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• Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises:
  • Asian- and Pacific Islander-Owned Businesses Number 900,000+; California, New York, Texas Leading States (5/22/2001)
  • American Indian- and Alaska Native-Owned Businesses Near 200,000; California, Texas, Oklahoma Lead States (5/22/2001)
  • 1997 Revenues for Women-Owned Businesses Show Continued Growth (4/5/2001)
  • 800,000 Businesses Owned by African Americans; New York, California, Texas Lead States (3/22/2001)
  • Businesses Owned by Hispanics Top 1 Million; California, Texas, Florida Lead States (3/22/2001)
• Nonemployer Statistics:   Sales by Nonemployer Businesses Top $580 Billion, California Leads States (1/18/2001)
• Business Expenditures Survey:   Retailers' Operating Expenses Near $700 Billion (12/13/2000)
• Merchandise Line Sales:   Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses Account for Most Computer Hardware and Software Sales (8/11/2000)
• Comparative Statistics:   Service Industries -- New Economy's Biggest Generator of Jobs; Mississippi Leads States (6/29/2000)
• Manufacturing Geographic Area Series, first report:   California Report First in State Series on Manufacturing Sector from Census Bureau (04/24/2000)
• Mining Geographic Area Series, first report:   Kentucky Report First in State Series on Mining Sector from Census Bureau (04/05/2000)
• Construction Geographics Area Series, first report:   Pennsylvania Report First in State Series on Construction From Census Bureau (03/23/2000)
• Finance and Insurance Geographic Area Series, all reports:   Nation's Finance and Insurance Industries Generate More Than $2 Trillion in Revenues, Census Bureau Reports (02/18/2000)
• Transportation and Warehousing Geographic Area Series, all reports:   Nation's Transportation and Warehousing Industries Generate More Than $300 Billion in Revenues, Census Bureau Reports (02/10/2000)
• Utilities Geographic Area Series, all reports:   Nation's Utilities Generate More Than $400 Billion in Revenues, Census Bureau Reports (01/12/2000)
• Other Services Geographic Area Series, all reports:   "Other Services" -- From Car Washes to Diet Centers -- Add Up to Big Business, Census Bureau Reports (12/29/99)
• Information Geographic Area Series, all reports:   U.S. Information Industries Generate $623 Billion in Receipts, Census Bureau Reports (10/25/99)
• Educational Services Geographic Area Series, all reports:   California and New York Account for One Quarter of Educational Services Receipts and Revenues, Census Bureau Reports (9/8/99)
• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services Geographic Area Series, first report:   Census Bureau Releases First in a Series of State Reports on Waste Management and Related Industries (8/5/99)
• Professional, Scientific and Technical Services Geographic Area Series, first report:   Census Bureau Issues First Economic Census State Report, for Wyoming, on Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (7/22/99)
• Construction Industry Series, first report:   New Economic Census Construction Report Shows More Than 164,000 Employed by Masonry and Stone Contractors Industry (6/18/99)
• Real Estate and Rental and Leasing Geographic Area Series, first report:   Census Bureau Issues First State Report, Covering Wyoming, on Real Estate, Rental and Leasing Industries from the 1997 Economic Census (6/9/99)
• Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Geographic Area Series, first report:   Census Bureau Issues First State Report, Covering Wyoming, on Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Industries from the 1997 Census(6/7/99)
• Health Care and Social Assistance Geographic Area Series, first report:   Census Bureau Issues First State Report, Covering Wyoming, on Health Care, Social Assistance Industries from 1997 Economic Census (6/7/99)
• Wholesale Trade Geographic Area Series, first report:   Wholesale Sales of Petroleum and Petroleum Products Near $800 Million in Wyoming in 1997 (5/26/99) 
• Retail Trade Geographic Area Series, first report:   First 1997 Economic Census Retail Report Shows Wyoming with Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Retail Sales Hitting $102 Million (5/20/99) 
• Accommodation and Foodservices Geographic Area Series, first report:   Hotel and Motel Sales Top $300 Million in Wyoming in 1997 (5/20/99) 
• Manufacturing Industry Series, first report:   Economic Census Shows California Leads Nation in Plastics Bottle Production (5/7/99) 
• Advance Report: Commerce Department Releases First Key Measurements of the 21st Century Economy;  1997 Economic Census Marks Premiere of New Business Classification System (3/16/99) 

If you received a media kit, it included selected data for one area. The following links allow you to get

• Additional data for your own area
• Comparable data for other areas

Table 1. Detailed data for one area

Get data for any state, metro area, or county through out on-line profiles. For city data, go through the American Factfinder.

Table 2. Counties ranked by retail sales

All states are available: AL - AK - AZ - AR - CA - CO - CT - DE - DC - FL - GA - HI - ID - IL - IN - IA - KS - KY - LA - ME - MD - MA - MI - MN - MS - MO - MT - NE - NV - NH - NJ - NM - NY - NC - ND - OH - OK - OR - PA - RI - SC - SD - TN - TX - UT - VT - VA - WA - WV - WI - WY

Greenspan calls the Economic Census "indispensable"	Use our press release For more quotes, see "Business Leaders Speak Out..."
Economic Census dates back to 1810	Consult The Economic Census, Changing with a Growing Nation and The Economic Census:  Two Moments of Truth, 1954 and 1997(pdf file) (ask us for a copy)
What the Economic Census has told us about your area	Consult the 1992 area profile for your state. If 1997 data are available, get a "Geography Quick Report" from American FactFinder
What the Economic Census has told us about your industry	Review our summary of industry trends as of 1992 Contact one of our industry experts
How NAICS changes industry data	Review the NAICS press release Visit the NAICS web site Study details of industry changes
How Economic Census data are being published	Consult the Guide to the1997 Economic Census

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