Table B. **States with the Largest Number of Black-Owned Firms: 2002**

+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Geogr | B     | Pe    | All   | Black | Black | Pe    | All   | Black |
| aphic | lack- | rcent | U.S.  | as a  | sales | rcent | U.S.  | as a  |
| area  | owned | of    | firms | pe    | and   | of    | firms | pe    |
|       | firms | Total | (nu   | rcent | rec   | Total | sales | rcent |
|       |       |       | mber) | of    | eipts |       | and   | of    |
|       | (     |       |       | all   | (mi   |       | rec   | all   |
|       | numbe |       |       | U.S.  | llion |       | eipts | U.S.  |
|       | r)^1^ |       |       |       | dol   |       | (mi   | firms |
|       |       |       |       |       | lars) |       | llion |       |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | dol   |       |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | lars) |       |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| New   | 12    | 10.8  | 1,70  | 7.6   | 7,525 | 8.5   | 1,73  | 0.4   |
| York  | 9,324 |       | 7,172 |       |       |       | 7,979 |       |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Calif | 11    | 9.4   | 2,90  | 3.9   | 9,767 | 11.0  | 2,79  | 0.3   |
| ornia | 2,873 |       | 8,761 |       |       |       | 6,609 |       |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Fl    | 10    | 8.5   | 1,53  | 6.6   | 5,728 | 6.5   | 1,07  | 0.5   |
| orida | 2,079 |       | 9,208 |       |       |       | 5,806 |       |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Ge    | 9     | 7.6   | 67    | 13.4  | 5,665 | 6.4   | 73    | 0.8   |
| orgia | 0,461 |       | 4,522 |       |       |       | 8,998 |       |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Texas | 8     | 7.4   | 1,73  | 5.1   | 6,421 | 7.2   | 1,81  | 0.4   |
|       | 8,769 |       | 4,517 |       |       |       | 2,465 |       |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Mar   | 6     | 5.8   | 44    | 15.6  | 4,655 | 5.2   | 37    | 1.2   |
| yland | 9,410 |       | 3,542 |       |       |       | 3,663 |       |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Ill   | 6     | 5.7   | 95    | 7.2   | 4,984 | 5.6   | 1,15  | 0.4   |
| inois | 8,704 |       | 8,122 |       |       |       | 2,546 |       |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| North | 5     | 4.4   | 64    | 8.1   | 3,549 | 4.0   | 60    | 0.6   |
| Car   | 2,122 |       | 2,598 |       |       |       | 4,259 |       |
| olina |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Mic   | 4     | 3.7   | 73    | 6     | 4,294 | 4.8   | 79    | 0.5   |
| higan | 4,366 |       | 5,532 |       |       |       | 4,032 |       |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Vir   | 4     | 3.4   | 52    | 7.8   | 3,718 | 4.2   | 56    | 0.7   |
| ginia | 1,149 |       | 9,521 |       |       |       | 0,005 |       |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

^1^ Includes firms with paid employees and firms with no paid employees.

S - Estimates are suppressed because a publication standard is not met;
the relative standard error of the sales and receipts is 50 percent or
more.