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Foster is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island. It is part of the Providence-New Bedford-Fall River Metro Area. It was settled by European migrants during the seventeenth century, and incorporated as a part of Scituate in 1730. It was split into a separate town in 1781. It has a total area of 51.9 square miles. 51.1 square miles of the area is land, and the rest is water.
Construction, public administration and healthcare are the major commercial activities here. Foster Town House is a local attraction. The town also has one of the two covered bridges in the state, the Swamp Meadow Covered Bridge. Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School is the local public school. The closest hospital is Southampton Hospital, located about 72 miles away in Southampton, New York. The cost of living here is 33.70% higher than the country average.
This place gets about 53 inches of rain annually. The number of days with measurable precipitation is 132. Snowfall is about 57 inches annually.
| Label | Estimate | Margin of Error | Percent | Percent Margin of Error |
 SEX AND AGE |
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| Total population |
276 | ±116 | 276 | (x) |
| Male | 139 | ±74 | 50% | ±15 |
| Female | 137 | ±69 | 50% | ±15 |
| Sex ratio (males per 100 females) | 102 | ±65 | (x) | (x) |
| Under 5 years | 20 | ±21 | 7% | ±6 |
| 5 to 9 years | 13 | ±21 | 5% | ±7 |
| 10 to 14 years | 7 | ±12 | 3% | ±4 |
| 15 to 19 years | 9 | ±16 | 3% | ±5 |
| 20 to 24 years | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| 25 to 34 years | 40 | ±35 | 15% | ±11 |
| 35 to 44 years | 33 | ±32 | 12% | ±10 |
| 45 to 54 years | 27 | ±28 | 10% | ±9 |
| 55 to 59 years | 10 | ±15 | 4% | ±6 |
| 60 to 64 years | 7 | ±12 | 3% | ±4 |
| 65 to 74 years | 23 | ±25 | 8% | ±8 |
| 75 to 84 years | 60 | ±52 | 22% | ±17 |
| 85 years and over | 27 | ±32 | 10% | ±11 |
| Median age (years) | 47 | ±26 | (x) | (x) |
| Under 18 years | 49 | ±45 | 18% | ±13 |
| 16 years and over | 227 | ±92 | 82% | ±13 |
| 18 years and over | 227 | ±92 | 82% | ±13 |
| 21 years and over | 227 | ±92 | 82% | ±13 |
| 62 years and over | 110 | ±70 | 40% | ±21 |
| 65 years and over | 110 | ±70 | 40% | ±21 |
| 18 years and over |
227 | ±92 | 227 | (x) |
| Male | 104 | ±57 | 46% | ±17 |
| Female | 123 | ±63 | 54% | ±17 |
| Sex ratio (males per 100 females) | 85 | ±61 | (x) | (x) |
| 65 years and over |
110 | ±70 | 110 | (x) |
| Male | 58 | ±53 | 53% | ±34 |
| Female | 52 | ±46 | 47% | ±34 |
| Sex ratio (males per 100 females) | 112 | ±203 | (x) | (x) |
| RACE |
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| Total population |
276 | ±116 | 276 | (x) |
| One race | 276 | ±116 | 100 | ±15 |
| Two or more races | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| One race |
276 | ±116 | 100 | ±15 |
| White | 276 | ±116 | 100 | ±15 |
| Black or African American | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native |
0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Cherokee tribal grouping | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Chippewa tribal grouping | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Navajo tribal grouping | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Sioux tribal grouping | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Asian |
0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Asian Indian | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Chinese | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Filipino | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Japanese | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Korean | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Vietnamese | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Other Asian | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Native Hawaiian | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Chamorro | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Samoan | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Other Pacific Islander | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Some other race | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Two or more races |
0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| White and Black or African American | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| White and American Indian and Alaska Native | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| White and Asian | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Black or African American and American Indian and Alaska Native | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Race alone or in combination with one or more other races |
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| Total population |
276 | ±116 | 276 | (x) |
| White | 276 | ±116 | 100 | ±15 |
| Black or African American | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Asian | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Some other race | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE |
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| Total population |
276 | ±116 | 276 | (x) |
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) |
0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Mexican | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Puerto Rican | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Cuban | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Other Hispanic or Latino | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino |
276 | ±116 | 100 | ±15 |
| White alone | 276 | ±116 | 100 | ±15 |
| Black or African American alone | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native alone | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Asian alone | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Some other race alone | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Two or more races |
0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Two races including Some other race | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races | 0 | ±14 | 0% | ±15 |
| Total housing units | 172 | ±75 | (x) | (x) |
| CITIZEN, VOTING AGE POPULATION |
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| Citizen, 18 and over population |
227 | ±92 | 227 | (x) |
| Male | 104 | ±57 | 46% | ±17 |
| Female | 123 | ±63 | 54% | ±17 |
