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People QuickFacts | Providence | Rhode Island
Population, 2011 estimate | 178,053 | 1,050,646
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 178,042 | 1,052,567
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | Z | -0.2%
Population, 2010 | 178,042 | 1,052,567
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.9% | 5.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 23.4% | 21.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 8.7% | 14.4%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.8% | 51.7%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 49.8% | 81.4%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 16.0% | 5.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.4% | 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 6.4% | 2.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 6.5% | 3.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 38.1% | 12.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 37.6% | 76.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 75.2% | 86.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 29.4% | 12.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 47.9% | 21.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 73.3% | 84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 29.1% | 30.6%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 5,422 | 76,775
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.3 | 23.1
Housing units, 2010 | 71,530 | 463,388
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 36.7% | 62.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 72.3% | 40.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $230,500 | $270,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 61,797 | 410,475
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.63 | 2.46
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $21,628 | $29,685
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $38,922 | $55,975
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 27.7% | 12.8%
Business QuickFacts | Providence | Rhode Island
Total number of firms, 2007 | 15,395 | 96,822
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 10.5% | 3.3%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.8% | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.6% | 2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 19.5% | 6.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 29.3% | 27.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,050,475 | 12,061,517
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,001,661 | 9,182,788
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,473,954 | 12,286,485
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $8,558 | $11,646
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 472,019 | 2,148,674
Geography QuickFacts | Providence | Rhode Island
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 18.4 | 1,033.81
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 9,676.2 | 1,018.1
FIPS Code | 59000 | 44
Counties | Providence County
(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