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Kent County, RI

171,278 Population
168.6 square miles 1,016.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 40.8 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$50,140 ±$2,624 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $46,525 ±$1,296
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$91,821 ±$6,568 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $84,972 ±$2,566
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

8.7% ±2.1% (14,670  ±3,489) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 10.8% 114,412 (±1% / ±10,758)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.2 minutes ±0.7 (1,997,575  ±68,145) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,262,240 (±0.3 / ±179,773)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

73,493 ±1,293 Number of households
  • Rhode Island: 443,980 ±4,732
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0 (169,223  ±63) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,051,949
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.7% ±2.2% (2,523  ±842) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 4.5% † 11,469 (±0.8% / ±1,971)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

76,747 ±44 Number of housing units
  • Rhode Island: 487,127 ±96
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$366,800 ±$11,619 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rhode Island: $411,800 ±$7,985
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.5% ±2.1% (16,092  ±3,491.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 10.9% 118,727 (±1% / ±11,317)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92.5% ±4.5% (120,462  ±5,878.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 89.6% 704,443 (±1.9% / ±14,981.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
39% ±2.7% (50,794  ±3,576.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rhode Island: 39.1% 307,099 (±1.2% / ±9,215.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.2% (10,602  ±1,850) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 14.7% 161,196
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.9% ±1.1% (8,262  ±1,553) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rhode Island: 4.5% 39,550 (±0.3% / ±2,986)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
8,262 Total veterans ±1,553 7,821 Male ±1,511 441 Female ±312

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