Washington County, Rhode Island (RI)

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• • 115,73188.8%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4,9483.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 4,6713.6%Two or more races
  • 2,9812.3%Asian alone
  • 1,5241.2%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3520.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1230.09%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $602,530

Here:	$602,530
State:	$445,354

Townhouses or other attached units: $477,043

Here:	$477,043
State:	$371,092

In 2-unit structures: $442,161

Here:	$442,161
State:	$317,098

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $386,238

Here:	$386,238
State:	$315,052

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $205,983

Here:	$205,983
State:	$291,252

Mobile homes: $109,666

Here:	$109,666
State:	$105,454

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $1,692,776

Here:	$1,692,776
State:	$1,908,485

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

Health of residents in Washington 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: $4,546 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $5,213 (1.0%)

Area name: Providence-Fall River, RI-MA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Washington 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: South Kingstown, North Kingstown, Westerly, Narragansett, Wakefield-Peacedale, Charlestown, Hopkinton, Richmond, Exeter, Kingston.

2023 air pollution in Washington County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.041 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Above 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: Jackson County, Colorado , Huntington County, Indiana , Siskiyou County, California , Polk County, Nebraska , Saunders County, Nebraska .

Current college students: 12,971
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 96.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 56.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 4,769 (73.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2,0202010 or later
• 9872000 to 2009
• 7941990 to 1999
• 1,1631980 to 1989
• 8491970 to 1979
• 1,803Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 89.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 51,574
• One, attached: 3,009
• Two: 3,055
• 3 or 4: 2,356
• 5 to 9: 1,647
• 10 to 19: 1,296
• 20 to 49: 1,662
• 50 or more: 1,057
• Mobile homes: 663
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 109

Housing units in Washington County with a mortgage: 25,201 (4,795 second mortgage, 52 home equity loan, 4,454 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,277

Religion statistics for Washington County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Washington County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• 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
• Rhode Island Snow, Incident Period: January 22, 2005 to January 23, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3203: February 17, 2005, FEMA Id: 3203, Natural disaster type: Snow
• 7 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.92% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($114,344 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.93% relocated from other counties in Rhode Island ($31,834 average AGI)
3.99% relocated from other states ($82,510 average AGI)

Washington County:	3.99%
Rhode Island average:	3.82%

from Providence County, RI	1.35% ($76,410 average AGI)
from Kent County, RI	1.17% ($74,348)
from New London County, CT	0.47% ($53,213)
from Newport County, RI	0.33% ($72,580)
from Hartford County, CT	0.19% ($341,923)
from Middlesex County, MA	0.17% ($183,582)
from New York County, NY	0.15% ($261,048)

6.20% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($87,546 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.40% relocated to other counties in Rhode Island ($27,887 average AGI)
3.80% relocated to other states ($59,659 average AGI)

Washington County:	3.80%
Rhode Island average:	3.82%

to Kent County, RI	1.15% ($76,372 average AGI)
to Providence County, RI	0.96% ($66,678)
to New London County, CT	0.68% ($66,858)
to Newport County, RI	0.23% ($66,789)
to Suffolk County, MA	0.11% ($72,763)
to Middlesex County, MA	0.10% ($89,346)
to Bristol County, MA	0.08% ($62,381)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 9.5
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2022: 6.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 7.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 9.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.9

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Washington County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 3%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 25,420 (5,185 living alone), Female householders: 27,718 (9,951 living alone)

• 27,706 spouses (27,136 opposite-sex spouses), 3,800 unmarried partners, (3,737 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 31,792 children (30,816 natural, 666 adopted, 310 stepchildren), 1,932 grandchildren, 437 brothers or sisters, 671 parents, 0 foster children, 565 other relatives, 2,533 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 7,756

Size of family households: 18,425 2-persons, 6,863 3-persons, 5,353 4-persons, 2,277 5-persons, 199 6-persons, 199 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 15,136 1-person, 3,835 2-persons, 851 3-persons.

13,818 married couples with children.
3,709 single-parent households (568 men, 3,141 women).

95.1% of residents of Washington speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (91% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $709,234,000 ($5,513 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $70,886,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $308,759,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $134,666,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,902,000
Federal grants: $174,300,000
Federal procurement contracts: $37,277,000 ($20,060,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $52,329,000 ($21,382,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $83,642,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $34,176,000
Federal Government insurance: $832,179,000

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

Here:	+20 per 1000 residents
State:	-5 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 10.89 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Washington County, Rhode Island
• 9822020 or later
• 5,4892010 to 2019
• 5,9152000 to 2009
• 7,2041990 to 1999
• 12,7611980 to 1989
• 7,5191970 to 1979
• 6,6391960 to 1969
• 6,1351950 to 1959
• 3,9131940 to 1949
• 9,8711939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Washington County, Rhode Island

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Washington County, Rhode Island
• 01 room
• 892 rooms
• 1,8403 rooms
• 3,1514 rooms
• 7,7555 rooms
• 10,2016 rooms
• 6,8897 rooms
• 5,3888 rooms
• 4,7519+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Washington County, Rhode Island
• 4321 room
• 8902 rooms
• 2,2453 rooms
• 3,2484 rooms
• 2,7995 rooms
• 2,2876 rooms
• 6177 rooms
• 2448 rooms
• 3129+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Washington County, Rhode Island

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Washington County, Rhode Island
• 0no bedroom
• 8401 bedroom
• 8,9052 bedrooms
• 22,4293 bedrooms
• 7,1234 bedrooms
• 7675+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Washington County, Rhode Island
• 432no bedroom
• 3,4991 bedroom
• 5,0412 bedrooms
• 2,6263 bedrooms
• 1,2834 bedrooms
• 1935+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Washington County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 980no vehicle
• 8,8171 vehicle
• 18,8112 vehicles
• 8,4003 vehicles
• 2,0554 vehicles
• 1,0015+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Washington County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,588no vehicle
• 6,7631 vehicle
• 3,3132 vehicles
• 1,2863 vehicles
• 1244 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

90.9% of Washington County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in Rhode Island.

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

• This state: 74,576
• Other state: 50,328
• Northeast: 37,552
• Midwest: 3,634
• South: 6,078
• West: 3,064

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,415
• Number of aged recipients: 125
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,290
• Number of recipients under 18: 181
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 989
• Number of recipients older than 64: 245
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 618
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 658

Washington County on our top lists:

• #2 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"
• #4 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #4 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #7 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #17 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the best general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #44 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #45 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #53 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest average weight of females"
• #56 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
• #58 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #62 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"