
| 75 | Automotive repair, services, & parking | 400 | 80,604 | 82 | 76,120 | 1,013 | 20,573 |
| 76 | Miscellaneous repair services | 440 | 46,519 | 79 | 39,615 | 424 | 14,144 |
| 78 | Motion pictures | 244 | 21,615 | 59 | 17,468 | 311 | 4,468 |
| 79 | Amusement and recreation services | 3,591 | 95,813 | 301 | 58,075 | 2,004 | 17,428 |
| 80 | Health services | 3,919 | 944,380 | 859 | 889,702 | 19,404 | 420,796 |
| 81 | Legal services | 852 | 70,487 | 159 | 47,429 | 480 | 18,192 |
| 82 | Educational services | 3,182 | 64,643 | 91 | 30,336 | 368 | 8,325 |
| 83 | Social services | 16,857 | 334,701 | 793 | 109,381 | 4,581 | 48,711 |
| 84 | Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv | 6,916 | 282,287 | 809 | 181,257 | 2,239 | 75,700 |
| 89 | Services, n.e.c. | 930 | 32,223 | 54 | 19,324 | 601 | 6,342 |
| Industries not classified | 6,873 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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Last modified: 7/12/01