1997 Economic Census
Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses
New Jersey


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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) 654,227 690,007,714 194,118 667,137,703 3,298,375 113,091,959
Total minorities 102,295 24,138,905 25,625 21,458,192 125,819 3,398,780
 Black 26,500 2,160,441 3,236 1,580,808 16,862 375,877
 Hispanic 36,116 5,107,287 7,355 4,276,407 28,134 665,530
    Cuban 5,520 1,273,679 2,017 1,174,686 8,036 159,135
    Mexican Mexican American, Chicano 1,197 133,501 185 105,749 857 27,495
    Puerto Rican 6,278 594,023 976 446,708 4,200 99,476
    Spaniard 2,287 919,937 866 873,640 2,946 90,552
    Hispanic Latin American 15,022 1,594,529 2,203 1,196,770 6,611 177,537
    Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino 5,811 591,619 1,107 478,854 5,484 111,335
 American Indian and Alaska Natives 2,375 364,056 461 300,492 2,347 57,733
 Asian and Pacific Islander 41,432 16,734,070 15,154 15,436,316 79,640 2,314,294
    Asian Indian 13,505 4,967,170 5,991 4,549,901 28,815 935,365
    Chinese 9,933 5,777,069 3,807 5,450,494 20,799 543,600
    Filipino 4,805 683,837 914 566,931 5,882 230,107
    Japanese 1,098 343,433 341 302,937 2,423 64,256
    Korean 8,303 3,830,560 2,985 3,563,333 13,532 323,037
    Vietnamese 710 231,212 278 222,076 1,724 25,434
    Other Asian 2,644 832,954 748 720,654 5,998 182,453
    Hawaiian 367 D 23 D 250 to 499 D
    Other Pacific Islander 66 D 66 D 20 to 99 D
Women 155,345 30,000,725 29,047 26,434,850 247,040 5,398,593

 



