People QuickFacts	Providence	Rhode Island
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	178,432	1,050,292
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	178,036	1,052,567
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	0.2%	-0.2%
 	Population, 2010    	178,042	1,052,567
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.9%	5.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	23.4%	21.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	8.7%	14.4%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.8%	51.7% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	49.8%	81.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	16.0%	5.7%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.4%	0.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	6.4%	2.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	6.5%	3.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	38.1%	12.4%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	37.6%	76.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	75.2%	86.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	29.4%	12.9%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	47.9%	21.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	73.3%	84.3%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	29.1%	30.6%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	5,422	76,775
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	21.3	23.1 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	71,530	463,388
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	36.7%	62.1%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	72.3%	40.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$230,500	$270,600
 	Households, 2007-2011    	61,797	410,475
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.63	2.46
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$21,628	$29,685
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$38,922	$55,975
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	27.7%	12.8%

   	Business QuickFacts	Providence	Rhode Island
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	15,395	96,822
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	10.5%	3.3%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.8%	0.4%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.6%	2.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	19.5%	6.0%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	29.3%	27.3% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,050,475	12,061,517
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,001,661	9,182,788
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,473,954	12,286,485
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$8,558	$11,646
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	472,019	2,148,674

   	Geography QuickFacts	Providence	Rhode Island
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	18.40	1,033.81
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	9,676.2	1,018.1
 	FIPS Code    	59000	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