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1997 Economic Census Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Texas |
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Group | All firms | Firms with paid employees | ||||||
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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) | 1,525,972 | 1,415,535,633 | 348,166 | 1,362,352,328 | 7,074,209 | 196,697,293 | ||
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Total minorities | 365,450 | 67,384,765 | 71,461 | 58,306,261 | 522,925 | 9,943,624 | ||
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Black | 60,427 | 6,857,330 | 6,684 | 5,695,691 | 70,904 | 1,469,459 | ||
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Hispanic | 240,396 | 39,481,767 | 44,837 | 33,854,797 | 289,142 | 5,659,883 | ||
| Cuban | 2,673 | 1,320,889 | 869 | 1,276,677 | 10,808 | 234,850 | |||
| Mexican Mexican American, Chicano | 160,689 | 25,243,360 | 32,564 | 21,453,310 | 222,173 | 4,210,803 | |||
| Puerto Rican | 3,542 | 310,909 | 560 | 209,533 | 2,955 | 60,473 | |||
| Spaniard | 4,996 | 6,397,844 | 1,255 | 6,272,048 | 7,611 | 275,410 | |||
| Hispanic Latin American | 30,316 | 3,397,656 | 4,654 | 2,694,488 | 21,776 | 426,352 | |||
| Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino | 38,179 | 2,811,110 | 4,935 | 1,948,742 | 23,820 | 451,993 | |||
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American Indian and Alaska Natives | 15,668 | 3,320,188 | 2,747 | 2,853,049 | 26,941 | 481,112 | ||
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Asian and Pacific Islander | 60,226 | 18,849,333 | 19,133 | 16,787,577 | 148,201 | 2,484,369 | ||
| Asian Indian | 13,530 | 5,131,938 | 6,337 | 4,636,494 | 40,091 | 770,635 | |||
| Chinese | 11,371 | 6,343,643 | 4,454 | 5,937,867 | 36,487 | 728,751 | |||
| Filipino | 2,912 | 468,295 | 861 | 395,834 | 9,106 | 158,167 | |||
| Japanese | 1,263 | 503,847 | 250 | 419,164 | 4,470 | 90,254 | |||
| Korean | 6,305 | 1,836,210 | 2,375 | 1,659,273 | 35,994 | 308,474 | |||
| Vietnamese | 17,191 | 1,884,611 | 1,947 | 1,265,373 | 6,687 | 105,278 | |||
| Other Asian | 6,744 | 2,057,160 | 2,657 | 1,860,940 | 13,513 | 259,871 | |||
| Hawaiian | 616 | 117,645 | 100 | D | 500 to 999 | D | |||
| Other Pacific Islander | 292 | 505,984 | 153 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D | |||
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Women | 381,453 | 65,065,262 | 63,477 | 57,913,438 | 548,756 | 12,086,664 | ||
| 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 | 1,525,972 | 1,415,535,633 | 348,166 | 1,362,352,328 | 7,074,209 | 196,697,293 |
| Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 37,325 | 4,460,122 | 6,735 | 3,315,348 | 50,049 | 898,444 | |
| 07 | Agricultural services | 32,240 | 4,109,424 | 6,514 | 3,133,065 | 48,874 | 873,659 |
| 08 | Forestry | 510 | 139,603 | 73 | 116,516 | 716 | 18,102 |
| 09 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 4,575 | 211,095 | 148 | 65,767 | 459 | 6,683 |
| Mineral Industries | 41,093 | 46,205,908 | 6,178 | 43,907,727 | 155,652 | 7,497,059 | |
| 10 | Metal mining | 63 | 56,383 | 26 | 54,601 | 450 | 28,108 |
| 12 | Coal mining | 30 | 644,304 | 14 | 642,676 | 2,871 | 155,857 |
| 13 | Oil & gas extraction | 40,616 | 44,772,391 | 5,948 | 42,489,052 | 146,702 | 7,134,752 |
