Rhode Island Quickfacts from US Census Bureau

People QuickFacts
Rhode Island
USA

Population, 2005 estimate
1,076,189
296,410,404

Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005
2.7%
5.3%

Population, 2000
1,048,319
281,421,906

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005
6.0%
6.8%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005
22.8%
24.8%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005
13.9%
12.4%

Female persons, percent, 2005
51.7%
50.7%


White persons, percent, 2005 (a)
88.9%
80.2%

Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)
6.2%
12.8%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)
0.6%
1.0%

Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)
2.7%
4.3%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)
0.1%
0.2%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005
1.5%
1.5%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)
10.7%
14.4%

White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005
80.0%
66.9%


Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
58.1%
54.1%

Foreign born persons, percent, 2000
11.4%
11.1%

Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
20.0%
17.9%

High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000
78.0%
80.4%

Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000
25.6%
24.4%

Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000
195,806
49,746,248

Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
22.5
25.5


Housing units, 2005
447,810
124,521,886

Homeownership rate, 2000
60.0%
66.2%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000
41.2%
26.4%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000
$133,000
$119,600


Households, 2000
408,424
105,480,101

Persons per household, 2000
2.47
2.59

Median household income, 2003
$45,006
$43,318

Per capita money income, 1999
$21,688
$21,587

Persons below poverty, percent, 2003
11.3%
12.5%

Business QuickFacts
Rhode Island
USA

Private nonfarm establishments, 2004
30,0111
7,387,724

Private nonfarm employment, 2004
434,7061
115,074,924

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004
4.7%1
0.9%

Nonemployer establishments, 2004
67,449
19,523,741


Total number of firms, 2002
87,446
22,974,655

Black-owned firms, percent, 2002
NA
5.2%

American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002
0.5%
0.9%

Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002
1.7%
4.8%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002
NA
0.1%

Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002
3.9%
6.8%

Women-owned firms, percent, 2002
26.5%
28.2%


Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)
10,818,058
3,916,136,712

Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)
8,566,430
4,634,755,112

Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
10,342,351
3,056,421,997

Retail sales per capita, 2002
$9,676
$10,615

Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)
1,731,799
449,498,718

Building permits, 2005
2,836
2,155,316

Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)
8,245,2111
2,143,781,7272

Geography QuickFacts
Rhode Island
USA

Land area, 2000 (square miles)
1,044
3,537,438

Persons per square mile, 2000
1,003.2
79.6

FIPS Code
44
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(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
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