CALIFORNIA ALMANAC / Latino Business : State Leads the Nation

California is home to more firms owned by Latinos than any other state in the country, according to Hispanic Business magazine’s annual ranking of the nation’s Top 500 companies. California firms represent 20% of the Top 100. Sales in millions of dollars.

Rank Rank Type of 1993 1992 Company Location business 5 8 Cal-State Lumber San Diego Wood products 11 14 Lloyd A. Wise Oakland Auto sales, service 12 29 Infotec Development Santa Ana Aerospace 22 19 TELACU Industries Commerce Financial services 23 27 Rosendin Electric San Jose Electrical contractor 26 24 Ruiz Food Products Dinuba Mexican food mfg. 34 23 Ramos Oil Sacramento Petroleum prod. distr. 37 36 Pacifica Services Pasadena Engineering services 42 38 Cacique Industry Cheese, meat prod. 48 42 La Reina Los Angeles Mexican food mfg. 58 55 DeLa Fuente Auto San Diego Auto sales, service 60 -- Fullerton Dodge Fullerton Auto sales, service 53 58 Alrod International Burlingame Customs broker 77 83 Camino Real Chevrolet Monterey Park Auto sales, service 80 77 F. Gavina & Sons Vernon Coffee roasters 84 70 C&F; Foods Industry Agricultural pkg./ distr. 85 72 1 Day Paint & Body Torrance Auto painting 86 -- Film Roman N. Hollywood Entertainment distr. 92 75 Malaco International San Francisco Petroleum prod. distr. 93 89 S. Diego W’sale Elec. San Diego Electrical supplies

Rank 1992 1993 sales 5 $169.6 11 137.2 12 126.0 22 93.0 23 91.0 26 83.3 34 61.3 37 57.5 42 54.1 48 45.0 58 36.7 60 35.9 53 35.0 77 28.0 80 27.5 84 25.1 85 25.0 86 25.0 92 22.0 93 22.0

Source: Hispanic Business magazine; Researched by DALLAS M. JACKSON / Los Angeles Times