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People QuickFactsBristol CountyRhode Island
Population, 2003 estimate 50,989 1,076,164
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 0.7% 2.7%
Population, 2000 50,648 1,048,319
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 3.7% 4.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 80.7% 78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 34.3% 25.6%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 23.4 22.5 
Housing units, 2002 19,995 443,761
Homeownership rate, 2000 71.3% 60.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 28.0% 41.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $164,600 $133,000 
Households, 2000 19,033 408,424
Persons per household, 2000 2.52 2.47
Median household income, 1999 $50,737 $42,090
Per capita money income, 1999 $26,503 $21,688

Business QuickFactsBristol CountyRhode Island
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 1,162 28,539
Private nonfarm employment, 2001 17,500 414,638
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 0.0% -0.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000 3,412 59,406
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 267,042 10,482,011
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 211,637 7,505,754
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $4,316 $7,605
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 125 2,848
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 233,189 7,503,244

Geography QuickFactsBristol CountyRhode Island
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 25 1,045
Persons per square mile, 2000 2,051.8 1,003.2
Metropolitan Area Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket, RI NECMA  
FIPS Code 001 44

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