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Providence city, Providence County, RI

194,710 Population
18.4 square miles 10,578.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Providence County: 38.7 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 41 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,453 ±$3,064 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Providence County: $40,514 ±$1,562
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rhode Island: $47,260 ±$1,407
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$61,797 ±$4,945 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Providence County: $73,977 ±$3,314
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rhode Island: $83,504 ±$3,548
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

25.9% ±4.7% (46,979  ±8,483) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Providence County: 15.5% † 100,886 (±1.7% / ±11,144)
  • more than double the rate in Rhode Island: 12.2% 130,333 (±1.1% / ±11,261)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24 minutes ±0.9 (1,938,000  ±153,750) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Providence County: 26.8 8,025,055 (±0.8 / ±313,945)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 26.3 13,137,320 (±0.6 / ±405,355)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

73,854 ±3,153 Number of households
  • Providence County: 263,298 ±2,311
  • Rhode Island: 448,318 ±4,122
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (181,149  ±138) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Providence County: 2.5 649,302 (±0 / ±165)
  • a little higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,068,324
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.9% ±1.5% (1,580  ±809) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Providence County: 4.1% † 6,815 (±1.1% / ±1,798)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 3.5% † 8,924 (±0.8% / ±1,997)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

81,131 ±3,473 Number of housing units
  • Providence County: 278,582 ±155
  • Rhode Island: 488,011 ±154
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$413,800 ±$29,941 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Providence County: $422,000 ±$8,770
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rhode Island: $455,700 ±$6,647
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.9% ±2.9% (32,637  ±5,680.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Providence County: 12.9% † 86,305 (±1.4% / ±9,614.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 11.3% 125,111 (±1% / ±11,277.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

83.8% ±4.4% (104,659  ±6,645.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Providence County: 87.3% 413,020 (±2.4% / ±11,263.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 90.4% 720,699 (±1.9% / ±14,873.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
34% ±3.1% (42,416  ±4,148.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Providence County: 33.2% 156,896 (±1.4% / ±6,806.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 39% 310,882 (±1.2% / ±9,559.2)
  • about 90 percent of 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

33.1% ±3.8% (64,489  ±7,451) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Providence County: 21.4% 144,837
  • more than double the rate in Rhode Island: 15.7% 174,869
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.3% ±0.9% (3,560  ±1,331) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Providence County: 3.6% † 19,717 (±0.6% / ±3,172)
  • about half the rate in Rhode Island: 4.8% 43,418 (±0.5% / ±4,110)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,560 Total veterans ±1,331 3,188 Male ±1,301 372 Female ±319

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