| 14 | Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 389 | 732,830 | 195 | 721,398 | 5,629 | 178,342 |
| Construction industries and subdividers and developers | 180,994 | 68,902,181 | 36,705 | 61,702,847 | 433,408 | 12,776,930 | |
| 15 | Building construction--general contractors & operative builders | 27,609 | 27,625,402 | 9,101 | 25,742,459 | 79,940 | 2,650,693 |
| 16 | Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors | 6,002 | 12,280,150 | 2,765 | 12,115,656 | 108,486 | 3,742,596 |
| 17 | Construction--special trade contractors | 142,245 | 27,328,965 | 24,038 | 22,678,480 | 241,451 | 6,252,855 |
| 6552 | Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) | 5,174 | 1,667,664 | 837 | 1,166,252 | 3,531 | 130,786 |
| Manufacturing | 44,868 | 306,055,413 | 20,847 | 304,574,835 | 1,070,066 | 38,687,831 | |
| 20 | Food & kindred products | 2,095 | 31,311,674 | 1,078 | 31,266,733 | 100,164 | 2,796,974 |
| 21 | Tobacco products | 4 | D | 4 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 22 | Textile mill products | 284 | D | 136 | D | 5,000 to 9,999 | D |
| 23 | Apparel & other textile products | 4,230 | 5,279,461 | 1,085 | 5,210,233 | 50,604 | 906,766 |
| 24 | Lumber & wood products | 4,652 | 5,991,642 | 1,451 | 5,788,708 | 40,989 | 955,454 |
| 25 | Furniture & fixtures | 1,634 | 2,215,502 | 597 | 2,180,150 | 21,079 | 483,345 |
| 26 | Paper & allied products | 512 | 7,030,010 | 290 | 7,013,757 | 29,840 | 1,068,822 |
| 27 | Printing & publishing | 7,898 | 9,404,227 | 3,747 | 9,242,297 | 80,748 | 2,417,010 |
| 28 | Chemicals & allied products | 1,005 | D | 837 | 68,273,024 | 87,210 | 4,724,435 |
| 29 | Petroleum & coal products | 206 | 46,503,277 | 164 | 46,499,005 | 31,551 | 2,057,422 |
| 30 | Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products | 1,105 | 8,951,808 | 980 | 8,940,426 | 55,099 | 1,567,783 |
| 31 | Leather & leather products | 530 | 562,892 | 160 | D | 2,500 to 4,999 | D |
| 32 | Stone, clay, & glass products | 1,782 | 6,391,991 | 822 | 6,368,925 | 37,234 | 1,159,518 |
| 33 | Primary metal industries | 518 | 10,373,767 | 314 | 10,362,111 | 34,324 | 1,155,696 |
| 34 | Fabricated metal products | 5,161 | 13,966,205 | 2,522 | 13,844,149 | 97,128 | 2,962,902 |
| 35 | Industrial machinery & equipment | 5,915 | 35,445,882 | 3,543 | 35,326,923 | 130,152 | 5,103,680 |
| 36 | Electronic & other electric equipment | 2,001 | 30,097,710 | 984 | 30,044,747 | 126,132 | 5,592,891 |
| 37 | Transportation equipment | 927 | 12,919,701 | 773 | 12,901,271 | 68,360 | 3,047,856 |
| 38 | Instruments & related products | 751 | 7,666,520 | 652 | 7,651,311 | 47,404 | 1,961,961 |
| 39 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 4,074 | 2,269,451 | 1,124 | 2,158,021 | 18,734 | 450,436 |
| Transportation, communications, & utilities | 69,998 | 137,839,540 | 15,926 | 135,263,195 | 439,460 | 15,518,067 | |
| 41 | Local and interurban passenger transportation | 4,393 | 832,102 | 585 | 747,990 | 18,697 | 331,896 |
| 42 | Motor freight transportation & warehousing | 46,759 | 15,364,442 | 8,186 | 13,471,363 | 136,354 | 3,701,649 |
| 44 | Water transportation | 968 | 2,385,593 | 556 | 2,352,477 | 14,461 | 456,560 |
| 45 | Transportation by air | 2,004 | 3,909,364 | 656 | 3,850,922 | 26,401 | 802,852 |
| 46 | Pipelines, except natural gas | 54 | 1,694,917 | 40 | 1,691,965 | 3,316 | 185,529 |
