Subject Guides: Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Business: Government Sources

Government Programs and Data

Survey of Business Owners and Self-Employed Persons (SBO)
Part of the Census Bureau's Economic Census, SBO provides comprehensive data on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses and business owners by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status.
Minority Business Development Agency
MBDA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce that promotes the growth of minority-owned businesses through the mobilization and advancement of public and private sector programs, policy, and research.
American Indian, Alaska Native & Native Hawaiian Projects
Directory of business and economic development projects pertaining to American Indian, Alaska Native & Native Hawaiian communities.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Employment Statistics includes Job Patterns For Minorities And Women In Private Industry. Data in aggregated format for major geographic areas and by industry group for private employers (EEO-1) are available, with more granular data available at data.gov.
Bureau of Labor Statistics

Statista This link opens in a new window
An aggregator of statistics on almost any topic.
Data Planet (SAGE) This link opens in a new window
Data Planet Statistical Datasets interface allows users to browse available datasets by subject and source and to manipulate variables to create customized views of the data, as well as to search for statistics of interest.