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Providence Rhode Island Social and demographic information
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Providence Rhode Island Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Providence city
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| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
173,618 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
63,584 |
100.0 |
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Native |
129,671 |
74.7 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
2,660 |
4.2 |
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Born in
United States |
121,533 |
70.0 |
| Kindergarten |
2,703 |
4.3 |
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State
of residence |
74,281 |
42.8 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
22,197 |
34.9 |
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Different state |
47,252 |
27.2 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
9,714 |
15.3 |
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Born
outside United States |
8,138 |
4.7 |
| College or
graduate school |
26,310 |
41.4 |
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Foreign born |
43,947 |
25.3 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
19,937 |
11.5 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
15,117 |
8.7 |
| Population
25 years and over |
96,154 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
28,830 |
16.6 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
14,608 |
15.2 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
18,296 |
19.0 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
22,167 |
23.1 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
43,947 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
13,136 |
13.7 |
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Europe |
5,126 |
11.7 |
| Associate
degree |
4,497 |
4.7 |
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Asia |
7,871 |
17.9 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
12,596 |
13.1 |
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Africa |
3,138 |
7.1 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
10,854 |
11.3 |
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Oceania |
163 |
0.4 |
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Latin America |
27,160 |
61.8 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
65.8 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
489 |
1.1 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
24.4 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
161,631 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
135,105 |
100.0 |
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English only |
92,086 |
57.0 |
| Never married |
62,501 |
46.3 |
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Language other
than English |
69,545 |
43.0 |
| Now married,
except separated |
47,321 |
35.0 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
34,103 |
21.1 |
| Separated |
4,925 |
3.6 |
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Spanish |
44,733 |
27.7 |
| Widowed |
8,170 |
6.0 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
24,217 |
15.0 |
| Female |
6,425 |
4.8 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
13,328 |
8.2 |
| Divorced |
12,188 |
9.0 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
4,563 |
2.8 |
| Female |
7,530 |
5.6 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
9,445 |
5.8 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
4,905 |
3.0 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
173,618 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
3,322 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
179,705 |
103.5 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
1,219 |
36.7 |
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Arab |
755 |
0.4 |
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Czech¹ |
190 |
0.1 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
209 |
0.1 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
128,292 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
553 |
0.3 |
| Civilian
veterans |
9,159 |
7.1 |
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English |
8,532 |
4.9 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
6,559 |
3.8 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
2,735 |
1.6 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
5,911 |
3.4 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
49,637 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
666 |
0.4 |
| With a
disability |
5,048 |
10.2 |
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Hungarian |
370 |
0.2 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
93,233 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
16,765 |
9.7 |
| With a
disability |
23,629 |
25.3 |
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Italian |
23,960 |
13.8 |
| Percent
employed |
46.5 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
532 |
0.3 |
| No disability |
69,604 |
74.7 |
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Norwegian |
417 |
0.2 |
| Percent
employed |
68.8 |
(X) |
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Polish |
4,118 |
2.4 |
| Population
65 years and over |
17,243 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
7,002 |
4.0 |
| With a
disability |
8,249 |
47.8 |
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Russian |
2,411 |
1.4 |
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Scotch-Irish |
813 |
0.5 |
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Scottish |
1,754 |
1.0 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
87 |
0.1 |
| Population
5 years and over |
161,631 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
7,500 |
4.3 |
| Same house in
1995 |
72,134 |
44.6 |
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Swedish |
1,117 |
0.6 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
78,791 |
48.7 |
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Swiss |
150 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
46,884 |
29.0 |
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Ukrainian |
448 |
0.3 |
| Different
county |
31,907 |
19.7 |
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United States
or American |
4,255 |
2.5 |
| Same state |
5,120 |
3.2 |
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Welsh |
457 |
0.3 |
| Different
state |
26,787 |
16.6 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
2,821 |
1.6 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
10,706 |
6.6 |
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Other
ancestries |
78,618 |
45.3 |
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| Date: January
10, 2005 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. |
| ¹ The data
represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary
File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French
Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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