The most favorable variance is that one for Texas Black-Owned businesses that do not have employees. It shows only a negative 1.7% variance from population percentage. Likewise for Texas, the negative 9.8% variance for the number of Black-Owned businesses that had paid employees is the most favorable one for the three geographic regions being compared.
Dallas County has the highest percentages of Black-owned businesses, both those without employees (20.1%) and those that had paid employees (3.4%) among the three geographic areas listed above. However, it also has the largest percentage deficits compared to population for both businesses without employees (-3.2%) and those businesses with paid employees (-19.9%).