In the first lesson, you learned that there were 27.8 million businesses operating in the United States at the end of 2008. Always interested in getting the facts straight, the Department of Commerce—the branch of the federal government responsible for the census every ten years—used a system to classify every business by sector and purpose. Sector 11, for example identifies all businesses engaged in agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting. Section 71, on the other hand, identifies companies in arts, entertainment and recreation. It is possible to use this classification to be even more specific: 71: Arts, Entertainment and Recreation 711: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries 7111: Performing Arts Companies 711130: Musical Groups and Artists What kinds of business are prominent in your community? Assignment Directions Begin by creating an inventory of at least thirty businesses in your community—more, if possible. Using your computer, create a table of these companies identifying: the name of the business; the address of the business; the owner or senior executive of the company; an estimated number of employees; and the NAICS code for the business from www. census. gov. Once you have completed your business inventory, identify those in which you have a career interest, writing a short passage explaining why this business enterprise interests you.