Bristol County, Rhode Island (RI)

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County population in 2005: 52,743 (100% urban, 0% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 13,555
Renter-occupied apartments: 5,478

% of renters here:	29%
State:	40%

Land area: 25 sq. mi.
Water area: 20.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 2137 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	6.3%
Whole state:	11.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	2.7%
Whole state:	5.4%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (28.5%), Manufacturing (14.0%), Retail trade (10.2%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 80%
Government: 13%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 7%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Bristol County, Rhode Island business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Bristol County, Rhode Island:

White Non-Hispanic (96.1%)
Hispanic (1.1%)
Two or more races (1.0%)
Black (0.7%)

Median resident age:	39.3 years
Rhode Island median age:	36.7 years

Males: 24,425	(48.2%)
Females: 26,223	(51.8%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $28,822
County population in 2003: 52,110
Jobs in 2003: 16,172

Bristol County,RI real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 27,143
Unemployment rate in 2004: 4.4%

Average household size:

Bristol County:	2.5 people
Rhode Island:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $62,030 ($50,737 in 2000)

This county	$62,030
Rhode Island:	$51,458

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $354,804

Bristol County	$354,804
Rhode Island:	$281,300

Median montly rent in 2000: $578
Institutionalized population: 769
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Bristol County in 2000: $1417

Bristol County races chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Bristol County Rhode Island:

Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 60.2%
Bush/Cheney (Republican): 38.4%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $3,037 (1.8%)

Area name: Providence-Fall River, RI-MA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Bristol County is $827 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $965 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1155 a month.

Cities in this county include: Bristol, Barrington, Warren.

Neighboring counties: Kent County , Bristol County, Massachusetts , Providence County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Bristol County: Birch Swamp Corner (A), Narragansett Steam Fire Engine Company (B), Firemans Museum (C), James Maxwell House Museum (D), Charles W Greene Museum (E), Warren Town Hall (F), George Haile Free Library (G). Display/hide their locations on the map

Shopping Center: Ocean State Plaza Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Bristol County include: Warren Baptist Church (A), Warren United Methodist Church (B), Saint Casimirs Roman Catholic Church (C), Assembly of God Church (D), Baptist Church of Warren (E), First United Methodist Church of Warren (F), Church of the Holy Spirit (G), Saint Mary of the Bay Roman Catholic Church (H), Saint Alexanders Roman Catholic Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: South Burial Grounds (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Reservoirs: Warren Reservoir Upper (A), Warren Reservoir (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Heath Brook (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Parks in Bristol County include: Warren Common (1), Warrens Waterfront Historic District (2), Touisset Wildlife Refuge (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

Beach: Warren Town Beach (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	3.7%
Rhode Island:	4.4%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 4,188
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 80.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 34.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 5,090 (65% naturalized citizens)

Bristol County:	10.0%
Whole state:	11.4%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 333
1990 to 1994: 428
1985 to 1989: 354
1980 to 1984: 372
1975 to 1979: 601
1970 to 1974: 902
1970 to 1974: 1,116
1965 to 1969: 984

Mean travel time to work: 23.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 40.0%

Bristol County marital status for males

Bristol County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 13,672
One, attached: 626
Two: 2,198
3 or 4: 1,727
5 to 9: 712
10 to 19: 405
20 or more: 522
Mobile homes: 19

Housing units in Bristol County with a mortgage: 8,228 (735 second mortgage, 1,486 home equity loan, 26 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,921

Agriculture in Bristol County
Average size of farms: 34 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $100134
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $4391.29
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 84.65%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.91%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $83765
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 66.51%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 4.07%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $55054
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 89.19%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 13.76
Vegetables: 285 harvested acres

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (12%)
Educational services (8%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
Health care (7%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Finance and insurance (4%)
Public administration (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (20%)
Educational services (19%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Social assistance (4%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Computer specialists (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
Carpenters (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Registered nurses (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Health technologists and technicians (3%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Portugal (68%)
United Kingdom (4%)
Canada (4%)
Germany (2%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (2%)
Italy (2%)
Greece (2%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Bristol County:

Portuguese (25%)
Italian (19%)
Irish (12%)
English (11%)
French (except Basque) (6%)
German (4%)
French Canadian (4%)

Bristol County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 19,952 (82%)
Carpooled: 2,119 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 399 (2%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 18 (0%)
Railroad: 132 (1%)
Ferryboat: 9 (0%)
Taxi: 9 (0%)
Motorcycle: 21 (0%)
Bicycle: 36 (0%)
Walked: 820 (3%)
Other means: 139 (1%)
Worked at home: 669 (3%)

People in group quarters in Bristol County, Rhode Island

1899 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
769 people in nursing homes
38 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
32 people in homes for the mentally retarded
16 people in religious group quarters
8 people in homes for the physically handicapped
8 people in other group homes
4 people in military barracks, etc.

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $77,501.

