America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
Nonemployer Asian U.S. Business Owners Predominantly Foreign-Born
Most U.S. business owners with no employees were U.S.-born but in some sectors and demographic groups, including Asian and Hispanic populations, more business owners were foreign-born.
About 77.9% of owners of nonemployer businesses — firms that do not have paid employees — were native-born and 22.1% were born outside of the country, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2017 Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics (NES-D), the most recent estimates available.
The NES-D released the first set of demographic characteristics of nonemployer businesses last year and there are plans to include the NES-D data in future releases of the employer-based counterpart the Annual Business Survey (ABS).
While 22.1% of owners were born outside of the United States, only 14.3% of all nonemployer business owners were not U.S. citizens.
Continue reading to learn more about:
- Nativity of owners varies by sector
- Nonemployer business owners in the Accommodation and Food Services sector by place of birth by race and ethnicity
- Nonemployer business owners in the Retail Trade sector by place of birth by race and ethnicity
- Nonemployer business owners in the Information sector by place of birth by race and ethnicity
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