1997 Economic Census
Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses
Tennessee


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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) 415,934 362,587,045 98,063 347,224,486 2,199,361 55,445,181
Total minorities 32,524 4,583,483 5,990 3,862,301 47,837 929,609
 Black 20,196 1,644,529 2,730 1,276,080 17,583 334,204
 Hispanic 3,639 684,426 702 557,852 7,330 139,067
    Cuban 350 65,244 87 39,210 202 5,897
    Mexican Mexican American, Chicano 970 217,141 266 180,864 2,211 33,807
    Puerto Rican 198 D 32 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
    Spaniard 269 D 33 D 500 to 999 D
    Hispanic Latin American 914 139,864 175 109,263 2,074 30,890
    Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino 939 60,449 110 40,297 336 7,772
 American Indian and Alaska Natives 3,746 546,041 568 471,084 4,518 101,939
 Asian and Pacific Islander 5,296 1,762,889 2,034 1,576,705 18,938 362,416
    Asian Indian 1,537 798,334 852 744,719 9,090 193,036
    Chinese 878 413,599 486 395,823 4,830 70,192
    Filipino 295 47,344 71 39,551 518 16,557
    Japanese 180 162,118 32 158,853 1,233 33,337
    Korean 1,001 117,590 287 80,949 833 7,082
    Vietnamese 674 48,073 46 D 250 to 499 D
    Other Asian 612 162,348 242 121,311 1,938 27,861
    Hawaiian 85 12,281 6 D 0 to 19 D
    Other Pacific Islander 35 1,202 11 820 51 272
Women 99,772 14,538,315 15,304 12,761,576 142,080 2,614,739

 



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 415,934 362,587,045 98,063 347,224,486 2,199,361 55,445,181
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 8,839 831,658 1,801 628,551 15,205 220,122
07 Agricultural services 8,245 808,879 1,773 616,695 15,064 217,371
08 Forestry 186 15,454 20 11,519 115 2,580
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 408 7,325 8 337 26 171
  Mineral Industries 927 739,322 159 716,658 5,105 167,836
10 Metal mining 10 D 4 D 500 to 999 D
12 Coal mining 61 139,390 32 138,171 964 30,074
13 Oil & gas extraction 661 D 43 D 250 to 499 D
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 196 436,784 81 432,120 2,990 102,853
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 62,005 19,410,166 11,868 16,985,207 119,375 3,335,403
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 10,772 8,487,776 3,570 7,621,033 30,051 867,012
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 1,571 2,796,216 781 2,761,343 18,764 573,362
17 Construction--special trade contractors 48,237 7,716,122 7,333 6,367,706 69,784 1,871,287
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 1,434 410,052 193 235,125 776 23,742
  Manufacturing 14,569 100,320,762 7,120 100,023,212 508,774 15,339,727
20 Food & kindred products 485 11,193,891 272 11,186,128 39,019 1,140,936
21 Tobacco products 5 971,987 5 971,987 917 47,565
22 Textile mill products 220 2,510,019 153 2,508,112 18,958 477,046
23 Apparel & other textile products 945 3,644,514 428 3,634,671 40,387 707,265
24 Lumber & wood products 3,657 2,719,747 1,040 2,607,218 21,730 470,352
25 Furniture & fixtures 629 2,547,334 305 2,537,842 26,514 582,439
26 Paper & allied products 205 4,115,847 137 4,111,256 20,785 752,461
27 Printing & publishing 2,363 4,529,789 1,184 4,490,214 37,873 1,137,879
28 Chemicals & allied products 258 9,040,549 223 9,038,345 30,682 1,390,800
29 Petroleum & coal products 38 1,938,953 36 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 399 6,204,317 366 6,199,811 37,271 1,122,841
31 Leather & leather products 90 243,261 37 D 2,500 to 4,999 D
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 565 2,334,920 314 2,328,123 15,027 500,813
33 Primary metal industries 201 5,403,908 154 5,399,727 17,575 602,929
34 Fabricated metal products 1,160 5,683,732 700 5,664,501 39,286 1,093,841
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 1,583 9,483,185 982 9,459,296 51,054 1,548,369
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 425 6,693,841 246 6,686,233 37,316 1,179,471
37 Transportation equipment 295 17,675,472 265 17,673,010 48,717 1,857,142
38 Instruments & related products 167 1,740,409 146 1,738,753 9,521 313,243
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 1,041 1,645,087 289 1,609,084 11,958 310,224
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 19,927 16,674,412 4,644 15,953,867 145,729 4,773,551
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 1,378 236,022 367 211,797 5,664 82,419
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 14,111 6,310,090 2,786 5,717,012 61,457 1,850,036
44 Water transportation 217 228,445 148 225,681 1,655 46,141
45 Transportation by air 457 885,081 144 871,949 31,726 1,324,662
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 4 27,534 4 27,534 35 1,867
47 Transportation services 2,000 530,563 607 479,446 6,581 183,817
48 Communications 1,422 6,122,623 432 6,093,243 31,120 1,018,123
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 361 2,334,054 179 2,327,205 7,491 266,486
  Wholesale trade 15,227 86,885,521 8,119 86,288,564 142,486 4,611,165
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods 9,996 46,305,920 5,561 45,920,831 84,092 2,818,382
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods 5,277 40,579,601 2,604 40,367,733 58,394 1,792,783
  Retail trade 62,920 55,570,384 22,048 53,767,091 488,294 6,713,563
52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr 2,107 3,654,129 1,238 3,596,371 19,555 409,443
53 General merchandise stores 736 7,757,415 182 7,731,693 68,134 882,717
54 Food stores 5,167 8,162,111 2,818 7,941,301 68,876 849,915
55 Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations 7,502 18,542,884 3,486 17,948,588 54,761 1,358,746
56 Apparel and accessory stores 2,687 3,098,233 1,215 3,047,440 28,078 328,682
57 Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores 3,765 2,637,387 2,002 2,536,830 19,604 361,503
58 Eating & drinking places 8,171 5,202,628 5,395 5,084,007 170,622 1,614,733
59 Miscellaneous retail 32,949 6,515,597 5,876 5,880,861 58,664 907,824
  Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) 37,894 37,070,651 7,939 32,606,993 125,665 4,339,236
60 Depository institutions 683 8,721,623 663 8,669,379 39,808 1,181,723
61 Nondepository credit institutions 923 2,794,994 598 2,780,356 12,063 405,510
62 Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services 1,197 1,769,126 415 1,683,792 5,935 552,934
63 Insurance carriers 265 14,608,931 233 14,580,055 28,908 1,045,296
64 Insurance agents, brokers, and services 8,331 4,001,142 2,413 1,312,388 12,534 450,835
65pt Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) 24,530 3,658,890 3,420 2,174,106 20,418 443,408
67 Holding and other investment offices, except trusts 2,147 1,515,945 379 1,406,917 5,999 259,530
  Service industries (exc membership org & private households) 163,934 43,940,659 34,984 40,220,454 648,374 15,937,152
70 Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places 1,951 1,801,693 1,193 1,736,509 32,934 469,681
72 Personal services 28,084 1,586,125 3,208 1,163,108 29,247 413,893
73 Business services 41,410 7,397,446 5,656 6,614,682 158,948 2,923,180
75 Automotive repair, services, & parking 10,465 2,124,810 3,133 1,894,955 20,561 420,743
76 Miscellaneous repair services 4,946 797,984 1,188 699,640 7,825 214,583
78 Motion pictures 1,515 538,765 607 507,403 7,674 134,016
79 Amusement and recreation services 14,178 1,794,954 1,947 1,423,799 26,205 546,726
80 Health services 17,631 16,804,669 7,722 15,886,418 223,921 7,014,878
81 Legal services 5,056 1,397,956 2,452 1,274,940 12,219 434,895
82 Educational services 4,008 2,059,489 654 2,014,303 35,448 666,444
83 Social services 10,423 1,414,461 2,550 1,312,866 35,883 462,337
84 Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens 97 93,293 94 93,095 1,600 27,731
87 Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv 22,556 5,444,978 4,396 4,937,754 53,764 2,113,278
89 Services, n.e.c. 1,797 684,036 367 660,982 2,145 94,767
  Industries not classified 30,773 1,143,510 462 33,889 354 7,426

