Rhode Island
Detail from USA Census 2000

	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	1,009,504	*****	*****
Native	883,299	874,689	891,909
Born in United States	863,057	855,122	870,992
State of residence	630,955	619,077	642,833
Different state	232,102	222,098	242,106
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)	20,242	15,934	24,550
Foreign born	126,205	117,595	134,815
Naturalized citizen	56,599	49,923	63,275
Not a citizen	69,606	62,793	76,419
Entered 1990 to 2000	44,080	36,850	51,310
Entered before 1990	82,125	74,175	90,075
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	126,205	117,595	134,815
Europe	40,702	35,810	45,594
Asia	22,348	17,353	27,343
Africa	17,841	12,450	23,232
Oceania	0	0	332
Latin America	42,500	37,151	47,849
Northern America	2,814	1,740	3,888
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	946,854	944,155	949,553
English only	760,542	748,578	772,506
Language other than English	186,312	174,614	198,011
Speak English less than "very well"	81,344	75,039	87,649
Spanish	76,735	70,859	82,611
Speak English less than "very well"	37,926	33,159	42,693
Other Indo-European languages	84,373	75,166	93,580
Speak English less than "very well"	29,013	24,807	33,219
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	21,554	15,807	27,301
Speak English less than "very well"	13,225	9,646	16,804
Other languages	3,650	1,992	5,308
Speak English less than "very well"	1,180	447	1,913
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	1,009,504	*****	*****
Arab	5,783	3,965	7,601
Czech	1,196	457	1,935
Danish	2,298	1,080	3,516
Dutch	6,848	4,135	9,561
English	129,445	121,510	137,380
French (except Basque)	145,062	135,018	155,106
French Canadian	53,379	48,025	58,733
German	62,754	56,472	69,036
Greek	5,638	4,033	7,243
Hungarian	1,960	1,048	2,872
Irish	206,614	195,368	217,860
Italian	202,735	191,726	213,744
Lithuanian	2,576	1,621	3,531
Norwegian	3,471	2,271	4,671
Polish	44,395	38,600	50,190
Portuguese	97,511	88,957	106,065
Russian	10,924	8,583	13,265
Scotch-Irish	16,442	13,320	19,564
Scottish	19,681	16,447	22,915
Slovak	1,211	584	1,838
Subsaharan African	25,959	19,044	32,874
Swedish	17,724	14,642	20,806
Swiss	1,724	1,056	2,392
Ukrainian	3,774	2,378	5,170
United States or American	29,248	24,280	34,216
Welsh	3,377	2,049	4,705
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	1,833	521	3,145

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds. School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from the 2000 Census and 2000 Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories. 1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate. 2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate. 3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate. 4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution. 5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution. 6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate. 7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate. 8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.