1997 Economic Census
Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses
Rhode Island


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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) 80,934 52,930,316 24,373 50,755,745 386,544 10,040,593
Total minorities 4,784 626,860 1,076 525,752 7,158 119,946
 Black 1,269 124,434 181 104,097 1,935 26,805
 Hispanic 2,186 207,036 447 157,405 1,890 31,264
    Cuban 45 4,058 10 D 20 to 99 D
    Mexican Mexican American, Chicano S S S S S S
    Puerto Rican 169 5,519 23 D 0 to 19 D
    Spaniard 61 6,994 16 D 20 to 99 D
    Hispanic Latin American 933 81,304 172 D 250 to 499 D
    Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino 765 91,865 124 74,381 1,089 17,167
 American Indian and Alaska Natives 625 80,213 80 D 250 to 499 D
 Asian and Pacific Islander 1,110 250,452 420 D 2,500 to 4,999 D
    Asian Indian 174 43,051 89 39,554 302 8,006
    Chinese 334 82,960 147 72,243 1,075 13,747
    Filipino 68 D 23 D 500 to 999 D
    Japanese 66 D 14 D 20 to 99 D
    Korean 115 41,803 60 40,708 270 6,033
    Vietnamese 80 D 3 D 0 to 19 D
    Other Asian 227 29,385 44 D 250 to 499 D
    Hawaiian 16 D 11 D 250 to 499 D
    Other Pacific Islander 29 D 29 D 20 to 99 D
Women 19,886 2,683,580 3,751 2,318,482 28,678 532,300

 



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 80,934 52,930,316 24,373 50,755,745 386,544 10,040,593
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 2,753 221,688 626 138,218 1,986 44,490
07 Agricultural services 1,542 167,149 586 121,194 1,897 40,844
08 Forestry 34 1,312 6 962 14 168
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 1,177 53,227 34 16,062 75 3,478
  Mineral Industries 66 19,693 19 17,730 130 5,052
10 Metal mining 1 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
12 Coal mining 1 D 0 0 0 0
13 Oil & gas extraction 41 D 2 D 0 to 19 D
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 23 D 16 D 100 to 249 D
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 9,304 3,919,920 3,089 3,647,127 15,930 544,177
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 1,927 2,218,335 909 2,132,203 4,358 145,078
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 171 265,330 110 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
17 Construction--special trade contractors 7,026 1,387,054 2,039 1,224,931 10,078 336,356
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 180 49,201 31 D 20 to 99 D
  Manufacturing 3,925 10,854,899 2,479 10,779,469 82,016 2,575,357
20 Food & kindred products 128 495,376 93 493,189 2,424 69,347
21 Tobacco products 1 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
22 Textile mill products 111 864,980 96 864,278 6,718 186,470
23 Apparel & other textile products 170 159,634 75 157,691 1,534 35,887
24 Lumber & wood products 163 108,526 55 104,747 583 14,465
25 Furniture & fixtures 104 200,006 54 197,802 1,841 48,099
26 Paper & allied products 60 331,369 45 329,247 2,132 69,209
27 Printing & publishing 459 608,383 264 601,529 6,685 202,818
28 Chemicals & allied products 66 440,583 56 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
29 Petroleum & coal products 3 D 3 D 0 to 19 D
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 132 909,481 117 908,845 6,406 219,479
31 Leather & leather products 23 33,834 15 D 250 to 499 D
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 116 165,425 53 162,542 1,127 37,740
33 Primary metal industries 117 995,311 98 994,713 4,761 158,643
34 Fabricated metal products 506 931,512 334 922,686 9,211 272,800
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 409 841,164 284 836,800 5,540 200,396
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 103 1,080,284 66 1,078,884 6,918 210,660
37 Transportation equipment 104 169,209 79 150,765 2,049 95,864
38 Instruments & related products 69 742,707 62 742,451 4,517 195,638
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 1,106 1,771,767 654 1,754,579 17,425 467,332
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 2,583 2,720,392 835 2,656,755 14,191 471,512
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 296 92,096 81 86,901 2,378 34,433
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 1,284 434,032 381 392,815 2,913 88,917
44 Water transportation 153 D 84 D 500 to 999 D
45 Transportation by air 47 69,344 19 68,900 499 14,741
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 1 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
47 Transportation services 418 85,366 164 77,746 1,289 35,684
48 Communications 202 839,661 77 834,950 4,047 160,612
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 186 1,122,500 32 1,120,258 2,447 118,646
  Wholesale trade 3,096 8,108,349 1,742 7,998,315 20,590 693,095
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods 1,973 4,471,224 1,173 4,409,333 13,296 462,541
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods 1,126 3,637,125 572 3,588,982 7,294 230,554
  Retail trade 11,287 8,867,160 5,437 8,611,907 83,432 1,213,414
52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr 274 654,654 180 648,684 3,260 74,314
53 General merchandise stores 143 735,326 53 729,535 6,955 95,396
54 Food stores 924 1,565,626 592 1,539,566 13,823 171,525
55 Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations 1,010 2,322,798 635 2,264,651 7,147 173,210
56 Apparel and accessory stores 595 390,856 297 377,655 3,409 41,289
57 Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores 560 371,716 330 358,865 2,248 40,707
58 Eating & drinking places 2,513 1,056,571 2,009 1,033,765 31,402 308,450
59 Miscellaneous retail 5,294 1,769,613 1,367 1,659,186 15,188 308,523
  Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) 8,675 8,401,589 1,582 7,862,200 26,984 936,549
60 Depository institutions 84 2,397,784 79 2,397,293 7,737 221,250
61 Nondepository credit institutions 165 433,387 124 431,120 2,321 92,569
62 Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services 320 310,764 122 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
63 Insurance carriers 62 D 61 3,878,760 8,992 310,637
64 Insurance agents, brokers, and services 1,354 D 417 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
65pt Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) 6,285 855,042 729 431,225 3,611 86,752
67 Holding and other investment offices, except trusts 428 262,060 73 213,186 351 37,698
  Service industries (exc membership org & private households) 33,420 9,631,586 8,579 9,036,363 141,183 3,554,863
70 Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places 395 191,598 196 183,098 3,006 47,273
72 Personal services 5,057 287,983 986 214,434 4,967 71,149
73 Business services 7,786 1,548,803 1,442 1,396,875 28,417 603,924
75 Automotive repair, services, & parking 1,550 366,659 737 330,336 3,419 73,244
76 Miscellaneous repair services 848 125,087 279 108,282 1,555 39,252
78 Motion pictures 221 60,422 98 57,371 983 12,351
79 Amusement and recreation services 2,424 305,637 397 265,997 5,200 87,116
80 Health services 3,965 3,420,786 1,774 3,337,082 51,085 1,533,533
81 Legal services 1,661 424,803 742 385,598 3,437 141,443
82 Educational services 1,091 1,221,595 225 1,210,684 17,996 403,736
83 Social services 2,165 704,730 573 680,207 10,859 172,866
84 Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens 34 25,943 34 25,943 423 7,825
87 Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv 5,728 913,324 1,097 813,004 9,584 349,076
89 Services, n.e.c. 545 34,216 49 27,452 252 12,075
  Industries not classified 5,966 185,040 126 7,661 102 2,084

