Arizona Black Entrepreneurship

In 2004, there were 5,876 black self-employed in Arizona. 5.54 percent of black wage and salary earners, according to the Social Security Administration. That compared with 10.1 percent of white earners who were self-employed, a ratio of 1.8. Reaching parity would raise the African-American self-employed total to 10.748, an increase of 4,872.
By 2006, the American Community Survey reported that there were 14,812 black males and 15.942 black women in managerial and professional occupations in Arizona.
Black aggregate income in 2006 statewide was $3.9 billion with a median earnings of $27,297 per worker.
This is the fifth annual observance of a culturally-responsive campaign to increase employment and sales among the more than 1 million African-American owned companies in the United States and to foster trade with black-owned firms throughout the Diaspora on the African continent, the Caribbean and Europe.
Based on the findings of the annual State of Black Business report, National Black Business Month events encourage policy makers to take concrete steps to make their jurisdictions more attractive to black business owners by increasing
         -- access to capital
         -- promotion of heritage tourism
         -- public and private procurement
         -- use of cutting edge technologies
         -- educational and training opportunities
         -- the exposure of black entrepreneurs
We suggest 31 different ways to support black business on each of the 31 days of August.
To organize events in your state, get your copy of Trouble in the Air: State of Black Business 2008 which includes organizing guides.  Call for more information 415-240-3537  or email us.