Share of population not covered by health insurance
8.6 percent (2006)
Number of students per teacher (K-12)
13.4 (2003)
Government spending per student (K-12)
$10,731 (2002-2003)
Share of students attending private school
15.8 percent (1999)
Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma
82.4 percent (2006)
Government
State government
Governor
Don Carcieri
(term ends January 2011)
Legislature
Senate, 38 members
House of Representatives, 75 members
National representation
Members of the U.S. Senate
2
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
2
Electoral votes
4
Economy
Gross state product (GSP)
$46 billion (2006)
Income per capita
$34,180 (2004)
GSP by economic sector
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
0.2 percent (2004)
Industry
Construction
5.9 percent (2004)
Manufacturing
11.1 percent (2001)
Mining
0 percent (2004)
Transportation and utilities
3.3 percent (2004)
Services
Finance, insurance, and real estate
26.9 percent (2004)
Government
11.9 percent (2004)
Information technology
4 percent (2004)
Retail trade
6.6 percent (2004)
Wholesale trade
4.9 percent (2004)
Other services
26.5 percent (2004)
Employment
Number of workers
577,000 (2006 estimate)
Unemployment rate
5.1 percent (2006 estimate)
Share of workers in unions
15.9 percent (2005)
Energy, Communications, and Transportation
Electricity production
Share from geothermal, solar, and wind
0 percent (2005 estimate)
Share from hydroelectric
0.1 percent (2005 estimate)
Share from nuclear
0 percent (2004)
Share from thermal
99.9 percent (2005 estimate)
Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people
184 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate)
Share of households with Internet access
55.7 percent (2003 estimate)
Number of library books circulated per resident
6.8 books per person (2002)
Length of highways
10,446 km (2005)
6,491 mi (2005)
Length of interstate highways
114 km (2005)
71 mi (2005)
Length of railroad tracks
164 km (2004)
102 mi (2004)
Airports
1 (2007)
Sources
The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov).
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