Rhode Island State Demographics: Quick Facts

DESCRIPTION VALUE Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008  5.8% Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over  58.1% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  25.6% Households, 2000  408,424 Persons below poverty, percent, 2007  11.9% Private nonfarm employment, 2006  440,7971 Black-owned firms, percent, 2002  S Building permits, 2008  1,058 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008  0.2% Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008  14.1% White persons, percent, 2008 (a)  88.5% Black persons, percent, 2008 (a)  6.4% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000  20.0% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000  22.5 Nonemployer establishments, 2006  69,327 Total number of firms, 2002  87,446 Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002  1.7% Retail sales per capita, 2002  $9,676 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a)  0.1% Women-owned firms, percent, 2002  26.5% Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)  10,818,058 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)  10,342,351 Population, 2008 estimate  1,050,788 Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008  21.7% Female persons, percent, 2008  51.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a)  0.6% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008  1.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2000  11.4% Homeownership rate, 2000  60.0% Persons per household, 2000  2.47 Median household income, 2007  $52,755 Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)  1,731,799 Persons per square mile, 2000  1,003.2 FIPS Code  44 Population estimates base (April 1) 2000  1,048,319 Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a)  2.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b)  11.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008  78.8% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  78.0% Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000  195,806 Housing units, 2007  450,884 Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000  41.2% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $133,000 Per capita money income, 1999  $21,688 Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2006  30,3981 Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006  6.2%1 American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002  0.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002  S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002  3.9% Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)  8,566,430 Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)  9,076,6661 Land area, 2000 (square miles)  1,044.93 Source: Source U.S. Census Bureau (2009)  (http://factfinder.census.gov). Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building