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Disadvantaged/Minority Status
Business
A Disadvantaged/Minority owned business is
defined to be a business that is at least 51-percent owned and
controlled by a minority person(s).
A minority person is one who is:
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(a)
A Black American:
a person having origins in any of the black racial
groups of Africa.
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(b)
A Hispanic American:
a person of Spanish or Portuguese culture with
origins in Mexico, South America, Central America, or
the Caribbean, regardless of race.
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(c)
An Asian American:
a person having origins in any of the original
peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian
Subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands.
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(d)
A Native American:
a person who is a member of or is eligible to be
a member of, a federally recognized Indian tribe,
including Alaskan Natives.
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(e)
A Native Hawaiian:
a person any of whose ancestors were native to
the area, which consists of the Hawaiian Islands prior
to 1778.
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(f)
An American Female.
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(g)
A physically disabled person:
a person who has a physical impairment, defect,
disease, aliment, or disability of a permanent nature
which in any way limits the type of employment for which
the person would otherwise be qualified.
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This page
was last updated by on:
April 14, 2004
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