Rhode Island

research. First, a brief historical sketch of the State of Rhode �

Island is presented. This historical sketch is followed by �

summary of census-related data pertaining to the Providence-�

Pawtucket-Woonsocket, Rhode Island New England County �

Metropolitan Area (NECMA). Lastly, more detailed summaries are �

presented of the data related to industry/employment and housing �

(real estate, apartments, and so forth) in the Providence-�

Pawtucket-Woonsocket, Rhode Island NECMA.�

A Brief Historical Sketch of the �

Rhode Island, located on the American northeastern seaboard, �

is geographically the smallest and demographically the second �

most densely populated of the states. The state occupies somewhat �

in excess of 12 hundred square miles of land (86.4 percent) and �

The first non native settles came to what is now Rhode �

Island in 1636 from the neighboring colony of Massachusetts. �

These settlers were led by Roger Williams, who founded the City �

of Providence. More settlers, led by Anne Hutchinson, arrived �

from Massachusetts in 1638. The leaders, Williams a

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ce Pawtucket Woonsocket� --------------------- ---------- --------- ----------� Population 654,869 72,644 43,877� Foreign born (%) 9.8 17.7 7.0� Persons aged 5-17 � who do not speak � English � well (%) 36.3 27.1 48.3� Persons 18 and � older who do not � speak English well 44.2 51.8 32.2� Number of households 167,765 19,168 11,628� Mean household � size (persons) 5.1 3.8 3.8� Households with � children under � 18 (%) 44.5 46.0 44.2� Households with no � husband (%) 16.2 19.7 19.7� Households with� persons aged 65 and older* 28.4 28.4 28.4 � Persons aged 16-19 � who are not in � school and who have � not completed high � school 4,016 718 500�  „„   „  *NECMA-wide data.�  Œ Œ ! [table continued on following page]� .pa 06 à4

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