1997 Economic Census
Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses
South Carolina


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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) 260,342 213,486,429 71,547 206,431,441 1,425,681 33,619,107
Total minorities 30,753 2,621,280 5,562 2,107,206 33,466 445,559
 Black 23,216 1,408,925 3,148 1,030,411 17,713 234,660
 Hispanic 2,036 250,730 505 212,435 2,783 40,148
    Cuban 96 61,233 35 57,662 514 6,143
    Mexican Mexican American, Chicano 562 49,634 223 44,637 776 11,665
    Puerto Rican 208 23,317 31 19,856 429 5,746
    Spaniard 157 52,248 30 49,472 354 5,907
    Hispanic Latin American 606 48,620 148 31,176 592 8,988
    Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino 408 15,678 38 9,632 117 1,698
 American Indian and Alaska Natives 2,229 199,917 409 153,006 3,066 41,640
 Asian and Pacific Islander 3,530 813,706 1,528 759,545 10,266 134,238
    Asian Indian 966 328,785 674 315,883 4,854 62,212
    Chinese 651 147,755 430 139,266 2,788 29,268
    Filipino 275 17,929 50 13,324 168 2,594
    Japanese 242 105,034 63 102,103 518 13,135
    Korean 476 120,580 151 111,020 1,137 14,456
    Vietnamese 585 18,612 81 D 100 to 249 D
    Other Asian 255 48,483 75 42,664 495 8,002
    Hawaiian 35 26,191 4 D 20 to 99 D
    Other Pacific Islander 46 338 0 0 0 0
Women 64,232 10,634,412 10,891 9,593,411 100,284 1,691,165

 



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 260,342 213,486,429 71,547 206,431,441 1,425,681 33,619,107
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 6,888 798,400 1,703 650,836 10,601 194,529
07 Agricultural services 5,933 629,447 1,582 508,923 9,248 153,336
08 Forestry 299 132,041 103 122,823 1,155 36,222
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 656 36,912 18 19,090 198 4,971
  Mineral Industries 294 251,471 52 244,839 1,567 51,392
10 Metal mining 13 D 5 D 100 to 249 D
12 Coal mining 2 D 0 0 0 0
13 Oil & gas extraction 217 D 7 D 100 to 249 D
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 62 215,371 40 213,890 1,252 42,715
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 35,361 12,175,397 10,817 11,006,920 88,849 2,146,478
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 7,013 5,228,841 3,140 4,825,000 22,056 568,787
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 1,071 1,598,178 655 1,580,058 11,136 316,514
17 Construction--special trade contractors 26,169 4,724,193 6,822 4,086,368 53,675 1,202,156
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 1,111 624,185 203 515,494 1,982 59,021
  Manufacturing 8,019 71,891,780 4,512 71,747,887 370,319 11,368,373
20 Food & kindred products 325 3,481,724 152 3,473,034 16,852 373,332
21 Tobacco products 1 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
22 Textile mill products 349 11,271,032 278 11,266,308 77,836 2,039,477
23 Apparel & other textile products 591 2,705,053 330 2,695,814 28,577 508,701
24 Lumber & wood products 1,556 2,455,033 815 2,419,841 15,311 371,428
25 Furniture & fixtures 249 588,401 96 584,568 5,140 121,387
26 Paper & allied products 134 5,244,977 95 5,244,288 17,976 786,596
27 Printing & publishing 1,145 1,289,262 613 1,272,910 12,230 325,837
28 Chemicals & allied products 225 12,532,130 202 12,529,564 37,069 1,640,641
29 Petroleum & coal products 16 220,865 13 220,756 373 13,173
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 254 4,475,884 235 4,474,050 25,886 907,983
31 Leather & leather products 14 D 4 D 20 to 99 D
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 294 1,897,833 156 1,893,702 9,954 324,829
33 Primary metal industries 111 3,026,454 79 3,024,097 9,039 325,427
34 Fabricated metal products 723 3,297,141 383 3,283,644 21,094 606,972
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 1,107 7,334,100 680 7,314,294 38,321 1,255,860
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 251 4,481,849 137 4,478,292 28,341 878,028
37 Transportation equipment 208 5,979,166 167 5,975,862 18,236 654,086
38 Instruments & related products 65 1,169,370 55 1,169,054 4,933 157,825
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 525 436,936 145 423,559 3,107 75,473
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 10,248 12,346,021 2,744 11,995,441 68,287 2,235,936
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 584 D 161 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 6,721 2,506,106 1,486 2,225,495 26,713 720,330
44 Water transportation 260 269,013 123 261,860 3,654 67,252
45 Transportation by air 246 414,232 81 408,194 4,063 135,896
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 5 D 4 D 20 to 99 D
47 Transportation services 1,222 304,745 438 277,448 3,634 92,400
48 Communications 923 3,759,857 298 3,745,634 13,898 527,998
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 306 4,970,638 172 4,963,491 13,800 656,853
  Wholesale trade 9,507 37,116,566 5,100 36,786,954 71,561 2,254,341
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods 5,956 22,181,469 3,363 21,983,646 43,265 1,424,511
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods 3,568 14,935,097 1,754 14,803,308 28,296 829,830
  Retail trade 42,934 36,100,010 17,000 34,996,800 341,809 4,232,417
52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr 1,612 2,984,800 1,021 2,943,077 14,365 297,849
53 General merchandise stores 549 4,340,010 135 4,323,298 40,062 469,199
54 Food stores 3,405 6,250,649 1,814 6,147,439 55,710 662,098
55 Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations 5,120 11,442,588 2,436 11,057,007 35,903 778,117
56 Apparel and accessory stores 2,225 1,747,129 1,139 1,709,129 19,135 219,142
57 Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores 2,677 1,682,004 1,567 1,631,761 13,500 240,039
58 Eating & drinking places 6,871 3,708,520 4,891 3,632,958 128,921 1,070,075
59 Miscellaneous retail 20,619 3,944,310 4,141 3,552,131 34,213 495,898
  Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) 27,476 15,840,281 5,282 14,354,922 73,487 2,205,045
60 Depository institutions 290 3,693,894 282 3,692,907 19,874 532,912
61 Nondepository credit institutions 852 2,411,801 569 2,399,156 10,834 373,575
62 Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services 644 497,611 217 444,541 2,246 152,462
63 Insurance carriers 168 5,247,953 129 5,243,728 17,635 546,702
64 Insurance agents, brokers, and services 5,669 747,057 1,437 615,905 7,068 221,220
65pt Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) 18,507 2,618,386 2,512 1,396,076 14,331 310,741
67 Holding and other investment offices, except trusts 1,436 623,579 226 562,609 1,499 67,433
  Service industries (exc membership org & private households) 100,910 26,353,246 24,542 24,622,736 398,811 8,924,620
70 Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places 1,484 1,249,875 989 1,217,074 24,500 307,154
72 Personal services 19,993 939,279 2,342 644,000 17,720 217,405
73 Business services 24,241 4,417,197 3,789 3,989,321 119,935 2,046,636
75 Automotive repair, services, & parking 7,023 1,188,197 2,393 1,031,173 13,258 241,139
76 Miscellaneous repair services 3,596 625,714 1,086 555,842 6,275 154,177
78 Motion pictures 604 228,032 292 217,514 3,965 46,217
79 Amusement and recreation services 6,816 1,340,573 1,572 1,205,117 21,986 296,652
80 Health services 10,052 7,650,358 4,634 7,443,314 102,871 3,198,813
81 Legal services 3,365 1,211,714 2,087 1,163,133 11,311 472,479
82 Educational services 2,762 937,226 464 912,215 17,694 299,528
83 Social services 5,985 771,508 1,775 721,143 24,136 293,438
84 Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens 57 40,491 53 39,573 773 12,071
87 Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv 14,030 5,692,639 3,024 5,433,197 33,806 1,321,475
89 Services, n.e.c. 997 60,443 137 50,120 581 17,436
  Industries not classified 19,332 613,257 422 24,106 390 5,976

