Lincoln (Rhode Island)

Providence County

44-41500

Lincoln is a town in Providence County, Rhode Iceland, United States. The population was 21,105 in the census in 2010. Lincoln is located north of Providence in northeastern Rhode Island.

Geography

The city has an area of 49.1 km ². In the urban area, the Lincoln Woods State Park and several National Register of Historic Places is located.

Demography

Data obtained from the census in 2010 21.105 inhabitants of Lincoln lived in 8,465 households; among them were 5,718 families. The population density was 443 per km ². In place 9,062 residential units were recorded. Among the population was 93.5 % White, 2.6% African American, 3.3 % Asian and 0.7 % of other ethnic groups; 2.1 % reported belonging to several ethnic groups.

Among the 8,465 households 31.9% had children under the age of 18; 52.2 % were married couples living together. 27.3 % of households were single-person households. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size 3.03.

The median household income was $ 61,257 in 2000 $ 47,815, the median family income. The per capita income in Lincoln was $ 26,779. Under the poverty line lived 5.2% of the population.

History

Lincoln was founded in the 1600s, and several colonial Stone Ender ( a Rhode Iceland - style, in which a wall of a large brick fireplace existed ) were built in the city. One example is the Valentine Whitman Jr. House of 1694th The limestone mining here since colonial times used in Limerock. Lincoln was until the end of the 1800s a part of Smithfield.

The city itself was founded in 1871 and named in honor of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was an important city in the late 1800s with many textile mills, which are located along the Blackstone River.