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1997 Economic Census Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Virginia |
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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) | 480,122 | 415,092,587 | 128,850 | 402,260,820 | 2,571,489 | 69,930,776 | ||
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Total minorities | 71,705 | 10,197,142 | 14,323 | 8,914,520 | 118,519 | 2,683,276 | ||
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Black | 33,539 | 3,408,165 | 4,956 | 2,878,899 | 46,971 | 905,842 | ||
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Hispanic | 13,703 | 1,808,975 | 2,189 | 1,596,173 | 19,375 | 529,580 | ||
| Cuban | 707 | 304,017 | 305 | 297,732 | 2,076 | 78,078 | |||
| Mexican Mexican American, Chicano | 1,749 | 392,938 | 566 | 370,033 | 5,252 | 137,321 | |||
| Puerto Rican | 1,207 | 168,608 | 191 | 140,886 | 2,078 | 61,173 | |||
| Spaniard | 637 | 151,942 | 89 | 145,172 | 1,062 | 29,564 | |||
| Hispanic Latin American | 5,956 | 459,501 | 692 | 350,961 | 4,589 | 130,436 | |||
| Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino | 3,447 | 331,969 | 346 | 291,389 | 4,318 | 93,009 | |||
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American Indian and Alaska Natives | 3,280 | 621,617 | 646 | 571,739 | 5,924 | 178,260 | ||
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Asian and Pacific Islander | 22,441 | 4,438,842 | 6,721 | 3,932,034 | 46,920 | 1,086,694 | ||
| Asian Indian | 3,976 | 1,469,991 | 1,647 | 1,380,077 | 14,851 | 429,296 | |||
| Chinese | 3,841 | 1,042,272 | 1,523 | 950,620 | 12,547 | 238,454 | |||
| Filipino | 2,045 | 139,897 | 352 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D | |||
| Japanese | 584 | 164,605 | 53 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D | |||
| Korean | 5,169 | 972,559 | 1,714 | 848,432 | 8,112 | 158,822 | |||
| Vietnamese | 4,144 | 316,977 | 867 | 244,107 | 5,309 | 123,936 | |||
| Other Asian | 2,368 | 302,282 | 516 | 227,009 | 2,302 | 48,717 | |||
| Hawaiian | 266 | D | 40 | D | 100 to 249 | D | |||
| Other Pacific Islander | 49 | D | 9 | D | 20 to 99 | D | |||
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Women | 132,219 | 17,486,395 | 20,794 | 15,376,546 | 172,227 | 3,478,273 | ||
| 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 | 480,122 | 415,092,587 | 128,850 | 402,260,820 | 2,571,489 | 69,930,776 |
| Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 11,502 | 1,378,325 | 3,026 | 1,171,588 | 21,338 | 408,653 | |
| 07 | Agricultural services | 9,257 | 1,221,304 | 2,917 | 1,075,144 | 20,677 | 383,563 |
| 08 | Forestry | 358 | 50,783 | 63 | 42,927 | 312 | 9,403 |
| 09 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 1,887 | 106,238 | 46 | 53,517 | 349 | 15,687 |
| Mineral Industries | 1,102 | 2,392,395 | 325 | 2,373,265 | 13,144 | 505,336 | |
| 10 | Metal mining | 10 | 373 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Coal mining | 256 | 1,790,572 | 197 | 1,786,321 | 8,929 | 358,215 |
| 13 | Oil & gas extraction | 726 | 135,519 | 53 | 122,372 | 621 | 24,526 |
| 14 | Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 113 | 465,931 | 78 | 464,572 | 3,594 | 122,595 |
| Construction industries and subdividers and developers | 58,665 | 25,037,539 | 19,893 | 23,250,303 | 178,903 | 4,882,653 | |
| 15 | Building construction--general contractors & operative builders | 12,429 | 10,534,738 | 6,316 | 9,976,040 | 40,884 | 1,153,568 |
