USA: Rhode Island

Contents: Counties and Towns

The population of all counties and towns in Rhode Island according to census results.

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Name	Status	Population Census 1990-04-01	Population Census 2000-04-01	Population Census 2010-04-01	Population Census 2020-04-01	Population Estimate 2023-07-01
Bristol	County	48,859	50,648	49,875	50,789	50,255	→
Barrington	Town	15,848	16,827	16,281	17,153	17,061	→
Bristol	Town	21,626	22,489	22,920	22,488	22,069	→
Warren	Town	11,385	11,337	10,641	11,148	11,125	→
Kent	County	161,135	167,090	166,158	170,360	171,278	→
Coventry	Town	31,399	34,020	34,698	35,708	35,819	→
East Greenwich	Town	11,751	12,899	13,129	14,302	14,626	→
Warwick	City	85,540	85,858	82,687	82,829	82,999	→
West Greenwich	Town	3,481	5,093	6,141	6,528	6,683	→
West Warwick	Town	29,267	29,350	29,454	30,993	31,151	→
Newport	County	87,194	85,433	82,888	85,649	83,832	→
Jamestown	Town	5,579	5,622	5,405	5,552	5,488	→
Little Compton	Town	3,353	3,592	3,491	3,616	3,557	→
Middletown	Town	19,252	17,341	16,144	17,081	16,588	→
Newport	City	28,447	26,470	24,924	25,168	24,717	→
Portsmouth	Town	16,844	17,143	17,396	17,868	17,447	→
Tiverton	Town	14,298	15,274	15,781	16,364	16,035	→
Providence	County	596,270	621,602	626,667	660,728	660,615	→
Burrillville	Town	16,177	15,736	15,958	16,148	16,393	→
Central Falls	City	17,857	18,981	19,408	22,582	22,543	→
Cranston	City	76,256	79,310	80,666	82,930	82,635	→
Cumberland	Town	29,382	31,841	33,511	36,404	36,591	→
East Providence	City	50,460	48,705	47,071	47,131	46,900	→
Foster	Town	4,324	4,285	4,603	4,469	4,493	→
Glocester	Town	9,246	9,918	9,751	9,979	10,200	→
Johnston	Town	25,979	28,169	28,813	29,576	29,679	→
Lincoln	Town	17,688	20,864	21,052	22,518	22,846	→
North Providence	Town	32,542	32,462	32,151	34,127	33,902	→
North Smithfield	Town	10,497	10,682	11,969	12,591	12,601	→
Pawtucket	City	72,531	72,862	71,160	75,608	75,321	→
Providence	City	160,591	173,525	177,732	190,931	190,792	→
Scituate	Town	9,761	10,186	10,384	10,383	10,494	→
Smithfield	Town	19,163	20,656	21,365	22,127	22,090	→
Woonsocket	City	44,305	43,222	41,202	43,224	43,135	→
Washington	County	110,006	123,546	126,979	129,845	129,982	→
Charlestown	Town	6,474	7,856	7,847	7,997	8,036	→
Exeter	Town	5,342	6,074	6,414	6,461	6,581	→
Hopkinton	Town	6,952	7,800	8,177	8,397	8,400	→
Narragansett	Town	15,008	16,344	15,893	14,532	14,409	→
New Shoreham	Town	836	1,008	1,051	1,404	1,404	→
North Kingstown	Town	23,822	26,295	26,620	27,739	27,771	→
Richmond	Town	5,353	7,313	7,708	8,025	8,133	→
South Kingstown	Town	24,606	27,879	30,602	31,936	32,025	→
Westerly	Town	21,605	22,971	22,770	23,354	23,223	→
Rhode Island	State	1,003,464	1,048,319	1,052,567	1,097,371	1,095,962

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Explanation: Latest available rebased population figures are used. In case of significant changes, they were recalculated by using census block data.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2020)
Males	531,730
Females	565,649

Age Groups (C 2020)
0-17 years	209,785
18-64 years	687,133
65+ years	200,461

Age Distribution (C 2020)
80+ years	49,233
70-79 years	85,980
60-69 years	143,215
50-59 years	152,478
40-49 years	125,214
30-39 years	143,027
20-29 years	150,990
10-19 years	139,073
0-9 years	108,169

Urbanization (C 2020)
Rural	98,188
Urban	999,191

»Race« (C 2020)
White	782,920
Black/African American	62,168
Indigenous	7,385
Asian	38,961
Pacific Islander	536
Some other	103,615
2 or more	101,794

Ethnicity (C 2020)
Hispanic or Latino	182,101
Other	915,278