And 8.2 percent of the 39,917 Hispanic-owned businesses with employees had no minority workers.

The total number of Hispanic-owned businesses in 2002 was 1.6 million, having grown at triple the national rate for the preceding five years.

The number of Hispanic-owned businesses grew 31 percent, or about three times the overall growth rate, to 1.6 million businesses.

There were 1.6 million Hispanic-owned businesses in 2002, generating $222 billion in revenue.

Hispanic-owned business were dominated by a thriving food industry.

No one can say what is behind the growth in the number of Hispanic-owned businesses.

There are now so many Hispanic-owned businesses that competition is becoming a problem.

Those Hispanic-owned businesses generated about $222 billion in revenue.

Hispanic-owned businesses have helped to bolster Westchester County's economy, rising from 229 to almost 1,700 in 10 years.

"There has been a real explosion of Hispanic-owned businesses," he said.