1997 Economic Census
Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses
Washington


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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) 447,433 357,322,932 129,780 344,895,438 2,023,814 60,792,792
Total minorities 42,935 11,335,907 11,356 10,284,870 88,304 1,725,294
 Black 5,553 504,109 893 411,968 8,321 125,629
 Hispanic 10,009 1,711,293 2,286 1,516,628 18,830 350,383
    Cuban 473 52,108 55 37,290 270 9,664
    Mexican Mexican American, Chicano 4,879 840,607 1,392 752,064 10,925 168,201
    Puerto Rican 394 48,814 99 40,115 494 8,023
    Spaniard 1,086 170,387 190 148,475 1,394 47,812
    Hispanic Latin American 1,187 284,699 198 255,825 1,523 44,804
    Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino 1,989 314,678 352 282,859 4,225 71,878
 American Indian and Alaska Natives 4,689 1,202,989 974 1,096,283 14,242 313,597
 Asian and Pacific Islander 23,309 8,007,516 7,349 7,339,438 48,352 962,057
    Asian Indian 1,924 1,090,577 659 1,052,777 8,352 136,157
    Chinese 5,241 1,999,566 1,821 1,723,405 11,372 213,417
    Filipino 2,272 266,196 298 226,205 2,330 35,573
    Japanese 3,079 1,721,448 849 1,649,270 9,518 286,357
    Korean 5,477 1,867,983 2,390 1,719,558 8,643 137,247
    Vietnamese 3,011 446,346 607 395,417 3,768 51,831
    Other Asian 1,885 426,097 631 387,870 3,454 64,164
    Hawaiian 286 175,629 42 173,130 642 32,449
    Other Pacific Islander 134 13,675 54 11,806 273 4,862
Women 123,042 15,099,236 20,854 12,990,596 139,032 2,920,112

 



