| Who Starts a Home Business? |
Self-Employed Persons With Home Based Businesses By Selected Characteristics, May 2004 News release published by the United States Department of Labor, Washington, D. C. |
| Characteristic | Self-employed persons who worked at home (Numbers in thousands) |
Percent of self-employed who worked at home with a home-based business |
| Total, 16 years and over | 6,960 |
66.5 |
| Men | 4,056 |
60.9 |
| Women | 2,904 |
74.2 |
Occupation |
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| Management, professional, and related occupations | 3,458 |
60.8 |
| Management, business, and financial operations occupations | 2,067 |
62.3 |
| Service occupations | 774 |
85.4 |
| Sales and office occupations | 1,657 |
59.8 |
| Construction and Maintenance occupations | 765 |
81.0 |
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity |
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| White | 6,163 |
67.3 |
| Black or African American | 386 |
65.9 |
| Asian | 242 |
40.3 |
| Hispanic or Latino ethnicity | 431 |
71.1 |
Educational attainment |
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| Less than a high school diploma | 318 |
86.6 |
| High school graduate, no college | 1,420 |
76.6 |
| Some college or associate degree | 2,092 |
68.5 |
| Bachelor's degree and higher | 2,985 |
57.0 |
| The complete Table 5 can be reviewed by visiting the U. S. Departent of Labor website -www.bls.gov |