Cook County had 83,733 black-owned businesses in 2007, more than any other U.S. county, according to the Census Bureau.Now to attract some of those businesses here.
Data released Tuesday shows a 58% increase between 2002 and 2007, bringing the number of black-owned businesses in the greater Chicago area to 101,586. Receipts totaled $6.8 billion, up 42% over the five-year period. The 2007 count is the most recent available.
Despite that torrid pace, national growth rates for black-owned firms were even higher, according to data from the 2007 Survey of Business Owners, released Tuesday. The number of black-owned businesses in the U.S. reached 1.9 million, an increase of about 61%, while receipts rose 55% to $137.5 billion.
Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Cook's black-owned business count topped counties nationwide, census says
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