| 47 | Transportation services | 8,728 | 5,335,794 | 3,203 | 5,089,114 | 46,981 | 1,587,282 |
| 48 | Communications | 4,838 | 27,120,724 | 1,488 | 26,980,754 | 119,012 | 4,897,247 |
| 49 | Electric, gas, & sanitary services | 2,352 | 81,196,604 | 1,310 | 81,078,610 | 74,238 | 3,555,052 |
| Wholesale trade | 59,983 | 337,766,328 | 31,164 | 335,252,350 | 504,164 | 18,213,472 | |
| 50 | Wholesale trade - durable goods | 38,293 | 176,134,687 | 20,936 | 174,562,981 | 314,208 | 12,108,413 |
| 51 | Wholesale trade - nondurable goods | 21,805 | 161,631,641 | 10,343 | 160,689,369 | 189,956 | 6,105,059 |
| Retail trade | 202,480 | 198,226,266 | 66,325 | 192,571,068 | 1,571,944 | 23,233,309 | |
| 52 | Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr | 5,139 | 9,755,589 | 2,857 | 9,616,241 | 57,946 | 1,120,118 |
| 53 | General merchandise stores | 2,369 | 25,905,942 | 534 | 25,833,325 | 211,008 | 2,977,297 |
| 54 | Food stores | 15,692 | 31,833,131 | 8,422 | 31,237,367 | 221,246 | 3,357,296 |
| 55 | Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations | 20,629 | 62,986,992 | 9,376 | 61,222,529 | 177,421 | 4,556,107 |
| 56 | Apparel and accessory stores | 9,606 | 8,400,969 | 3,606 | 8,191,984 | 82,872 | 1,063,678 |
| 57 | Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores | 10,363 | 10,233,502 | 5,073 | 9,934,028 | 72,612 | 1,513,952 |
| 58 | Eating & drinking places | 32,159 | 18,810,565 | 20,557 | 18,352,861 | 569,671 | 5,545,894 |
| 59 | Miscellaneous retail | 106,970 | 30,299,576 | 16,347 | 28,182,733 | 179,168 | 3,098,967 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) | 154,689 | 137,797,701 | 32,020 | 125,575,285 | 461,297 | 17,194,688 | |
| 60 | Depository institutions | 2,111 | 25,593,948 | 1,906 | 25,576,546 | 123,640 | 3,771,158 |
| 61 | Nondepository credit institutions | 3,474 | 14,858,945 | 1,911 | 14,715,538 | 45,608 | 1,841,026 |
| 62 | Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services | 6,052 | 8,360,787 | 1,999 | 7,360,041 | 28,346 | 2,422,454 |
| 63 | Insurance carriers | 817 | 48,243,408 | 653 | 48,222,921 | 91,657 | 3,768,810 |
| 64 | Insurance agents, brokers, and services | 32,492 | 6,563,224 | 9,058 | 5,653,920 | 55,508 | 1,824,802 |
| 65pt | Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) | 93,063 | 15,943,812 | 14,278 | 10,064,003 | 94,893 | 2,323,949 |
| 67 | Holding and other investment offices, except trusts | 17,233 | 18,233,577 | 2,768 | 13,982,316 | 21,645 | 1,242,489 |
| Service industries (exc membership org & private households) | 631,544 | 173,803,006 | 133,607 | 160,028,774 | 2,386,335 | 62,640,575 | |
| 70 | Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places | 5,553 | 4,739,077 | 2,770 | 4,493,341 | 89,850 | 1,269,989 |
| 72 | Personal services | 96,999 | 5,355,210 | 10,684 | 3,728,762 | 95,131 | 1,350,976 |
| 73 | Business services | 174,410 | 45,247,439 | 23,920 | 41,382,170 | 734,751 | 18,430,040 |
| 75 | Automotive repair, services, & parking | 38,013 | 7,791,919 | 11,749 | 6,863,071 | 83,808 | 1,683,409 |
| 76 | Miscellaneous repair services | 17,738 | 3,936,198 | 4,868 | 3,518,452 | 40,358 | 1,108,640 |
| 78 | Motion pictures | 4,262 | 2,769,576 | 1,525 | 2,680,307 | 31,338 | 450,507 |
| 79 | Amusement and recreation services | 36,163 | 5,073,287 | 4,734 | 4,450,406 | 83,326 | 1,424,808 |
| 80 | Health services | ||||||