STATISTICS FOR BLACK-OWNED FIRMS BY STATE:  1992/*    
(Data includes individual proprietorships, partnerships and subchapter S     
corporations. Detail may not add to total due to rounding.)    
    
                             All firms                 Firms with paid employees    
                    |-------------------------|-------------------------------------------|    
                                  Sales and                 Sales and                Annual    
                        Firms      Receipts       Firms      Receipts   Employees   Payroll    
Geographic area      (number)      ($1,000)    (number)      ($1,000)    (number)  ($1,000)    
|------------------|      A    r        B    r      C    r        D    r      E         F      
United States          620912  0   32197361  2    64478  1   22589676  3   345193   4806624
Alabama                 14707  0     534692  2     1989  1     343331  2     6827     81710
Alaska                    739  0      39137  3       78  3      28871  5      855     10633
Arizona                  2936  1     137721 17      328 10      99734 23     1274     16326
Arkansas                 5738  1     232850  3      646  2     160875  4     1952     21691
California              68968  0    5478365  2     6875  2    4155861  2    43292    732136
Colorado                 4372  1     295305  7      431 11     242385  8     2955     43655
Connecticut              5714  1     292369  6      544  6     188098  7     2400     40466
Delaware                 2060  2     156880 12      243  7     125503 15     2352     22763
District Of Columbia    10111  1     451861  4      787  3     313107  5     4277     88431
Florida                 40371  1    2265451 15     4435  4    1601641 22    22978    320116
Georgia                 38264  0    1677083  4     4095  3    1103546  6    18744    253026
Hawaii                    717  0      27382 24       42  8      16794 40      211      2513
Idaho                     152  3      24532  1       28 16      23079  1      119      2311
Illinois                28433  1    1773293  3     2694  4    1272218  4    17972    345569
Indiana                  8349  1     710971  7     1260  6     599379  8     6894     95907
Iowa                     1106  2      75521  7      141 11      64082  9      604      8734
Kansas                   3078  1      92295  3      291  3      50991  3     1088     13012
Kentucky                 5097  1     250855  4      522  3     198117  4     2452     29686
Louisiana               20312  0     774132 13     2086  3     487065 21     8626     90944
Maine                     235  2      25439  6       45 11      21925  7      293      3244
Maryland                35758  0    1241530  5     2543  4     734155  9    31450    227305
Massachusetts            7225  1     427948  5      567  8     307974  7     3692     83650
Michigan                19695  1    1268426  4     2147  5     860556  6    13727    202061
Minnesota                2785  1     283392  8      332  6     211664  4     2845     44532
Mississippi             14067  0     504945  1     1891  1     300535  0     5699     54676
Missouri                 9973  1     403289  3     1089  2     276594  4     4879     56084
Montana                   113 10       6504  8       15  0       5311  0      124      1626
Nebraska                 1350  2      61523 13      154  6      46833 17      950      9621
Nevada                   1736  1     113338 23      161  9      84299 31     1570     20320
New Hampshire             326  1      46369  0       46  7      40182  0      228      5101
New Jersey              20137  1    1239325  6     1970  6     880252  9     9989    199195
New Mexico                925  2      60631  9       96  4      45190 10      591      7122
New York                51312  0    2267600  3     4033  4    1385469  5    16070    301625
North Carolina          29221  0     893369  2     3479  1     530720  2    11166    115873
North Dakota              117 13       7845 20       14 11       5201  1      105      1024
Ohio                    22690  1    1096178  4     2328  4     807206  5    11604    147470
Oklahoma                 4621  1     190517  6      510  7     134555  7     2027     24574
Oregon                   1447  3     100644 10      196 15      83726 13     1066     16038
Pennsylvania            15917  1    1133581  5     1922  5     870766  6    12366    223020
Rhode Island              857  4      65252  7      110 11      50353  7     1154     16541
South Carolina          18343  0     672514  1     2485  1     435256  2     9464    105246
South Dakota              111  1      10307  0       20  7       9160  0       91       860
Tennessee               14920  0     555015  4     1686  2     326870  3     5955     65861
Texas                   50008  0    2339221 17     4861  3    1604853 25    23745    285195
Utah                      354  5      45246  1       54  0      41444  0      269      5445
Vermont                   139  0       7202  0       33  0       5691  0      109      1358
Virginia                26100  0    1211173  3     2958  3     892170  4    20992    267017
Washington               4575  1     257073  8      595  8     200651 10     3601     46716
West Virginia            1093  2      42228  2      127  2      32941  3      559      7379
Wisconsin                3446  1     323743 30      488  7     278266 35     2858     40322
Wyoming                    97  0       5301  0       10  0       4230  0       85       897
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     /*  Source: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS.    
    
      -  Represents zero.    
      r  Relative standard error.    
     (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies;     
        data are included in higher-level totals.