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Is Black American Owned Business

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is identified in FPDS as a Black American-owned business. It is a minority-owned business sub-attribute recorded at the vendor site level, and the value may be stored as a flag such as 0/1 or a similar code.

Family: Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness
Title
Is Black American Owned Business
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is identified in FPDS as a Black American-owned business. It is a minority-owned business sub-attribute recorded at the vendor site level, and the value may be stored as a flag such as 0/1 or a similar code.
Business Meaning
This field supports analysis of awards to Black American-owned firms, including diversity, socioeconomic, and supplier equity reporting. It is useful for measuring participation, comparing award patterns across agencies or NAICS groups, and supporting small business and socio-economic policy oversight.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness
FPDS XML Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Filter awards to vendors identified as Black American-owned
  • Calculate award counts or obligation dollars for socio-economic segmentation
  • Combine with other minority-owned or small business indicators for diversity analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means non-Black-owned without checking source encoding
  • Using the field as a vendor-level universal attribute when it is recorded at the vendor site level

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses or CASE expressions after confirming its stored values, for example filtering to the affirmative code only. If the extract includes paired label/description fields or multiple minority-owned indicators, inspect those alongside this flag to avoid misclassification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness AS is_black_american_owned_business
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.