ALL FIRMS FIRMS WITH PAID EMPLOYEES
SALES AND SALES AND ANNUAL
FIRMS RECEIPTS FIRMS RECEIPTS EMPLOYEES PAYROLL
STATE (NUMBER) (THOU) (NUMBER) (THOU) (NUMBER) (THOU)
UNITED STATES 690,912 $32,197,361 64,478 $22,589,676 345,193 $4,806,624
Alabama 14,707 $534,692 1,989 $343,331 6,827 $81,710
Arkansas 5,738 $232,850 646 $160,875 1,952 $21,691
Florida 40,371 $2,265,451 4,435 $1,601,641 22,978 $320,116
Georgia 38,264 $1,677,083 4,095 $1,103,546 18,744 $253,026
Kentucky 5,097 $250,855 522 $198,117 2,452 $29,686
Louisiana 20,312 $774,132 2,086 $487,065 8,626 $90,944
Mississippi 14,067 $504,945 1,891 $300,535 5,699 $54,676
North Carolina 29,221 $893,369 3,479 $530,720 11,166 $115,873
SOUTH CAROLINA 18,343 $672,514 2,485 $435,256 9,464 $105,246
Tennessee 14,920 $555,015 1,686 $326,870 5,955 $65,861
Virginia 26,100 $1,211,173 2,958 $892,170 20,992 $267,017
West Virginia 1,093 $42,228 127 $32,941 559 $7,379
Source: U.S. Bureau fo the Census, Department of Commerce, Women &
Minority-Owned Business Firms, March 1996.
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