 



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 4,784 626,860 1,076 525,752 7,158 119,946
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 39 D 5 D 20 to 99 D
07 Agricultural services 14 D 5 D 20 to 99 D
08 Forestry 0 0 0 0 0 0
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 25 D 0 0 0 0
  Mineral Industries 1 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 1 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 315 70,272 108 65,389 379 14,336
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 49 22,895 21 D 20 to 99 D
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 8 D 5 D 20 to 99 D
17 Construction--special trade contractors 252 42,160 82 37,651 251 10,069
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 7 D 0 0 0 0
  Manufacturing 135 54,759 59 53,254 590 12,317
20 Food & kindred products 3 D 2 D 20 to 99 D
21 Tobacco products 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Textile mill products 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Apparel & other textile products 14 D 1 D 20 to 99 D
24 Lumber & wood products 3 D 0 0 0 0
25 Furniture & fixtures 3 D 1 D 20 to 99 D
26 Paper & allied products 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Printing & publishing 9 D 8 D 20 to 99 D
28 Chemicals & allied products 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Petroleum & coal products 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Leather & leather products 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 2 D 2 D 100 to 249 D
33 Primary metal industries 12 D 11 D 20 to 99 D
34 Fabricated metal products 26 6,470 7 D 20 to 99 D
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 1 D 0 0 0 0
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Transportation equipment 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Instruments & related products S S S S S S
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 60 8,790 25 8,525 181 2,471
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 125 D 13 D 20 to 99 D
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 11 D 0 0 0 0
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 77 D 5 D 0 to 19 D
44 Water transportation 3 D 0 0 0 0
45 Transportation by air 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Transportation services 11 D 8 D 0 to 19 D
48 Communications 20 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 3 D 0 0 0 0
  Wholesale trade 66 51,498 30 49,193 125 4,650
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods 44 48,288 29 D 100 to 249 D
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods 22 3,210 1 D 0 to 19 D
  Retail trade 952 216,164 379 191,560 2,407 26,938
52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr 21 D 18 D 20 to 99 D
53 General merchandise stores 15 1,759 3 D 0 to 19 D
54 Food stores 154 42,915 67 34,191 273 3,554
55 Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations 47 D 22 D 100 to 249 D
56 Apparel and accessory stores S S S S S S
57 Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores 36 D 33 D 20 to 99 D
58 Eating & drinking places 227 64,031 167 59,974 1,752 15,471
59 Miscellaneous retail 289 24,373 56 18,059 96 1,114
  Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) 168 10,657 32 D 0 to 19 D
60 Depository institutions 0 0 0 0 0 0
61 Nondepository credit institutions 9 D 0 0 0 0
62 Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services S S S S S S
63 Insurance carriers 0 0 0 0 0 0
64 Insurance agents, brokers, and services 52 D 29 D 0 to 19 D
65pt Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) 96 D 3 D 0 to 19 D
67 Holding and other investment offices, except trusts 9 D 0 0 0 0
  Service industries (exc membership org & private households) 1,885 159,643 303 123,527 3,197 53,204
70 Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places 2 D 2 D 20 to 99 D
72 Personal services 346 15,946 61