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

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/ Growth of Hispanic-Owned Firms

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

13. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Percent Distribution of All U.S. Firms by Industry Division: 1997

14. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Percent Distribution of Hispanic-Owned Firms by Industry Division: 1997

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

16. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Average Receipts per Firm by Industry Division for Hispanic-Owned Firms Compared to All U.S. Firms: 1997 (Thousands of dollars)

17. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Hispanic-Owned Firms and Receipts as a Percent of All U.S. Firms and Receipts by Industry Division: 1997

18. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Five States With Largest Number of Hispanic-Owned Firms ëCalifornia - 336,405 ëTexas - 240,396 ëFlorida - 193,902 ëNew York - 104,189 ëNew Jersey - 36,116

19. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Five MAs With Largest Number of Hispanic-Owned Firms  Los Angeles, CA - 136,678  Miami, FL - 120,605  New York, NY - 84,880  Houston, TX - 41,769  San Antonio, TX - 34,834

20. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Size of Hispanic-Owned Firms With Paid Employees

21. Source: 1997 Economic Census Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/ Size of Hispanic-Owned Firms ëOf all 1,199,896 Hispanic-owned firms, 26,666 (2%) had more than $1,000,000 in receipts. ë263,071 (22%) had less than $5,000 in receipts.

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

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