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Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area

1,673,802 Population
1,587 square miles 1,054.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Rhode Island: 40.7 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$43,927 ±$968 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Rhode Island: $44,538 ±$1,316
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$81,784 ±$2,021 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Rhode Island: $81,854 ±$2,182
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

11% ±0.8% (178,889  ±13,363) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Rhode Island: 10.8% † 113,878 (±1.1% / ±12,002)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

26.4 minutes ±0.5 (19,500,440  ±436,715) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 25.4 12,099,915 (±0.5 / ±336,222)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

679,882 ±4,353 Number of households
  • Rhode Island: 446,688 ±3,663
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0 (1,615,563  ±276) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 † 1,049,452 (±1,243.7 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

4.8% ±0.6% (18,832  ±2,302) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 4.4% † 11,327 (±0.8% / ±2,157)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

731,061 ±157 Number of housing units
  • Rhode Island: 486,017 ±80
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$398,300 ±$4,817 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $383,900 ±$4,796
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

10.2% ±0.7% (168,306  ±11,244.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Rhode Island: 10.7% 116,170 (±0.9% / ±9,320)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

89.2% ±1.5% (1,061,381  ±17,737.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rhode Island: 90.5% 704,199 (±1.9% / ±15,172.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
36.7% ±1% (436,175  ±11,845) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 39.6% 308,412 (±1.3% / ±10,139.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

21.5% ±0.7% (342,795  ±10,924.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about the same as the rate in Rhode Island: 22% 228,819 (±0.8% / ±8,265.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±203,206.2)

14.2% ±4,705.7% (237,303  ±9,670) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Rhode Island: 14.4% † 157,594 (±7,318.9% / ±7,827)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

5.2% ±0.4% (69,428  ±4,802) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Rhode Island: 5.3% 46,656 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
69,428 Total veterans ±4,802 64,413 Male ±4,580 5,015 Female ±1,265

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