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1997 Economic Census Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Vermont |
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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) | 67,488 | 33,469,226 | 18,181 | 31,930,872 | 232,647 | 5,502,895 | ||
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Total minorities | 2,109 | 449,620 | 452 | 410,667 | 3,302 | 61,431 | ||
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Black | 168 | 37,324 | 36 | 35,449 | 341 | 4,481 | ||
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Hispanic | 898 | 184,130 | 157 | 168,964 | 1,551 | 29,797 | ||
| Cuban | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mexican Mexican American, Chicano | 72 | D | 50 | D | 100 to 249 | D | |||
| Puerto Rican | 62 | D | 14 | D | 20 to 99 | D | |||
| Spaniard | 93 | 6,481 | 17 | 4,401 | 14 | 375 | |||
| Hispanic Latin American | 198 | D | 52 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D | |||
| Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino | 454 | 12,603 | 22 | D | 20 to 99 | D | |||
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American Indian and Alaska Natives | 751 | 178,902 | 116 | 159,164 | 732 | 18,053 | ||
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Asian and Pacific Islander | 304 | 49,319 | 143 | D | 500 to 999 | D | ||
| Asian Indian | 46 | D | 33 | D | 100 to 249 | D | |||
| Chinese | 110 | 23,233 | 69 | D | 250 to 499 | D | |||
| Filipino | 14 | D | 7 | D | 20 to 99 | D | |||
| Japanese | 12 | D | 1 | D | 20 to 99 | D | |||
| Korean | 72 | 4,007 | 6 | D | 20 to 99 | D | |||
| Vietnamese | 18 | 658 | 6 | D | 0 to 19 | D | |||
| Other Asian | 26 | D | 17 | D | 0 to 19 | D | |||
| Hawaiian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Other Pacific Islander | 7 | D | 4 | D | 20 to 99 | D | |||
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Women | 17,030 | 1,313,146 | 2,531 | 1,058,914 | 13,524 | 235,040 | ||
| 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 | 67,488 | 33,469,226 | 18,181 | 31,930,872 | 232,647 | 5,502,895 |
| Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 1,943 | D | 413 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D | |
| 07 | Agricultural services | 1,701 | 139,789 | 393 | 113,422 | 1,722 | 35,630 |
| 08 | Forestry | 196 | D | 18 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 09 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 46 | D | 2 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| Mineral Industries | 124 | D | 46 | D | 500 to 999 | D | |
| 10 | Metal mining | 1 | D | 1 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 12 | Coal mining | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Oil & gas extraction | 32 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 92 | D | 46 | D | 500 to 999 | D |
| Construction industries and subdividers and developers | 9,398 | 2,041,682 | 2,555 | 1,792,665 | 12,874 | 351,668 | |
| 15 | Building construction--general contractors & operative builders | 1,991 | 740,995 | 874 | 675,772 | 3,488 | 92,888 |
| 16 | Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors | 216 | 410,439 | 119 | 406,630 | 2,093 | 70,089 |
| 17 | Construction--special trade contractors | 7,043 | 862,983 | 1,533 | 695,582 | 7,157 | 185,673 |
| 6552 | Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) | 148 | 27,265 | 29 | 14,681 | 136 | 3,018 |
| Manufacturing | 4,454 | 8,196,802 | 1,384 | 8,089,735 | 45,729 | 1,553,473 | |
| 20 | Food & kindred products | 276 | 801,078 | 135 | 798,122 | 3,340 | 91,190 |
| 21 | Tobacco products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Textile mill products | 44 | 45,846 | 19 | 45,220 | 470 | 10,743 |
| 23 | Apparel & other textile products | 361 | 108,189 | 70 | 104,385 | 1,080 | 18,520 |
| 24 | Lumber & wood products | 1,738 | 516,056 | 258 | 448,674 | 3,634 | 89,469 |
| 25 | Furniture & fixtures | 200 | 174,162 | 56 | 171,274 | 2,525 | 58,957 |
| 26 | Paper & allied products | 26 | 384,766 | 17 | 384,479 | 1,762 | 60,454 |
| 27 | Printing & publishing | 527 | 593,941 | 256 | 587,511 | 5,464 | 156,076 |
| 28 | Chemicals & allied products | 24 | 71,859 | 18 | D | 250 to 499 | D |
| 29 | Petroleum & coal products | 4 | D | 3 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 30 | Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products | 39 | 272,117 | 36 | 272,081 | 1,846 | 54,331 |
| 31 | Leather & leather products | 18 | D | 7 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 32 | Stone, clay, & glass products | 301 | 231,783 | 118 | 226,708 | 2,046 | 59,804 |
| 33 | Primary metal industries | 13 | 132,450 | 7 | 131,791 | 768 | 24,779 |
