Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $3,150 (1.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $2,776 (1.2%)
Area name: Providence-Fall River, RI-MA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Kent 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: Warwick
, Coventry
, West Warwick
, Lincoln
, Burrillville
, East Greenwich
, Newport East
, Glocester
, Richmond
.
2005 air pollution in Kent County:
Ozone (1-hour): 0.118 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Above U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.090 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Above U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
Annual: 11 µg/m3.
Below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m3):
38 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Bristol County
, Providence County
, Washington County
, New London County, Connecticut
, Windham County, Connecticut
.
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Kent County: Camp
Bosco
(A),
Coventry Center
(B),
General Nathaniel Green Homestead
(C),
Rocky Hill Fairgrounds
(D),
H K Jenks Forge
(E),
East Greenwich Golf Course
(F),
Allens Corner
(G),
Allens Grist Mill
(H),
West Greenwich Center
(I),
Westwood Camp
(J),
Summit
(K),
Balm of Gilead Corner
(L),
Spencer Mill
(M),
Summit Free Library
(N),
Kent County Courthouse
(O),
Varnum House Museum
(P),
Varnum Memorial Armory
(Q),
Varnum Military Museum
(R),
Warwick Museum of Art
(S),
East Greenwich Free Library
(T)
Churches in Kent County include: West
Greenwich Baptist Church
(A),
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
(B),
Saint Lukes Episcopal Church
(C),
Rice City Baptist Church
(D),
Frenchtown Baptist Church
(E),
Hopkins Hollow Church
(F),
Sharp Street Church
(G),
East Greenwich Baptist Church
(H),
United Church of Christ
(I)
Cemeteries: Shippee
Burial Yard
(1),
Glenwood Cemetery
(2),
Greenwood Cemetery
(3),
Saint Lukes Cemetery
(4),
Maple Root Cemetery
(5),
West Greenwich Cemetery
(6),
East Greenwich Cemetery
(7)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Briggs
Pond
(A),
Great Grass Pond
(B),
Carbuncle Pond
(C),
Koszela Pond
(D),
Phelps Pond
(E),
Fry Pond
(F),
Tippecansett Pond
(G),
Tillinghast Pond
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Pine
Swamp Brook
(A),
Poor Farm Brook
(B),
Big River
(C),
Old Hickory Brook
(D),
Kelley Brook
(E),
Quidnick Brook
(F),
Fry Brook
(G),
Raccoon Brook
(H),
Frenchtown Brook
(I)
Parks in Kent County include: Carbuncle
Pond Management Area
(1),
Davis Memorial Wildlife Refuge
(2),
Bucks Horn Park
(3),
Rice City Historical District
(4),
Big River State Management Area
(5),
Audubon Society George B Parker Woodland
(6),
Nicholas Farm Management Area
(7),
East Greenwich Historic District
(8)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
4.3% | | Rhode
Island: | 4.4% |
County
total employment by year
|
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County
average yearly wages by year ($) |
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Current college students: 8,945
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 24.8%
Number of foreign born residents: 8,107 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Kent
County: |
4.9% | | Whole
state: | 11.4% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 1,040
- 1990
to 1994: 670
- 1985
to 1989: 738
- 1980
to 1984: 737
- 1975
to 1979: 990
- 1970
to 1974: 868
- 1970
to 1974: 920
- 1965
to 1969: 2,144
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Mean travel time to work: 22.8 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 49.1%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 48,318
- One,
attached: 1,827
- Two:
4,451
- 3
or 4: 3,158
- 5
to 9: 2,472
- 10
to 19: 3,244
- 20
or more: 5,624
- Mobile
homes: 1,263
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Housing units in Kent County with a mortgage: 31,175 (3,388 second mortgage, 4,431 home equity loan, 167 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11,400 Agriculture
in Kent County
Average size of farms: 78 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $37554
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $2119.69
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 63.09%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 9.92%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $33887
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 20.46%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $47553
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 82.00%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 5.31
Vegetables: 50 harvested acresKent
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly above Rhode Island state average. It is 2.9 times below overall U.S. average.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(9%)
- Accommodation
and food services (6%)
- Public
administration (6%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Educational
services (5%)
- Health
care (4%)
- Miscellaneous
manufacturing (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (18%)
- Educational
services (12%)
- Finance
and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Public
administration (4%)
- Miscellaneous
manufacturing (3%)
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Most
common occupations for males in 2005:
|
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other
food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
- Top
executives (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females in 2005:
|
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered
nurses (4%)
- Cashiers
(4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Portugal
(17%)
- Canada
(8%)
- United
Kingdom (8%)
- Italy
(8%)
- Germany
(5%)
- Korea
(4%)
- Philippines
(3%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Kent County:
|
- Italian
(20%)
- Irish
(19%)
- English
(11%)
- French
(except Basque) (10%)
- French
Canadian (6%)
- Portuguese
(6%)
- German
(4%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 72,530 (87%)
- Carpooled:
7,333 (9%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 744 (1%)
- Streetcar
or trolley car: 5 (0%)
- Subway
or elevated: 12 (0%)
- Railroad:
166 (0%)
- Ferryboat:
31 (0%)
- Taxi:
20 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
63 (0%)
- Bicycle:
100 (0%)
- Walked:
994 (1%)
- Other
means: 278 (0%)
- Worked
at home: 1,517 (2%)
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People
in group quarters in Kent County, Rhode Island
- 1230
people in nursing homes
- 204
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 161
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 110
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 48
people in homes for the mentally ill
- 43
people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 25
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 18
people in other workers' dormitories
- 16
people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 9
people in religious group quarters
- 7
people in other group homes
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $61,348.
