1. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ 1997 Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises (SMOBE) Summary

2. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ SMOBE Overview

3. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ History

4. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Scope and Coverage

5. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Scope and Coverage

6. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Scope and Coverage

7. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Publications

8. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Improvements for 1997

9. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Improvements for 1997 ëFully inclusive estimates In reports prior to 1997, estimates for minority- owned business enterprises for a part of the sample could not be allocated by industry and geography and were, therefore, not included in the detailed tables of the reports. For 1997, the estimates for all levels of the data include all firms owned by the race and ethnic groups presented.

10. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Improvements for 1997

11. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Number of Firms and Receipts Note: Detail in this table does not add to total because of duplication of some firms. A Hispanic firm may be of any race and, therefore, may be included in more than one minority group.

12. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Percentage of Minority-Owned Firms by Gender

13. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Growth of Minority-Owned Firms

14. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Percent Change 1992 to 1997 (Excluding C corporations)

15. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Percentage of Total Firms by Industry Division by Race and Hispanic Origin: 1997

16. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Percentage of Total Receipts by Industry Division by Race and Hispanic Origin: 1997

17. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/

18. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/

19. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Minority Population by Geographic Division: 1997

20. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Five States With Largest Number of Minority-Owned Firms

21. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/

22. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/

23. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/

24. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/

25. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ For More Information