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Bristol County, RI

50,490 Population
24.1 square miles 2,092.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 40.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$61,409 ±$2,319 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Rhode Island: $47,150 ±$573
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$114,490 ±$5,860 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Rhode Island: $87,796 ±$1,209
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.5% ±1.2% (3,075  ±571) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 118,364 (±0.4% / ±4,269)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.4 minutes ±1.4 (569,010  ±36,619) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,151,820 (±0.2 / ±166,081)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

20,104 ±322 Number of households
  • Rhode Island: 441,570 ±1,908
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0 (46,849  ±62) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,057,168
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±1.7% (463  ±192) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 4.5% 11,505 (±0.4% / ±892)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

21,615 ±68 Number of housing units
  • Rhode Island: 485,932 ±179
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$513,800 ±$22,475 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $404,200 ±$4,032
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.8% ±1.3% (4,894  ±668.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.1% 120,772 (±0.4% / ±4,702.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.6% ±3.6% (33,584  ±1,290.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 89.7% 703,088 (±0.9% / ±6,849.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
53% ±2.4% (19,011  ±869.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rhode Island: 37.7% 295,838 (±0.6% / ±4,306.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

9.7% (4,891  ±694) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 15.3% 168,502
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±0.7% (2,181  ±276) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 5.1% 45,406 (±0.2% / ±1,802)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,181 Total veterans ±276 2,033 Male ±280 148 Female ±83

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