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Population (year 2000): 32,411. Estimated
population in July 2005: 33,165 (+2.3% change)
Males: 15,117 (46.6%), Females: 17,294 (53.4%)
Providence County
Median resident age: 41.2 years
Median household income: $39,721 (year 2000)
Median house value: $120,800 (year 2000)
Races in North Providence:
- White Non-Hispanic (89.8%)
- Hispanic (3.8%)
- Black (2.7%)
- Two or more races (1.8%)
- Other race (1.6%)
- Chinese (0.5%)
Ancestries: Italian (43.0%), Irish (17.7%),
French (11.2%), English (7.4%), Portuguese (7.1%), French
Canadian (5.1%).
Elevation: 183 feet
Land area: 5.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in North Providence
- High school or higher: 77.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.7%
- Unemployed: 4.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in North Providence town
- Never married: 26.6%
- Now married: 51.5%
- Separated: 1.6%
- Widowed: 9.8%
- Divorced: 10.6%
9.8% Foreign born (4.1% Europe, 2.3% Asia, 1.8%
Latin America, 1.1% Africa).
Population change in the 1990s: +75 (+0.2%).
Hospital/medical center in North Providence:
- ST JOSEPH HEALTH SERVICES OF RI (200 HIGH
SERVICE AVE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near North Providence:
- ROGER WILLIAMS HOSPITAL (about 2 miles; PROVIDENCE,
RI)
- RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL (about 4 miles; PROVIDENCE,
RI)
- BUTLER HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; PROVIDENCE, RI)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
North Providence:
- THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN STATE (about 11 miles;
PROVIDENCE, RI; ID: PVD)
- WORCESTER REGIONAL (about 40 miles; WORCESTER, MA;
ID: ORH)
- LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (about 44 miles; BEDFORD, MA;
ID: BED)
Other public-use airports nearest to North Providence:
- NORTH CENTRAL STATE (about 5 miles; PAWTUCKET, RI;
ID: SFZ)
- DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE HELISTOP (about 5 miles;
PROVIDENCE, RI; ID: RI9)
- HOPEDALE INDUSTRIAL PARK (about 17 miles; HOPEDALE,
MA; ID: 1B6)
Amtrak station near North Providence:
- 4 miles: PROVIDENCE (100 GASPEE ST.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack
bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term
parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, public
transit connection.
Colleges/Universities in North Providence:
- ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSE ANESTHESIA
(Full-time enrollment: 209; Location: 200 HIGH SERVICE
AVE; Private, for-profit; Website: saintjoes@aol.com;
Offers Master's degree)
- ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING (FT
enrollment: 64; Location: 200 HIGH SERVICE AVE; Private,
not-for-profit; Website:
www.saintjosephri.com/nursingri)
- COMPUTER ED BUSINESS INSTITUTE (FT
enrollment: 18; Location: 1270 MINERAL SPRINGS AVE;
Private, for-profit; Website: www.computered.com)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
North Providence:
- PROVIDENCE COLLEGE (about 2 miles; PROVIDENCE, RI;
Full-time enrollment: 4,456)
- RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE (about 2 miles; PROVIDENCE, RI;
FT enrollment: 6,208)
- JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY (about 5 miles;
Providence, RI; FT enrollment: 8,218)
- RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN (about 5 miles;
PROVIDENCE, RI; FT enrollment: 2,086)
- BROWN UNIVERSITY (about 5 miles; PROVIDENCE, RI; FT
enrollment: 7,460)
- BRYANT COLLEGE (about 5 miles; SMITHFIELD, RI; FT
enrollment: 2,926)
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND (about 11 miles;
WARWICK, RI; FT enrollment: 8,650)
Public high school in North Providence:
- NORTH PROVIDENCE HIGH (Students: 1,151;
Location: 1828 MINERAL SPRING AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in North Providence:
- BIRCHWOOD SCHOOL (Students: 469; Location: 10
BIRCHWOOD DRIVE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- DR. EDWARD RICCI SCHOOL (Students: 460;
Location: 55 INTERVALE AVENUE; Grades: 05 - 08)
- GREYSTONE SCHOOL (Students: 281; Location:
100 MORGAN AVENUE; Grades: KG - 05)
- MARIEVILLE SCHOOL (Students: 247; Location:
1135 MINERAL SPRING AVENUE; Grades: KG - 05)
- CENTREDALE SCHOOL (Students: 244; Location:
41 ANGELL AVENUE; Grades: PK - 05)
- JAMES L. MCGUIRE SCHOOL (Students: 216;
Location: 55 CENTRAL AVENUE; Grades: KG - 05)
- STEPHEN OLNEY SCHOOL (Students: 209;
Location: 1378 DOUGLAS AVENUE; Grades: KG - 05)
- JOSEPH A. WHELAN SCHOOL (Students: 196;
Location: 1440 MINERAL SPRING AVENUE; Grades: KG - 05)
Library in North Providence:
- MAYOR SALVATORE MANCINI UNION FREE LIBRARY
(Operating income: $850,756; Location: 1810 MINERAL
SPRING AVENUE; 129,006 books; 3,457 audio materials;
4,383 video materials; 236 serial subscriptions)
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