6.11% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($65,727 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.11%
Rhode Island average:	5.39%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.14% relocated from other counties in Rhode Island ($30,858 average AGI)
2.97% relocated from other states ($34,869 average AGI)
Bristol County: 2.97%
Rhode Island average: 3.06%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Providence County, RI	1.79% ($60,346 average AGI)
from Newport County, RI	0.93% ($48,295)
from Bristol County, MA	0.68% ($39,606)
from Kent County, RI	0.31% ($101,310)
from Middlesex County, MA	0.13% ($106,880)
from Suffolk County, MA	0.13% ($62,625)
from Norfolk County, MA	0.09% ($160,375)

7.42% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($55,910 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.42%
Rhode Island average:	6.42%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($404 average AGI)
Bristol County: 0.05%
Rhode Island average: 0.08%

3.59% relocated to other counties in Rhode Island ($26,511 average AGI)
3.78% relocated to other states ($28,995 average AGI)
Bristol County: 3.78%
Rhode Island average: 4.18%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Providence County, RI	2.29% ($55,775 average AGI)
to Bristol County, MA	0.88% ($55,259)
to Newport County, RI	0.82% ($49,818)
to Kent County, RI	0.32% ($49,918)
to Middlesex County, MA	0.11% ($33,429)
to Suffolk County, MA	0.11% ($35,250)
to Worcester County, MA	0.07% ($52,769)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.6

Births per 1000 population in Bristol County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.2

Deaths per 1000 population in Bristol County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 3.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Bristol County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 8,913 (7,851 aged, 1,062 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 5%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 3%

Household type by relationship

Households: 47,860

In family households: 41,173 (10,364 male householders, 3,077 female householders)
11,191 spouses, 14,292 children (13,394 natural, 349 adopted, 549 stepchildren), 519 grandchildren, 300 brothers or sisters, 398 parents, 626 other relatives, 406 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 6,687 (1,997 male householders (1,583 living alone)), 3,613 female householders (3,183 living alone)), 1,077 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,788 (788 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 5,763 2-persons, 3,055 3-persons, 3,004 4-persons, 1,185 5-persons, 342 6-persons, 92 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,766 1-person, 709 2-persons, 79 3-persons, 34 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 5 6-persons.

8,970 married couples with children.
2,002 single-parent households (367 men, 1,635 women).

84.6% of residents of Bristol County speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
13.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $283,317,000 ($5347 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $23,319,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $132,661,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $66,799,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,213,000
Federal grants: $57,998,000
Federal procurement contracts: $14,151,000 ($12,324,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $10,495,000 ($2,909,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,585,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $9,602,000
Federal Government insurance: $291,466,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,517

Here:	48 per 1000 residents
State:	62 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 2,631

Here:	50 per 1000 residents
State:	48 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +229

Here:	+4 per 1000 residents
State:	+18 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +2,035

Here:	+39 per 1000 residents
State:	-5 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Bristol County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.72 millions of gallons per day (13% from ground, 87% from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.6
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.2
State:	4.0

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 135
1995 to 1998: 551
1990 to 1994: 865
1980 to 1989: 2,126
1970 to 1979: 1,962
1960 to 1969: 2,629
1950 to 1959: 3,196
1940 to 1949: 1,775
1939 or earlier: 6,642

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Bristol County, Rhode Island:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 42
3 rooms: 109
4 rooms: 795
5 rooms: 2,416
6 rooms: 3,240
7 rooms: 2,832
8 rooms: 2,322
9 or more rooms: 1,799

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bristol County, Rhode Island:

1 room: 96
2 rooms: 497
3 rooms: 999
4 rooms: 1,707
5 rooms: 1,190
6 rooms: 560
7 rooms: 233
8 rooms: 140
9 or more rooms: 56

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Bristol County:

no bedroom: 10
1 bedroom: 281
2 bedrooms: 2,538
3 bedrooms: 6,928
4 bedrooms: 3,210
5 or more bedrooms: 588

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bristol County:

no bedroom: 115
1 bedroom: 1,668
2 bedrooms: 2,314
3 bedrooms: 1,045
4 bedrooms: 292
5 or more bedrooms: 44

Cars and other vehicles available in Bristol County in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 555
1 vehicle: 3,188
2 vehicles: 6,999
3 vehicles: 2,137
4 vehicles: 574
5 or more vehicles: 102

Cars and other vehicles available in Bristol County in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 782
1 vehicle: 2,640
2 vehicles: 1,756
3 vehicles: 256
4 vehicles: 16
5 or more vehicles: 28

64% of Bristol County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Rhode Island.

Bristol County:	64.2%
State average:	59.6%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 26740
Northeast: 14574
Midwest: 1408
South: 1548
West: 976

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $174,300

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (54%)
Utility gas (40%)
Electricity (4%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (52%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
Electricity (15%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 984

Here:	17.6%
Rhode Island:	12.6%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 524

Here:	19.3%
Rhode Island:	12.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,361

Here:	65.4%
Rhode Island:	43.8%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

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