Facts on Asian American Women and Entrepreneurship

from a press release from the NWBC

In recognition of Asian Pacific Heritage Month (May), the National Women's Business Council has updated its fact sheet, Asian American Women and Entrepreneurship. As of 2004, there are an estimated 419,793 majority-owned, privately-held firms owned by Asian and Pacific Islander women in the U.S., employing nearly 544,000 people and generating $69.7 billion in sales. Firms owned by Asian and Pacific Islander women now represent 6 percent of all privately-held, majority-owned women-owned firms in the U.S.

You'll find the Fact Sheet on the NWBC Web site under Research and Publications/Key Facts (http://www.nwbc.gov/ResearchPublications/keyFacts.html). There also is a link from the home page (www.nwbc.gov/) under What's New.