1997 Economic Census
Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses
Mississippi


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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) 167,907 122,887,932 45,615 118,235,010 866,254 18,434,395
Total minorities 21,997 1,993,954 3,453 1,551,727 19,971 277,192
 Black 17,617 852,824 2,205 559,182 9,773 121,522
 Hispanic 988 124,079 169 99,015 1,325 23,520
    Cuban 66 25,219 17 22,684 128 5,215
    Mexican Mexican American, Chicano 237 31,872 57 23,611 490 6,116
    Puerto Rican 38 3,378 3 2,608 119 2,154
    Spaniard 105 8,790 20 7,690 80 1,319
    Hispanic Latin American 207 34,845 37 30,386 321 6,064
    Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino 336 19,976 36 12,036 187 2,653
 American Indian and Alaska Natives 1,088 209,854 222 179,764 1,648 30,658
 Asian and Pacific Islander 2,518 818,332 861 716,527 7,247 103,558
    Asian Indian 620 190,931 400 174,587 3,228 31,385
    Chinese 390 332,868 198 311,656 2,299 42,594
    Filipino 65 3,221 6 D 0 to 19 D
    Japanese 79 76,665 39 71,492 439 12,425
    Korean 90 17,962 42 D 100 to 249 D
    Vietnamese 936 72,616 103 21,158 329 3,078
    Other Asian 206 20,524 64 18,033 239 2,283
    Hawaiian 94 D 7 D 100 to 249 D
    Other Pacific Islander 38 D 3 D 250 to 499 D
Women 38,321 5,995,011 6,357 5,317,064 54,183 961,927

 



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 167,907 122,887,932 45,615 118,235,010 866,254 18,434,395
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 4,862 570,072 887 370,262 4,814 82,995
07 Agricultural services 3,378 393,976 768 254,272 3,983 61,846
08 Forestry 555 128,098 102 103,432 710 17,967
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 929 47,998 17 12,558 121 3,182
  Mineral Industries 1,800 778,085 362 688,647 4,806 133,156
10 Metal mining 4 D 0 0 0 0
12 Coal mining 1 D 0 0 0 0
13 Oil & gas extraction 1,708 659,920 309 572,649 3,734 106,444
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 87 118,090 53 115,998 1,072 26,712
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 23,016 6,747,940 4,949 6,024,244 47,592 1,145,183
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 3,825 2,812,768 1,363 2,587,234 12,287 319,294
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 1,004 1,489,837 503 1,469,327 11,286 296,830
17 Construction--special trade contractors 17,756 2,329,143 3,001 1,891,532 23,669 522,337
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 434 116,192 85 76,151 350 6,722
  Manufacturing 7,207 40,788,713 3,404 40,605,715 237,094 5,847,079
20 Food & kindred products 275 5,011,696 170 5,006,052 26,498 497,439
21 Tobacco products 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Textile mill products 60 779,709 45 779,009 5,259 125,406
23 Apparel & other textile products 288 1,787,171 143 1,782,405 21,955 313,435
24 Lumber & wood products 3,312 4,495,447 1,122 4,382,364 27,053 630,371
25 Furniture & fixtures 390 2,768,794 228 2,760,808 27,973 617,315
26 Paper & allied products 87 2,616,436 58 2,615,539 9,295 359,824
27 Printing & publishing 617 778,143 330 768,998 7,326 182,883
28 Chemicals & allied products 111 3,219,027 100 3,217,707 7,381 292,043
29 Petroleum & coal products 27 2,901,086 23 2,899,815 2,033 92,243
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 163 2,117,071 151 2,114,320 12,434 321,325
31 Leather & leather products 23 47,578 11 46,982 527 8,813
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 220 733,272 126 729,914 5,093 129,067
33 Primary metal industries 64 1,309,239 43 1,308,460 5,812 161,113
34 Fabricated metal products 444 2,048,681 240 2,040,585 13,510 357,497
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 549 2,673,942 338 2,664,998 17,528 508,745
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 155 3,602,976 83 3,601,134 20,315 507,515
37 Transportation equipment 131 3,220,708 119 3,218,012 21,959 615,969
38 Instruments & related products 50 224,738 43 224,298 1,819 42,527
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 312 452,999 102 444,315 3,324 83,549
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 9,927 8,389,296 2,925 8,023,040 46,664 1,459,189
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 247 88,444 87 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 7,502 2,146,085 1,837 1,828,575 19,736 515,634
44 Water transportation 138 201,550 74 198,160 1,840 54,625
45 Transportation by air 229 215,123 68 209,371 2,486 74,296
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 10 69,800 7 D 100 to 249 D
47 Transportation services 647 99,443 185 83,789 1,075 21,730
48 Communications 546 2,131,024 242 2,121,449 9,770 370,560
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 616 3,437,827 433 3,427,601 9,253 377,685
  Wholesale trade 5,866 19,955,531 3,379 19,726,062 45,340 1,225,768
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods 3,543 8,165,571 2,112 8,053,857 24,034 677,152
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods 2,330 11,789,960 1,274 11,672,205 21,306 548,616
  Retail trade 27,814 21,758,449 11,675 20,932,928 201,431 2,426,500
52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr 1,054 1,472,166 719 1,452,409 8,670 159,377
53 General merchandise stores 431 3,551,860 182 3,540,866 35,052 416,587
54 Food stores 3,351 3,746,054 1,818 3,589,751 35,243 360,903
55 Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations 3,902 7,327,305 1,992 7,065,185 24,241 508,424
56 Apparel and accessory stores 1,462 819,294 755 794,850 9,251 88,869
57 Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores 1,687 838,353 990 796,646 6,952 120,819
58 Eating & drinking places 3,787 1,748,240 2,442 1,698,359 62,511 476,329
59 Miscellaneous retail 12,233 2,255,177 2,870 1,994,862 19,511 295,192
  Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) 14,948 9,010,770 3,535 8,358,599 41,770 1,149,001
60 Depository institutions 357 3,207,883 349 3,203,397 18,798 485,243
61 Nondepository credit institutions 483 739,639 351 729,597 4,262 111,608
62 Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services 356 180,262 131 163,354 966 61,299
63 Insurance carriers 178 3,114,413 135 3,112,220 6,584 221,172
64 Insurance agents, brokers, and services 4,539 492,327 1,113 375,652 4,475 126,355
65pt Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) 8,392 962,182 1,380 484,906 4,959 74,958
67 Holding and other investment offices, except trusts 727 314,064 160 289,473 1,726 68,366
  Service industries (exc membership org & private households) 60,121 14,529,923 14,651 13,492,040 236,583 4,962,256
70 Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places 795 1,373,311 571 1,360,604 23,263 358,051
72 Personal services 11,692 542,557 1,390 381,877 10,048 122,427
73 Business services 13,619 1,556,626 1,843 1,319,563 39,457 650,488
75 Automotive repair, services, & parking 5,057 701,689 1,587 584,499 7,169 132,346
76 Miscellaneous repair services 2,495 325,292 681 271,091 3,491 78,305
78 Motion pictures 471 101,924 242 95,979 2,138 16,427
79 Amusement and recreation services 3,079 1,501,602 630 1,444,948 22,590 392,025
80 Health services 7,023 5,614,652 3,121 5,434,361 78,501 2,160,058
81 Legal services 2,625 727,466 1,439 682,497 6,646 248,629
82 Educational services 1,526 493,283 307 480,519 14,312 205,220
83 Social services 3,707 434,214 1,199 408,036 14,230 170,585
84 Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens 34 14,795 32 D 250 to 499 D
87 Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv 7,653 1,110,463 1,605 985,624 14,228 414,120
89 Services, n.e.c. 394 32,049 53 D 100 to 249 D
  Industries not classified 12,770 359,153 272 13,473 160 3,268

