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1997 Economic Census Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses New Jersey |
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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) | 654,227 | 690,007,714 | 194,118 | 667,137,703 | 3,298,375 | 113,091,959 | ||
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Total minorities | 102,295 | 24,138,905 | 25,625 | 21,458,192 | 125,819 | 3,398,780 | ||
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Black | 26,500 | 2,160,441 | 3,236 | 1,580,808 | 16,862 | 375,877 | ||
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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 | |||
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American Indian and Alaska Natives | 2,375 | 364,056 | 461 | 300,492 | 2,347 | 57,733 | ||
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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 | |||
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Women | 155,345 | 30,000,725 | 29,047 | 26,434,850 | 247,040 | 5,398,593 | ||
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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 | 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 | |