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Rhode IslandThe population of Rhode Island is estimated to be 1,076,189 (in the year 2005) with 551,314 estimated to be a part of the labor force. The median household income is $48,722 with a per capita income of $25,087. Rhodes Island is the smallest state in the U.S. with every point in the state being within 30 miles of sea water. It is bordered on the north and east by Massachusetts, on the west by Connecticut, and on the south by Rhode Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. It shares a water border with New York. Rhode Island is mostly flat with no real mountains. Rhode Island's agricultural outputs are nursery stock, vegetables, dairy products, and eggs. Its industrial outputs are fashion jewelry, fabricated metal products, electric equipment, machinery, shipbuilding and boatbuilding, and tourism. Perhaps due to its large percentage of Italian and Portuguese residents, cooking and food are very important to Rhode Islanders. Excellent Italian and seafood dishes are prepared in hundreds of restaurants throughout the state. Rhode Islanders have a particular fascination with coffee. There are coffee shops on almost every corner and more coffee ice cream is sold here per-capita than any other state. The Official State drink of Rhode Island is coffee milk, a beverage created by mixing milk with coffee syrup. This unique syrup was invented in the state and is bottled and sold in most Rhode Island supermarkets (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island). For more information on Rhode Island, please see the following links: |
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