| 34 | Fabricated metal products | 164 | 440,865 | 74 | 437,650 | 2,918 | 102,279 |
| 35 | Industrial machinery & equipment | 220 | 457,461 | 122 | 453,624 | 3,710 | 124,531 |
| 36 | Electronic & other electric equipment | 91 | D | 50 | D | 5,000 to 9,999 | D |
| 37 | Transportation equipment | 31 | 388,821 | 23 | 387,811 | 2,744 | 113,335 |
| 38 | Instruments & related products | 53 | 184,375 | 39 | 183,978 | 1,602 | 58,776 |
| 39 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 335 | 299,190 | 87 | 293,336 | 1,952 | 47,236 |
| Transportation, communications, & utilities | 2,353 | 2,841,088 | 780 | 2,763,105 | 11,193 | 344,765 | |
| 41 | Local and interurban passenger transportation | 173 | 49,383 | 84 | 47,667 | 1,260 | 18,531 |
| 42 | Motor freight transportation & warehousing | 1,377 | 385,985 | 415 | 327,526 | 3,453 | 89,574 |
| 44 | Water transportation | 30 | D | 19 | D | 100 to 249 | D |
| 45 | Transportation by air | 56 | 56,169 | 25 | 54,291 | 642 | 12,311 |
| 46 | Pipelines, except natural gas | 1 | D | 1 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 47 | Transportation services | 242 | 47,357 | 83 | 42,725 | 779 | 20,311 |
| 48 | Communications | 200 | 1,418,192 | 107 | 1,414,370 | 2,750 | 97,024 |
| 49 | Electric, gas, & sanitary services | 275 | 864,570 | 47 | 857,386 | 2,059 | 99,006 |
| Wholesale trade | 2,120 | 5,187,739 | 1,079 | 5,117,533 | 13,215 | 394,173 | |
| 50 | Wholesale trade - durable goods | 1,269 | 2,202,913 | 684 | 2,163,331 | 6,492 | 206,483 |
| 51 | Wholesale trade - nondurable goods | 854 | 2,984,826 | 398 | 2,954,202 | 6,723 | 187,690 |
| Retail trade | 9,618 | 6,183,322 | 4,426 | 6,002,033 | 53,646 | 735,343 | |
| 52 | Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr | 383 | 457,928 | 255 | 443,750 | 2,428 | 54,795 |
| 53 | General merchandise stores | 189 | 445,418 | 106 | 439,852 | 3,506 | 41,627 |
| 54 | Food stores | 960 | 1,230,761 | 665 | 1,208,961 | 10,703 | 123,692 |
| 55 | Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations | 854 | 1,800,464 | 553 | 1,774,905 | 6,076 | 129,914 |
| 56 | Apparel and accessory stores | 405 | 264,188 | 253 | 259,690 | 2,907 | 39,919 |
| 57 | Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores | 499 | 214,614 | 298 | 203,742 | 1,595 | 29,187 |
| 58 | Eating & drinking places | 1,506 | 521,707 | 1,226 | 512,743 | 17,958 | 161,913 |
| 59 | Miscellaneous retail | 4,874 | 1,248,242 | 1,122 | 1,158,390 | 8,473 | 154,296 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) | 5,258 | 3,666,509 | 1,173 | 3,409,125 | 12,047 | 396,235 | |
| 60 | Depository institutions | 72 | 958,552 | 71 | D | 2,500 to 4,999 | D |
| 61 | Nondepository credit institutions | 62 | 285,768 | 39 | 284,408 | 1,136 | 50,267 |
| 62 | Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services | 162 | 118,049 | 72 | 113,123 | 545 | 38,488 |
| 63 | Insurance carriers | 78 | 1,365,721 | 63 | 1,364,541 | 2,542 | 94,014 |
| 64 | Insurance agents, brokers, and services | 846 | 156,510 | 300 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D |
| 65pt | Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) | 3,841 | 399,537 | 584 | 180,184 | 1,781 | 35,457 |
| 67 | Holding and other investment offices, except trusts | 214 | 382,372 | 61 | 370,742 | 580 | 19,243 |
| Service industries (exc membership org & private households) | 28,458 | 5,010,595 | 6,366 | 4,546,198 | 81,450 | 1,665,891 | |
| 70 | Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places | 969 | 406,058 | 523 | 388,958 | 9,211 | 116,792 |
| 72 | Personal services | 3,267 | 133,732 | 479 | 88,457 | 2,372 | 28,776 |
| 73 | Business services | 6,060 | 636,920 | 875 | 534,696 | 8,518 | 186,325 |
| 75 | Automotive repair, services, & parking | 1,502 | 231,586 | 490 | 190,731 | 1,844 | 36,432 |
| 76 | Miscellaneous repair services | 761 | 70,800 | 190 | D | 500 to 999 | D |
| 78 | Motion pictures | 254 | 98,332 | 135 | 93,921 | 1,018 | 13,954 |
| 79 | Amusement and recreation services | 2,037 | 277,317 | 363 | 247,279 | 5,933 | 66,706 |
| 80 | Health services | 2,739 | 1,523,742 | 989 | 1,471,004 | 24,975 | 637,315 |
| 81 | Legal services | 856 | 187,544 | 452 | 173,852 | 2,066 | 80,031 |
| 82 | Educational services | 1,182 | 626,668 | 280 | 618,233 | 11,821 | 206,571 |
| 83 | Social services | 3,347 | 307,114 | 652 | 267,207 | 6,986 | 112,041 |
| 84 | Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens | 44 | 15,457 | 42 | D | 250 to 499 | D |
| 87 | Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv | 4,747 | 460,150 | 847 | 377,335 | 5,489 | 150,209 |
| 89 | Services, n.e.c. | 721 | 35,175 | 77 | D | 250 to 499 | D |
| Industries not classified | 3,887 | D | 84 | 3,641 | 38 | 926 | |