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1997 Economic Census Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses New York |
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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) | 1,509,829 | 1,488,912,652 | 402,266 | 1,438,125,325 | 6,799,764 | 248,006,938 | ||
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Total minorities | 296,523 | 47,214,892 | 54,496 | 40,542,517 | 285,892 | 6,880,479 | ||
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Black | 86,469 | 5,067,265 | 7,822 | 3,445,063 | 45,703 | 1,005,200 | ||
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Hispanic | 104,189 | 10,311,271 | 13,667 | 8,120,010 | 56,464 | 1,607,504 | ||
| Cuban | 5,963 | 1,463,015 | 1,245 | 1,188,026 | 8,040 | 231,091 | |||
| Mexican Mexican American, Chicano | 4,809 | 311,603 | 944 | 261,290 | 1,732 | 68,884 | |||
| Puerto Rican | 17,124 | 1,365,126 | 2,381 | 975,131 | 7,553 | 229,584 | |||
| Spaniard | 4,449 | 966,231 | 933 | 850,313 | 6,948 | 244,104 | |||
| Hispanic Latin American | 60,603 | 4,478,661 | 6,997 | 3,379,840 | 25,351 | 601,836 | |||
| Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino | 11,241 | 1,726,635 | 1,167 | 1,465,411 | 6,839 | 232,005 | |||
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American Indian and Alaska Natives | 6,443 | 1,417,279 | 1,074 | 1,206,603 | 5,270 | 155,336 | ||
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Asian and Pacific Islander | 123,258 | 31,611,108 | 34,130 | 28,535,531 | 185,118 | 4,220,121 | ||
| Asian Indian | 29,288 | 8,552,316 | 8,778 | 7,818,522 | 52,202 | 1,186,011 | |||
| Chinese | 51,023 | 12,901,072 | 12,058 | 11,813,029 | 69,254 | 1,289,190 | |||
| Filipino | 4,780 | 943,899 | 904 | 802,159 | 8,502 | 273,100 | |||
| Japanese | 5,294 | 2,390,381 | 1,036 | 2,283,186 | 10,001 | 564,130 | |||
| Korean | 20,244 | 4,618,601 | 9,048 | 4,040,663 | 33,929 | 659,892 | |||
| Vietnamese | 1,860 | 150,367 | 335 | 117,205 | 1,083 | 19,385 | |||
| Other Asian | 10,264 | 1,884,436 | 1,926 | 1,497,864 | 9,884 | 203,398 | |||
| Hawaiian | 381 | D | 25 | D | 20 to 99 | D | |||
| Other Pacific Islander | 125 | D | 19 | D | 100 to 249 | D | |||
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Women | 394,014 | 59,496,722 | 59,557 | 51,060,727 | 461,127 | 12,457,082 | ||
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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 | 1,509,829 | 1,488,912,652 | 402,266 | 1,438,125,325 | 6,799,764 | 248,006,938 |
| Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 19,452 | 2,504,211 | 6,001 | 2,127,450 | 26,731 | 680,807 | |
| 07 | Agricultural services | 17,701 | 2,310,017 | 5,889 | 1,977,204 | 24,877 | 625,023 |
| 08 | Forestry | 465 | 125,460 | 43 | 116,115 | 1,620 | 49,016 |
| 09 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 1,286 | 68,734 | 69 | 34,131 | 234 | 6,768 |
| Mineral Industries | 2,105 | 767,717 | 314 | 682,985 | 5,684 | 290,023 | |
| 10 | Metal mining | 25 | D | 8 | D | 250 to 499 | D |
| 12 | Coal mining | 8 | D | 2 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 13 | Oil & gas extraction | 1,532 | 179,890 | 99 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D |
| 14 | Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 541 | 551,753 | 206 | 537,960 | 3,572 | 141,603 |
| Construction industries and subdividers and developers | 120,558 | 48,063,507 | 37,776 | 44,700,898 | 263,714 | 9,762,594 | |
| 15 | Building construction--general contractors & operative builders | 26,018 | 18,184,516 | 10,789 | 17,122,404 | 58,426 | 2,126,384 |
