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Licensee Demographic Data

Regulated Marijuana License Demographic Information

This page contains highlights of the full Demographic Information report, which is updated quarterly.

 

Regulated Marijuana Business Owners 4-1-25

Licensee Measure 

Baseline Data

As of April 1, 2025

Percentage of Minority Owners

15.2%

19.4%

 

As of April 1, 2025, there were 99 approved Social Equity licensees (4 issued in Q1 2025) associated with a business license.

 

Overall Individual License Data

Race/Ethnicity Data by License Type

As of December 2024

Race/Ethnicity Data & Percentages by License Type (Exclude the Undisclosed/Unknown Licenses*)

License TypeAsianBlackCaucasianHispanic/LatinoMixed RaceNative
American		Native Hawaiian/
Pacific Islander		Total

Employee

346
1.3%

1,649
6.1%

17,593
64.9%

5,118
18.9%

1,863
6.9%

477
1.8%

78
<1%

27,124

Owner

36
2.5%

64
4.4%

1,173
81%

142
9.8%

24
1.7%

9
<1%

0

1,448

Totals

382
1.3%

1,713
6%

18,766
65.7%

5,260
18.4%

1,887
6.6%

486
1.7%

78
<1%

28,572

*Employee Licenses: About 8% of Employee Licensees did not disclose or their race or ethnicity is unknown.
*Owner Licenses: About 3% of Owner Licensees did not disclose or their race or ethnicity is unknown.

Gender Data by License Type

April 2025 Gender Data: 99% response rate

Employee Licenses: Women hold approximately 39% of employee licenses.
Owner Licenses: Women hold approximately 21% of owner licenses.

 

License TypeFemaleMaleNon-BinaryNot DisclosedTotal

Employee

11,120

16,957

198

77

28,352

Owner

300

1,153

0

0

1,453