Rhode Island Population

Rhode Island is the eastern state of United States, borders Massachusetts to the north and east, Connecticut to the west, Atlantic Ocean to the south. Rhode Island population in 2020 is expected to be 1 million, ranks at fourty-forth position, Its area is 1,214 sq miles(3144 Sq km) is the smallest state of the United States. Rhode Island’s official state name is Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and shares a state water border with New York. Providence is the capital and largest state city, followed by Cranston, Warwick and Pawtucket.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	1,053,938
2011	1,053,536	-0.04
2012	1,054,601	0.10
2013	1,055,122	0.05
2014	1,056,017	0.08
2015	1,056,173	0.01
2016	1,057,063	0.08
2017	1,056,486	-0.05
2018	1,057,315	0.08
2019*	1,057,844	0.05
2020*	1,058,690	0.08 *

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018

Rhode Island Population by Race & Groups

Total Population	1,056,138	Percent
White	854,801	80.94%
Black or African American	68,346	6.47%
American Indian and Alaska Native	5,413	0.513%
Cherokee tribal grouping	147	0.014%
Chippewa tribal grouping	34	0.003%
Navajo tribal grouping	0	0.000%
Sioux tribal grouping	7	0.001%
Asian Population	35,556	3.37%
Asian Indian	6,826	0.65%
Chinese	9,210	0.87%
Filipino	2,662	0.25%
Japanese	872	0.08%
Korean	1,716	0.16%
Vietnamese	2,121	0.20%
Other Asian Population	12,149
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	759	0.07%
Native Hawaiian	129	0.012%
Guamanian or Chamorro	296	0.028%
Samoan	78	0.007%
Other Pacific Islander	256
Some other race	59,967
Hispanic or Latino	153,910	14.57%
Mexican	10,623	1.01%
Puerto Rican	38,860	3.68%
Cuban	2,073	0.20%
Other Hispanic or Latino	102,354

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Rhode Island

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Providence	179,335
2	Cranston	81,274
3	Warwick	80,847
4	Pawtucket	71,847

Population Pyramid

Source: 2017 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Languages spoken in RI

Language spoken at home in the state of Rhode Island are, 784,840 speak only English, 122,953 speak Spanish, 10,732 French, 7,829 Haitian, 5,278 are Italian, 24,219 are Portuguese, 1,416 are German, 2,132 German, 1,783 Russian, 1,614 Polish, 143 Ukrainian, 1,261 Armenian, 118 Persian. People who speak Indian languages at home are 2,514 speak Hindi, 1,134 Gujarati, 1,,076 Urdu, 131 Punjabi, 293 Bengali, 385 Marathi/Nepali, 129 Telugu, 1,280 Tamil, 292 Malayalam/Kannada. East and Mid-Asian speakers are, 6,396 Chinese including Mandarin, 1,178 Japanese, 1,022 Korean, 1,555 Hmong, 2,272 Vietnamese, 3,523 Khmer, 2,762 Thai/Lao/Tai-Kadai, 1,376 Tagalog. 3,701 Arabic, 546 Hebrew, 4,290 Yoruba/Twi/Igbo.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	780,740	77.95
Spanish Language	119,710	11.95
European Language	70,056	6.99
Asian Languages	23,011	2.30
Other Languages	8,050	0.80

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Education

Population 18 to 24 years		116295	58007	58288
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	11480	7041	4439
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	34090	18016	16074
	Some college or associates degree	56181	26255	29926
	Bachelors degree or higher	14544	6695	7849
Population 25 years and over		729261	346753	382508
	Less than 9th grade	40167	19030	21137
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	52194	26366	25828
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	203355	100368	102987
	Some college, no degree	132266	60379	71887
	Associates degree	60883	25924	34959
	Bachelors degree	144515	69354	75161
	Graduate or professional degree	95881	45332	50549

White		572456	270361	302095
	High school graduate or higher	517536	243305	274231
	Bachelors degree or higher	206372	97893	108479
Black or African		40202	19778	20424
	High school graduate or higher	32732	16125	16607
	Bachelors degree or higher	8206	4073	4133
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		3266	1775	1491
	High school graduate or higher	2474	1328	1146
	Bachelors degree or higher	476	354	122
Asian		22115	10598	11517
	High school graduate or higher	18387	8977	9410
	Bachelors degree or higher	10934	5487	5447
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		476	155	321
	High school graduate or higher	452	142	310
	Bachelors degree or higher	135	96	39
Hispanic or Latino Origin		82335	40248	42087
	High school graduate or higher	57707	27847	29860
	Bachelors degree or higher	11254	5501	5753

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	138199
Male	63577
Female	74622
	-
White	115634
Black or African American	8480
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1205
Asian	2411
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	53
Some other race	6408
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	37560
With a vision difficulty	22016
With a cognitive difficulty	57734
With an ambulatory difficulty	69178
With a self-care difficulty	29020
With an independent living difficulty	50769

Counties of Rhode Island

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Bristol County	48,800	48,649	-0.3	5	5
Kent County	163,541	163,861	0.2	2	2
Newport County	83,018	82,542	-0.6	4	4
Providence County	634,758	636,084	0.2	1	1
Washington County	126,369	126,179	-0.2	3	3