Newport County, Rhode Island

• White (non-Hispanic) 69,726 82.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,701 6.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,723 3.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,403 1.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,107 4.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 137 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 90 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 770 0.9%

• Under 18 13,551 16.0%
• 18–24 7,363 8.7%
• 25–44 19,748 23.3%
• 45–64 22,389 26.4%
• 65 and over 21,606 25.5%

Median household income

$97,763

90% interval $89,345–$106,181

+$14,513 vs RI · 3rd of 5

Below poverty line

7.7%

90% interval 5.8%–9.6%

−4.3 pp vs RI · 4th of 5

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

−0.61 pp vs. state

County GDP

$8.8B

10.91% of state

Avg. annual pay

$70,723

Establishments

4,505

• Leisure & hospitality 9,318 21.7%
• Professional & business services 7,187 16.7%
• Education & health services 5,832 13.6%
• Public administration 5,524 12.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,520 12.8%
• Manufacturing 7 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 77.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

67.9%

+4.3 pp vs RI · 4th of 5

Median gross rent

$1,713

+$371 vs RI · 1st of 5

Owner-occupied

25,022

Renter-occupied

11,846

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 52% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $109,142/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $39,674/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.5 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Democratic 27,332 61.6%
• Republican 16,027 36.1%
• Other / third-party 990 2.2%

• Spanish 3,080 3.8%
• Chinese 394 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 393 0.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 308 0.4%
• Arabic 239 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 235 0.3%
• Vietnamese 114 0.1%
• Tagalog 80 0.1%
• Korean 72 0.1%

Households

36,868

Family households

22,179

60.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,835

21.8% of families

Single-mother families

1,520

6.9% of families

Veterans

5,768

8.4% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 45,528 53.2%
• Mainline Protestant 4,931 5.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 4,745 5.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,838 2.1%
• Orthodox 500 0.6%
• Black Protestant 202 0.2%

Health insured

96.1%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

3.9%

±0.6 pp

2nd of 5

With a disability

12.2%

±1 pp

3rd of 5

Bachelor's or higher

54.1%

±2.1 pp

+16.4 pp vs RI · 1st of 5

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

3.5%

90% interval 3.0%–4.0% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Newport County Superior Court

Judges

2 (Rhode Island Superior Court Justice, approximate primary/resident assignment per county branch. RI has ~22 Justices statewide who rotate assignments under a unified bench (R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-2-1), so any given trial day's working bench may differ from this count. Bristol County has no separate Superior Court, civil/criminal jury trials from Bristol are heard in the Providence County Superior Court. Vintage 2026 courts.ri.gov roster.)

Court seats

Newport

Traffic fatalities

4

5.63 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4