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 447,433 357,322,932 129,780 344,895,438 2,023,814 60,792,792
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 15,791 2,897,610 3,698 2,368,526 27,066 649,476
07 Agricultural services 9,601 1,703,702 3,053 1,425,043 21,203 439,527
08 Forestry 813 210,738 217 185,543 2,035 47,563
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 5,379 983,170 430 757,940 3,828 162,386
  Mineral Industries 722 528,001 157 503,035 3,061 129,464
10 Metal mining 70 66,485 23 65,061 541 29,553
12 Coal mining 5 D 2 D 500 to 999 D
13 Oil & gas extraction 452 D 21 D 100 to 249 D
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 195 292,324 111 284,534 1,824 64,637
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 47,543 23,910,766 20,754 22,327,825 139,770 4,656,345
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 14,879 10,742,377 7,615 10,011,050 38,730 1,224,994
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 1,586 3,573,358 1,143 3,547,950 20,317 858,322
17 Construction--special trade contractors 29,222 8,761,551 11,579 8,100,547 79,197 2,519,256
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 1,862 833,480 423 668,278 1,526 53,773
  Manufacturing 19,640 83,011,210 8,558 82,624,009 368,344 14,824,411
20 Food & kindred products 972 9,943,748 616 9,907,580 41,324 1,169,239
21 Tobacco products 1 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
22 Textile mill products 107 D 56 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
23 Apparel & other textile products 1,494 661,764 363 639,754 7,094 145,123
24 Lumber & wood products 4,168 6,943,167 1,660 6,839,301 35,469 1,124,440
25 Furniture & fixtures 803 494,677 245 478,854 4,731 126,788
26 Paper & allied products 168 4,858,783 105 4,855,831 16,328 740,718
27 Printing & publishing 2,879 2,631,889 1,236 2,584,276 25,158 767,280
28 Chemicals & allied products 252 1,868,289 211 1,863,373 6,254 309,774
29 Petroleum & coal products 28 D 25 5,393,828 2,186 115,837
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 321 1,484,338 263 1,480,908 10,927 306,856
31 Leather & leather products 405 D 34 D 500 to 999 D
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 990 1,363,865 293 1,350,489 8,027 273,841
33 Primary metal industries 146 3,680,464 98 3,677,330 12,394 513,376
34 Fabricated metal products 1,525 2,321,562 706 2,293,408 17,133 542,151
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 1,666 3,750,507 1,030 3,723,993 25,907 982,227
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 662 2,918,817 347 2,903,544 17,642 615,141
37 Transportation equipment 672 29,205,227 572 29,197,595 99,076 5,313,381
38 Instruments & related products 350 4,251,735 293 4,248,630 29,096 1,536,289
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 2,103 848,134 476 802,383 7,365 183,955
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 16,214 20,060,404 5,381 19,554,428 119,770 4,468,703
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 1,399 292,168 193 D 5,000 to 9,999 D
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 8,984 4,401,751 2,674 4,039,085 39,891 1,149,507
44 Water transportation 640 2,100,838 345 2,088,866 8,137 418,144
45 Transportation by air 513 935,959 213 925,232 8,798 294,315
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 7 19,794 6 D 20 to 99 D
47 Transportation services 2,687 954,848 1,229 902,293 12,654 370,765
48 Communications 1,392 6,441,766 426 6,411,619 30,867 1,502,004
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 639 4,913,280 342 4,903,675 12,950 617,671
  Wholesale trade 18,977 80,062,602 9,907 79,392,617 141,077 5,085,252
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods 11,637 42,466,568 6,451 42,107,773 81,130 3,113,107
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods 7,374 37,596,034 3,490 37,284,844 59,947 1,972,145
  Retail trade 64,640 55,676,951 25,036 54,498,663 461,176 7,253,032
52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr 1,881 3,581,976 1,163 3,538,303 19,613 445,599
53 General merchandise stores 671 7,522,920 213 7,506,439 50,816 841,674
54 Food stores 4,339 9,790,218 2,710 9,655,264 65,348 1,164,717
55 Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations 4,428 15,543,217 2,909 15,359,022 46,991 1,254,838
56 Apparel and accessory stores 2,109 2,211,668 951 2,176,277 25,643 443,322
57 Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores 3,357 2,977,611 2,006 2,902,671 18,781 404,376
58 Eating & drinking places 11,105 5,619,694 9,110 5,538,686 171,028 1,650,308
59 Miscellaneous retail 36,884 8,429,647 6,108 7,822,001 62,956 1,048,198
  Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) 49,622 39,910,395 10,804 36,824,736 128,784 4,550,302
60 Depository institutions 404 9,485,929 390 9,483,997 34,878 1,178,316
61 Nondepository credit institutions 1,102 2,812,682 685 2,788,913 9,047 398,597
62 Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services 1,901 1,746,622 676 1,530,314 8,109 592,764
63 Insurance carriers 233 16,345,207 208 16,306,430 26,175 1,034,284
64 Insurance agents, brokers, and services 6,894 1,293,949 2,433 1,139,270 12,523 445,117
65pt Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) 35,315 6,314,612 6,056 4,017,403 32,379 719,354
67 Holding and other investment offices, except trusts 3,932 1,911,394 515 1,558,409 5,673 181,870
  Service industries (exc membership org & private households) 194,635 50,587,442 45,873 46,761,218 634,208 19,164,880
70 Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places 2,415 1,503,331 1,311 1,433,399 26,594 436,524
72 Personal services 25,765 1,386,611 3,458 974,565 23,664 341,797
73 Business services 46,677 14,435,667 8,145 13,500,470 146,299 6,147,744
75 Automotive repair, services, & parking 8,164 2,359,315 3,694 2,204,303 25,026 556,268
76 Miscellaneous repair services 4,731 822,029 1,380 727,159 7,919 219,731
78 Motion pictures 1,690 648,010 678 614,819 8,035 115,847
79 Amusement and recreation services 13,188 2,108,018 2,140 1,921,688 38,229 660,245
80 Health services 21,807 13,321,895 9,220 12,860,780 189,173 5,752,709
81 Legal services 6,661 2,227,490 3,327 2,082,791 18,809 866,302
82 Educational services 7,509 1,893,813 1,152 1,665,642 31,381 535,580
83 Social services 17,667 2,233,830 4,104 2,024,414 52,797 807,628
84 Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens 124 176,604 117 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
87 Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv 34,982 7,155,426 6,849 6,401,450 62,473 2,596,973
89 Services, n.e.c. 3,427 315,403 470 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
  Industries not classified 20,777 677,551 740 40,381 558 10,927

