Opinion ID: 654597
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Heading: Pre-Enactment Statistical Evidence

Text: 52 The principal pre-enactment statistical evidence appears in the 1982 Report of the City Council Finance Committee and recites that minority contractors were awarded only .09 percent of City contract dollars during the preceding three years, 1979 through 1981, although businesses owned by Blacks and Hispanics accounted for 6.4 percent of all businesses licensed to operate in Philadelphia. 11 These statistics do not satisfy Croson because they do not indicate what proportion of the 6.4 percent of minority-owned businesses were available or qualified to perform City construction contracts. Under Croson, available minority-owned businesses comprise the relevant statistical pool. 488 U.S. at 501, 109 S.Ct. at 726. 12 Therefore, the data in the Finance Committee Report do not provide a sufficient evidentiary basis for the Ordinance. 53