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People QuickFacts | Providence County | Rhode Island
Population, 2012 estimate | 628,323 | 1,050,292
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 626,667 | 1,052,567
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.3% | -0.2%
Population, 2010 | 626,667 | 1,052,567
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.9% | 5.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 21.7% | 20.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 13.6% | 14.7%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.7% | 51.7%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 81.2% | 86.3%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 10.7% | 7.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.1% | 0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 3.9% | 3.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.8% | 2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 19.3% | 12.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 66.5% | 76.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 85.3% | 86.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 17.8% | 12.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 29.8% | 21.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 79.7% | 84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 25.8% | 30.6%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 38,419 | 76,775
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 22.6 | 23.1
Housing units, 2011 | 265,668 | 464,728
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 55.1% | 62.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 52.2% | 40.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $247,700 | $270,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 238,633 | 410,475
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.5 | 2.46
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $25,973 | $29,685
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $49,411 | $55,975
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.2% | 12.8%
Business QuickFacts | Providence County | Rhode Island
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 15,836 | 28,521
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 247,734 | 399,000
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -6 | -3.9
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 38,937 | 71,934
Total number of firms, 2007 | 51,806 | 96,822
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 5.5% | 3.3%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.5% | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.6% | 2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 9.7% | 6.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.1% | 27.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 6,422,854 | 12,061,517
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 5,856,937 | 9,182,788
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 5,924,945 | 12,286,485
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,430 | $11,646
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,065,946 | 2,148,674
Building permits, 2011 | 277 | 700
Geography QuickFacts | Providence County | Rhode Island
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 409.5 | 1,033.81
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,530.3 | 1,018.1
FIPS Code | 7 | 44
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA Metro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts