People QuickFacts	Providence County	Rhode Island
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	628,323	1,050,292
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	626,667	1,052,567
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	0.3%	-0.2%
 	Population, 2010    	626,667	1,052,567
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.9%	5.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	21.7%	20.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	13.6%	14.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.7%	51.7% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	81.2%	86.3%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	10.7%	7.2%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.1%	0.9%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	3.9%	3.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.2%	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.8%	2.4%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	19.3%	12.8%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	66.5%	76.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	85.3%	86.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	17.8%	12.9%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	29.8%	21.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	79.7%	84.3%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	25.8%	30.6%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	38,419	76,775
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	22.6	23.1 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	265,668	464,728
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	55.1%	62.1%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	52.2%	40.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$247,700	$270,600
 	Households, 2007-2011    	238,633	410,475
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.50	2.46
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$25,973	$29,685
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$49,411	$55,975
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	16.2%	12.8%

   	Business QuickFacts	Providence County	Rhode Island
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	15,836	28,521
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	247,734	399,000
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-6.0	-3.9
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	38,937	71,934 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	51,806	96,822
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	5.5%	3.3%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.5%	0.4%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.6%	2.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	9.7%	6.0%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	28.1%	27.3% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	6,422,854	12,061,517
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	5,856,937	9,182,788
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	5,924,945	12,286,485
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$9,430	$11,646
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,065,946	2,148,674
 	Building permits, 2011     	277	700

   	Geography QuickFacts	Providence County	Rhode Island
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	409.50	1,033.81
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,530.3	1,018.1
 	FIPS Code    	007	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