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      Providence      		 State FLower:
      Violet      		 State Bird:
      Rhode Island Red Hen      		 State #13 Admitted to Union:
      May 29, 1790
          People Facts Rhode Island USA
      Population, 2006 estimate 1,067,610 299,398,484
      Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 1.8% 6.4%
      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 88.9% 80.2%
      Black persons, percent, 2005 6.2% 12.8%
      American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 0.6% 1.0%
      Asian persons, percent, 2005 2.7% 4.3%
      Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 1.5% 1.5%
      Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 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, 2004 $47,037 $44,334
      Per capita money income, 1999 $21,688 $21,587
      Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 11.6% 12.7%
          Business Facts
      Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 30,011 7,387,724
      Private nonfarm employment, 2004 434,706 115,074,924
      Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 4.7% 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 S 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 S 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) 8,245,211 2,143,781,727
          Geography Facts
      Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,044.93 3,537,438.44
      Persons per square mile, 2000 1,003.2 79.6