Figure 18

BLACK-OWNED FIRMS COMPARED TO ALL U.S. FIRMS BY STATE: 1992
(Data includes individual proprietorships, partnerships, and subchapter S corporations.)
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.

  Firms (number)   Sales and Receipts (millions)   Receipts per Firm Black%
of Pop.
Access
Rate
Geographic area Black All %Black     Black All %Black     Black All %Black
United States 620,912 17,253,143 3.6%     $32,197 $3,324,200 1.0%     $51,854 $192,672 26.9% 12.4% 29.0%
Alabama 14,707 227,119 6.5%     $535 $41,620 1.3%     $36,377 $183,252 19.9% 25.4% 25.6%
Alaska 739 58,898 1.3%     $39 $7,114 0.5%     $52,774 $120,785 43.7% 4.1% 31.7%
Arizona 2,936 248,337 1.2%     $138 $35,223 0.4%     $47,003 $141,835 33.1% 3.3% 36.9%
Arkansas 5,738 159,820 3.6%     $233 $23,529 1.0%     $40,606 $147,222 27.6% 15.9% 22.6%
California 68,968 2,259,327 3.1%     $5,478 $408,481 1.3%     $79,428 $180,798 43.9% 7.7% 40.3%
Colorado 4,372 323,147 1.4%     $295 $46,763 0.6%     $67,475 $144,711 46.6% 4.2% 33.3%
Connecticut 5,714 237,705 2.4%     $292 $70,157 0.4%     $51,103 $295,143 17.3% 8.8% 27.3%
Delaware 2,060 42,228 4.9%     $157 $9,098 1.7%     $76,214 $215,449 35.4% 17.5% 28.0%
District of Columbia 10,111 35,344 28.6%     $452 $11,061 4.1%     $44,704 $312,953 14.3% 65.6% 43.6%
Florida 40,371 1,000,542 4.0%     $2,265 $172,499 1.3%     $56,105 $172,406 32.5% 14.1% 28.3%
Georgia 38,264 425,118 9.0%     $1,677 $82,009 2.0%     $43,827 $192,909 22.7% 27.4% 32.8%
Hawaii 717 79,050 0.9%     $27 $10,724 0.3%     $37,657 $135,661 27.8% 2.5% 35.7%
Idaho 152 88,712 0.2%     $25 $12,676 0.2%     $164,474 $142,889 115.1% 0.4% 50.0%
Illinois 28,433 726,974 3.9%     $1,773 $180,500 1.0%     $62,357 $248,289 25.1% 15.1% 25.8%
Indiana 8,349 364,253 2.3%     $711 $77,462 0.9%     $85,160 $212,660 40.0% 8.0% 28.9%
Iowa 1,106 206,840 0.5%     $76 $29,896 0.3%     $68,716 $144,537 47.5% 1.8% 27.2%
Kansas 3,078 191,262 1.6%     $92 $27,524 0.3%     $29,890 $143,907 20.8% 6.0% 26.8%
Kentucky 5,097 236,525 2.2%     $251 $37,112 0.7%     $49,245 $156,905 31.4% 7.2% 30.8%
Louisiana 20,312 236,589 8.6%     $774 $34,217 2.3%     $38,106 $144,626 26.3% 31.2% 27.5%
Maine 235 109,360 0.2%     $25 $14,424 0.2%     $106,383 $131,895 80.7% 0.4% 47.6%
Maryland 35,758 328,403 10.9%     $1,242 $57,909 2.1%     $34,733 $176,335 19.7% 25.7% 42.5%
Massachusetts 7,225 442,848 1.6%     $428 $98,358 0.4%     $59,239 $222,103 26.7% 5.8% 27.6%
Michigan 19,695 551,091 3.6%     $1,268 $107,645 1.2%     $64,382 $195,331 33.0% 14.2% 25.4%