| 16 | Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors | 2,478 | 5,603,517 | 1,600 | 5,555,725 | 27,494 | 1,261,491 |
| 17 | Construction--special trade contractors | 90,429 | 23,581,764 | 25,025 | 21,485,503 | 176,045 | 6,307,544 |
| 6552 | Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) | 1,647 | 693,710 | 376 | 537,266 | 1,749 | 67,175 |
| Manufacturing | 44,335 | 171,378,005 | 23,649 | 170,402,406 | 950,586 | 37,325,690 | |
| 20 | Food & kindred products | 2,939 | 16,379,657 | 1,242 | 16,319,766 | 60,475 | 2,186,442 |
| 21 | Tobacco products | 9 | D | 5 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D |
| 22 | Textile mill products | 964 | 2,985,152 | 739 | 2,970,931 | 23,252 | 634,013 |
| 23 | Apparel & other textile products | 6,828 | 10,168,331 | 4,347 | 10,048,610 | 97,761 | 2,034,397 |
| 24 | Lumber & wood products | 3,938 | 1,797,901 | 1,094 | 1,669,119 | 14,561 | 405,517 |
| 25 | Furniture & fixtures | 1,546 | 1,975,545 | 700 | 1,940,839 | 19,305 | 509,874 |
| 26 | Paper & allied products | 623 | 5,764,546 | 438 | 5,755,380 | 32,624 | 1,170,347 |
| 27 | Printing & publishing | 9,583 | 30,372,312 | 4,668 | 30,157,682 | 149,777 | 6,911,412 |
| 28 | Chemicals & allied products | 706 | 14,453,569 | 586 | 14,440,792 | 60,270 | 3,302,682 |
| 29 | Petroleum & coal products | 105 | 803,422 | 90 | 801,371 | 2,332 | 135,422 |
| 30 | Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products | 806 | 5,201,377 | 688 | 5,188,540 | 38,853 | 1,127,680 |
| 31 | Leather & leather products | 443 | D | 228 | D | 5,000 to 9,999 | D |
| 32 | Stone, clay, & glass products | 1,479 | 3,660,803 | 662 | 3,633,427 | 21,830 | 799,066 |
| 33 | Primary metal industries | 397 | 6,065,406 | 273 | 6,058,766 | 19,840 | 783,043 |
| 34 | Fabricated metal products | 2,897 | 7,872,621 | 1,816 | 7,788,443 | 57,705 | 1,938,682 |
| 35 | Industrial machinery & equipment | 3,554 | 15,079,253 | 2,232 | 15,017,622 | 97,240 | 4,636,028 |
| 36 | Electronic & other electric equipment | 1,699 | 14,198,201 | 1,024 | 14,159,665 | 84,696 | 3,190,610 |
| 37 | Transportation equipment | 516 | 9,167,198 | 393 | 9,154,401 | 33,018 | 1,612,310 |
| 38 | Instruments & related products | 842 | 19,430,306 | 713 | 19,420,148 | 92,221 | 4,591,731 |
| 39 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 4,675 | 5,366,948 | 1,925 | 5,251,473 | 38,034 | 1,081,940 |
| Transportation, communications, & utilities | 80,175 | 87,843,921 | 15,239 | 85,605,388 | 414,204 | 16,853,032 | |
| 41 | Local and interurban passenger transportation | 35,266 | 3,921,789 | 2,665 | 2,935,514 | 58,684 | 1,152,754 |
| 42 | Motor freight transportation & warehousing | 24,880 | 8,238,180 | 5,417 | 7,466,732 | 86,331 | 2,359,675 |
| 44 | Water transportation | 1,011 | 1,971,425 | 642 | D | 5,000 to 9,999 | D |
| 45 | Transportation by air | 870 | 5,289,684 | 385 | 5,259,916 | 30,355 | 947,858 |
| 46 | Pipelines, except natural gas | 9 | 40,566 | 6 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| 47 | Transportation services | 12,795 | 3,566,609 | 4,453 | 3,283,308 | 38,867 | 1,298,759 |
| 48 | Communications | 3,731 | 40,643,601 | 1,302 | 40,535,931 | 126,501 | 7,533,921 |
| 49 | Electric, gas, & sanitary services | 1,654 | 24,172,067 | 410 | 24,133,752 | 64,521 | 3,215,298 |
| Wholesale trade | 65,959 | 331,915,508 | 38,593 | 329,135,871 | 473,244 | 20,148,074 | |
| 50 | Wholesale trade - durable goods | 34,975 | 140,602,060 | 20,687 | 139,171,293 | 246,503 | 10,572,517 |
| 51 | Wholesale trade - nondurable goods | 31,063 | 191,313,448 | 17,985 | 189,964,578 | 226,741 | 9,575,557 |
