Survey of Business Owners (SBO)

Estimates of Business Ownership by Gender, Ethnicity, and Race: 2002

• American FactFinder (the U.S. Census Bureau's online data access tool)
  
  
• SBO/BITS Special Tabulation: Establishment Expansions, Contractions, and Deaths between 2002-2003, 2002-2004, 2002-2005, and 2002-2006
  
  
• American Indian and Alaska Native
  • Publication [pdf, 2.1M]
  • Tables-only publication [pdf, 1.4M]
  • Maps [pdf, 308K]
  • Charts - Industries and Average Receipts [pdf, 25K]
  • Press Release
  • Summary of Findings
  
  
• Asian
  • Publication [pdf, 3.0M]
  • Tables-only publication [pdf, 2.4M]
  • Maps [pdf, 570K]
  • Charts - Industries and Average Receipts [pdf, 28K]
  • Press Release
  • Summary of Findings - All Asians
  • Summary of Findings - Asian Indians
  • Summary of Findings - Chinese
  • Summary of Findings - Filipinos
  • Summary of Findings - Japanese
  • Summary of Findings - Koreans
  • Summary of Findings - Vietnamese
  • Summary of Findings - Other Asians
  • Summary Statistics for Changes in the Number of Asian-Owned Businesses and Their Receipts by State: 1997-2002 [pdf, 14K]
  
  
• Black
  • Publication [pdf, 2.7M]
  • Tables-only publication [pdf, 2.0M]
  • Maps [pdf, 993K]
  • Charts - Industries and Average Receipts [pdf, 24K]
  • Press Release
  • Summary of Findings
  • Summary Statistics for Changes in the Number of Black-Owned Businesses and Their Receipts by State: 1997-2002 [pdf, 14K]
  
  
• Hispanic
  • Publication [pdf, 3.6M]
  • Tables-only publication [pdf, 3.0M]
  • Maps [pdf, 945K]
  • Charts - Industries and Average Receipts [pdf, 14K]
  • Press Release
  • Press Release (Spanish)
  • Summary of Findings
  • Summary Statistics for Changes in the Number of Hispanic-Owned Businesses and Their Receipts by State: 1997-2002 [pdf, 14K]
  
  
• Minority
  • Statistics for Minority-Owned Firms by State, Selected Metropolitan Statistical Area, and Kind of Business: 2002 [xls, 556K]
  • Statistics for Selected Places With 100 or More Minority-Owned Firms: 2002 [xls, 505K]
  
  
• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
  • Publication [pdf, 1.4M]
  • Tables-only publication [pdf, 851K]
  • Maps [pdf, 1.5M]
  • Charts - Industries and Average Receipts [pdf, 22K]
  • Press Release
  • Summary of Findings
  • Summary Statistics for Changes in the Number of Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-Owned Businesses and Their Receipts by State: 1997-2002 [pdf, 13K]
  
  
• Women
  • Publication [pdf, 5.5M]
  • Tables-only publication [pdf ,4.8M]
  • Map [pdf, 293K]
  • Charts - Industries and Average Receipts [pdf, 24K]
  • Press Release
  • Summary of Findings
  • Summary Statistics for Changes in the Number of Women-Owned Businesses and Their Receipts by State: 1997-2002 [pdf, 68K]
  
  
• Company Summary (data about all firms)
  • Publication [pdf, 11M]
  • Tables-only publication [pdf, 9.9M]
  • Charts - Average Receipts [pdf, 32K]
  • Charts - Industries [pdf, 46K]
  • Summary of Findings
  • Summary of Findings for Small Employer Firms
  • Statistics for Small Businesses (Firms With Fewer Than 500 Employees) by State: 2002 [xls, 201K]
  
  
• Characteristics of Businesses
  • Publication [pdf, 7.6M]
  • Tables-only publication [pdf, 7.4M]
  • Charts - Selected characteristics [pdf, 37K]
  • Press Release
  • Summary of Findings
  
  
• Characteristics of Business Owners
  • Publication [pdf, 510K]
  • Tables-only publication [pdf, 307K]
  • Charts - Selected characteristics [pdf, 28K]
  • Press Release
  • Summary of Findings
  
  
• Characteristics of Veteran-Owned Businesses
  • Publication [pdf, 1.1M]
  • Press Release
  • Summary of Findings
  • Charts - Receipts size, employment size, and industry [pdf, 47K]
  • Table 1. Year Owner Established, Purchased, or Acquired the Business by Kind of Business [xls, 130K]
  • Table 2. Year Owner Established, Purchased, or Acquired the Business by Receipts Size [xls, 74K]
  • Table 3. Year Owner Established, Purchased, or Acquired the Business by Employment Size [xls, 48K]
  • Table 4. Home-Based, Family-Owned, or Franchised by Kind of Business [xls, 131K]
  • Table 5. Home-Based, Family-Owned, or Franchised by Receipts Size [xls, 74K]
  • Table 6. Home-Based, Family-Owned, or Franchised by Employment Size [xls, 49K]
  • Table 7. Sources of Start-Up Capital by Kind of Business [xls, 122K]
  • Table 8. Sources of Start-Up Capital by Receipts Size [xls, 71K]
  • Table 9. Sources of Start-Up Capital by Employment Size [xls, 50K]
  • Table 10. Sources of Expansion Financing by Kind of Business [xls, 122K]
  • Table 11. Sources of Expansion Financing by Receipts Size [xls, 71K]
  • Table 12. Sources of Expansion Financing by Employment Size [xls, 49K]
  • Table 13. Customer Categories by Kind of Business [xls, 106K]
  • Table 14. Customer Categories by Receipts Size [xls, 131K]
  • Table 15. Customer Categories by Employment Size [xls, 45K]
  • Table 16. Types of Workers by Kind of Business [xls, 98K]
  • Table 17. Types of Workers by Receipts Size [xls, 60K]
  • Table 18. Types of Workers by Employment Size [xls, 44K]
  • Table 19. Statistics for Publicly Held and Other Firms by Receipts and Employment Size [xls, 28K]
  
  
• Characteristics of Veteran Business Owners
  • Publication [pdf, 559K]
  • Press Release
  • Summary of Findings
  • Table A. Veteran Business Ownership by Gender, Hispanic or Latino Origin, and Race for Owners of Respondent Firms: 2002 [pdf, 17K]
  • Table 1. Business Ownership by Veteran Status, Gender, Hispanic or Latino Origin, and Race [xls, 44K]
  • Table 2. Owner's Age [xls, 32K]
  • Table 3. Owner's Educational Background [xls, 33K]
  • Table 4. Owner's Average Number of Hours Spent Managing or Working in the Business [xls, 32K]
  • Table 5. Owner's Primary Function in the Business [xls, 31K]
  • Table 6. Whether the Business Provided the Owner's Primary Source of Personal Income [xls, 30K]