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Providence County, RI

660,615 Population
409.5 square miles 1,613.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Rhode Island: 40.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,359 ±$1,673 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rhode Island: $46,525 ±$1,296
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$77,170 ±$4,388 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rhode Island: $84,972 ±$2,566
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.9% ±1.4% (75,364  ±8,627) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 10.8% 114,412 (±1% / ±10,758)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

26.1 minutes ±0.8 (7,559,355  ±300,863) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Rhode Island: 25.6 12,384,490 (±0.6 / ±369,482)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

259,528 ±3,029 Number of households
  • Rhode Island: 443,980 ±4,732
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (633,686  ±160) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,051,949
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.4% ±1.1% (6,998  ±1,762) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Rhode Island: 4.5% † 11,469 (±0.8% / ±1,971)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

278,242 ±95 Number of housing units
  • Rhode Island: 487,127 ±96
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$377,700 ±$7,462 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

11.8% ±1.5% (77,535  ±9,891.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 10.9% 118,727 (±1% / ±11,317)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

86.4% ±2.6% (399,480  ±11,941.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Rhode Island: 89.6% 704,443 (±1.9% / ±14,981.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
33.3% ±1.6% (154,141  ±7,463.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 39.1% 307,099 (±1.2% / ±9,215.8)
  • about 90 percent of 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

20.5% (135,154  ±8,038) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rhode Island: 14.7% 161,196
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

3.4% ±0.4% (18,158  ±2,167) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rhode Island: 4.5% 39,550 (±0.3% / ±2,986)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
18,158 Total veterans ±2,167 15,775 Male ±2,052 2,383 Female ±1,090

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