Question: I would like reports on small business enterprises, such as # of women in the business, types of occupations,) 

Answer: Start with data from the Bureau of Census\nhttp://www.census.gov/epcd/www/smallbus.html\n\nSBA has an excellent section full of reports, data on small businesses\nhttp://www.sba.gov/library/reportsroom.html\n\nPreliminarily information on women and minorities in business, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, are available now on the census 2002 Survey of Business Owners (SBO) website.\nhttp://www.census.gov/csd/sbo/
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