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Providence County, RI

675,912 Population
409.5 square miles 1,650.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Rhode Island: 41 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,514 ±$1,562 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rhode Island: $47,260 ±$1,407
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$73,977 ±$3,314 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rhode Island: $83,504 ±$3,548
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.5% ±1.7% (100,886  ±11,144) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rhode Island: 12.2% 130,333 (±1.1% / ±11,261)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.8 minutes ±0.8 (8,025,055  ±313,945) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Rhode Island: 26.3 13,137,320 (±0.6 / ±405,355)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

263,298 ±2,311 Number of households
  • Rhode Island: 448,318 ±4,122
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (649,302  ±165) Persons per household
  • 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

4.1% ±1.1% (6,815  ±1,798) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 3.5% † 8,924 (±0.8% / ±1,997)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

278,582 ±155 Number of housing units
  • Rhode Island: 488,011 ±154
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$422,000 ±$8,770 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • 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

12.9% ±1.4% (86,305  ±9,614.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 11.3% 125,111 (±1% / ±11,277.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.3% ±2.4% (413,020  ±11,263.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Rhode Island: 90.4% 720,699 (±1.9% / ±14,873.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
33.2% ±1.4% (156,896  ±6,806.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 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

21.4% (144,837  ±11,130) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rhode Island: 15.7% 174,869
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.6% ±0.6% (19,717  ±3,172) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rhode Island: 4.8% 43,418 (±0.5% / ±4,110)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
19,717 Total veterans ±3,172 17,400 Male ±3,084 2,317 Female ±914

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