1997 Economic Census
Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses
North Carolina


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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) 570,484 518,648,589 149,186 500,546,338 3,067,214 77,145,248
Total minorities 61,551 6,711,336 11,282 5,568,383 73,696 1,192,375
 Black 39,901 2,299,285 5,441 1,701,399 33,914 441,415
 Hispanic 7,270 1,080,439 1,384 908,909 8,305 193,271
    Cuban 437 233,857 168 223,529 1,736 62,536
    Mexican Mexican American, Chicano 1,524 171,432 475 128,182 1,886 27,011
    Puerto Rican 752 108,668 180 D 500 to 999 D
    Spaniard 248 85,618 45 D 250 to 499 D
    Hispanic Latin American 1,596 295,901 305 261,459 2,672 56,891
    Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino 2,715 184,962 211 126,748 1,002 17,045
 American Indian and Alaska Natives 7,148 911,903 1,275 737,230 7,942 141,365
 Asian and Pacific Islander 8,050 2,461,178 3,228 2,246,034 23,782 421,520
    Asian Indian 2,234 896,123 1,326 817,465 10,054 177,267
    Chinese 1,440 651,518 782 627,494 6,707 96,419
    Filipino 332 67,352 31 60,185 666 11,449
    Japanese 240 220,600 63 217,709 1,213 34,310
    Korean 1,575 356,145 520 312,155 3,039 52,231
    Vietnamese 1,257 82,341 198 D 500 to 999 D
    Other Asian 815 179,793 292 160,543 1,249 35,922
    Hawaiian 76 D 9 D 20 to 99 D
    Other Pacific Islander 80 D 8 D 20 to 99 D
Women 139,900 24,166,074 22,907 21,833,774 221,973 4,087,971

 



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 570,484 518,648,589 149,186 500,546,338 3,067,214 77,145,248
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 18,148 1,690,239 3,542 1,302,576 21,799 393,620
07 Agricultural services 14,490 1,499,123 3,410 1,220,700 20,931 377,088
08 Forestry 595 87,025 96 61,298 722 13,173
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 3,064 104,091 37 20,578 146 3,359
  Mineral Industries 656 788,716 115 769,358 3,895 149,303
10 Metal mining 17 3,291 4 D 20 to 99 D
12 Coal mining 5 147 0 0 0 0
13 Oil & gas extraction 451 31,233 16 D 100 to 249 D
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 183 754,045 95 744,082 3,773 146,374
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 86,488 30,388,639 24,848 27,444,441 202,597 5,271,645
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 15,751 13,689,854 7,246 12,756,701 48,275 1,372,815
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 2,552 3,944,019 1,477 3,883,294 30,549 853,417
17 Construction--special trade contractors 65,761 11,882,531 15,677 10,213,387 121,578 2,986,368
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 2,433 872,235 457 591,059 2,195 59,045
  Manufacturing 20,454 167,231,530 10,617 166,867,355 844,178 24,722,043
20 Food & kindred products 726 13,390,044 414 13,377,364 57,491 1,382,146
21 Tobacco products 15 16,192,405 13 D 10,000 to 24,999 D
22 Textile mill products 1,164 21,869,346 826 21,853,696 168,299 4,070,981
23 Apparel & other textile products 1,465 5,749,768 667 5,734,867 58,216 1,124,894
24 Lumber & wood products 4,362 5,985,822 1,787 5,866,406 43,960 1,055,919
25 Furniture & fixtures 1,342 7,021,991 664 7,000,406 77,247 1,754,813
26 Paper & allied products 241 5,252,501 161 5,248,908 22,982 873,057
27 Printing & publishing 2,784 3,543,690 1,476 3,504,115 33,262 972,728
28 Chemicals & allied products 396 22,258,310 355 22,253,868 45,925 2,243,489
29 Petroleum & coal products 29 311,891 25 D 500 to 999 D
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 504 8,062,520 454 8,059,751 46,284 1,378,350
31 Leather & leather products 103 311,118 44 308,479 2,467 59,184
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 955 3,978,439 394 3,965,819 23,285 709,414
33 Primary metal industries 151 3,762,918 105 3,755,129 15,260 538,938
34 Fabricated metal products 1,496 6,492,268 812 6,465,009 40,276 1,272,929
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 2,340 18,458,291 1,415 18,425,499 71,869 2,216,460
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 647 12,571,458 348 12,559,946 64,456 2,363,633
37 Transportation equipment 375 8,351,746 324 8,347,308 31,193 1,062,080
38 Instruments & related products 272 2,542,830 228 2,539,048 12,900 433,754
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 1,350 1,124,174 368 1,098,312 9,836 256,361
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 22,979 25,960,236 6,170 25,169,583 149,732 5,100,079
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 1,614 197,010 364 172,944 4,174 61,784
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 15,545 6,150,693 3,854 5,526,578 67,796 1,876,558
44 Water transportation 322 185,231 166 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
45 Transportation by air 550 893,030 186 878,377 7,517 216,996
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 6 76,128 4 D 100 to 249 D
47 Transportation services 2,459 536,059 807 464,201 6,910 181,116
48 Communications 1,847 8,503,755 524 8,470,079 34,678 1,371,229
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 664 9,418,330 293 9,403,223 26,086 1,285,857
  Wholesale trade 22,440 104,446,551 12,108 103,689,519 185,480 6,370,491
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods 13,849 56,393,107 7,939 55,933,360 111,866 4,033,170
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods 8,644 48,053,444 4,222 47,756,159 73,614 2,337,321
  Retail trade 84,107 76,949,421 31,743 74,795,013 662,047 9,127,696
52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr 3,118 6,762,911 1,939 6,676,941 34,505 784,819
53 General merchandise stores 1,078 8,708,789 320 8,666,382 81,236 985,315
54 Food stores 6,131 12,681,609 3,377 12,410,577 99,937 1,303,529
55 Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations 10,563 25,180,517 4,985 24,500,998 72,825 1,747,140
56 Apparel and accessory stores 3,997 3,197,791 1,766 3,122,105 35,648 421,577
57 Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores 5,522 4,312,022 3,135 4,192,055 29,807 570,203
58 Eating & drinking places 11,813 7,085,110 8,974 6,963,423 236,501 2,147,111
59 Miscellaneous retail 42,154 9,020,672 7,516 8,262,532 71,588 1,168,002
  Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) 56,386 52,038,606 10,453 48,993,721 171,387 6,293,379
60 Depository institutions 390 14,751,923 373 14,744,075 62,157 2,125,204
61 Nondepository credit institutions 1,057 4,480,282 721 4,457,340 19,889 641,452
62 Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services 1,450 1,695,846 498 1,638,828 7,124 616,830
63 Insurance carriers 329 17,285,504 281 17,263,583 33,282 1,306,726
64 Insurance agents, brokers, and services 12,059 1,961,408 3,178 1,632,711 15,730 513,081
65pt Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) 38,512 5,803,763 5,111 3,366,664 29,193 664,029
67 Holding and other investment offices, except trusts 2,738 6,059,880 440 5,890,520 4,012 426,057
  Service industries (exc membership org & private households) 220,994 55,221,095 50,300 51,469,107 825,435 19,704,722
70 Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places 2,627 1,796,492 1,598 1,727,798 34,808 454,875
72 Personal services 40,567 2,126,338 4,426 1,523,706 39,181 532,895
73 Business services 57,129 12,089,506 9,228 11,082,705 213,767 4,448,623
75 Automotive repair, services, & parking 15,046 2,797,408 4,815 2,456,193 28,069 572,593
76 Miscellaneous repair services 7,537 1,128,745 2,114 978,469 11,978 288,635
78 Motion pictures 1,548 575,547 703 551,931 9,102 93,363
79 Amusement and recreation services 14,049 2,096,307 2,676 1,887,507 32,518 604,368
80 Health services 20,500 17,659,771 9,125 17,226,250 252,767 7,445,372
81 Legal services 5,563 1,935,605 3,347 1,839,314 17,908 680,829
82 Educational services 6,086 4,271,231 957 4,205,920 56,817 1,327,839
83 Social services 15,512 2,090,299 4,053 1,944,521 60,834 792,685
84 Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens 148 120,644 142 120,307 1,733 32,723
87 Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv 32,341 6,210,761 6,936 5,626,492 62,925 2,303,350
89 Services, n.e.c. 2,527 322,441 366 297,994 3,028 126,572
  Industries not classified 39,266 3,933,556 724 45,665 664 12,270

