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Providence, RI

190,791 Population
18.4 square miles 10,365.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 40.8 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 40.8 ±0.3

Economics

$35,867 ±$3,829 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: $45,089 ±$1,045
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rhode Island: $46,525 ±$1,296
$65,206 ±$4,183 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: $83,330 ±$1,936
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rhode Island: $84,972 ±$2,566

17.5% ±3.4% (30,717  ±6,029) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 11.6% 188,309 (±0.8% / ±12,876)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 10.8% 114,412 (±1% / ±10,758)

24.2 minutes ±2 (1,950,160  ±206,512) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 26.9 20,173,156 (±0.6 / ±542,206)
  • a little less than the figure in Rhode Island: 25.6 12,384,490 (±0.6 / ±369,482)

Families

71,374 ±3,500 Number of households
  • the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 677,970 ±5,274
  • Rhode Island: 443,980 ±4,732
2.5 ±0.1 (176,118  ±145) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 2.4 1,619,113 (±0 / ±125)
  • a little higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,051,949

2% ±1.3% (1,048  ±680) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 4.6% † 17,721 (±0.7% / ±2,668)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 4.5% † 11,469 (±0.8% / ±1,971)

Housing

79,562 ±3,597 Number of housing units
  • the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 732,854 ±141
  • Rhode Island: 487,127 ±96

$359,900 ±$24,750 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: $430,200 ±$5,595
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rhode Island: $411,800 ±$7,985

17.5% ±3.4% (33,296  ±6,520.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 10.8% 180,243 (±0.8% / ±13,475.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rhode Island: 10.9% 118,727 (±1% / ±11,317)

Social

79.3% ±4.9% (96,257  ±6,798.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 88.5% 1,062,533 (±1.5% / ±18,282.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 89.6% 704,443 (±1.9% / ±14,981.9)
35.1% ±3.4% (42,628  ±4,442.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 36.4% 436,704 (±1% / ±11,554.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 39.1% 307,099 (±1.2% / ±9,215.8)

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

30.4% ±3.6% (57,980  ±6,764) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 14.5% 243,587
  • more than double the rate in Rhode Island: 14.7% 161,196

1.9% ±0.8% (2,862  ±1,162) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 4.7% 63,630 (±0.3% / ±3,539)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 4.5% 39,550 (±0.3% / ±2,986)
2,862 Total veterans ±1,162 2,270 Male ±1,032 592 Female ±541

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