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Rhode Island At A Glance
Last Updated July 27, 2005
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The State:
- Profile: Click here for political history and analysis.
- Size: 1,545 square miles
- Population in 2000: 1,048,319; 90.9% urban; 9.1% rural
- Population in 1990: 1,003,464
- Population Change: Up
4.5% 1990-2000; Up
5.9% 1980-1990
- Population Rank: 43d of 50; 0.4% of total U.S. population
- Most Populous Cities:
Providence (176,365);
Warwick (87,365);
Cranston (81,679);
Pawtucket (74,330);
East Providence (49,906)
- Registered Voters: No party registration
- Presidential Votes: Click here for analysis and past returns.
- Congressional Redistricting: Click here for additional details. An expanded
map of the current lines is also available.
- State
Senate: 33 D 5 R
- State House: 59 D 16 R
- State Legislative Term Limits: No
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The People:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2006 Guide to Usage.
- Race/Ethnic Origin:
858,433 (81.9%) white;
41,922 (4.0%) black;
23,416 (2.2%) Asian;
4,181 (0.4%) American Indian;
320 (0.0%) Pacific islander/Hawaiian;
20,816 (2.0%) two-plus races;
8,411 (0.8%) other;
90,820 (8.7%) Hispanic origin
- Ancestry:
14.1% Italian,
13.7% Irish,
8.9% English,
8.1% French,
6.5% Portuguese
- State Natives: 61.4% of residents were born in-state.
- Non-Citizens: 6.0% of residents are foreign-born and not U.S. citizens
- Language Spoken, by Household: 77.2% English;
12.8% Other Eur.;
7.5% Spanish
- Education:
78.0% high school graduates;
25.6% college graduates
- Military Veterans:
102,494 (12.8%);
WWII: (25.4%);
Korea: (14.9%);
Vietnam: (29.6%);
First Gulf War: (7.0%)
The Economy:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2006 Guide to Usage.
- Industry:
0.5% agriculture;
5.4% construction;
6.9% finance;
2.3% information;
20.3% manufacturing;
31.3% professional;
4.5% public administration;
15.5% trade;
13.3% other
- Work Force: 22.9% blue collar; 61.1% white collar; 16.0% gray collar
- Work Sector: 80.6% private; 13.8% government; 5.4% self-employed; 0.2% unpaid family workers
- Unemployment: 0.2% unemployed
- Median Household Income:
$42,090
- 11.9% are below the poverty line
- 17.7% less than $15,000
- 24.2% $15-35,000
- 15.7% $35-50,000
- 30.8% $50-100,000
- 7.6% $100-150,000
- 3.9% more than $150,000
Median Home Value: $130,500
- 2.0% less than $50,000
- 21.0% $50-100,000
- 59.6% $100-200,000
- 11.1% $200-300,000
- 4.5% $300-500,000
- 1.8% more than $500,000
Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005
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