People QuickFacts Newport Rhode Island Population, 2011 estimate 24,619 1,050,646 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 24,672 1,052,567 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 -0.2% -0.2% Population, 2010 24,672 1,052,567 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 5.4% 5.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 16.5% 21.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 14.2% 14.4% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.1% 51.7%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 82.5% 81.4% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 6.9% 5.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.8% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.4% 2.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 5.2% 3.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 8.4% 12.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 78.5% 76.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 78.7% 86.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 7.5% 12.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 10.6% 21.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 90.9% 84.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 47.2% 30.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,230 76,775 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 16.4 23.1  Housing units, 2010 13,069 463,388 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 46.0% 62.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 51.4% 40.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $422,900 $270,600 Households, 2007-2011 10,873 410,475 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.03 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $36,446 $29,685 Median household income, 2007-2011 $58,080 $55,975 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 10.6% 12.8%     Business QuickFacts Newport Rhode Island Total number of firms, 2007 2,716 96,822 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.5% 3.3% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.4% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.7% 6.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 26.0% 27.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 12,061,517 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 77,941 9,182,788 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 364,263 12,286,485 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $15,286 $11,646 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 226,615 2,148,674     Geography QuickFacts Newport Rhode Island Land area in square miles, 2010 7.67 1,033.81 Persons per square mile, 2010 3,215.0 1,018.1 FIPS Code 49960 44 Counties Newport 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