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Newport County, RI

83,468 Population
102.4 square miles 814.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 41 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$60,055 ±$5,074 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $47,260 ±$1,407
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$99,856 ±$12,561 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $83,504 ±$3,548
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

6.6% ±2% (5,225  ±1,582) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Rhode Island: 12.2% 130,333 (±1.1% / ±11,261)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22 minutes ±3.2 (837,645  ±137,015) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 26.3 13,137,320 (±0.6 / ±405,355)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

38,076 ±1,496 Number of households
  • Rhode Island: 448,318 ±4,122
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (79,456  ±58) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,068,324
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.8% ±2% (417  ±307) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 3.5% † 8,924 (±0.8% / ±1,997)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

43,861 ±38 Number of housing units
  • Rhode Island: 488,011 ±154
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$656,400 ±$52,030 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rhode Island: $455,700 ±$6,647
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.9% ±2.3% (8,221  ±1,892.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.3% 125,111 (±1% / ±11,277.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.1% ±6.2% (61,129  ±4,102.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 90.4% 720,699 (±1.9% / ±14,873.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
52.9% ±4.8% (34,002  ±3,102.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rhode Island: 39% 310,882 (±1.2% / ±9,559.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

8% (6,700  ±1,649) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Rhode Island: 15.7% 174,869
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.6% ±1.3% (5,240  ±874) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 4.8% 43,418 (±0.5% / ±4,110)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,240 Total veterans ±874 5,015 Male ±841 225 Female ±191

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