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Rhode Island Population
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People QuickFacts |
Rhode Island |
| Population, 2005 estimate
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1,076,189 |
| Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 |
2.7% |
| Population, 2000
|
1,048,319 |
| Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000 |
4.5% |
| Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2004 |
5.7% |
| Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2004 |
22.6% |
| Persons 65 years old and over,
percent, 2004 |
13.9% |
| Female persons, percent, 2004
|
51.8% |
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| White persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
89.1% |
| Black persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
6.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.6% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
2.7% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.1% |
| Persons reporting two or more
races, percent, 2004 |
1.5% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino
origin, percent, 2004 (b) |
10.3% |
| White persons, not Hispanic,
percent, 2004 |
80.5% |
| Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
58.1% |
| Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000 |
11.4% |
| Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
|
20.0% |
| High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
|
78.0% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
25.6% |
| Persons with a disability,
age 5+, 2000 |
195,806 |
| Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
|
22.5 |
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| Housing units, 2004
|
446,305 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000
|
60.0% |
| Housing units in multi-unit
structures, percent, 2000 |
41.2% |
| Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
|
$133,000 |
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| Households, 2000
|
408,424 |
| Persons per household, 2000
|
2.47 |
| Per capita money income, 1999
|
$21,688 |
| Median household income, 2003
|
$45,006 |
| Persons below poverty,
percent, 2003 |
11.3% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Rhode Island |
| Private nonfarm
establishments, 2003 |
29,3331 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
2003 |
427,4551 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
percent change 2000-2003 |
3.0%1 |
| Nonemployer establishments,
2003 |
65,635 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 2002
($1000) |
10,818,058 |
| Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
|
10,342,351 |
| Retail sales per capita, 2002
|
$9,676 |
| Minority-owned firms, percent
of total, 1997 |
5.9% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of
total, 1997 |
24.6% |
| Housing units authorized by
building permits, 2004 |
2,532 |
| Federal spending, 2004
($1000) |
8,245,2111 |
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Geography QuickFacts |
Rhode Island |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles)
|
1,045 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000
|
1,003.2 |
| FIPS Code
|
44 |
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