6.37% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($47,105 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.37% | | Rhode
Island average: |
5.39% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.42% relocated from other counties in Rhode Island ($32,423 average AGI)
1.94% relocated from other states ($14,682 average AGI)
| Kent
County: |
1.94% | | 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
|
3.25% ($46,126 average AGI) |
| from
Washington County, RI
|
0.90% ($47,970) |
| from
Newport County, RI
|
0.18% ($48,315) |
| from
Bristol County, MA
|
0.17% ($39,121) |
| from
Norfolk County, MA
|
0.06% ($49,178) |
| from
Worcester County, MA
|
0.05% ($43,237) |
| from
New London County, CT
|
0.05% ($43,886) |
7.07% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($49,102 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.07% | | Rhode
Island average: |
6.42% |
0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($360 average AGI)
| Kent
County: |
0.04% | | Rhode
Island average: | 0.08% |
3.84% relocated to other counties in Rhode Island ($24,155 average AGI)
3.19% relocated to other states ($24,587 average AGI)
| Kent
County: |
3.19% | | 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
|
2.72% ($40,023 average AGI) |
| to
Washington County, RI
|
0.94% ($52,383) |
| to
Bristol County, MA
|
0.22% ($61,203) |
| to
Windham County, CT
|
0.16% ($59,312) |
| to
Newport County, RI
|
0.10% ($44,783) |
| to
Norfolk County, MA
|
0.09% ($49,523) |
| to
New London County, CT
|
0.08% ($54,780) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.1
Births
per 1000 population in Kent County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.2
Deaths
per 1000 population in Kent County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.3
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Kent County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 29,539 (24,987 aged, 4,552 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 4%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 165,219
- In
family households: 138,840 (33,923 male householders, 11,165 female householders)
36,712
spouses, 48,945 children (45,492 natural, 1,329 adopted, 2,124 stepchildren), 1,804 grandchildren, 887 brothers or sisters, 993 parents, 1,710 other relatives, 2,701 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 26,379 (9,478 male householders (7,507 living alone)), 12,775 female householders (11,066 living alone)), 4,126 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 1,871 (1,325 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 19,127 2-persons, 10,792 3-persons, 9,801 4-persons, 3,757 5-persons, 1,229 6-persons, 382 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 18,573 1-person, 3,302 2-persons, 292 3-persons, 68 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 4 6-persons.
28,199 married couples with children.
7,812 single-parent households (1,777 men, 6,035 women).
91.5% of residents of Kent County speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
5.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 15% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $963,711,000 ($5599 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $42,335,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $456,332,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $252,158,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,760,000
Federal grants: $166,212,000
Federal procurement contracts: $14,552,000 ($4,629,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $72,698,000 ($20,557,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,617,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $89,565,000
Federal Government insurance: $281,531,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 9,749
| Here: |
57 per 1000 residents | | State: | 62
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 8,983
| Here: |
52 per 1000 residents | | State: |
48 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +795
| Here: |
+5 per 1000 residents | | State: | +18
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +3,109
| Here: |
+18 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-5 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Kent County
|
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.38 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 770
- 1995
to 1998: 2,476
- 1990
to 1994: 3,627
- 1980
to 1989: 8,985
- 1970
to 1979: 10,937
- 1960
to 1969: 10,959
- 1950
to 1959: 12,395
- 1940
to 1949: 7,080
- 1939
or earlier: 13,136
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Kent County, Rhode Island: |
- 1
room: 0
- 2
rooms: 144
- 3
rooms: 979
- 4
rooms: 4,692
- 5
rooms: 11,530
- 6
rooms: 12,537
- 7
rooms: 8,486
- 8
rooms: 5,381
- 9
or more rooms: 4,438
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Kent County, Rhode Island: |
- 1
room: 763
- 2
rooms: 2,144
- 3
rooms: 5,419
- 4
rooms: 5,178
- 5
rooms: 3,174
- 6
rooms: 1,520
- 7
rooms: 509
- 8
rooms: 239
- 9
or more rooms: 187
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Kent County: |
- no
bedroom: 22
- 1
bedroom: 1,602
- 2
bedrooms: 11,679
- 3
bedrooms: 25,419
- 4
bedrooms: 8,005
- 5
or more bedrooms: 1,460
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Kent County:
|
- no
bedroom: 920
- 1
bedroom: 8,024
- 2
bedrooms: 6,761
- 3
bedrooms: 2,832
- 4
bedrooms: 479
- 5
or more bedrooms: 117
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Kent County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 1,501
- 1
vehicle: 12,578
- 2
vehicles: 23,892
- 3
vehicles: 7,801
- 4
vehicles: 1,788
- 5
or more vehicles: 627
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Kent County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 3,330
- 1
vehicle: 9,849
- 2
vehicles: 5,008
- 3
vehicles: 748
- 4
vehicles: 153
- 5
or more vehicles: 45
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64% of Kent County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Rhode Island.
| Kent
County: |
64.1% | | State
average: |
59.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 124454
- Northeast:
23197
- Midwest:
3328
- South:
4448
- West:
2468
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,400 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Year
Householders Moved Into Unit:
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (50%)
- Utility
gas (44%)
- Electricity
(3%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Wood
(1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (51%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
- Electricity
(15%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,641
| Here: |
14.4% | | Rhode
Island: |
12.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 993
| Here: |
11.2% | | Rhode
Island: | 12.7% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 1,865
| Here: |
25.5% | | Rhode
Island: | 43.8% |
School
Enrollment by Level of School
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Age
and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age
and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age
and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age
and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age
and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age
and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)
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