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1997 Economic Census Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Wisconsin |
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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) | 366,436 | 367,841,279 | 109,409 | 358,863,640 | 2,246,488 | 59,198,866 | ||
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Total minorities | 13,692 | 3,969,840 | 3,399 | 3,569,787 | 35,079 | 873,268 | ||
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Black | 4,848 | 550,114 | 798 | 462,623 | 8,179 | 139,501 | ||
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Hispanic | 3,020 | 816,817 | 494 | 719,827 | 5,358 | 149,629 | ||
| Cuban | 233 | D | 24 | D | 100 to 249 | D | |||
| Mexican Mexican American, Chicano | 1,057 | 425,681 | 265 | 364,973 | 2,762 | 58,771 | |||
| Puerto Rican | 483 | 131,566 | 16 | D | 500 to 999 | D | |||
| Spaniard | 334 | 117,647 | 35 | 115,341 | 828 | 32,433 | |||
| Hispanic Latin American | 520 | D | 97 | 41,409 | 577 | 16,749 | |||
| Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino | 393 | 72,735 | 57 | 59,739 | 472 | 10,750 | |||
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American Indian and Alaska Natives | 2,338 | 1,135,975 | 699 | 1,080,481 | 6,738 | 202,160 | ||
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Asian and Pacific Islander | 3,752 | 1,487,807 | 1,435 | 1,320,561 | 14,996 | 384,616 | ||
| Asian Indian | 902 | 708,420 | 434 | 672,381 | 6,901 | 234,708 | |||
| Chinese | 768 | 248,969 | 405 | 230,340 | 3,138 | 49,396 | |||
| Filipino | 358 | 57,112 | 172 | 52,114 | 1,066 | 23,186 | |||
| Japanese | 316 | 181,011 | 65 | 125,338 | 1,226 | 31,320 | |||
| Korean | 351 | 45,512 | 117 | 28,099 | 641 | 8,956 | |||
| Vietnamese | 216 | D | 55 | D | 100 to 249 | D | |||
| Other Asian | 709 | 157,374 | 157 | 133,282 | 1,238 | 19,308 | |||
| Hawaiian | 123 | 25,511 | 29 | 23,256 | 322 | 10,819 | |||
| Other Pacific Islander | 9 | D | 1 | D | 250 to 499 | D | |||
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Women | 89,284 | 15,653,949 | 15,461 | 14,361,940 | 146,450 | 2,945,112 | ||
| Universe (All Firms) | All firms | Firms with paid employees | |||||
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| 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 | 366,436 | 367,841,279 | 109,409 | 358,863,640 | 2,246,488 | 59,198,866 |
| Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 8,268 | 997,040 | 2,210 | 837,230 | 11,968 | 280,018 | |
| 07 | Agricultural services | 7,306 | 959,080 | 2,142 | 819,928 | 11,817 | 275,380 |
| 08 | Forestry | 448 | 27,548 | 53 | 14,734 | 119 | 3,958 |
| 09 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 514 | 10,412 | 15 | 2,568 | 32 | 680 |
| Mineral Industries | 508 | 422,751 | 132 | 405,468 | 2,374 | 96,309 | |
| 10 | Metal mining | 7 | D | 3 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 12 | Coal mining | 1 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Oil & gas extraction | 305 | D | 5 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 14 | Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 195 | 361,017 | 124 | 357,042 | 2,274 | 92,492 |
| Construction industries and subdividers and developers | 43,243 | 18,492,960 | 15,477 | 17,195,054 | 112,858 | 3,961,064 | |
| 15 | Building construction--general contractors & operative builders | 8,196 | 7,120,084 | 4,149 | 6,751,310 | 29,353 | 957,640 |
| 16 | Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors | 889 | 2,714,014 | 611 | 2,702,409 | 11,751 | 581,308 |
