Kent County, Rhode Island (RI)

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• • 142,53985.3%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 9,2955.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 5,1833.1%Asian alone
  • 2,8651.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,6491.6%Two or more races
  • 1,1970.7%Some other race alone
  • 5640.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $291,583

Here:	$291,583
State:	$332,629

Townhouses or other attached units: $265,041

Here:	$265,041
State:	$292,863

In 2-unit structures: $173,441

Here:	$173,441
State:	$235,832

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $354,254

Here:	$354,254
State:	$223,702

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $240,783

Here:	$240,783
State:	$220,188

Mobile homes: $65,138

Here:	$65,138
State:	$68,482

Health of residents in Kent County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

Health of residents in Kent County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $4,491 (1.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $4,364 (1.7%)

Area name: Providence-Fall River, RI-MA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Kent County is $827 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $965 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1155 a month.

Cities in this county include: Warwick, Coventry, West Warwick, East Greenwich, West Greenwich, Greene.

2018 air pollution in Kent County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.030 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 6.1 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Dukes County, Massachusetts , Norfolk County, Massachusetts , Elkhart County, Indiana , Weber County, Utah , St. Joseph County, Indiana , St. Joseph County, Michigan .

Current college students: 8,945
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 32.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 11,594 (66.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2,2182010 or later
• 1,4432000 to 2009
• 2,1041990 to 1999
• 1,4751980 to 1989
• 1,8581970 to 1979
• 3,064Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 49.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 49,355
• One, attached: 2,729
• Two: 4,706
• 3 or 4: 3,461
• 5 to 9: 2,705
• 10 to 19: 2,898
• 20 to 49: 2,651
• 50 or more: 5,149
• Mobile homes: 926
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 53

Housing units in Kent County with a mortgage: 33,551 (1,745 second mortgage, 4,837 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 14,712

Religion statistics for Kent County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Kent County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Rhode Island Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4505, Natural disaster type: Other
• Rhode Island Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: January 26, 2015 to January 29, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4212: April 03, 2015, FEMA Id: 4212, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Rhode Island Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: February 08, 2013 to February 10, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4107: March 22, 2013, FEMA Id: 4107, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Rhode Island Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3355: October 29, 2012, FEMA Id: 3355, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Rhode Island Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to October 31, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4089: November 03, 2012, FEMA Id: 4089, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Rhode Island Tropical Storm Irene, Incident Period: August 27, 2011 to August 29, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4027: September 03, 2011, FEMA Id: 4027, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Rhode Island Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 26, 2011 to August 29, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3334: August 27, 2011, FEMA Id: 3334, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Rhode Island Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: March 12, 2010 to April 12, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1894: March 29, 2010, FEMA Id: 1894, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Rhode Island Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: March 12, 2010 to April 12, 2010, Emergency Declared EM-3311: March 30, 2010, FEMA Id: 3311, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Rhode Island Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3255: September 19, 2005, FEMA Id: 3255, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 7 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.57% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($58,537 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.49% relocated from other counties in Rhode Island ($37,496 average AGI)
2.08% relocated from other states ($21,040 average AGI)

Kent County:	2.08%
Rhode Island average:	3.13%

from Providence County, RI	3.36% ($53,571 average AGI)
from Washington County, RI	0.89% ($54,180)
from Bristol County, MA	0.18% ($55,444)
from Newport County, RI	0.14% ($53,288)
from Bristol County, RI	0.10% ($106,849)
from Norfolk County, MA	0.09% ($70,523)
from Middlesex County, MA	0.07% ($73,019)

6.36% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($63,894 average adjusted gross income)

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($277 average AGI)

Kent County:	0.03%
Rhode Island average:	0.07%

3.69% relocated to other counties in Rhode Island ($33,103 average AGI)
2.63% relocated to other states ($30,513 average AGI)

Kent County:	2.63%
Rhode Island average:	3.55%

to Providence County, RI	2.59% ($49,544 average AGI)
to Washington County, RI	0.92% ($73,914)
to Bristol County, MA	0.18% ($65,705)
to Newport County, RI	0.12% ($89,632)
to Norfolk County, MA	0.09% ($91,591)
to Middlesex County, MA	0.08% ($87,690)
to Suffolk County, MA	0.08% ($57,161)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.8
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.6

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 10.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.6

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Kent County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 4%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 33,422 (8,092 living alone), Female householders: 36,744 (12,983 living alone)

• 32,093 spouses (31,921 opposite-sex spouses), 5,397 unmarried partners, (5,074 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 41,876 children (39,190 natural, 1,499 adopted, 1,187 stepchildren), 4,442 grandchildren, 996 brothers or sisters, 1,553 parents, 194 foster children, 2,818 other relatives, 3,752 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,005

Size of family households: 19,246 2-persons, 11,692 3-persons, 7,296 4-persons, 3,440 5-persons, 1,002 6-persons, 427 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 21,075 1-person, 5,656 2-persons, 332 3-persons.

18,208 married couples with children.
6,813 single-parent households (1,501 men, 5,312 women).

90.5% of residents of Kent speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $963,711,000 ($5,599 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $42,335,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $456,332,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $252,158,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,760,000
Federal grants: $166,212,000
Federal procurement contracts: $14,552,000 ($4,629,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $72,698,000 ($20,557,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,617,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $89,565,000
Federal Government insurance: $281,531,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+18 per 1000 residents
State:	-5 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.38 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Kent County, Rhode Island
• 5382014 or later
• 5532010 to 2013
• 3,5742000 to 2009
• 4,9391990 to 1999
• 9,4821980 to 1989
• 10,8091970 to 1979
• 10,1641960 to 1969
• 10,6821950 to 1959
• 5,2471940 to 1949
• 18,6451939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Kent County, Rhode Island

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Kent County, Rhode Island
• 01 room
• 2372 rooms
• 1,5603 rooms
• 4,1784 rooms
• 10,8405 rooms
• 10,4456 rooms
• 8,8977 rooms
• 5,0118 rooms
• 7,0959+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kent County, Rhode Island
• 1,3931 room
• 1,3632 rooms
• 7,0263 rooms
• 5,9914 rooms
• 3,2065 rooms
• 2,1306 rooms
• 3317 rooms
• 3298 rooms
• 1349+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Kent County, Rhode Island

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Kent County, Rhode Island
• 129no bedroom
• 1,2301 bedroom
• 12,3412 bedrooms
• 24,7173 bedrooms
• 8,2234 bedrooms
• 1,6235+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kent County, Rhode Island
• 1,484no bedroom
• 9,1861 bedroom
• 6,9342 bedrooms
• 3,6963 bedrooms
• 6034 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Kent County, Rhode Island in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Kent County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 1,288no vehicle
• 12,9721 vehicle
• 21,5522 vehicles
• 8,9483 vehicles
• 2,6694 vehicles
• 8345+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Kent County in renter-occupied apartments
• 4,583no vehicle
• 10,5281 vehicle
• 5,5782 vehicles
• 8843 vehicles
• 2774 vehicles
• 535+ vehicles

90.4% of Kent County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Rhode Island.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 113,732
• Other state: 36,407
• Northeast: 24,773
• Midwest: 3,184
• South: 5,118
• West: 3,332

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 3,115
• Number of aged recipients: 301
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,814
• Number of recipients under 18: 328
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,180
• Number of recipients older than 64: 607
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,392
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,436

Kent County on our top lists:

• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #8 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #14 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
• #17 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #30 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #30 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
• #32 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"
• #33 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #33 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #58 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"