Minnesota 2,785 358,921 0.8%     $283 $68,327 0.4%     $101,616 $190,368 53.4% 2.4% 33.1%
Mississippi 14,067 135,497 10.4%     $505 $19,305 2.6%     $35,900 $142,475 25.2% 35.8% 29.0%
Missouri 9,973 348,978 2.9%     $403 $65,303 0.6%     $40,409 $187,126 21.6% 10.9% 26.7%
Montana 113 76,331 0.1%     $7 $8,820 0.1%     $61,947 $115,549 53.6% 0.3% 33.3%
Nebraska 1,350 124,212 1.1%     $62 $20,439 0.3%     $45,926 $164,549 27.9% 3.7% 29.4%
Nevada 1,736 87,786 2.0%     $113 $19,593 0.6%     $65,092 $223,190 29.2% 6.9% 29.1%
New Hampshire 326 97,772 0.3%     $46 $16,387 0.3%     $141,104 $167,604 84.2% 0.6% 51.7%
New Jersey 20,137 517,204 3.9%     $1,239 $141,761 0.9%     $61,529 $274,091 22.4% 14.1% 27.7%
New Mexico 925 107,377 0.9%     $61 $11,751 0.5%     $65,946 $109,437 60.3% 2.3% 39.6%
New York 51,312 1,159,700 4.4%     $2,268 $327,619 0.7%     $44,200 $282,503 15.6% 17.2% 25.6%
North Carolina 29,221 439,301 6.7%     $893 $76,188 1.2%     $30,560 $173,430 17.6% 22.1% 30.3%
North Dakota 117 48,368 0.2%     $8 $6,441 0.1%     $68,376 $133,167 51.3% 0.6% 34.5%
Ohio 22,690 666,183 3.4%     $1,096 $120,307 0.9%     $48,303 $180,592 26.7% 10.9% 31.1%
Oklahoma 4,621 246,936 1.9%     $191 $33,457 0.6%     $41,333 $135,489 30.5% 7.7% 24.8%
Oregon 1,447 238,967 0.6%     $101 $38,745 0.3%     $69,800 $162,135 43.1% 1.7% 35.1%
Pennsylvania 15,917 728,063 2.2%     $1,134 $166,894 0.7%     $71,245 $229,230 31.1% 9.5% 23.3%
Rhode Island 857 67,641 1.3%     $65 $15,634 0.4%     $75,846 $231,132 32.8% 4.5% 28.9%
South Carolina 18,343 197,330 9.3%     $673 $29,217 2.3%     $36,690 $148,062 24.8% 30.0% 31.0%
South Dakota 111 57,084 0.2%     $10 $10,129 0.1%     $90,090 $177,440 50.8% 0.5% 38.5%
Tennessee 14,920 325,371 4.6%     $555 $59,161 0.9%     $37,198 $181,826 20.5% 16.1% 28.6%
Texas 50,008 1,256,121 4.0%     $2,339 $229,833 1.0%     $46,773 $182,970 25.6% 12.1% 33.1%
Utah 354 129,202 0.3%     $45 $19,313 0.2%     $127,119 $149,479 85.0% 0.7% 40.5%
Vermont 139 58,924 0.2%     $7 $8,592 0.1%     $50,360 $145,815 34.5% 0.4% 55.6%
Virginia 26,100 391,451 6.7%     $1,211 $66,555 1.8%     $46,398 $170,021 27.3% 19.2% 34.9%
Washington 4,575 372,975 1.2%     $257 $67,795 0.4%     $56,175 $181,768 30.9% 3.2% 37.4%
West Virgina 1,093 94,912 1.2%     $42 $11,792 0.4%     $38,426 $124,241 30.9% 3.1% 38.3%
Wisconsin 3,446 300,348 1.1%     $324 $61,368 0.5%     $94,022 $204,323 46.0% 5.3% 20.9%
Wyoming 97 40,696 0.2%     $5 $7,474 0.1%     $51,546 $183,654 28.1% 0.8% 24.1%


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