| 17 | Construction--special trade contractors | 32,984 | 8,375,752 | 10,574 | 7,606,096 | 71,225 | 2,406,943 |
| 6552 | Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) | 1,184 | 283,110 | 153 | 135,239 | 529 | 15,173 |
| Manufacturing | 18,347 | 120,395,923 | 9,437 | 120,086,700 | 609,649 | 20,931,535 | |
| 20 | Food & kindred products | 912 | 21,815,731 | 680 | 21,807,029 | 71,557 | 2,140,853 |
| 21 | Tobacco products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Textile mill products | 92 | 387,647 | 51 | D | 2,500 to 4,999 | D |
| 23 | Apparel & other textile products | 780 | 946,184 | 260 | 936,840 | 7,194 | 163,287 |
| 24 | Lumber & wood products | 4,719 | 4,149,499 | 1,196 | 4,007,738 | 31,544 | 768,656 |
| 25 | Furniture & fixtures | 710 | 2,198,498 | 309 | 2,187,399 | 16,747 | 484,401 |
| 26 | Paper & allied products | 267 | 13,568,370 | 215 | 13,566,106 | 53,341 | 2,401,552 |
| 27 | Printing & publishing | 2,357 | 5,754,238 | 1,334 | 5,726,041 | 53,896 | 1,558,182 |
| 28 | Chemicals & allied products | 278 | 5,044,853 | 254 | 5,044,146 | 13,758 | 647,413 |
| 29 | Petroleum & coal products | 16 | 402,375 | 15 | D | 250 to 499 | D |
| 30 | Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products | 485 | 4,068,997 | 437 | 4,065,967 | 31,069 | 898,290 |
| 31 | Leather & leather products | 113 | 656,370 | 69 | 655,577 | 4,749 | 116,462 |
| 32 | Stone, clay, & glass products | 687 | 2,048,034 | 300 | 2,040,501 | 10,760 | 362,610 |
| 33 | Primary metal industries | 270 | 4,592,852 | 219 | 4,591,133 | 28,316 | 991,217 |
| 34 | Fabricated metal products | 1,700 | 9,043,174 | 1,125 | 9,022,738 | 65,475 | 2,195,979 |
| 35 | Industrial machinery & equipment | 2,690 | 18,012,530 | 2,009 | 17,982,211 | 106,974 | 4,112,084 |
| 36 | Electronic & other electric equipment | 537 | 9,339,996 | 345 | 9,332,542 | 48,083 | 1,588,753 |
| 37 | Transportation equipment | 282 | 12,614,610 | 232 | 12,611,030 | 33,652 | 1,346,181 |
| 38 | Instruments & related products | 261 | 4,186,516 | 231 | 4,184,946 | 17,018 | 695,796 |
| 39 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 1,439 | 1,565,449 | 404 | 1,536,247 | 12,020 | 328,458 |
| Transportation, communications, & utilities | 18,091 | 18,578,582 | 5,956 | 17,910,130 | 115,665 | 3,583,941 | |
| 41 | Local and interurban passenger transportation | 1,244 | 428,709 | 597 | 412,645 | 14,782 | 168,074 |
| 42 | Motor freight transportation & warehousing | 12,510 | 6,809,220 | 3,938 | 6,249,064 | 57,400 | 1,735,804 |
| 44 | Water transportation | 205 | D | 134 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D |
| 45 | Transportation by air | 327 | 422,601 | 120 | 410,978 | 2,711 | 79,563 |
| 46 | Pipelines, except natural gas | 3 | D | 3 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 47 | Transportation services | 1,765 | 527,975 | 667 | 481,247 | 6,397 | 148,765 |
| 48 | Communications | 1,034 | 4,329,289 | 336 | 4,312,908 | 17,899 | 658,456 |
| 49 | Electric, gas, & sanitary services | 1,028 | 5,860,148 | 186 | 5,847,021 | 15,390 | 761,298 |
| Wholesale trade | 15,054 | 62,255,931 | 8,235 | 61,811,438 | 133,146 | 4,432,689 | |
| 50 | Wholesale trade - durable goods | 9,325 | 30,727,683 | 5,366 | 30,468,122 | 76,919 | 2,722,591 |
| 51 | Wholesale trade - nondurable goods | 5,764 | 31,528,248 | 2,904 | 31,343,316 | 56,227 | 1,710,098 |
| Retail trade | 63,989 | 52,467,941 | 24,673 | 51,296,240 | 471,034 | 6,124,503 | |
| 52 | Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr | 1,919 | 3,306,425 | 1,299 | 3,269,443 | 21,189 | 430,260 |
