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State of Rhode Island Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 6,766
  equals Births 54,695
  less Deaths 47,929
Net Migration -3,173
  equals net International Migration 21,438
  plus net Domestic Migration -24,611

The population of the State of Rhode Island changed from 1,053,219 on 2010 to 1,056,298 in 2015 -- a change of 3,079 (0.29%). 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 state and state 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 (6,766) exceeded net migration (-3,173); natural change has been the primary contributing factor for the total state population change. Examine the state by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the state population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • 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, 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 1,053,219 1,051,856 1,052,393 1,052,856 1,054,907 1,056,298 3,079 0.29
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
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 11,500 11,004 11,010 10,870 10,827 10,984 54,695 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
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 9,340 9,763 9,314 9,637 9,682 9,533 47,929 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
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 2,160 1,241 1,696 1,233 1,145 1,451 6,766 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
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 3,440 3,989 3,968 4,087 4,667 4,727 21,438 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
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 -4,528 -6,469 -5,137 -5,049 -3,263 -4,693 -24,611 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
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 -1,088 -2,480 -1,169 -962 1,404 34 -3,173 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
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 43,023 41,957 41,808 40,803 41,462 41,638 -1,385 -3.22

Source: developed by ProximityOne based on Census Bureau and other data.
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