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Institute for Workplace Studies-----------------Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations--------Director, Institute for
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Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor----------------------Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016-------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Census

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-Owned Firms: 2002 [28 June 2006]
http://www.census.gov/prod/ec02/sb0200csnhpi.pdf

[full-text, 283 pages]

Press Release
Growth of Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-Owned Businesses Over
Three Times the National Average [28 June 2006]
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/business_ownership/007092.html

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,
<http://www.census.gov/prod/ec02/sb0200csnhpi.pdf>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:
* In 2002, nearly 21,000 Native Hawaiian- and other Pacific
Islander-owned firms operated in health care and social assistance; other
services (such as personal services, and repair and maintenance); retail
trade; administrative and support and waste management and remediation
services; professional, scientific and technical services; and construction.
* Construction accounted for 21.2 percent of all Native Hawaiian- and
other Pacific Islander-owned business revenue.
* There were 727 Native Hawaiian- and other Pacific Islander-owned
firms with receipts of $1 million or more. These firms accounted for 2.5
percent of the total number of Native Hawaiian- and other Pacific
Islander-owned firms and 66.8 percent of their total receipts.
* There were 28 Native Hawaiian- and other Pacific Islander-owned firms
with 100 employees or more, generating more than $698 million in gross
receipts (19.9 percent of the total revenue for Native Hawaiian- and other
Pacific Islander-owned employer firms).
* Two states ­ Hawaii and California ­ accounted for 62.3 percent ($2.7
billion) of all Native Hawaiian- and other Pacific Islander-owned business
revenue.
* States accounting for the highest number of Native Hawaiian- and
other Pacific Islander-owned firms included Hawaii, California, New York,
Florida and Texas.
* Hawaii and California accounted for 64.9 percent (10,887) of all
Native Hawaiian-owned firms.
* California accounted for 46.1 percent (1,752) of all Guamanian- or
Chamorran-owned firms.
* Honolulu County, Hawaii, had the largest number of Native Hawaiian-
and other Pacific Islander-owned firms in 2002 with 5,052. These businesses
accounted for 17.5 percent of all Native Hawaiian- and other Pacific
Islander-owned businesses and generated $1 billion in receipts.
* For cities, Honolulu led the nation with 2,415 Native Hawaiian- and
other Pacific Islander-owned firms with revenues of $615 million. New York
was second in number of firms (2,341) with business revenue of $68 million.

AND MORE....
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Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

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Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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