| 53 | General merchandise stores | 596 | 6,563,370 | 223 | 6,553,491 | 58,777 | 831,796 |
| 54 | Food stores | 3,073 | 7,995,729 | 1,995 | 7,924,540 | 65,111 | 795,871 |
| 55 | Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations | 4,937 | 17,435,973 | 3,246 | 17,214,138 | 56,834 | 1,176,714 |
| 56 | Apparel and accessory stores | 1,925 | 1,408,732 | 990 | 1,377,707 | 17,380 | 189,058 |
| 57 | Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores | 3,088 | 2,570,232 | 1,804 | 2,505,912 | 17,872 | 344,620 |
| 58 | Eating & drinking places | 13,271 | 4,635,976 | 9,883 | 4,482,749 | 165,771 | 1,278,558 |
| 59 | Miscellaneous retail | 35,422 | 8,551,504 | 5,475 | 7,968,260 | 68,100 | 1,077,626 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) | 40,010 | 55,571,979 | 8,946 | 53,627,299 | 153,185 | 5,372,898 | |
| 60 | Depository institutions | 713 | 8,591,767 | 705 | 8,591,337 | 45,662 | 1,293,917 |
| 61 | Nondepository credit institutions | 589 | 1,784,221 | 331 | 1,774,920 | 6,952 | 255,176 |
| 62 | Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services | 1,609 | 1,718,433 | 487 | 1,658,099 | 7,350 | 554,577 |
| 63 | Insurance carriers | 345 | 36,274,481 | 299 | 36,257,581 | 55,409 | 2,246,091 |
| 64 | Insurance agents, brokers, and services | 9,328 | 1,398,402 | 3,107 | 1,212,324 | 14,147 | 421,435 |
| 65pt | Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) | 25,430 | 3,569,869 | 3,825 | 1,963,504 | 18,655 | 369,258 |
| 67 | Holding and other investment offices, except trusts | 2,233 | 2,234,806 | 429 | 2,169,534 | 5,010 | 232,444 |
| Service industries (exc membership org & private households) | 139,893 | 38,073,979 | 35,109 | 35,669,407 | 636,274 | 14,409,513 | |
| 70 | Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places | 3,140 | 1,248,547 | 1,417 | 1,171,893 | 27,669 | 319,407 |
| 72 | Personal services | 21,171 | 1,329,873 | 3,999 | 1,042,924 | 28,552 | 373,200 |
| 73 | Business services | 31,179 | 7,193,682 | 5,653 | 6,669,763 | 138,733 | 2,545,166 |
| 75 | Automotive repair, services, & parking | 7,831 | 1,848,037 | 3,231 | 1,660,819 | 20,392 | 402,630 |
| 76 | Miscellaneous repair services | 5,215 | 816,636 | 1,344 | 721,457 | 7,341 | 199,923 |
| 78 | Motion pictures | 932 | 346,712 | 470 | 335,403 | 6,754 | 70,909 |
| 79 | Amusement and recreation services | 10,896 | 1,626,700 | 2,116 | 1,496,677 | 28,296 | 459,462 |
| 80 | Health services | 13,094 | 14,719,707 | 6,604 | 14,274,270 | 227,279 | 6,573,702 |
| 81 | Legal services | 4,088 | 1,414,980 | 2,170 | 1,346,811 | 13,684 | 601,813 |
| 82 | Educational services | 4,463 | 1,478,320 | 877 | 1,427,974 | 38,287 | 694,131 |
| 83 | Social services | 15,896 | 2,099,667 | 2,822 | 1,944,416 | 55,952 | 745,484 |
| 84 | Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens | 141 | 126,098 | 134 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D |
| 87 | Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv | 20,246 | 3,702,965 | 4,256 | 3,351,114 | 40,862 | 1,355,310 |
| 89 | Services, n.e.c. | 1,795 | 122,055 | 210 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D |
| Industries not classified | 20,259 | 584,193 | 460 | 24,674 | 335 | 6,396 | |
| Women | All firms | Firms with paid employees | |||||
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| 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 | 89,284 | 15,653,949 | 15,461 | 14,361,940 | 146,450 | 2,945,112 |
| Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 1,212 | 84,759 | 275 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D | |