 



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 30,753 2,621,280 5,562 2,107,206 33,466 445,559
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 763 D 74 D 100 to 249 D
07 Agricultural services 693 15,706 63 7,948 221 1,811
08 Forestry 12 D 0 0 0 0
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 58 1,909 11 D 0 to 19 D
  Mineral Industries 43 D 2 D 20 to 99 D
10 Metal mining 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Coal mining 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Oil & gas extraction 42 D 1 D 20 to 99 D
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 1 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 3,556 328,371 1,200 255,635 5,384 71,404
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 456 58,560 153 45,446 654 8,466
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 64 17,422 23 D 100 to 249 D
17 Construction--special trade contractors 3,023 251,800 1,023 195,306 4,602 59,787
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 13 589 1 D 0 to 19 D
  Manufacturing 348 163,489 102 158,072 1,242 30,398
20 Food & kindred products 44 918 0 0 0 0
21 Tobacco products 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Textile mill products 23 D 22 D 100 to 249 D
23 Apparel & other textile products 47 2,313 20 D 0 to 19 D
24 Lumber & wood products 84 14,033 22 D 100 to 249 D
25 Furniture & fixtures 11 296 0 0 0 0
26 Paper & allied products 4 D 1 D 20 to 99 D
27 Printing & publishing 62 1,870 3 D 0 to 19 D
28 Chemicals & allied products 1 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
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 1 D 0 0 0 0
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 7 D 5 D 20 to 99 D
33 Primary metal industries 1 D 0 0 0 0
34 Fabricated metal products 19 D 10 D 100 to 249 D
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 23 31,257 15 31,171 381 10,444
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 6 D 1 D 20 to 99 D
37 Transportation equipment S S S S S S
38 Instruments & related products 2 D 1 D 100 to 249 D
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries S S S S S S
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 2,177 131,412 182 48,098 1,142 11,922
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 259 11,711 38 8,071 454 1,728
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 1,728 102,029 123 27,480 276 4,770
44 Water transportation 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 Transportation by air 13 D 0 0 0 0
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Transportation services 81 8,738 6 7,731 309 3,710
48 Communications 90 8,314 16 4,817 104 1,714
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 7 D 0 0 0 0
  Wholesale trade 409 261,738 120 251,291 867 20,992
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods 225 131,818 79 125,473 551 12,149
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods 184 129,920 40 125,818 317 8,843
  Retail trade 5,070 793,891 1,495 706,793 8,993 88,797
52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr 65 3,510 6 D 20 to 99 D
53 General merchandise stores 62 2,316 12 D 0 to 19 D
54 Food stores 597 82,242 173 59,472