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The number of Native Hawaiian- and other Pacific Islander-owned businesses grew 49.4 percent between 1997 and 2002, over three times the national average of 10.3 percent for all businesses. The 28,948 businesses generated about $4.3 billion in revenues, up 3.4 percent from 1997. This is according to a new report, Survey of Business Owners: Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-Owned Firms: 2002 [PDF], released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
More than half (58 percent) of all Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander firms were Native Hawaiian-owned (16,776). Guamanian- or Chamorran-owned firms accounted for 13.1 percent (3,797) and Samoan-owned firms comprised 7.6 percent (2,204). Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, which are not Native Hawaiian-, Guamanian- or Chamorran-, or Samoan-owned, accounted for 21.8 percent of the total firms (6,324).
Nearly 13 percent of all Native Hawaiian- and other Pacific Islander-owned firms had paid employees in 2002. These 3,693 businesses employed more than 29,000 people and generated revenues of $3.5 billion. The average receipts for these firms were $948,323.
Other highlights:
State | Firms (number) |
Percent of total |
Receipts (million dollars) |
Percent of total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hawaii | 8,359 | 28.9 | 1,436 | 33.6 |
California | 7,074 | 24.4 | 1,230 | 28.8 |
New York | 3,005 | 10.4 | 123 | 2.9 |
Florida | 1,480 | 5.1 | 72 | 1.7 |
Texas | 1,391 | 4.8 | 78 | 1.8 |
County | Firms (number) |
Receipts (million dollars) |
---|---|---|
Honolulu County, Hawaii | 5,052 | 1,023 |
City | Firms (number) |
Receipts (million dollars) |
---|---|---|
Honolulu, Hawaii | 2,415 | 615 |
New York, N.Y. | 2,341 | 68 |
Group | Firms (number) |
Percent of total |
Receipts (million dollars) |
Percent |
---|---|---|---|---|
Native Hawaiian- and other Pacific Islander-owned firms | 28,948 | (X) | 4,280 | (X) |
Native Hawaiian | 16,776 | 58.0 | 2,844 | 66.5 |
Other Pacific Islander | 6,324 | 21.8 | 410 | 9.6 |
Guamanian or Chamorran | 3,797 | 13.1 | 676 | 15.8 |
Samoan | 2,204 | 7.6 | 299 | 7.0 |
The 2002 Survey of Business Owners (SBO) defines Native Hawaiian- and other Pacific Islander-owned businesses as firms in which Native Hawaiians, Samoans, Guamanians or Chamorrans, and other Pacific Islanders (who are not Native Hawaiians, Guamanians or Chamorrans, or Samoans) own 51 percent or more of the stock or equity of the business. Data by gender of ownership by all race groups and people of Hispanic or Latino origin will be issued in August.
Later this year, information on the characteristics of businesses and their owners will be released for the first time in more than a decade. Information will be provided on home-based, family-owned and franchised businesses as well as information about sources of capital. Information also will be provided about age, hours worked, educational attainment and veteran status of business owners.
Data for 2002 are not directly comparable to previous survey years because of several significant changes to the survey methodology. See “Comparability of 2002 and 1997 SBO Data” at <http://www.census.gov/econ/sbo/methodology.html#comparability>.
The data collected in a sample survey are subject to sampling variability as well as nonsampling errors. Sources of nonsampling errors include errors of response, nonreporting and coverage.