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Providence-Warwick, RI-MA MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 9,995
  equals Births 83,245
  less Deaths 73,250
Net Migration 1,550
  equals net International Migration 26,450
  plus net Domestic Migration -24,900

The population of the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA MSA changed from 1,602,393 on 2010 to 1,613,070 in 2015 -- a change of 10,677 (0.67%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), natural change (9,995) exceeded net migration (1,550); natural change has been the primary contributing factor for the total metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • Providence-Warwick, RI-MA MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
Bristol County, MA25005P0000001 549,174 549,226 551,009 552,184 554,626 556,772 7,598 1.38
Bristol County, RI44001P0000001 49,864 49,273 49,223 49,254 49,047 49,084 -780 -1.56
Kent County, RI44003P0000001 166,038 165,308 164,867 164,856 164,957 164,801 -1,237 -0.75
Newport County, RI44005P0000001 83,142 83,005 82,918 82,523 82,448 82,423 -719 -0.86
Providence County, RI44007P0000001 627,090 627,784 629,199 629,816 632,025 633,473 6,383 1.02
Washington County, RI44009P0000001 127,085 126,486 126,186 126,407 126,430 126,517 -568 -0.45
Total P0000001 1,602,393 1,601,082 1,603,402 1,605,040 1,609,533 1,613,070 10,677 0.67
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bristol County, MA25005B0000001 5,916 5,826 5,799 5,647 5,564 5,714 28,550 
Bristol County, RI44001B0000001 424 361 344 346 346 346 1,743 
Kent County, RI44003B0000001 1,628 1,591 1,623 1,595 1,535 1,601 7,945 
Newport County, RI44005B0000001 720 738 723 693 710 724 3,588 
Providence County, RI44007B0000001 7,776 7,362 7,398 7,335 7,321 7,389 36,805 
Washington County, RI44009B0000001 952 952 922 901 915 924 4,614 
Total B0000001 17,416 16,830 16,809 16,517 16,391 16,698 83,245 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bristol County, MA25005D0000001 4,364 5,109 4,916 5,131 5,088 5,077 25,321 
Bristol County, RI44001D0000001 580 472 444 482 525 524 2,447 
Kent County, RI44003D0000001 1,692 1,763 1,702 1,768 1,700 1,655 8,588 
Newport County, RI44005D0000001 632 678 688 676 717 727 3,486 
Providence County, RI44007D0000001 5,492 5,774 5,479 5,650 5,566 5,477 27,946 
Washington County, RI44009D0000001 944 1,076 1,001 1,061 1,174 1,150 5,462 
Total D0000001 13,704 14,872 14,230 14,768 14,770 14,610 73,250 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bristol County, MA25005NC000001 1,552 717 883 516 476 637 3,229 
Bristol County, RI44001NC000001 -156 -111 -100 -136 -179 -178 -704 
Kent County, RI44003NC000001 -64 -172 -79 -173 -165 -54 -643 
Newport County, RI44005NC000001 88 60 35 17 -7 -3 102 
Providence County, RI44007NC000001 2,284 1,588 1,919 1,685 1,755 1,912 8,859 
Washington County, RI44009NC000001 8 -124 -79 -160 -259 -226 -848 
Total NC000001 3,712 1,958 2,579 1,749 1,621 2,088 9,995 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bristol County, MA25005MI000001 400 832 918 959 1,152 1,151 5,012 
Bristol County, RI44001MI000001 28 19 29 32 39 39 158 
Kent County, RI44003MI000001 168 164 170 158 180 180 852 
Newport County, RI44005MI000001 360 163 396 286 288 351 1,484 
Providence County, RI44007MI000001 2,748 3,499 3,263 3,496 4,030 4,027 18,315 
Washington County, RI44009MI000001 136 144 110 115 130 130 629 
Total MI000001 3,840 4,821 4,886 5,046 5,819 5,878 26,450 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bristol County, MA25005MD000001 1,552 -1,317 10 -349 1,128 239 -289 
Bristol County, RI44001MD000001 88 -523 24 109 -42 139 -293 
Kent County, RI44003MD000001 -584 -637 -532 -81 222 -333 -1,361 
Newport County, RI44005MD000001 -444 -360 -517 -642 -328 -316 -2,163 
Providence County, RI44007MD000001 -3,400 -4,357 -3,776 -4,631 -3,292 -4,247 -20,303 
Washington County, RI44009MD000001 -188 -592 -336 196 177 64 -491 
Total MD000001 -2,976 -7,786 -5,127 -5,398 -2,135 -4,454 -24,900 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bristol County, MA25005MN000001 1,952 -485 928 610 2,280 1,390 4,723 
Bristol County, RI44001MN000001 116 -504 53 141 -3 178 -135 
Kent County, RI44003MN000001 -416 -473 -362 77 402 -153 -509 
Newport County, RI44005MN000001 -84 -197 -121 -356 -40 35 -679 
Providence County, RI44007MN000001 -652 -858 -513 -1,135 738 -220 -1,988 
Washington County, RI44009MN000001 -52 -448 -226 311 307 194 138 
Total MN000001 864 -2,965 -241 -352 3,684 1,424 1,550 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Bristol County, MA25005GQ000001 16,535 16,351 16,636 16,079 16,425 16,432 -103 -0.62
Bristol County, RI44001GQ000001 3,242 2,661 2,686 2,711 2,751 2,778 -464 -14.31
Kent County, RI44003GQ000001 1,536 1,413 1,413 1,413 1,504 1,477 -59 -3.84
Newport County, RI44005GQ000001 3,825 3,838 3,810 3,215 3,147 3,277 -548 -14.33
Providence County, RI44007GQ000001 27,781 27,580 27,352 26,761 27,241 27,162 -619 -2.23
Washington County, RI44009GQ000001 6,639 6,465 6,547 6,703 6,819 6,944 305 4.59
Total GQ000001 59,558 58,308 58,444 56,882 57,887 58,070 -1,488 -2.50

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