Census: Number of Hispanic-owned businesses in Oklahoma increasing

The state's Hispanic-owned businesses brought in nearly $1.7 billion in 2007. That is up nearly 50 percent from 2002, when such businesses had receipts totaling about $1.1 billion.

 
BY JAY F. MARKS | Published: September 22, 2010   

The number of Hispanic-owned businesses in Oklahoma rose by more than 40 percent between 2002 and 2007, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released Tuesday.

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That is slightly lower than the national rate, as the number of Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States increased by 43.7 percent to 2.3 million.

Oklahoma's share was just short...
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