This report provides the only national data available for comparing selected economic and demographic characteristics for Hispanics, Blacks, other minorities, women, nonminority men, and all business owners and their businesses.

Tables present data by the kind and size of business and legal form of organization for individual proprietorships, partnerships, and subchapter "S" corporations.

Data show number of firms, owners, and receipts by type of owner for major industry groups. These include agricultural services, forestry, fishing, and mining; construction; manufacturing; transportation, communications, and public utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and service industries. Data are cross-classified for owners by age, marital status, education, veteran status, work and managerial experience, sources of start-up capital, income derived from the business, and other topics. The report also covers data on the firms themselves—year and method the business was acquired; starting capital requirements; percent and sources of borrowed capital; and the percent of franchised and home-based businesses, women and minority employees, minority cusomers, and exports.