Kent County, Rhode Island (RI)

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• • 142,85383.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 12,3717.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 9,5325.6%Two or more races
  • 3,9622.3%Asian alone
  • 2,1531.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4040.2%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $398,338

Here:	$398,338
State:	$445,354

Townhouses or other attached units: $357,193

Here:	$357,193
State:	$371,092

In 2-unit structures: $303,020

Here:	$303,020
State:	$317,098

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $233,611

Here:	$233,611
State:	$315,052

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $254,381

Here:	$254,381
State:	$291,252

Mobile homes: $77,021

Here:	$77,021
State:	$105,454

Health of residents in Kent County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2021:

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

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $4,664 (1.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $4,254 (1.3%)

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.

2023 air pollution in Kent County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.034 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 5.0 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Below 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: 93.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 34.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 10,285 (61.2% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 3,4282010 or later
• 2,2202000 to 2009
• 1,9811990 to 1999
• 1,4751980 to 1989
• 1,8581970 to 1979
• 3,064Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 93.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 52,362
• One, attached: 2,740
• Two: 3,681
• 3 or 4: 2,934
• 5 to 9: 2,986
• 10 to 19: 3,734
• 20 to 49: 1,619
• 50 or more: 4,895
• Mobile homes: 1,519
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 94

Housing units in Kent County with a mortgage: 37,510 (5,165 second mortgage, 223 home equity loan, 4,432 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,177

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.

7.35% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($69,194 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.80% relocated from other counties in Rhode Island ($41,716 average AGI)
2.55% relocated from other states ($27,477 average AGI)

Kent County:	2.55%
Rhode Island average:	3.82%

from Providence County, RI	3.62% ($60,324 average AGI)
from Washington County, RI	0.82% ($76,372)
from Bristol County, MA	0.29% ($59,616)
from Newport County, RI	0.24% ($81,903)
from Bristol County, RI	0.12% ($47,326)
from Suffolk County, MA	0.11% ($104,542)
from Middlesex County, MA	0.09% ($109,609)

6.57% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($72,761 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.68% relocated to other counties in Rhode Island ($36,740 average AGI)
2.88% relocated to other states ($36,021 average AGI)

Kent County:	2.88%
Rhode Island average:	3.82%

to Providence County, RI	2.61% ($57,873 average AGI)
to Washington County, RI	0.85% ($74,348)
to Bristol County, MA	0.20% ($62,536)
to Windham County, CT	0.16% ($71,322)
to New London County, CT	0.14% ($58,491)
to Newport County, RI	0.13% ($159,020)
to Bristol County, RI	0.10% ($65,608)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.5
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2022: 7.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 10.7

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: 33,230 (9,902 living alone), Female householders: 40,042 (11,804 living alone)

• 32,180 spouses (31,708 opposite-sex spouses), 7,566 unmarried partners, (7,000 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 43,231 children (39,351 natural, 904 adopted, 2,976 stepchildren), 4,036 grandchildren, 1,748 brothers or sisters, 2,348 parents, 80 foster children, 1,349 other relatives, 3,356 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 2,109

Size of family households: 20,759 2-persons, 10,329 3-persons, 9,157 4-persons, 4,221 5-persons, 853 6-persons, 700 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 21,706 1-person, 5,058 2-persons, 344 3-persons, 145 4-persons.

19,321 married couples with children.
7,869 single-parent households (2,093 men, 5,776 women).

91.4% of residents of Kent speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).

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
• 1862020 or later
• 3,0512010 to 2019
• 3,8672000 to 2009
• 6,4791990 to 1999
• 12,9511980 to 1989
• 10,6711970 to 1979
• 9,4581960 to 1969
• 11,3931950 to 1959
• 5,6971940 to 1949
• 12,8111939 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
• 5671 room
• 02 rooms
• 1,9433 rooms
• 5,5284 rooms
• 10,7265 rooms
• 13,5836 rooms
• 8,0967 rooms
• 7,5038 rooms
• 7,8999+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kent County, Rhode Island
• 4691 room
• 1,0722 rooms
• 7,5253 rooms
• 3,2794 rooms
• 3,0195 rooms
• 1,3416 rooms
• 5627 rooms
• 08 rooms
• 1609+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Kent County, Rhode Island

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Kent County, Rhode Island
• 567no bedroom
• 1,8941 bedroom
• 13,4052 bedrooms
• 27,6603 bedrooms
• 10,8614 bedrooms
• 1,4585+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kent County, Rhode Island
• 697no bedroom
• 8,6601 bedroom
• 5,4472 bedrooms
• 2,3073 bedrooms
• 1824 bedrooms
• 1345+ 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
• 1,388no vehicle
• 17,0921 vehicle
• 22,1502 vehicles
• 10,4993 vehicles
• 3,7114 vehicles
• 1,0055+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Kent County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,983no vehicle
• 9,5681 vehicle
• 4,3222 vehicles
• 4363 vehicles
• 1184 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

91.4% of Kent County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Rhode Island.

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

• This state: 114,917
• Other state: 43,057
• Northeast: 26,884
• Midwest: 3,833
• South: 6,942
• West: 5,398

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)"