| |
Growth
in
Number of Firms
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
All
Firms
|
Employer
Firms
|
Growth
in Employment
|
Growth
in Sales
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
All
Firms
|
14.3
|
37.0
|
30.0
|
40.4
|
|
Non-Traditional
Industries
|
17.5
|
50.2
|
22.9
|
35.4
|
|
Agriculture
|
27.2
|
69.4
|
74.8
|
104.3
|
|
Mining
|
-21.6
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Construction
|
35.5
|
71.6
|
69.9
|
94.3
|
|
Manufacturing
|
2.8
|
27.1
|
-2.1
|
4.6
|
| Transportation,
Communications, Public Utilities |
23.6
|
50.6
|
10.6
|
28.7
|
| Wholesale
Trade |
3.2
|
36.7
|
19.9
|
33.3
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Traditional
Industries
|
10.4
|
35.6
|
36.5
|
46.7
|
| Retail
Trade |
7.8
|
26.9
|
31.3
|
39.1
|
| Finance,
Insurance, Real Estate Services |
14.4
10.6
|
43.7
39.3
|
-11.5
43.9
|
29.4
58.1
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Note:
Numbers are percent change, 1997-2002.
Source: Center for Women's Business Research, Women-Owned
Businesses in 2002: Trends in the U.S. and 50 States,
based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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