| 16 | Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors | 1,552 | 3,677,964 | 1,052 | 3,648,726 | 29,778 | 866,688 |
| 17 | Construction--special trade contractors | 42,875 | 10,041,526 | 12,252 | 9,061,073 | 106,730 | 2,815,687 |
| 6552 | Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) | 1,825 | 783,311 | 289 | 564,464 | 1,511 | 46,710 |
| Manufacturing | 12,577 | 87,671,402 | 6,223 | 87,455,426 | 407,824 | 13,184,989 | |
| 20 | Food & kindred products | 571 | 11,615,291 | 328 | 11,601,823 | 37,202 | 974,607 |
| 21 | Tobacco products | 10 | 9,608,984 | 10 | 9,608,984 | 10,835 | 643,850 |
| 22 | Textile mill products | 140 | 3,805,479 | 96 | 3,804,819 | 28,559 | 685,033 |
| 23 | Apparel & other textile products | 772 | 2,105,098 | 288 | 2,097,131 | 25,652 | 432,429 |
| 24 | Lumber & wood products | 3,117 | 3,392,410 | 1,230 | 3,315,549 | 25,222 | 610,353 |
| 25 | Furniture & fixtures | 569 | 1,804,365 | 219 | 1,794,827 | 21,210 | 458,765 |
| 26 | Paper & allied products | 175 | 4,579,096 | 96 | 4,577,717 | 18,616 | 756,241 |
| 27 | Printing & publishing | 2,677 | 5,674,353 | 1,313 | 5,633,708 | 40,199 | 1,277,684 |
| 28 | Chemicals & allied products | 171 | 8,981,140 | 146 | 8,979,769 | 20,308 | 926,804 |
| 29 | Petroleum & coal products | 25 | 562,048 | 21 | 561,516 | 1,158 | 106,690 |
| 30 | Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products | 206 | 4,252,203 | 187 | 4,251,269 | 22,764 | 722,200 |
| 31 | Leather & leather products | 49 | 51,992 | 18 | 51,574 | 975 | 12,195 |
| 32 | Stone, clay, & glass products | 592 | 1,773,993 | 260 | 1,769,095 | 12,710 | 364,629 |
| 33 | Primary metal industries | 85 | 2,198,449 | 63 | 2,197,462 | 10,643 | 405,034 |
| 34 | Fabricated metal products | 697 | 2,716,480 | 414 | 2,707,483 | 17,307 | 563,265 |
| 35 | Industrial machinery & equipment | 1,027 | 5,625,761 | 721 | 5,612,667 | 31,406 | 1,022,642 |
| 36 | Electronic & other electric equipment | 458 | 5,367,917 | 270 | 5,356,411 | 28,381 | 1,079,233 |
| 37 | Transportation equipment | 249 | 10,738,807 | 215 | 10,736,537 | 36,670 | 1,418,273 |
| 38 | Instruments & related products | 212 | 2,237,665 | 183 | 2,235,679 | 13,372 | 591,651 |
| 39 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 870 | 579,871 | 240 | 561,406 | 4,635 | 133,411 |
| Transportation, communications, & utilities | 21,454 | 32,013,577 | 5,725 | 31,435,406 | 143,611 | 5,380,539 | |
| 41 | Local and interurban passenger transportation | 4,225 | D | 362 | D | 5,000 to 9,999 | D |
| 42 | Motor freight transportation & warehousing | 11,673 | 4,004,638 | 3,350 | 3,628,703 | 44,219 | 1,181,323 |
| 44 | Water transportation | 385 | 1,588,914 | 221 | 1,581,253 | 6,161 | 216,915 |
| 45 | Transportation by air | 446 | 934,018 | 166 | 924,253 | 8,286 | 230,564 |
| 46 | Pipelines, except natural gas | 3 | D | 3 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 47 | Transportation services | 2,522 | 741,212 | 890 | 687,896 | 9,132 | 273,423 |
| 48 | Communications | 1,739 | 13,491,191 | 562 | 13,452,320 | 49,729 | 2,354,362 |
| 49 | Electric, gas, & sanitary services | 494 | 10,862,600 | 204 | 10,854,417 | 19,895 | 1,021,443 |
| Wholesale trade | 14,975 | 66,090,154 | 8,011 | 65,619,793 | 135,129 | 4,687,961 | |
| 50 | Wholesale trade - durable goods | 9,427 | 36,593,413 | 5,559 | 36,317,452 | 84,336 | 3,107,739 |
