Rhode Island Population 2024

March 2, 2024 by Babji

Rhode Island (U.S state abbreviation 'RI') 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 2024 is expected to be 1.08 million, ranks at forty-fourth position, Its area is 1,214 sq miles(3144 Sq km) is the smallest state of the United States. Rhode Island losing population with the slightest change of 482 since 2020 census. 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.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Rhode Island
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of Rhode Island

According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, RI population in 2020 is 1,097,379. Rhode Island population in 2023 is expected to be 1.09 million, population in 2022 is expected to be 1.093 million, and in 2021 is expected to be 1 million.

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	1,097,379	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	1,095,610	-0.16
2022*	1,092,323	-0.30
2023*	1,089,155	-0.29

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Rhode Island Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Rhode Island by race are:

White Population

White population in Rhode Island are 854,801, percentage wise 80.94 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Rhode Island are 68,346, percentage wise 6.47 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Rhode Island, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Rhode Island are 35,556, percentage wise 3.37 percent are asians, out of these 6,826 are Asian Indians, 9,210 are Chinese, 2,662 are Filipinos, 872 are Japanese, 1,716 are Korean, 2,121 are Vietnamese and 12,149 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Rhode Island are 153,910. Percentage wise 14.57 percent are hispanics, out of these 10,623 are Mexican people, 38,860 are Puerto Ricans, 2,073 are Cubans, and 102,354 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

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: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Rhode Island Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Rhode Island by age is 1,056,138, out of these 512,581 are male, 543,557 are female, The sex ratio of Rhode Island is 943. The Rhode Island population by age are, under 15 years is 172,365, 15 years and over is 883,773, 30 years and over is 655,577, 65 years and over is 170,144 and 85 years and over is 27,652. 48.53 percent are male, 51.47 percent are female, 16.32 percent are under 15 years old, 83.68 percent are 15 years and over, 62.07 percent are 30 years and over, 16.11 percent are 65 years and over, 2.62 percent are 85 years and over.

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)

Rhode Island Education

Population 18 to 24 years		116,295	58,007	58,288
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	11,480	7,041	4,439
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	34,090	18,016	16,074
	Some college or associates degree	56,181	26,255	29,926
	Bachelors degree or higher	14,544	6,695	7,849
Population 25 years and over		729,261	346,753	382,508
	Less than 9th grade	40,167	19,030	21,137
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	52,194	26,366	25,828
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	203,355	100,368	102,987
	Some college, no degree	132,266	60,379	71,887
	Associates degree	60,883	25,924	34,959
	Bachelors degree	144,515	69,354	75,161
	Graduate or professional degree	95,881	45,332	50,549

White		572,456	270,361	302,095
	High school graduate or higher	517,536	243,305	274,231
	Bachelors degree or higher	206,372	97,893	108,479
Black or African		40,202	19,778	20,424
	High school graduate or higher	32,732	16,125	16,607
	Bachelors degree or higher	8,206	4,073	4,133
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		3,266	1,775	1,491
	High school graduate or higher	2,474	1,328	1,146
	Bachelors degree or higher	476	354	122
Asian		22,115	10,598	11,517
	High school graduate or higher	18,387	8,977	9,410
	Bachelors degree or higher	10,934	5,487	5,447
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		82,335	40,248	42,087
	High school graduate or higher	57,707	27,847	29,860
	Bachelors degree or higher	11,254	5,501	5,753

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	138,199
Male	63,577
Female	74,622
	-
White	115,634
Black or African American	8,480
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,205
Asian	2,411
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	53
Some other race	6,408
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	37,560
With a vision difficulty	22,016
With a cognitive difficulty	57,734
With an ambulatory difficulty	69,178
With a self-care difficulty	29,020
With an independent living difficulty	50,769

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