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Women-Owned Businesses Online News Conference,

Tuesday, December 7, 2010, 2 p.m. EDT

Event Materials

• Presentation:
  Slides [PDF]

• Media Advisory: U.S. Census Bureau to Release New Data About Women-Owned Businesses

• News Release: Census Bureau Reports Women-Owned Firms Numbered 7.8 Million in 2007, Generated Receipts of $1.2 Trillion | Spanish version

• Tables:
  - Table 1. Summary Statistics for All U.S. Firms by Gender: 2007 [Excel]
  - Table 2. Summary Statistics for Women-Owned Firms by State: 2007 [Excel]
  - Table 3. Summary Statistics in the 50 Most Populous Counties in the U.S.: 2007 [Excel]
  - Table 4. Summary Statistics in the 50 Most Populous Cities in the U.S.: 2007 [Excel]
  - Table 5. Summary Statistics in the 50 Most Populous Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the U.S.: 2007 [Excel]
  - Table 6. Summary Statistics for Women-Owned Firms by State and Kind of Business: 2007 [Excel]

• Maps:
  - Map 1. Women-Owned Firms, Percent of All Firms in Each State: 2007 [PDF]
  - Map 2. Men-Owned Firms, Percent of all Firms in Each State [PDF]

• Charts:
  - Chart 1. Women-Owned Firms, Number of Firms by Kind of Business: 2007 [PDF]
  - Chart 2. Women-Owned Firms, Number of Firms by Receipts Size of Firm: 2007 [PDF]
  - Chart 3. Women-Owned Firms, Number of Employer Firms by Employment Size of Firm: 2007 [PDF]
  - Chart 4. Men-Owned Firms, Number of Firms by Kind of Business: 2007 [PDF]
  - Chart 5. Men-Owned Firms, Number of Firms by Receipts Size of Firm: 2007 [PDF]
  - Chart 6. Men-Owned Firms, Number of Employer Firms by Employment Size of Firm: 2007 [Excel]
  - Chart 7. All U.S. Firms Classifiable by Gender, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status, Number of Firms by Gender: 2007 [PDF]
  - Chart 8. All U.S. Firms Classifiable by Gender, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status, Receipts by Gender: 2007 [PDF]

• Speaker Biographies:
  - Rebecca Blank, Acting Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce
  - Thomas L. Mesenbourg Jr., Deputy Director, U.S. Census Bureau
  - Dana Lewis, Executive Director, National Women´s Business Council
  - Stanley Rolark, Chief, Public Information Office, U.S. Census Bureau
  - Lee Wentela, Chief, Economic Census Branch, Company Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau

Background Materials

• Searching and Accessing Survey of Business Owners Data on American FactFinder
• Survey of Business Owners Web site
• Census Bureau Blog entry: Women as Entrepreneurs

*The news conference transcript will be available within 48 hours.