| People QuickFacts | Rhode Island | USA |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 1,050,292 | 313,914,040 |
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Population, 2011 estimate | 1,050,646 | 311,587,816 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 1,052,567 | 308,747,508 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.2% | 1.7% |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | -0.2% | 0.9% |
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Population, 2010 | 1,052,567 | 308,745,538 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.3% | 6.5% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 20.9% | 23.7% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 14.7% | 13.3% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.7% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 86.3% | 78.1% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 7.2% | 13.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.9% | 1.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 3.1% | 5.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 0.2% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.4% | 2.3% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 12.8% | 16.7% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 76.5% | 63.4% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.6% | 84.6% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.9% | 12.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 21.0% | 20.3% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 84.3% | 85.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 30.6% | 28.2% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 76,775 | 22,215,303 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 23.1 | 25.4 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 464,728 | 132,312,404 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 62.1% | 66.1% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 40.6% | 25.9% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $270,600 | $186,200 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 410,475 | 114,761,359 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.46 | 2.60 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $29,685 | $27,915 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $55,975 | $52,762 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.8% | 14.3% |
| Business QuickFacts | Rhode Island | USA |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 28,5211 | 7,396,628 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 399,0001 | 111,970,095 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -3.91 | -1.8 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 71,934 | 22,110,628 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 96,822 | 27,092,908 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.3% | 7.1% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.4% | 0.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.1% | 5.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 6.0% | 8.3% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.3% | 28.8% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 12,061,517 | 5,338,306,501 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 9,182,788 | 4,174,286,516 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 12,286,485 | 3,917,663,456 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $11,646 | $12,990 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,148,674 | 613,795,732 |
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Building permits, 2011 | 700 | 624,061 |