People QuickFacts Newport County Rhode Island Population, 2012 estimate 82,036 1,050,292 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 82,888 1,052,567 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -1.0% -0.2% Population, 2010 82,888 1,052,567 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 4.6% 5.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 19.1% 20.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 17.5% 14.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.2% 51.7%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 91.2% 86.3% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.9% 7.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 0.9% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.7% 3.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.6% 2.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 4.5% 12.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 87.8% 76.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.0% 86.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.3% 12.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 8.6% 21.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 91.8% 84.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 44.1% 30.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 8,505 76,775 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 20.5 23.1  Housing units, 2011 41,956 464,728 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 63.3% 62.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 29.2% 40.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $380,700 $270,600 Households, 2007-2011 34,600 410,475 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.31 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $37,915 $29,685 Median household income, 2007-2011 $69,369 $55,975 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 7.7% 12.8%     Business QuickFacts Newport County Rhode Island Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 2,758 28,521 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 28,719 399,000 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 0.6 -3.9 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 7,092 71,934  Total number of firms, 2007 9,794 96,822 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.7% 3.3% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.4% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.4% 2.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.2% 6.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.3% 27.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 346,092 12,061,517 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 263,963 9,182,788 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,096,241 12,286,485 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,483 $11,646 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 343,003 2,148,674 Building permits, 2011 86 700     Geography QuickFacts Newport County Rhode Island Land area in square miles, 2010 102.39 1,033.81 Persons per square mile, 2010 809.6 1,018.1 FIPS Code 005 44 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA Metro Area   (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