Minority, female-owned businesses increase in U.S.

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) – New information is out about just who is running businesses across the country. A U.S. Census Bureau report says the number of women-owned businesses and minority owned businesses has increased by the millions. It’s a survey conducted only every five years as part of the economic census and the results for 2007 to 2012 show women-owned businesses increased by almost 27 percent and the number of minority owned businesses rose by more than 38 percent.
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