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People QuickFacts | Providence County | Rhode Island
Population, 2013 estimate | 628,600 | 1,051,511
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 626,667 | 1,052,567
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 0.3% | -0.1%
Population, 2010 | 626,667 | 1,052,567
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 5.8% | 5.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 21.2% | 20.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 14.0% | 15.5%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 51.5% | 51.6%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 80.4% | 85.6%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 11.1% | 7.5%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 1.2% | 0.9%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 4.2% | 3.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.2% | 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 2.9% | 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 20.3% | 13.6%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 65.1% | 75.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 85.2% | 86.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 17.9% | 13.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 29.6% | 21.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 80.2% | 84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 25.9% | 30.8%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 37,590 | 74,982
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 22.9 | 23.4
Housing units, 2013 | 263,127 | 461,640
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 54.4% | 61.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 52.2% | 40.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $236,700 | $259,400
Households, 2008-2012 | 238,523 | 410,639
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.51 | 2.46
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $26,175 | $30,005
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $49,213 | $56,102
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 16.5% | 13.2%
Business QuickFacts | Providence County | Rhode Island
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 15,505 | 28,034
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 251,373 | 402,977
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | -1.1% | -0.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 39,638 | 73,154
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, 2012 | 208 | 731
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-Warwick, 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