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Kent County, RI

172,450 Population
168.6 square miles 1,023 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 41 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$52,768 ±$4,073 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $47,260 ±$1,407
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$96,090 ±$13,521 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $83,504 ±$3,548
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.6% ±2.1% (12,922  ±3,514) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 12.2% 130,333 (±1.1% / ±11,261)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.1 minutes ±0.6 (1,978,510  ±63,734) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,151,820 (±0.2 / ±166,081)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

72,403 ±1,603 Number of households
  • Rhode Island: 448,318 ±4,122
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (170,081  ±70) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,068,324
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.2% ±1.2% (806  ±430) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 3.5% † 8,924 (±0.8% / ±1,997)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

76,913 ±39 Number of housing units
  • Rhode Island: 488,011 ±154
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$408,300 ±$19,714 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rhode Island: $455,700 ±$6,647
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9% ±2.6% (15,483  ±4,374.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.3% 125,111 (±1% / ±11,277.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.7% ±4.6% (122,145  ±6,076.7) 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)
35% ±2.8% (45,626  ±3,702) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 39% 310,882 (±1.2% / ±9,559.2)
  • a little less than 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

6.7% (11,498  ±2,140) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 15.7% 174,869
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.1% ±1.1% (8,676  ±1,600) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 4.8% 43,418 (±0.5% / ±4,110)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,676 Total veterans ±1,600 7,874 Male ±1,440 802 Female ±531

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