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In 1997, there were 3.0 million minority-owned businesses in the United States, employing 4.5 million people and generating $591.3 billion in revenues. These firms made up 15 percent of the nation’s 20.8 million nonfarm businesses, employed 4 percent of its workers and generated 3 percent of its receipts.
Of these firms:
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Publication | October 2001
Asian- and Pacific Islander-Owned Businesses: 1997
This brief, based on 1997 Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises data, presents findings on Asian- and Pacific Islander (API)-owned businesses.
Publication | October 2001
American Indian- and Alaska Native-Owned Businesses: 1997
This brief, based on 1997 Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises data, presents findings on American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned businesses.
Publication | October 2002
The Older Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2000
This brief, based on Current Population Survey data, profiles the foreign-born population in the United States age 65 and over.
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