Alabama business quick facts
business quick facts
alabama usa
private nonfarm establishments, 1999
70,008,444
private nonfarm employment, 1999
1,633,909 110,705,661
private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 21.7% 18.4%
nonemployer establishments, 1999
219,932 16,152,604
manufacturing shipments, 1997 ($1000) 67,970,076 3,842,061,405
retail sales, 1997 ($1000)
36,623,327 2,460,886,012
retail sales per capita, 1997
$8,477 | $9,190
minority-owned firms, percent of total 1997
9.9% 14.6%
women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997
24.4% 26.0%
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which of these statements is true according to the chart shown?
the retail sales per capita in 1997 was higher in alabama than in the rest
of the country
the farm employment rate in 1997 was identical in alabama and in the
united states as a whole.
the percent of firms owned by women was lower in alabama in 1997 than
in the rest of the country.
the percent of firms owned by minorities was higher in alabama in 1997
than in the u. s. as a whole.