 



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 32,524 4,583,483 5,990 3,862,301 47,837 929,609
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 520 30,186 75 23,636 442 5,720
07 Agricultural services 489 D 75 23,636 442 5,720
08 Forestry 4 13 0 0 0 0
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 27 D 0 0 0 0
  Mineral Industries 9 85 0 0 0 0
10 Metal mining 1 D 0 0 0 0
12 Coal mining 1 D 0 0 0 0
13 Oil & gas extraction 4 D 0 0 0 0
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 3 D 0 0 0 0
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 3,401 526,043 705 442,960 4,497 90,849
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 353 177,226 97 164,889 1,177 28,929
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 91 125,975 28 D 500 to 999 D
17 Construction--special trade contractors 2,939 221,613 572 152,614 2,577 41,344
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 19 1,229 8 D 0 to 19 D
  Manufacturing 484 590,947 126 583,854 5,088 136,567
20 Food & kindred products 14 379 0 0 0 0
21 Tobacco products 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Textile mill products 2 D 0 0 0 0
23 Apparel & other textile products 58 D 11 D 250 to 499 D
24 Lumber & wood products 110 D 33 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
25 Furniture & fixtures 8 D 3 D 250 to 499 D
26 Paper & allied products 4 D 0 0 0 0
27 Printing & publishing 116 15,139 23 12,786 171 3,377
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 S S S S S S
31 Leather & leather products 6 D 0 0 0 0
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 6 D 1 D 20 to 99 D
33 Primary metal industries 4 D 2 D 100 to 249 D
34 Fabricated metal products 14 944 8 D 0 to 19 D
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 45 43,846 13 43,058 530 17,780
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 16 D 5 D 20 to 99 D
37 Transportation equipment 1 D 0 0 0 0
38 Instruments & related products 1 D 1 D 20 to 99 D
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 53 650 1 D 0 to 19 D
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 1,521 141,033 201 83,402 1,235 23,473
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 159 14,316 27 11,884 345 5,004
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 1,062 106,370 124 56,299 541 13,340
44 Water transportation 6 D 0 0 0 0
45 Transportation by air 18 D 2 D 0 to 19 D
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Transportation services 145 6,859 14 2,953 61 759