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 654,227 690,007,714 194,118 667,137,703 3,298,375 113,091,959
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 11,424 1,653,104 4,411 1,389,151 17,476 442,198
07 Agricultural services 10,301 1,581,941 4,322 1,357,255 17,239 436,274
08 Forestry 125 5,139 12 2,694 51 925
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 998 66,024 77 29,202 186 4,999
  Mineral Industries 618 340,740 94 316,018 2,191 101,585
10 Metal mining 13 4,180 2 D 0 to 19 D
12 Coal mining 6 68 0 0 0 0
13 Oil & gas extraction 496 32,688 21 D 250 to 499 D
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 103 303,804 71 301,590 1,773 80,163
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 63,910 27,895,080 22,703 25,604,467 142,816 5,337,097
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 13,306 11,108,323 6,101 10,408,373 31,743 1,180,818
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 1,329 3,029,662 959 2,979,579 16,441 735,333
17 Construction--special trade contractors 47,978 12,890,556 15,369 11,489,702 93,195 3,376,122
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 1,305 866,539 282 726,813 1,437 44,824
  Manufacturing 18,856 103,686,646 11,334 103,274,870 533,217 23,769,621
20 Food & kindred products 942 10,128,194 575 10,110,895 38,090 1,841,734
21 Tobacco products 4 1,186 2 D 0 to 19 D
22 Textile mill products 418 1,328,908 308 1,321,862 10,676 328,628
23 Apparel & other textile products 1,746 2,921,059 979 2,888,147 29,174 699,698
24 Lumber & wood products 638 525,592 295 511,861 3,909 114,000
25 Furniture & fixtures 615 898,614 330 886,029 7,327 223,689
26 Paper & allied products 389 3,481,941 280 3,475,498 19,448 730,608
27 Printing & publishing 4,453 9,403,279 2,240 9,295,510 75,669 2,804,732
28 Chemicals & allied products 777 28,795,355 661 28,780,711 99,266 5,997,032
29 Petroleum & coal products 70 8,111,217 65 8,110,695 7,578 512,545
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 700 4,667,370 608 4,658,478 34,108 1,073,203
31 Leather & leather products 108 300,682 55 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 625 2,147,775 329 2,140,493 15,247 558,186
33 Primary metal industries 218 2,967,689 174 2,963,954 12,661 490,231
34 Fabricated metal products 1,656 4,596,920 1,152 4,567,939 32,854 1,216,628
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 2,367 5,099,253 1,572 5,056,014 35,891 1,505,564
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 1,054 5,644,084 660 5,610,969 48,930 2,742,661
37 Transportation equipment 282 5,103,152 206 5,095,048 10,768 466,006
38 Instruments & related products 563 5,365,646 474 5,339,306 33,390 1,915,153
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 1,404 2,198,730 542 2,162,221 15,743 493,305
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 31,901 42,017,559 8,623 40,957,481 260,240 10,898,040
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 6,230 1,805,772 1,193 1,640,949 37,593 885,959
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 16,843 8,679,233 4,065 8,038,599 76,736 2,542,815
44 Water transportation 620 2,987,866 352 2,971,514 9,798 425,933
45 Transportation by air 448 1,531,041 159 1,516,589 10,847 330,442
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 4 61,507 4 61,507 117 5,765
47 Transportation services 5,516 2,116,959 2,125 1,962,005 20,040 732,964
48 Communications 1,687 12,494,371 512 12,442,161 79,886 4,544,355
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 590 12,340,810 250 12,324,157 25,223 1,429,807
  Wholesale trade 31,819 235,576,385 18,540 234,200,076 310,659 13,746,396
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods 18,348 121,387,966 11,192 120,705,339 171,897 7,648,744
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods 13,520 114,188,419 7,397 113,494,737 138,762 6,097,652
  Retail trade 85,292 87,270,486 39,746 85,116,461 632,190 11,020,654
52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr 2,162 3,879,631 1,429 3,829,595 19,486 483,689
53 General merchandise stores 1,128 8,259,497 415 8,223,156 59,406 856,891
54 Food stores 8,680 14,856,181 5,095 14,516,205 118,940 1,958,658
55 Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations 6,724 24,386,302 4,680 24,126,048 56,371 1,638,268
56 Apparel and accessory stores 5,052 5,284,508 2,441 5,145,150 53,443 843,806
57 Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores 4,345 5,048,531 2,607 4,928,734 29,609 665,015
58 Eating & drinking places 17,533 7,233,656 13,128 7,019,606 179,733 1,961,193
59 Miscellaneous retail 39,797 18,322,180 10,080 17,327,967 115,202 2,613,134
  Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) 86,613 91,613,314 13,347 85,021,262 259,146 12,473,439
60 Depository institutions 652 13,659,845 614 13,655,403 54,652 1,897,397
61 Nondepository credit institutions 1,352 5,307,709 704 5,269,938 18,152 935,319
62 Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services 3,841 10,322,467 1,221 9,512,287 43,164 3,431,679
63 Insurance carriers 378 43,602,477 313 43,577,025 74,307 3,531,472
64 Insurance agents, brokers, and services 11,818 2,946,025 2,996 2,559,146 23,142 1,062,414
65pt Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) 63,614 11,412,809 7,109 6,378,929 37,864 1,104,402
67 Holding and other investment offices, except trusts 5,152 4,361,982 584 4,068,534 7,865 510,756
  Service industries (exc membership org & private households) 271,943 97,418,313 75,689 91,162,920 1,139,673 35,278,983
70 Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places 2,088 6,274,837 1,298 6,237,288 73,148 1,685,908
72 Personal services 33,014 2,467,150 7,768 1,887,771 44,198 635,574
73 Business services 72,575 24,936,901 16,489 23,153,060 297,576 9,193,208
75 Automotive repair, services, & parking 10,519 4,030,495 5,592 3,799,683 33,802 847,142
76 Miscellaneous repair services 5,516 1,337,476 1,982 1,211,094 12,138 405,448
78 Motion pictures 2,309 1,267,388 891 1,215,192 10,881 210,340
79 Amusement and recreation services 18,222 2,784,880 3,065 2,410,493 36,843 786,981
80 Health services 38,487 26,666,088 16,821 25,602,867 337,660 11,300,426
81 Legal services 13,222 4,678,516 6,231 4,336,848 38,244 1,868,061
82 Educational services 8,395 4,205,881 1,527 4,102,482 62,746 1,504,448
83 Social services 11,115 2,380,835 2,896 2,252,435 58,011 948,124
84 Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens 103 82,235 98 81,538 1,581 26,303
87 Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv 53,022 15,782,048 10,616 14,397,244 128,897 5,680,434
89 Services, n.e.c. 3,628 523,583 687 474,925 3,948 186,586
  Industries not classified 53,239 2,536,087 1,019 94,997 767 23,946

 



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 102,295 24,138,905 25,625 21,458,192 125,819 3,398,780
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 602 40,542 124 28,245 474 8,872
07 Agricultural services 567 39,098 121 27,438 444 8,697
08 Forestry 3 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 31 D 2 D 20 to 99 D
  Mineral Industries 33 3,373 0 0 0 0
10 Metal mining 4 D 0 0 0 0
12 Coal mining 1 D 0 0 0 0
13 Oil & gas extraction 24 2,580 0 0 0 0
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 4 D 0 0 0 0
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 5,375 929,004 1,265 801,065 5,098 187,707
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 966 288,479 354 259,373 1,634 61,144
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 69 102,772 39 D 250 to 499 D
17 Construction--special trade contractors 4,280 529,122 836 436,400 3,008 102,293
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) S S S S S S
  Manufacturing 1,715 1,386,913 737 1,347,462 11,559 287,869
20 Food & kindred products 177 132,207 66 131,216 509 17,045
21 Tobacco products 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Textile mill products 78 84,211 51 84,080 595 15,583
23 Apparel & other texti