1997 Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses

	1997 Economic Census Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Pennsylvania

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More data	Group			All firms		Firms with paid employees
More data	Group			Firms (number)	Sales and Receipts ($1,000)	Firms (number)	Sales and Receipts ($1,000)	Employees	Payroll ($1,000)
	Universe (All Firms)			837,756	802,492,149	222,450	778,115,447	4,740,610	132,473,592
	Total minorities			49,455	8,643,046	11,528	7,327,460	77,697	1,866,995
		Black		19,791	1,993,512	2,909	1,652,223	19,979	437,813
		Hispanic		7,893	1,273,320	1,785	984,265	10,090	227,006
			Cuban	608	128,583	179	117,274	1,687	33,578
			Mexican Mexican American, Chicano	983	184,021	175	144,834	1,112	21,091
			Puerto Rican	2,288	236,381	630	185,451	2,725	50,915
			Spaniard	673	70,067	171	46,450	682	11,314
			Hispanic Latin American	1,821	260,277	262	125,155	1,352	33,803
			Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino	1,520	393,991	368	365,100	2,532	76,304
		American Indian and Alaska Natives		5,161	505,273	951	388,532	5,288	73,590
		Asian and Pacific Islander		17,397	4,943,891	6,027	4,344,361	42,983	1,145,826
			Asian Indian	4,535	2,111,831	1,545	1,880,804	20,248	682,017
			Chinese	4,164	721,648	1,800	622,099	10,329	163,632
			Filipino	848	274,155	323	256,504	2,987	104,666
			Japanese	700	372,990	77	353,249	1,201	41,268
			Korean	3,675	963,337	1,434	789,037	5,234	104,944
			Vietnamese	1,848	154,764	463	D	1,000 to 2,499	D
			Other Asian	1,495	323,321	365	299,376	1,568	27,329
			Hawaiian	104	D	9	D	20 to 99	D
			Other Pacific Islander	30	D	13	D	20 to 99	D
	Women			202,990	34,043,332	31,932	30,628,265	257,841	5,400,077

