MC-MNCPPC: Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses* Montgomery County, 1997

Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses* Montgomery County, 1997

All Firms Firms With Paid Employees

Number Sales ($1,000) Number Sales ($1,000) Employees Annual Payroll ($1,000)

All Firms 90,494 57,857,034 20,612 54,811,718 356,632 12,043,529

Minority-Owned Firms 22,543 3,170,922 3,819 2,642,386 30,900 27,976

Black-Owned Firms 7,614 744,645 644 599,836 8,636 30,684

Hispanic-Owned Firms 5,669 541,265 686 417,110 4,440 26,924

Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian & Alaska Native 9,226 1,831,544 2,452 1,581,809 17,506 26,561

Women-Owned Firms
26,885

3,999,781

4,192

3,354,747

33,630

26,381

* Note: groups with 100 or more firms.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1997 Economic Census; Montgomery County Department of Park and Planning, Research and Technology Center, revised 10/29/01.

*Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Montgomery County, 1997**

	All Firms		Firms With Paid Employees
	Number	Sales ($1,000)	Number	Sales ($1,000)	Employees	Annual Payroll ($1,000)

All Firms	90,494	57,857,034	20,612	54,811,718	356,632	12,043,529
Minority-Owned Firms	22,543	3,170,922	3,819	2,642,386	30,900	27,976
Black-Owned Firms	7,614	744,645	644	599,836	8,636	30,684
Hispanic-Owned Firms	5,669	541,265	686	417,110	4,440	26,924
Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian & Alaska Native	9,226	1,831,544	2,452	1,581,809	17,506	26,561

Women-Owned Firms	26,885	3,999,781	4,192	3,354,747	33,630	26,381
* Note: groups with 100 or more firms. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1997 Economic Census; Montgomery County Department of Park and Planning, Research and Technology Center, revised 10/29/01.