STATISTICS FOR MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED FIRMS BY INDUSTRY FOR MONTANA, 1997
TOTAL MINORITY-OWNED FIRMS -SUMMARY	All Firms			Firms with Paid Employees
		Sales &			Sales &		Annual
	Firms	Receipts		Firms	Receipts	Employees	Payroll
Industry Division	(number)	($1,000)		(number)	($1,000)	(number)	($1,000)
Total	3,356	355,777		805	291,255	3,503	49,603
Agricultural services, forestry, fishing and mining	85	D		15	D	b	D
Construction	435	50,877		112	45,827	363	11,220
Manufacturing	189	D		24	D	b	D
Transportation, communications, and utilities	94	10,741		31	6,124	115	1,326
Wholesale trade	41	33,451		16	32,239	80	2,044
Retail trade	400	120,198		171	116,442	1,304	12,039
Finance, insurance, and real estate	68	7,922		19	D	b	D
Services	1,085	52,279		172	39,465	914	14,836
Industries not classified	962	67,558		247	38,426	541	4,662
ASIANS & PACIFIC ISLANDERS-OWNED FIRMS	All Firms			Firms with Paid Employees
		Sales &			Sales &		Annual
	Firms	Receipts		Firms	Receipts	Employees	Payroll
Industry Division	(number)	($1,000)		(number)	($1,000)	(number)	($1,000)
Total	443	73,026		172	66,097	1,183	15,465
Agricultural services, forestry, fishing and mining	9	D		8	D	a	D
Construction	27	D		20	D	b	D
Manufacturing	8	D		-	-	-	-
Transportation, communications, and utilities	8	D		6	D	a	D
Wholesale trade	5	D		-	-	-	-
Retail trade	102	27,084		65	26,443	629	5,844
Finance, insurance, and real estate	14	D		2	D	a	D
Services	168	22,890		42	21,290	423	7,685
Industries not classified	102	D		30	D	b	D
AMERICAN INDIANS & ALASKA NATIVE-OWNED FIRMS	All Firms			Firms with Paid Employees
		Sales &			Sales &		Annual
	Firms	Receipts		Firms	Receipts	Employees	Payroll
Industry Division	(number)	($1,000)		(number)	($1,000)	(number)	($1,000)
Total	1,912	165,265		438	130,417	1,504	22,667
Agricultural services, forestry, fishing and mining	33	1,902		4	D	b	D
Construction	318	41,572		72	38,734	313	10,426
Manufacturing	151	6,326		21	D	b	D
Transportation, communications, and utilities	62	7,222		18	3,036	51	489
Wholesale trade	26	D		7	D	b	D
Retail trade	201	25,370		60	22,781	295	2,610
Finance, insurance, and real estate	32	D		10	D	a	D
Services	559	14,384		70	D	c	D
Industries not classified	531	36,062		176	23,114	457	2,901
BLACK-OWNED FIRMS	All Firms			Firms with Paid Employees
		Sales &			Sales &		Annual
	Firms	Receipts		Firms	Receipts	Employees	Payroll
Industry Division	(number)	($1,000)		(number)	($1,000)	(number)	($1,000)
Total	62	D		15	D	b	D
Agricultural services, forestry, fishing and mining	12	D		0	0	0	0
Construction	6	D		1	D	a	D
Manufacturing	2	D		2	D	a	D
Transportation, communications, and utilities	0	0		0	0	0	0
Wholesale trade	1	D		0	0	0	0
Retail trade	3	D		0	0	0	0
Finance, insurance, and real estate	3	D		2	D	a	D
Services	27	D		10	D	b	D
Industries not classified	8	D		0	0	0	0
HISPANIC-OWNED FIRMS	All Firms			Firms with Paid Employees
		Sales &			Sales &		Annual
	Firms	Receipts		Firms	Receipts	Employees	Payroll
Industry Division	(number)	($1,000)		(number)	($1,000)	(number)	($1,000)
Total	1,006	114,897		184	92,300	785	10,265
Agricultural services, forestry, fishing and mining	38	D		3	D	a	D
Construction	103	7,627		19	5,688	12	401
Manufacturing	38	3,487		1	D	a	D
Transportation, communications, and utilities	30	1,350		7	647	56	303
Wholesale trade	9	D		9	D	a	D
Retail trade	108	D		49	D	e	D
Finance, insurance, and real estate	26	5,621		6	D	b	D
Services	361	12,636		50	8,919	253	3,487
Industries not classified	293	12,723		41	D	a	D
WOMEN-OWNED FIRMS	All Firms			Firms with Paid Employees
		Sales &			Sales &		Annual
	Firms	Receipts		Firms	Receipts	Employees	Payroll
Industry Division	(number)	($1,000)		(number)	($1,000)	(number)	($1,000)
Total	22,404	2,047,559		3,924	1,743,101	22,240	330,860
Agricultural services, forestry, fishing and mining	512	38,321		109	24,854	534	7,981
Construction	983	198,263		326	185,385	1,900	47,788
Manufacturing	745	299,822		179	286,019	2,908	59,779
Transportation, communications, and utilities	439	63,261		134	52,407	834	18,181
Wholesale trade	324	230,058		106	220,830	879	15,934
Retail trade	4,268	649,756		1,200	598,936	7,508	86,387
Finance, insurance, and real estate	1,798	167,743		401	117,361	1,098	16,901
Services	12,180	389,159		1,479	257,309	6,578	77,909
Industries not classified	1,162	11,176		0	0	0	0
Table based on 1987 SIC System
D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals.
a = 0 - 19 employees;  b = 20 - 99 employees;  e = 250 - 4999 employees
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census,  May 2001
Compiled by:  Census and Economic Information Center, MT Dept of Commerce  (406) 444-2896         l:\censusdata\1997econcen\minorityecon97.xls