| Retail trade | 197,005 | 154,146,019 | 88,662 | 149,551,852 | 1,238,602 | 20,033,468 | |
| 52 | Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr | 4,920 | 7,201,659 | 3,276 | 7,093,474 | 41,299 | 898,604 |
| 53 | General merchandise stores | 2,544 | 15,936,163 | 1,103 | 15,864,955 | 128,307 | 1,965,444 |
| 54 | Food stores | 23,496 | 26,524,885 | 13,727 | 25,693,878 | 213,690 | 3,168,226 |
| 55 | Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations | 13,661 | 35,933,736 | 7,394 | 35,235,065 | 92,825 | 2,410,047 |
| 56 | Apparel and accessory stores | 12,396 | 11,750,544 | 6,124 | 11,516,378 | 101,616 | 1,834,302 |
| 57 | Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores | 8,914 | 8,888,491 | 5,470 | 8,692,650 | 52,601 | 1,093,098 |
| 58 | Eating & drinking places | 42,076 | 16,364,602 | 30,470 | 15,941,986 | 403,295 | 4,653,442 |
| 59 | Miscellaneous retail | 89,266 | 31,545,939 | 21,366 | 29,513,466 | 204,969 | 4,010,305 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) | 181,959 | 453,638,802 | 43,586 | 439,026,060 | 790,620 | 60,953,135 | |
| 60 | Depository institutions | 1,499 | 123,669,279 | 1,415 | 123,648,178 | 203,189 | 13,112,576 |
| 61 | Nondepository credit institutions | 2,361 | 16,995,272 | 1,224 | 16,807,935 | 37,098 | 2,139,422 |
| 62 | Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services | 10,231 | 137,567,898 | 4,391 | 135,710,603 | 185,354 | 29,633,770 |
| 63 | Insurance carriers | 713 | 105,693,217 | 561 | 105,340,928 | 134,687 | 6,136,959 |
| 64 | Insurance agents, brokers, and services | 22,875 | 9,636,566 | 6,795 | 8,939,888 | 60,146 | 3,348,505 |
| 65pt | Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) | 130,880 | 37,341,495 | 27,481 | 27,309,157 | 143,606 | 4,549,926 |
| 67 | Holding and other investment offices, except trusts | 13,921 | 22,735,075 | 2,240 | 21,269,371 | 26,540 | 2,031,977 |
| Service industries (exc membership org & private households) | 654,716 | 232,210,498 | 147,852 | 216,340,105 | 2,634,188 | 81,816,259 | |
| 70 | Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places | 4,893 | 5,721,396 | 2,460 | 5,554,335 | 78,749 | 1,647,782 |
| 72 | Personal services | 96,553 | 5,514,297 | 15,063 | 3,865,638 | 83,295 | 1,243,805 |
| 73 | Business services | 154,914 | 47,185,139 | 27,040 | 43,316,123 | 554,980 | 17,219,793 |
| 75 | Automotive repair, services, & parking | 23,930 | 6,005,727 | 11,030 | 5,503,926 | 63,085 | 1,305,739 |
| 76 | Miscellaneous repair services | 12,627 | 2,240,514 | 3,702 | 1,969,356 | 21,434 | 617,481 |
| 78 | Motion pictures | 9,124 | 7,331,278 | 3,248 | 7,071,074 | 36,376 | 1,334,096 |
| 79 | Amusement and recreation services | 54,061 | 9,359,053 | 7,780 | 8,158,197 | 110,425 | 2,813,744 |
| 80 | Health services | 92,893 | 61,420,322 | 32,855 | 58,601,491 | 829,799 | 26,844,964 |
| 81 | Legal services | 33,440 | 19,300,156 | 13,110 | 18,189,593 | 109,883 | 6,132,572 |
| 82 | Educational services | 21,291 | 19,408,428 | 3,942 | 19,065,232 | 277,165 | 6,496,453 |
| 83 | Social services | 35,870 | 12,556,039 | 7,335 | 11,642,117 | 213,038 | 4,123,238 |
| 84 | Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens | 452 | 1,095,568 | 439 | 1,093,010 | 12,087 | 308,031 |
| 87 | Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv | 100,843 | 29,114,061 | 19,054 | 26,615,540 | 231,101 | 10,734,697 |
| 89 | Services, n.e.c. | 14,525 | 5,958,520 | 1,494 | 5,694,473 | 12,771 | 993,864 |
| Industries not classified | 145,885 | 6,444,464 | 2,914 | 552,310 | 2,191 | 143,856 | |