Bristol County, Rhode Island
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State Health Department
- Rhode Island Department of Health: 3 Capitol Hill Room 401, Providence
Population:
- Total Population: 50,648
- Males: 24,403
- Females: 26,245
Ethnicity:
- White: 48,668
- Black/African American: 299
- Hispanic: 661
- Native American/Eskimo: 51
- Asian: 414
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0
- Other: 18
- 2 or more: 537
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (40,585)
- Portuguese (4,920)
- Spanish (620)
- Italian (405)
- French (390)
Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants
Total Reported: 5,090
- Portugal (3,477)
- United Kingdom (208)
- Canada (186)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (98)
- Germany (98)
- Italy (91)
- Greece (81)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Catholic Church (30,588)
- Episcopal Church (2,011)
- Jewish Estimate (1,760)
- United Church of Christ (1,035)
- United Methodist Church, The (620)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 13,867
- Sensory: 1,015
- Physical: 3,082
- Mental: 2,100
- Self-care: 944
- Go outside home: 2,813
- Employment: 3,502
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 222
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 19,033
- Utility gas: 8,281
- Bottled or LP gas: 265
- Electricity: 1,411
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 8,931
- Coal or Coke: 17
- Wood: 95
- Solar Energy: 0
- Other fuel: 19
- No fuel used: 14
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 37,706
- No vehicle: 2,642
- 1 or more vehicle: 35,064
Education Attainment:
- No School: 631
- No High School: 2,396
- Some High School: 3,575
- High School: 8,026
- Some College: 5,673
- Associate's Degree: 2,189
- College Degree: 6,923
- Master's Degree: 3,250
- Professional Degree: 997
- Doctoral Degree: 558
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 19,033
- Owners with phone: 13,538
- Owners without phone: 17
- Renters with phone: 5,349
- Renters without phone: 129
10 closest counties:
- Newport County, Rhode Island
- Kent County, Rhode Island
- Bristol County, Massachusetts
- Providence County, Rhode Island
- Washington County, Rhode Island
- Norfolk County, Massachusetts
- Plymouth County, Massachusetts
- Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Windham County, Connecticut
- Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Data Detail
Zip Codes in county:
02806, 02809, 02872, 02885
Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:
- WQRI (88.3 FM) BRISTOL, RI
- WHTI (96.7 FM) BRISTOL, RI
- WURK (101.7 FM) BRISTOL, RI
- WERK (104.9 FM) BRISTOL, RI
- WHTF (104.9 FM) BRISTOL, RI
- WHBU (1240 AM) BRISTOL, RI
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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