FPDS Query Library
About Us
Contact Us

Is Minority Owned

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is minority-owned. It is a flag stored under the vendor socio-economic indicators section of the award record and should be read as the record’s stated minority-owned status.

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__isMinorityOwned
Title
Is Minority Owned
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isMinorityOwned
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is minority-owned. It is a flag stored under the vendor socio-economic indicators section of the award record and should be read as the record’s stated minority-owned status.
Business Meaning
This field supports analysis of socio-economic participation, supplier diversity, and small business/government set-aside outcomes in federal procurement. It is useful for measuring award distribution to minority-owned firms and for compliance or policy reporting.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Count or share of awards to minority-owned vendors
  • Filter awards for supplier diversity analyses
  • Join with other vendor socio-economic indicators for segmentation

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting missing values as explicitly not minority-owned
  • Assuming the coding scheme is always 0/1 without checking the dataset

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter using the actual stored code values seen in the dataset, for example `WHERE isMinorityOwned = '1'` or `= 1` if confirmed. Use `IS NOT NULL` only to test presence of a value, and always validate the domain before aggregating or building compliance metrics.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isMinorityOwned AS is_minority_owned
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isMinorityOwned IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isMinorityOwned AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isMinorityOwned 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.