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People QuickFacts | Kent County | Rhode Island
Population, 2012 estimate | 164,843 | 1,050,292
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 166,158 | 1,052,567
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.8% | -0.2%
Population, 2010 | 166,158 | 1,052,567
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 4.8% | 5.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 19.8% | 20.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 16.7% | 15.1%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.8% | 51.6%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 94.0% | 85.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.7% | 7.3%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.3% | 0.9%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 2.3% | 3.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.6% | 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 3.7% | 13.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 91.0% | 75.9%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 90.6% | 86.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 5.4% | 12.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 8.0% | 21.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 89.7% | 84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 28.9% | 30.6%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 15,066 | 76,775
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 23.7 | 23.1
Housing units, 2011 | 73,766 | 464,728
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 72.4% | 62.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 27.6% | 40.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $240,400 | $270,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 68,774 | 410,475
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.4 | 2.46
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $32,358 | $29,685
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $61,279 | $55,975
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.3% | 12.8%
Business QuickFacts | Kent County | Rhode Island
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 4,734 | 28,181
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 66,624 | 406,222
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -3.2% | 1.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 11,083 | 73,060
Total number of firms, 2007 | 16,759 | 96,822
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.6% | 3.3%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.0% | 2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.7% | 6.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.6% | 27.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 3,039,063 | 12,061,517
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,381,329 | 9,182,788
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,242,897 | 12,286,485
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $19,228 | $11,646
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 398,643 | 2,148,674
Building permits, 2012 | 102 | 731
Geography QuickFacts | Kent County | Rhode Island
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 168.53 | 1,033.81
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 985.9 | 1,018.1
FIPS Code | 3 | 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