 



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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 61,551 6,711,336 11,282 5,568,383 73,696 1,192,375
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 1,806 D 193 D 500 to 999 D
07 Agricultural services 1,613 45,063 192 D 500 to 999 D
08 Forestry 44 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 150 D 0 0 0 0
  Mineral Industries 18 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
10 Metal mining 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Coal mining 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Oil & gas extraction 16 D 0 0 0 0
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 2 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 7,289 688,078 1,878 516,193 8,462 143,091
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 627 114,808 237 98,410 730 13,602
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 138 62,220 42 D 500 to 999 D
17 Construction--special trade contractors 6,505 503,233 1,597 352,345 6,942 107,715
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 19 7,817 2 D 20 to 99 D
  Manufacturing 945 738,977 243 714,062 6,641 148,443
20 Food & kindred products 39 2,151 12 D 0 to 19 D
21 Tobacco products 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Textile mill products 36 204,723 18 204,537 2,713 49,573
23 Apparel & other textile products 107 58,558 46 57,212 784 15,226
24 Lumber & wood products 312 37,249 35 21,853 266 5,644
25 Furniture & fixtures 44 25,946 26 25,593 193 5,004
26 Paper & allied products 4 83 0 0 0 0
27 Printing & publishing 161 17,866 21 13,527 275 4,117
28 Chemicals & allied products 2 D 2 D 100 to 249 D
29 Petroleum & coal products 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 18 68,010 18 68,010 410 10,931
31 Leather & leather products 7 120 0 0 0 0
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 24 4,498 3 4,442 50 1,066
33 Primary metal industries 11 D 0 0 0 0
34 Fabricated metal products 23 D 8 D 250 to 499 D
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 50 79,298 22 78,488 617 18,210
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 21 27,660 4 27,331 205 4,545
37 Transportation equipment 1 D 1 D 100 to 249 D
38 Instruments & related products 0