Providence County, Rhode Island

• White (non-Hispanic) 375,742 56.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 170,376 25.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 46,237 7.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 27,690 4.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 36,059 5.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,070 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 455 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 7,225 1.1%

• Under 18 133,940 20.1%
• 18–24 67,362 10.1%
• 25–44 189,758 28.5%
• 45–64 165,282 24.9%
• 65 and over 108,512 16.3%

Median household income

$73,462

90% interval $70,518–$76,406

−$9,788 vs RI · 5th of 5

Below poverty line

14.8%

90% interval 13.7%–15.9%

+2.8 pp vs RI · 1st of 5

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

+0.32 pp vs. state

County GDP

$46.7B

58.13% of state

Avg. annual pay

$71,755

Establishments

24,726

• Education & health services 91,218 31.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 44,488 15.3%
• Professional & business services 40,474 13.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 31,604 10.9%
• Financial activities 21,284 7.3%
• Manufacturing 17,899 6.2%
• Public administration 15,435 5.3%
• Other services 10,726 3.7%
• Construction 461 0.2%
• Information 140 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 94.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

56.9%

−6.7 pp vs RI · 5th of 5

Median gross rent

$1,312

−$30 vs RI · 5th of 5

Owner-occupied

147,568

Renter-occupied

111,642

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $115,546/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $30,997/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 151,508 56.1%
• Republican 112,558 41.7%
• Other / third-party 5,923 2.2%

• Spanish 128,781 20.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 12,974 2.1%
• Chinese 4,981 0.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 3,722 0.6%
• Arabic 2,300 0.4%
• Tagalog 1,261 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 810 0.1%
• Korean 746 0.1%
• Vietnamese 398 0.1%

Households

259,210

Family households

155,454

60.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

39,367

25.3% of families

Single-mother families

19,917

12.8% of families

Veterans

21,324

4% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 269,425 40.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 25,212 3.8%
• Mainline Protestant 20,082 3.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 19,926 3.0%
• Orthodox 7,153 1.1%
• Black Protestant 1,285 0.2%

Health insured

94.6%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

5.4%

±0.4 pp

1st of 5

With a disability

14.4%

±0.4 pp

2nd of 5

Bachelor's or higher

32.3%

±0.8 pp

−5.4 pp vs RI · 5th of 5

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.3%

90% interval 6.0%–6.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Providence County Superior Court

Judges

13 (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

Providence

Traffic fatalities

30

5.65 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

28