 



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 21,997 1,993,954 3,453 1,551,727 19,971 277,192
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 955 36,684 27 5,549 70 554
07 Agricultural services 354 4,027 18 D 20 to 99 D
08 Forestry 64 4,573 5 D 20 to 99 D
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 537 28,085 5 1,401 3 143
  Mineral Industries 29 203 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 28 D 0 0 0 0
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 2,421 256,632 513 202,486 2,550 39,410
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 348 112,835 110 104,537 883 16,278
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 70 26,047 21 25,385 172 3,958
17 Construction--special trade contractors 1,985 111,536 382 72,563 1,495 19,174
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 18 6,215 0 0 0 0
  Manufacturing 954 372,039 108 345,619 2,198 53,671
20 Food & kindred products 34 D 15 D 100 to 249 D
21 Tobacco products 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Textile mill products 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Apparel & other textile products S S S S S S
24 Lumber & wood products 686 40,296 66 20,012 238 4,869
25 Furniture & fixtures 19 323 2 D 0 to 19 D
26 Paper & allied products 5 22 0 0 0 0
27 Printing & publishing 94 1,815 0 0 0 0
28 Chemicals & allied products 3 13,144 3 13,144 37 1,417
29 Petroleum & coal products 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 2 D 2 D 500 to 999 D
31 Leather & leather products 1 D 0 0 0 0
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 4 33 0 0 0 0
33 Primary metal industries 4 D 3 D 250 to 499 D
34 Fabricated metal products 27 8,082 7 D 20 to 99 D
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 43 4,233 1 D 20 to 99 D
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 7 D 2 D 250 to 499 D
37 Transportation equipment 1 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
38 Instruments & related products 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 4 D 0 0 0 0
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 1,576 109,654 231 45,003 702 10,111
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 86 7,740 18 6,279 170 2,864
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 1,306 87,043 154 26,307 318 4,298
44 Water transportation 3 D 0 0 0 0
45 Transportation by air 10 D 0 0 0 0
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Transportation services 58 2,183 7 D 0 to 19 D
48 Communications 109 9,773 50 8,936 183 2,501
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 4 D 2 D 0 to 19 D
  Wholesale trade 163 148,939 44 145,521 501 10,333
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods 103 D 39 D 250 to 499 D
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods 61 D 5 D 20 to 99 D
  Retail trade