| 07 | Agricultural services | 1,145 | 84,229 | 275 | D | 1,000 to 2,499 | D |
| 08 | Forestry | 22 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 09 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 45 | 333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mineral Industries | 66 | 63,830 | 24 | D | 500 to 999 | D | |
| 10 | Metal mining | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Coal mining | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Oil & gas extraction | 43 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels | 24 | D | 24 | D | 500 to 999 | D |
| Construction industries and subdividers and developers | 2,279 | 1,061,526 | 993 | 1,024,991 | 7,330 | 280,347 | |
| 15 | Building construction--general contractors & operative builders | 297 | 122,242 | 127 | 107,490 | 896 | 21,660 |
| 16 | Heavy construction other than buildings construction--contractors | 52 | 459,272 | 45 | 459,092 | 1,705 | 107,018 |
| 17 | Construction--special trade contractors | 1,881 | 467,714 | 819 | 451,006 | 4,720 | 151,440 |
| 6552 | Subdividers and developers n.e.c.(ex cemeteries) | 51 | 12,298 | 4 | 7,403 | 9 | 229 |
| Manufacturing | 2,508 | 3,543,748 | 845 | 3,513,678 | 27,133 | 824,717 | |
| 20 | Food & kindred products | 108 | 808,756 | 66 | 808,189 | 4,336 | 122,655 |
| 21 | Tobacco products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Textile mill products | 46 | D | 5 | D | 500 to 999 | D |
| 23 | Apparel & other textile products | 391 | 97,382 | 65 | 93,268 | 1,037 | 21,271 |
| 24 | Lumber & wood products | 274 | 142,373 | 47 | 135,787 | 1,403 | 32,122 |
| 25 | Furniture & fixtures | 62 | 50,589 | 21 | 50,176 | 563 | 14,524 |
| 26 | Paper & allied products | 17 | 85,952 | 6 | 85,612 | 435 | 13,334 |
| 27 | Printing & publishing | 516 | 284,767 | 187 | 278,089 | 2,501 | 69,984 |
| 28 | Chemicals & allied products | 24 | D | 22 | D | 500 to 999 | D |
| 29 | Petroleum & coal products | 1 | D | 1 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 30 | Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products | 63 | 172,085 | 46 | 170,367 | 1,405 | 41,772 |
| 31 | Leather & leather products | 14 | D | 3 | D | 500 to 999 | D |
| 32 | Stone, clay, & glass products | 194 | 71,555 | 35 | 69,862 | 662 | 18,118 |
| 33 | Primary metal industries | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 34 | Fabricated metal products | 170 | 364,417 | 99 | 363,657 | 3,459 | 109,008 |
| 35 | Industrial machinery & equipment | 189 | 455,361 | 136 | 454,395 | 4,043 | 143,027 |
| 36 | Electronic & other electric equipment | 57 | 281,511 | 38 | 280,985 | 1,577 | 48,935 |
| 37 | Transportation equipment | 15 | 91,961 | 15 | 91,961 | 599 | 17,476 |
| 38 | Instruments & related products | 2 | D | 1 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 39 | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 356 | 79,541 | 44 | 74,742 | 582 | 16,990 |
| Transportation, communications, & utilities | 2,028 | 467,999 | 641 | 423,907 | 5,784 | 141,520 | |
| 41 | Local and interurban passenger transportation | 146 | 40,904 | 59 | 39,174 | 1,383 | 19,691 |
| 42 | Motor freight transportation & warehousing | 1,040 | 284,795 | 295 | 257,933 | 2,386 | 70,369 |
| 44 | Water transportation | 17 | 2,159 | 9 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 45 | Transportation by air | 12 | 1,700 | 3 | D | 0 to 19 | D |
| 46 | Pipelines, except natural gas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Transportation services | 544 | 74,194 | 220 | 61,088 | 1,288 | 30,709 |