 



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 42,935 11,335,907 11,356 10,284,870 88,304 1,725,294
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 1,191 D 259 97,335 1,626 30,723
07 Agricultural services 739 92,928 216 75,014 1,223 23,080
08 Forestry 60 D 17 6,970 334 3,849
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping 393 28,410 26 15,351 68 3,794
  Mineral Industries 2 D 0 0 0 0
10 Metal mining 1 D 0 0 0 0
12 Coal mining 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Oil & gas extraction 1 D 0 0 0 0
14 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Construction industries and subdividers and developers 2,536 1,126,443 1,023 995,027 6,829 221,618
15 Building construction--general contractors & operative builders 587 422,785 312 407,734 1,756 61,237
16 Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors 114 182,677 93 181,902 985 45,665
17 Construction--special trade contractors 1,703 429,805 600 385,752 4,047 113,116
6552 Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) 131 91,176 18 19,640 41 1,600
  Manufacturing 1,422 652,460 406 635,039 6,043 129,097
20 Food & kindred products 97 38,372 51 36,273 359 3,614
21 Tobacco products 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Textile mill products 4 20 0 0 0 0
23 Apparel & other textile products 267 60,985 72 59,020 852 14,027
24 Lumber & wood products 164 120,621 64 118,137 1,116 27,707
25 Furniture & fixtures 47 D 2 D 100 to 249 D
26 Paper & allied products 16 D 13 D 250 to 499 D
27 Printing & publishing 188 28,734 72 26,998 344 8,681
28 Chemicals & allied products 8 D 8 D 250 to 499 D
29 Petroleum & coal products S S S S S S
30 Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 1 D 1 D 20 to 99 D
31 Leather & leather products 306 3,919 2 D 0 to 19 D
32 Stone, clay, & glass products 14 D 3 D 100 to 249 D
33 Primary metal industries 1 D 1 D 0 to 19 D
34 Fabricated metal products 79 18,514 27 17,306 247 4,488
35 Industrial machinery & equipment 33 D 32 D 500 to 999 D
36 Electronic & other electric equipment 19 D 2 D 0 to 19 D
37 Transportation equipment 23 D 22 D 1,000 to 2,499 D
38 Instruments & related products 5 D 0 0 0 0
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 149 26,727 34 24,703 263 5,465
  Transportation, communications, & utilities 1,990 290,509 357 239,332 2,337 56,979
41 Local and interurban passenger transportation 619 23,991 15 8,158 284 3,852
42 Motor freight transportation & warehousing 985 110,835 186 77,833 920 23,402
44 Water transportation 4 D 2 D 0 to 19 D
45 Transportation by air 18 D 3 D 0 to 19 D
46 Pipelines, except natural gas 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Transportation services 278 54,553 136 52,800 697 16,352
48 Communications 84 74,555 14 74,184 348 8,795
49 Electric, gas, & sanitary services 3 D 2 D 20 to 99 D
  Wholesale trade 1,627 3,542,992 801 3,465,117 7,125 195,164
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods 940 1,398,939 436 1,345,337 2,811 95,721
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods 687 2,144,054 365 2,119,780 4,314 99,443
  Retail trade 7,997 2,824,561 4,166 2,658,122 32,519 394,587
52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr 70 18,283 22 16,337 160 3,667
53 General merchandise stores 114 10,230 32 6,592 91 647
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