People QuickFacts East Providence Rhode Island Population, 2012 estimate 47,096 1,050,292 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 47,037 1,052,567 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.1% -0.2% Population, 2010 47,037 1,052,567 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 5.4% 5.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 19.5% 21.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 18.4% 14.4% Female persons, percent, 2010 53.2% 51.7%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 84.0% 81.4% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 5.8% 5.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.5% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.5% 2.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 4.2% 3.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 4.1% 12.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 82.2% 76.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 88.3% 86.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 15.2% 12.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 23.2% 21.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 80.1% 84.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 23.5% 30.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 3,733 76,775 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 20.7 23.1  Housing units, 2010 21,440 463,388 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 58.4% 62.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 43.4% 40.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $239,000 $270,600 Households, 2007-2011 20,560 410,475 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.26 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $28,813 $29,685 Median household income, 2007-2011 $49,408 $55,975 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 10.0% 12.8%     Business QuickFacts East Providence Rhode Island Total number of firms, 2007 4,214 96,822 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.0% 3.3% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.8% 0.4% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.1% 2.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 6.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 22.6% 27.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 740,156 12,061,517 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 885,437 9,182,788 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 554,184 12,286,485 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,382 $11,646 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 68,571 2,148,674     Geography QuickFacts East Providence Rhode Island Land area in square miles, 2010 13.24 1,033.81 Persons per square mile, 2010 3,552.4 1,018.1 FIPS Code 22960 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