People QuickFacts	Providence	Rhode Island
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	175,255	1,067,610
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	0.9%	1.8%
  	Population, 2000    	173,618	1,048,319
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	7.3%	6.1%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	26.1%	23.6%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	10.5%	14.5%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	52.2%	52.0% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	54.5%	85.0%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	14.5%	4.5%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.1%	0.5%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	6.0%	2.3%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.2%	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	6.1%	2.7%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	30.0%	8.7% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	44.6%	58.1%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	25.3%	11.4%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	43.0%	20.0%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	65.8%	78.0%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	24.4%	25.6%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	20.2	22.5 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	67,915	439,837
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	34.6%	60.0%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$101,500	$133,000 			
  	Households, 2000    	62,389	408,424
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.56	2.47
  	Median household income, 1999    	$26,867	$42,090
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$15,525	$21,688
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	29.1%	11.9%

   	Business QuickFacts	Providence	Rhode Island
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,261,791	8,566,430
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,138,978	10,342,351
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$6,473	$9,679
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	382,237	1,731,799
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	13,772	87,446
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	S
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	1.4%	0.5%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	3.8%	1.7%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	14.7%	3.9%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	S
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	27.8%	26.5% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Providence	Rhode Island
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	18	1,044
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	9,400.0	1,003.2
  	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