| 51 | Wholesale trade - nondurable goods | 5,582 | 29,496,741 | 2,486 | 29,302,341 | 50,793 | 1,580,222 |
| Retail trade | 65,350 | 66,400,304 | 25,083 | 65,107,443 | 585,307 | 8,377,582 | |
| 52 | Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr | 1,719 | 3,545,759 | 1,130 | 3,508,534 | 22,394 | 402,309 |
| 53 | General merchandise stores | 763 | 8,702,284 | 263 | 8,681,553 | 68,884 | 915,575 |
| 54 | Food stores | 4,822 | 11,582,316 | 2,959 | 11,427,416 | 86,781 | 1,231,929 |
| 55 | Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations | 5,707 | 19,641,684 | 3,615 | 19,377,754 | 65,449 | 1,590,176 |
| 56 | Apparel and accessory stores | 2,564 | 3,216,361 | 1,295 | 3,174,533 | 34,715 | 517,225 |
| 57 | Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores | 3,707 | 3,941,100 | 2,254 | 3,865,531 | 33,071 | 637,647 |
| 58 | Eating & drinking places | 9,786 | 6,276,040 | 7,476 | 6,192,069 | 194,022 | 1,814,492 |
| 59 | Miscellaneous retail | 36,508 | 9,494,760 | 6,317 | 8,880,053 | 79,991 | 1,268,229 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) | 54,344 | 60,929,647 | 10,337 | 57,809,657 | 175,040 | 6,189,822 | |
| 60 | Depository institutions | 511 | 9,841,504 | 488 | 9,839,684 | 56,312 | 1,623,267 |
| 61 | Nondepository credit institutions | 908 | 20,850,121 | 575 | 20,829,563 | 22,517 | 1,070,518 |
| 62 | Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services | 1,801 | 1,822,875 | 653 | 1,761,963 | 8,478 | 662,513 |
| 63 | Insurance carriers | 397 | 17,147,328 | 328 | 17,142,518 | 31,285 | 1,178,100 |
| 64 | Insurance agents, brokers, and services | 9,520 | 1,809,325 | 2,950 | 1,575,887 | 15,748 | 506,801 |
| 65pt | Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) | 38,005 | 6,527,261 | 4,988 | 4,049,283 | 35,421 | 864,330 |
| 67 | Holding and other investment offices, except trusts | 3,368 | 2,931,233 | 521 | 2,610,759 | 5,279 | 284,293 |
| Service industries (exc membership org & private households) | 208,537 | 71,785,702 | 50,728 | 67,990,744 | 910,687 | 26,300,828 | |
| 70 | Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places | 2,170 | 2,195,891 | 1,229 | 2,138,298 | 42,290 | 588,150 |
| 72 | Personal services | 30,152 | 1,931,490 | 4,915 | 1,495,025 | 41,208 | 568,679 |
| 73 | Business services | 50,471 | 23,461,694 | 10,513 | 22,537,846 | 268,969 | 8,424,009 |
| 75 | Automotive repair, services, & parking | 9,433 | 2,514,478 | 4,130 | 2,345,238 | 28,239 | 614,008 |
| 76 | Miscellaneous repair services | 5,220 | 1,056,334 | 1,695 | 961,040 | 10,948 | 286,136 |
| 78 | Motion pictures | 1,473 | 696,084 | 624 | 672,666 | 9,484 | 140,840 |
| 79 | Amusement and recreation services | 12,965 | 1,909,365 | 2,064 | 1,710,996 | 36,840 | 533,785 |
| 80 | Health services | 19,474 | 15,851,557 | 9,196 | 15,428,879 | 218,115 | 6,605,846 |
| 81 | Legal services | 7,203 | 2,203,592 | 3,542 | 2,035,833 | 20,425 | 891,360 |
| 82 | Educational services | 7,675 | 2,573,522 | 1,169 | 2,474,289 | 44,681 | 875,318 |
| 83 | Social services | 18,716 | 2,632,635 | 2,909 | 2,407,545 | 52,206 | 779,565 |
| 84 | Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens | 144 | 261,698 | 139 | 261,465 | 3,703 | 74,243 |
| 87 | Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv | 40,283 | 13,852,917 | 8,399 | 12,917,120 | 127,876 | 5,659,901 |
| 89 | Services, n.e.c. | 3,461 | 644,445 | 507 | 604,504 | 5,703 | 258,988 |
| Industries not classified | 32,855 | 1,393,542 | 738 | 47,195 | 506 | 12,413 | |