| 48 | Communications | 176 | 56,002 | 26 | 54,693 | 431 | 14,786 |
| 49 | Electric, gas, & sanitary services | 94 | 8,246 | 30 | 7,695 | 257 | 5,328 |
| Wholesale trade | 1,770 | 3,023,148 | 592 | 2,981,630 | 7,920 | 226,202 | |
| 50 | Wholesale trade - durable goods | 862 | 2,063,757 | 333 | 2,041,494 | 4,783 | 149,847 |
| 51 | Wholesale trade - nondurable goods | 908 | 959,391 | 259 | 940,136 | 3,137 | 76,355 |
| Retail trade | 20,733 | 4,039,586 | 4,284 | 3,778,102 | 38,605 | 476,355 | |
| 52 | Building materials, hardware, garden supply, & mobile home dlr | 220 | 98,986 | 128 | 94,045 | 743 | 13,917 |
| 53 | General merchandise stores | 189 | 7,546 | 31 | 6,036 | 181 | 1,218 |
| 54 | Food stores | 669 | 290,955 | 289 | 273,436 | 2,986 | 33,956 |
| 55 | Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations | 236 | 826,830 | 143 | 815,200 | 2,751 | 50,829 |
| 56 | Apparel and accessory stores | 839 | 133,741 | 354 | 125,024 | 2,124 | 20,889 |
| 57 | Home furniture, furnishings, & equipment stores | 570 | 144,696 | 238 | 131,162 | 1,420 | 23,343 |
| 58 | Eating & drinking places | 2,696 | 514,345 | 1,858 | 485,242 | 16,682 | 123,095 |
| 59 | Miscellaneous retail | 15,325 | 2,022,486 | 1,255 | 1,847,955 | 11,719 | 209,108 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate industries (ex sub & dev) | 7,515 | 706,640 | 1,056 | 466,538 | 4,369 | 85,705 | |
| 60 | Depository institutions | 27 | 130,891 | 27 | 130,891 | 733 | 17,937 |
| 61 | Nondepository credit institutions | 51 | 15,064 | 16 | 14,560 | 272 | 7,848 |
| 62 | Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, & services | 207 | D | 38 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 63 | Insurance carriers | 25 | D | 2 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 64 | Insurance agents, brokers, and services | 1,376 | 77,807 | 326 | 50,726 | 635 | 12,644 |
| 65pt | Real estate (excluding subdividers and developers) | 5,344 | 400,576 | 623 | 204,594 | 2,523 | 37,240 |
| 67 | Holding and other investment offices, except trusts | 495 | 29,944 | 33 | 20,827 | 126 | 7,704 |
| Service industries (exc membership org & private households) | 46,185 | 2,602,163 | 6,706 | 2,037,404 | 52,764 | 871,752 | |
| 70 | Hotels, rooming houses, camps, & other lodging places | 439 | 46,445 | 142 | 39,378 | 1,048 | 10,345 |
| 72 | Personal services | 9,537 | 373,601 | 1,863 | 258,765 | 8,852 | 97,315 |
| 73 | Business services | 10,071 | 894,477 | 1,414 | 777,818 | 23,660 | 391,287 |
| 75 | Automotive repair, services, & parking | 320 | 103,430 | 176 | 97,466 | 1,186 | 26,322 |
| 76 | Miscellaneous repair services | 506 | 28,548 | 88 | 21,722 | 301 | 6,948 |
| 78 | Motion pictures | 210 | 28,859 | 96 | 23,774 | 478 | 3,686 |
| 79 | Amusement and recreation services | 1,878 | 44,983 | 72 | 23,022 | 1,003 | 6,880 |
| 80 | Health services | 4,153 | 544,151 | 975 | 456,562 | 7,924 | 188,895 |
| 81 | Legal services | 907 | 55,068 | 223 | 43,344 | 555 | 15,151 |
| 82 | Educational services | 2,006 | 29,644 | 85 | 14,440 | 305 | 3,884 |
| 83 | Social services | 10,639 | 203,780 | 963 | 106,874 | 4,725 | 49,440 |
| 84 | Museums, art galleries, & botanical & zoological gardens | 10 | D | 9 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| 87 | Eng, acctg, research, mgt, & rel serv | 4,754 | 240,216 | 584 | 171,823 | 2,680 | 71,031 |
| 89 | Services, n.e.c. | 765 | D | 25 | D | 20 to 99 | D |
| Industries not classified | 5,064 | 60,550 | 123 | D | 500 to 999 | D | |
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Last modified: 7/12/01