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Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area

1,675,774 Population
1,587 square miles 1,055.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Rhode Island: 40.6 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$39,771 ±$946 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Rhode Island: $40,382 ±$1,186
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$73,788 ±$2,322 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Rhode Island: $74,008 ±$2,381
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

11.6% ±0.8% (188,202  ±12,628) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Rhode Island: 11.4% 120,055 (±0.8% / ±8,450)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

25.6 minutes ±0.3 (17,504,040  ±424,643) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 24.8 10,894,535 (±0.5 / ±337,603)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

673,701 ±4,598 Number of households
  • Rhode Island: 440,170 ±4,169
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0 (1,619,892  ±1,974) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,053,814 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.6% ±0.7% (17,915  ±2,725) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Rhode Island: 4.6% † 11,618 (±0.9% / ±2,279)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

729,154 ±820 Number of housing units
  • Rhode Island: 484,925 ±184
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$364,000 ±$4,136 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $348,100 ±$5,126
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

11% ±0.7% (182,160  ±11,720.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Rhode Island: 11.6% 126,399 (±0.9% / ±9,662.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

87.7% ±1.4% (1,038,440  ±16,195.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rhode Island: 89.1% 689,448 (±1.7% / ±13,324.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
34.1% ±0.9% (403,245  ±10,306.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 36.5% 282,326 (±1.1% / ±8,309.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

22% ±0.7% (349,919  ±11,549.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about the same as the rate in Rhode Island: 21.9% 228,450 (±0.9% / ±9,308.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

14.2% ±0.6% (238,492  ±9,569) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Rhode Island: 14.5% 159,304 (±0.7% / ±7,714)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

5.3% ±0.3% (71,746  ±3,999) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Rhode Island: 5.6% 49,206 (±0.4% / ±3,173)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
71,746 Total veterans ±3,999 67,332 Male ±3,765 4,414 Female ±1,318

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