Women-Owned Businesses
Pennsylvania Counties 1987-1992
Firms Pct of Firms Pct
County 1992 Total 1987 Change
Pennsylvania 227,500 100.0 167,362 35.9
Adams 1,702 0.7 1,231 38.3
Allegheny 23,386 10.3 18,297 27.8
Armstrong 1,374 0.6 1,055 30.2
Beaver 2,695 1.2 2,023 33.2
Bedford 937 0.4 661 41.8
Berks 6,390 2.8 4,787 33.5
Blair 2,121 0.9 1,546 37.2
Bradford 1,278 0.6 929 37.6
Bucks 13,107 5.8 9,378 39.8
Butler 3,074 1.4 2,169 41.7
Cambria 2,455 1.1 1,844 33.1
Cameron 116 0.1 *
Carbon 1,012 0.4 756 33.9
Centre 2,499 1.1 1,957 27.7
Chester 9,986 4.4 6,729 48.4
Clarion 879 0.4 630 39.5
Clearfield 1,374 0.6 1,169 17.5
Clinton 565 0.2 509 11.0
Columbia 1,125 0.5 944 19.2
Crawford 1,702 0.7 1,279 33.1
Cumberland 4,777 2.1 3,259 46.6
Dauphin 4,861 2.1 3,318 46.5
Delaware 11,673 5.1 8,568 36.2
Elk 597 0.3 422 41.5
Erie 4,717 2.1 3,549 32.9
Fayette 2,173 1.0 1,708 27.2
Forest 132 0.1 108 22.2
Franklin 2,429 1.1 1,645 47.7
Fulton 292 0.1 202 44.6
Greene 596 0.3 445 33.9
Huntingdon 846 0.4 506 67.2
Indiana 1,644 0.7 1,215 35.3
Jefferson 1,051 0.5 711 47.8
Juniata 486 0.2 339 43.4
Lackawanna 3,515 1.5 3,043 15.5
Lancaster 11,123 4.9 7,355 51.2
Lawrence 1,568 0.7 1,216 28.9
Lebanon 2,610 1.1 1,784 46.3
Lehigh 6,158 2.7 4,455 38.2
Luzerne 5,019 2.2 3,950 27.1
Lycoming 2,172 1.0 1,594 36.3
Mckean 842 0.4 705 19.4
Mercer 1,922 0.8 1,457 31.9
Mifflin 834 0.4 552 51.1
Monroe 2,646 1.2 1,796 47.3
Montgomery 20,520 9.0 14,826 38.4
Montour 332 0.1 266 24.8
Northampton 4,558 2.0 3,221 41.5
Northumberland 1,465 0.6 1,274 15.0
Perry 866 0.4 570 51.9
Philadelphia 17,938 7.9 13,533 32.6
Pike 694 0.3 432 60.6
Potter 408 0.2 326 25.2
Schuylkill 2,325 1.0 1,931 20.4
Snyder 786 0.3 503 56.3
Somerset 1,532 0.7 1,145 33.8
Sullivan 163 0.1 119 37.0
Susquehanna 848 0.4 593 43.0
Tioga 949 0.4 676 40.4
Union 732 0.3 525 39.4
Venango 920 0.4 727 26.5
Warren 853 0.4 603 41.5
Washington 3,718 1.6 2,657 39.9
Wayne 1,286 0.6 883 45.6
Westmoreland 6,240 2.7 5,064 23.2
Wyoming 606 0.3 464 30.6
York 7,286 3.2 5,140 41.8
* Cameron county had less than 100 women-owned businesses in 1987; the specific number was not
available.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Prepared by: The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg