U.S. Department of Commerce

Economics and Statistics AdministrationU.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Survey of Minority-OwnedBusiness EnterprisesHispanic .....................................August 2000American Indians andAlaska Natives ....................... September 2000Black .................................... September 2000Asians andPacific Islanders ........................ October 2000Summary .............................. November 2000Survey of Women-OwnedBusiness Enterprises .............. August 2000Reportseries

Scheduled

release dates

Scheduled Release DatesAll reports will be available in printed formatand on CD-ROM.Company Summary ............. December 2000

How Do I Get These Data?Survey results will be readily accessibleon the Census Bureau Internet sitehttp://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/For more information regarding theseprograms/ products, or to request a specialtabulation of the data from the SMOBEor SWOBE or Company Summary, call301-457-3316.To purchase a printed report or CD-ROM,call 301-457-4100 or refer tohttp://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/.EC97CS-PM4 Issued July 2000

The latestinformationfrom the

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• All data available free on the Internet

• Improved CD-ROM software• Fully inclusive estimates

In reports prior to 1997, estimates forminority-owned business enterprises fora part of the sample could not beallocated by industry and geography andwere, therefore, not included in thedetailed tables of the reports. For 1997,the estimates for all levels of datainclude all firms owned by the race andethnic groups presented.

• Three new publications:

• American Indians and Alaska Natives• Asians and Pacific Islanders• Company Summary

• Minority/women ownership definition

changesOwnership is now based on theperson(s) owning 51 percent or more ofthe business. Previously, ownership wasdetermined based on the majority of thenumber of owners, without regard topercentage of interest owned.

• Male/female equally owned businesses

tabulated separatelyIn previous reports, businesses thatwere equally male- and female-ownedwere not tabulated as a separate groupbut were tabulated as either male- orfemale-owned. In the 1997 SWOBE,businesses equally male- and femaleowned were excluded from the womenowned business counts and tabulated ina separate chapter of the women-ownedbusiness report.

How You Can Use These Reports!Here’s What Others Have Done!

Market ShareMinority and women business ownersanalyze their performance by looking attotals for similar firms to compute market -share and assess their own growth.Education and OutreachA national women-owned business tradeassociation uses survey data to communicateto other trade and business associations;major corporations; and federal, state, andlocal governments, the significant presenceof women-owned businesses in a particularsector of the economy.Business TrendsConsultants and researchers use censusdata to analyze long-term economic anddemographic shifts and shifts amonggeographic areas.Research AllocationA local county government commissionon small and disadvantaged businessesuses survey data to evaluate the county’scontract procurement practices.The data provide a framework for assessingand directing federal, state, and local government programs designed to promote theactivities of disadvantaged groups.Two federal agencies, the Small BusinessAdministration (SBA) and the Minority

Business Development Agency (MBDA),use the SMOBE and SWOBE data when

allocating resources for their businessassistance programs.

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