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State Senate District 17, RI

27,959 Population
36.1 square miles 775.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 40.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$55,358 ±$5,241 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $45,919 ±$602
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$116,335 ±$5,199 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rhode Island: $86,372 ±$1,274
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

5% ±1.9% (1,386  ±533) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Rhode Island: 10.9% 114,890 (±0.5% / ±4,854)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

25.4 minutes ±2.9 (314,325  ±25,533) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,262,240 (±0.3 / ±179,773)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

10,731 ±542 Number of households
  • Rhode Island: 436,902 ±1,822
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.2 (27,647  ±1,084) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,050,464
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.7% ±2.2% (226  ±139) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rhode Island: 4.6% 11,642 (±0.4% / ±970)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

11,146 ±517 Number of housing units
  • Rhode Island: 484,615 ±142
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$391,600 ±$16,994 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $368,800 ±$2,560
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

8.4% ±2.5% (2,332  ±695.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 121,232 (±0.4% / ±4,620.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

93.7% ±2.5% (18,720  ±1,088.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 89.5% 694,829 (±0.9% / ±6,617.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
46.6% ±2.8% (9,313  ±740.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 37.3% 289,667 (±0.5% / ±4,173.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

7.5% ±1.3% (2,084  ±377) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Rhode Island: 14.8% 162,413
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.2% ±1.6% (1,584  ±356) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rhode Island: 5.4% 47,214 (±0.2% / ±1,530)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,584 Total veterans ±356 1,577 Male ±356 7 Female ±13

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