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People QuickFacts | Washington County | Rhode Island
Population, 2012 estimate | 125,946 | 1,050,292
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 126,979 | 1,052,567
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.8% | -0.2%
Population, 2010 | 126,979 | 1,052,567
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 4.0% | 5.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 18.9% | 20.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 16.5% | 15.1%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.5% | 51.6%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 94.1% | 85.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.3% | 7.3%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.9% | 0.9%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.8% | 3.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.7% | 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 2.7% | 13.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 92.0% | 75.9%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 87.1% | 86.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.1% | 12.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 6.3% | 21.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 92.5% | 84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 42.5% | 30.6%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 10,922 | 76,775
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25 | 23.1
Housing units, 2011 | 62,446 | 464,728
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 76.7% | 62.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 18.3% | 40.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $340,500 | $270,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 49,179 | 410,475
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.46 | 2.46
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $36,501 | $29,685
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $72,163 | $55,975
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.5% | 12.8%
Business QuickFacts | Washington County | Rhode Island
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 3,754 | 28,181
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 40,263 | 406,222
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 2.5% | 1.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 10,893 | 73,060
Total number of firms, 2007 | 14,253 | 96,822
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.7% | 3.3%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.4% | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.1% | 2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.0% | 6.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 26.0% | 27.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,756,988 | 12,061,517
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,453,151 | 9,182,788
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,726,691 | 12,286,485
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $13,619 | $11,646
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 272,795 | 2,148,674
Building permits, 2012 | 284 | 731
Geography QuickFacts | Washington County | Rhode Island
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 329.24 | 1,033.81
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 385.7 | 1,018.1
FIPS Code | 9 | 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