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	837,756	802,492,149	222,450	778,115,447	4,740,610	132,473,592
	Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing	16,508	1,978,497	4,548	1,643,373	22,555	506,133
07	Agricultural services	15,648	1,903,076	4,470	1,604,548	22,299	498,578
08	Forestry	586	65,546	63	34,471	205	6,303
09	Fishing, hunting, and trapping	274	9,875	15	4,354	51	1,252
	Mineral Industries	3,571	3,791,511	796	3,591,879	18,897	758,482
10	Metal mining	16	4,743	3	D	0 to 19	D
12	Coal mining	548	2,619,990	331	2,544,288	11,420	483,417
13	Oil & gas extraction	2,441	487,774	269	D	1,000 to 2,499	D
14	Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels	569	679,004	196	662,925	5,094	198,097
	Construction industries and subdividers and developers	101,419	37,481,970	28,090	34,000,800	225,921	7,312,978
15	Building construction--general contractors & operative builders	21,615	14,556,423	8,525	13,496,621	53,425	1,635,174
16	Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors	2,093	5,210,465	1,282	5,169,272	33,582	1,244,712
17	Construction--special trade contractors	75,945	17,154,917	18,011	14,990,617	137,673	4,392,299
6552	Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries)	1,786	560,165	292	344,290	1,241	40,793
	Manufacturing	32,201	180,384,488	15,991	179,631,860	942,018	34,065,130
20	Food & kindred products	1,558	22,701,688	958	22,667,561	83,194	2,649,375
21	Tobacco products	12	410,662	11	D	500 to 999	D
22	Textile mill products	413	2,564,278	278	2,558,779	20,437	515,367
23	Apparel & other textile products	2,339	3,930,361	933	3,893,411	43,320	841,884
24	Lumber & wood products	5,922	4,213,771	1,523	3,968,449	32,295	781,963
25	Furniture & fixtures	1,401	2,240,517	489	2,195,961	17,950	499,461
26	Paper & allied products	409	9,121,595	294	9,117,632	34,397	1,174,954
27	Printing & publishing	4,841	11,784,354	2,309	11,689,177	90,288	2,873,732
28	Chemicals & allied products	591	18,783,850	516	18,773,573	53,619	3,195,096
29	Petroleum & coal products	107	9,603,468	92	9,600,576	8,488	416,523
30	Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products	824	7,983,150	730	7,974,619	51,676	1,627,461
31	Leather & leather products	149	627,919	64	D	5,000 to 9,999	D
32	Stone, clay, & glass products	1,323	6,112,952	687	6,095,242	37,474	1,444,689
33	Primary metal industries	571	18,588,600	459	18,577,308	74,172	3,176,444
34	Fabricated metal products	2,966	13,547,560	1,879	13,493,522	90,594	3,040,179
35	Industrial machinery & equipment	4,252	14,993,065	2,794	14,921,410	107,891	4,345,297
36	Electronic & other electric equipment	1,266	15,394,932	765	15,372,287	80,857	3,134,027
37	Transportation equipment	399	9,402,084	326	9,395,772	47,163	1,969,876
38	Instruments & related products	715	5,071,588	631	5,066,032	38,096	1,463,351
39	Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	2,549	3,308,094	659	3,234,968	22,927	736,264
	Transportation, communications, & utilities	36,409	68,343,973	8,429	66,920,854	255,882	8,467,330
41	Local and interurban passenger transportation	4,174	1,270,796	1,319	1,194,522	35,400	469,070
42	Motor freight transportation & warehousing	22,785	9,472,664	4,295	8,369,831	90,106	2,699,509
44	Water transportation	272	577,094	133	D	2,500 to 4,999	D
45	Transportation by air	626	1,397,840	187	1,377,263	10,706	290,840
46	Pipelines, except natural gas	10	208,826	8	D	500 to 999	D
47	Transportation services	4,984	1,434,979	1,386	1,312,217	14,001	402,822
48	Communications	2,269	12,726,930	682	12,661,178	55,863	2,070,658
49	Electric, gas, & sanitary services	1,330	41,254,844	460	41,228,374	45,557	2,339,972
	Wholesale trade	32,812	167,851,532	17,381	166,551,983	284,458	10,087,980
50	Wholesale trade - durable goods	20,884	99,168,267	11,836	98,401,277	174,684	6,269,998
51	Wholesale trade - nondurable goods	11,994	68,683,265	5,611	68,150,706	109,774	3,817,982
	Retail trade	134,144	117,195,373	50,778	113,759,821	986,854	13,816,336
52	Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr	4,203	6,144,589	2,495	6,026,640	37,873	720,460
53	General merchandise stores	1,577	12,701,767	443	12,644,100	115,525	1,470,979
54	Food stores	10,322	19,991,813	5,263	19,610,539	172,145	2,357,799
55	Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations	11,480	34,430,216	6,491	33,692,627	104,627	2,377,565
56	Apparel and accessory stores	5,212	5,177,453	2,372	5,053,214	53,776	738,047
57	Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores	6,638	5,406,592	3,472	5,204,134	35,879	702,008
58	Eating & drinking places	25,051	10,063,332	18,455	9,758,415	319,596	2,828,273
59	Miscellaneous retail	69,966	23,279,611	12,092	21,770,152	147,433	2,621,205
	Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev)	82,796	104,501,048	15,649	99,909,848	343,902	12,827,930
60	Depository institutions	1,241	22,442,999	1,209	22,440,069	101,508	3,031,124
61	Nondepository credit institutions	1,271	4,744,173	771	4,717,117	17,889	794,406
62	Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services	3,600	6,028,299	1,118	5,819,458	26,198	2,055,275
63	Insurance carriers	633	52,266,984	533	52,229,206	104,779	3,894,102
64	Insurance agents, brokers, and services	16,749	4,290,042	4,981	3,828,764	33,652	1,293,038
65pt	Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers)	55,039	9,195,030	6,520	5,627,546	47,740	1,137,438
67	Holding and other investment offices, except trusts	4,576	5,533,521	830	5,247,688	12,136	622,547
	Service industries (exc membership org & private households)	341,445	119,080,586	82,135	112,024,140	1,659,220	44,609,634
70	Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places	3,349	2,492,861	1,691	2,409,716	49,418	687,336
72	Personal services	52,039	3,160,639	8,831	2,348,982	61,208	805,342
73	Business services	79,891	20,534,422	12,576	18,800,975	310,776	7,692,804
75	Automotive repair, services, & parking	20,844	4,579,148	7,621	4,007,942	46,709	981,738
76	Miscellaneous repair services	9,329	1,927,053	2,401	1,715,170	18,157	520,773
78	Motion pictures	2,496	1,036,291	981	983,992	13,745	195,319
79	Amusement and recreation services	23,018	3,568,258	3,892	3,196,324	57,887	1,076,707
80	Health services	47,669	42,294,363	19,759	41,060,475	608,630	18,217,745
81	Legal services	14,084	5,805,761	6,377	5,450,793	45,224	2,198,243
82	Educational services	11,185	11,397,558	2,084	11,287,519	173,104	3,740,038
83	Social services	17,127	4,621,976	5,224	4,447,696	120,630	1,870,810
84	Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens	235	473,435	227	472,786	4,206	83,585
87	Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv	56,248	16,655,005	10,355	15,360,282	144,992	6,354,878
89	Services, n.e.c.	4,437	533,816	622	481,488	4,534	184,316
	Industries not classified	58,834	1,883,171	1,036	80,889	903	21,659

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	49,455	8,643,046	11,528	7,327,460	77,697	1,866,995
	Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing	436	27,744	102	D	250 to 499	D
07	Agricultural services	407	27,092	102	D	250 to 499	D
08	Forestry	11	D	0	0	0	0
09	Fishing, hunting, and trapping	18	D	0	0	0	0
	Mineral Industries	25	1,068	4	D	0 to 19	D
10	Metal mining	4	D	4	D	0 to 19	D
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