ASIAN & PAC ISLNDR, AM.INDIAN, & AK NATIVE-OWNED FIRMS COMPARED TO ALL U.S. FIRMS BY STATE:  1992    
(Data includes individual proprietorships, partnerships and subchapter S     
corporations. Detail may not add to total due to rounding.)    
    
                                                API/AIAN       API/AIAN        All U.S. API/AIAN    
                      API/AIAN         All U.S.     as a      Sales and       Sales and     as a    
                         Firms            Firms  Percent       Receipts        Receipts  Percent    
Geographic area       (number) RSE     (number)   of All    ($ million) RSE ($ million)   of All    
|--------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|  
All Firms               705672   1     17253143     4.1%         104100   1     3324200     3.1%  
Not allocated by state   99234   4     17253143     0.6%           4057  11     3324200     0.1%  

States:                                                                                            
   Total                606438   0     17253143     3.5%         100044   1     3324200     3.0%  
                                                                                                  
Alabama                   1777   5       227119     0.8%            315   8       41620     0.8%  
Alaska                    3916   3        58898     6.6%            379   4        7114     5.3%  
Arizona                   5852   3       248337     2.4%            943   5       35223     2.7%  
Arkansas                  1214   6       159820     0.8%            162   5       23529     0.7%  
California              232672   0      2259327    10.3%          37685   2      408481     9.2%  
                                                                                                  
Colorado                  5788   3       323147     1.8%            843   8       46763     1.8%  
Connecticut               3485   4       237705     1.5%            783  22       70157     1.1%  
Delaware                   809   7        42228     1.9%            166   7        9098     1.8%  
District of Columbia      1393   5        35344     3.9%            323   8       11061     2.9%  
Florida                  17499   2      1000542     1.7%           3372   4      172499     2.0%  
                                                                                                  
Georgia                   8961   2       425118     2.1%           1509   3       82009     1.8%  
Hawaii                   38392   1        79050    48.6%           4767   5       10724    44.4% 
Idaho                      759   7        88712     0.9%            103   4       12676     0.8%  
Illinois                 21743   2       726974     3.0%           5080   4      180500     2.8%  
Indiana                   3193   5       364253     0.9%            634   8       77462     0.8%  
                                                                                                  
Iowa                      1024   7       206840     0.5%            518  67       29896     1.7%  
Kansas                    1842   6       191262     1.0%            247   7       27524     0.9%  
Kentucky                  1614   5       236525     0.7%            304   4       37112     0.8%  
Louisiana                 4826   3       236589     2.0%            572   8       34217     1.7%  
Maine                      483   9       109360     0.4%             69   1       14424     0.5%  
                                                                                                  
Maryland                 13697   2       328403     4.2%           1584   4       57909     2.7%  
Massachusetts             7009   3       442848     1.6%           1030   5       98358     1.1%  
Michigan                  7409   3       551091     1.3%           1263   6      107645     1.2%  
Minnesota                 3168   4       358921     0.9%            540   6       68327     0.8%  
Mississippi               1765   4       135497     1.3%            333   3       19305     1.7%  
                                                                                                  
Missouri                  3451   4       348978     1.0%            636   7       65303     1.0%  
Montana                    845   6        76331     1.1%             88   4        8820     1.0%  
Nebraska                   670   9       124212     0.5%             94   9       20439     0.5%  
Nevada                    2769   4        87786     3.2%            408   7       19593     2.1%  
New Hampshire              666   8        97772     0.7%             93   3       16387     0.6%  
                                                                                                  
New Jersey               23116   2       517204     4.5%           4385   6      141761     3.1%  
New Mexico                4608   2       107377     4.3%            226   5       11751     1.9%  
New York                 63053   1      1159700     5.4%          10853   2      327619     3.3%  
North Carolina            6155   3       439301     1.4%            762   4       76188     1.0%  
North Dakota               385   7        48368     0.8%             54   2        6441     0.8%  
                                                                                                  
Ohio                      7146   3       666183     1.1%           1384   4      120307     1.2%  
Oklahoma                  5627   3       246936     2.3%            826   5       33457     2.5%  
Oregon                    5414   3       238967     2.3%           1069   4       38745     2.8%  
Pennsylvania             12053   2       728063     1.7%           3083   3      166894     1.8%  
Rhode Island               987   7        67641     1.5%            114   6       15634     0.7%  
                                                                                                  
South Carolina            1877   5       197330     1.0%            295   8       29217     1.0%  
South Dakota               555   6        57084     1.0%            114   2       10129     1.1%  
Tennessee                 3026   4       325371     0.9%            734   5       59161     1.2%  
Texas                    38763   1      1256121     3.1%           5708   3      229833     2.5%  
Utah                      1746   5       129202     1.4%            180   5       19313     0.9%  
                                                                                                  
Vermont                    274   8        58924     0.5%             74   2        8592     0.9%  
Virginia                 13752   2       391451     3.5%           1754   4       66555     2.6%  
Washington               15648   2       372975     4.2%           2936   8       67795     4.3%  
West Virginia              712   7        94912     0.8%            136   7       11792     1.2%  
Wisconsin                 2486   4       300348     0.8%            478   7       61368     0.8%  
Wyoming                    362   8        40696     0.9%             35   5        7474     0.5%  
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     RSE = Relative standard error. These data are subject to sampling variability     
           as well as reporting and coverage errors.     
     (-) = Zero    
    
     SOURCE:  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS.