Survey of Business Owners Press Event and Roundtable | Press Kit
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Census Bureau Director Louis Kincannon “Overall, for black-owned businesses, there was a 45 percent increase since 1997. For Hispanics or Latinos, the increase was smaller at 31 percent.” “The number of women-owned businesses grew to 6.5 million, up 20 percent from 1997, with receipts of almost one trillion dollars.” Listen “There was a 24 percent growth in Asian-owned businesses since 1997, and 67 percent increase in the number of businesses owned by Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.”