Providence, Rhode Island demographics

Providence, RI demographics: median age 32.8; 34.6% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Providence city, Rhode Island · Incorporated city · GEOID 4459000. The survey estimates a population of 191,767 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Providence is 32.8 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.5 years. There are 71,497 households (±1,225). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	32.8 ±0.5	40.6 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 191,767
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
Under 18	38,533 ±1,949	20.1% ±1.0 pp	18.8%	22.0%
18–34	65,132 ±2,200	34.0% ±1.1 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	65,897 ±2,278	34.4% ±1.2 pp	38.6%	38.0%
65 and older	22,205 ±1,311	11.6% ±0.7 pp	18.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 191,767
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
Male	94,181 ±1,490	49.1% ±0.8 pp	49.1%	49.5%
Female	97,586 ±1,471	50.9% ±0.8 pp	50.9%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 191,767
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
White alone	71,626 ±2,885	37.4% ±1.5 pp	70.4%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	22,074 ±2,027	11.5% ±1.1 pp	5.5%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	2,267 ±836	1.2% ±0.4 pp	0.5%	0.9%
Asian alone	11,969 ±1,080	6.2% ±0.6 pp	3.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	254 ±258 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	42,302 ±3,328	22.1% ±1.7 pp	7.8%	7.1%
Two or more races	41,275 ±3,987	21.5% ±2.1 pp	12.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 191,767
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	104,932 ±2,774	54.7% ±1.4 pp	82.3%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	86,835 ±2,747	45.3% ±1.4 pp	17.7%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 71,497
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
Married-couple family	22,329 ±1,329	31.2% ±1.8 pp	43.6%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	4,994 ±726	7.0% ±1.0 pp	5.1%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	10,866 ±1,033	15.2% ±1.4 pp	12.5%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	24,460 ±1,340	34.2% ±1.8 pp	30.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	8,848 ±820	12.4% ±1.1 pp	8.4%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 71,497
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
Households with people under 18	20,462 ±1,083	28.6% ±1.4 pp	26.7%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	51,035 ±1,510	71.4% ±1.7 pp	73.3%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 71,497
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	24,460 ±1,340	34.2% ±1.8 pp	30.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	20,306 ±1,376	28.4% ±1.9 pp	34.3%	33.8%
Three-person households	11,037 ±975	15.4% ±1.3 pp	15.6%	15.3%
Four-person households	7,719 ±748	10.8% ±1.0 pp	12.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	4,859 ±754	6.8% ±1.0 pp	5.1%	5.9%
Six-person households	1,984 ±528	2.8% ±0.7 pp	1.5%	2.2%
Seven or more people	1,132 ±353	1.6% ±0.5 pp	0.9%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 191,767
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
Native	127,462 ±2,589	66.5% ±1.3 pp	84.7%	85.9%
Foreign born	64,305 ±2,589	33.5% ±1.3 pp	15.3%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 181,538
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
English only	90,117 ±3,315	49.6% ±1.8 pp	76.9%	77.7%
Spanish	69,897 ±3,046	38.5% ±1.7 pp	13.5%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	3,268 ±850	1.8% ±0.5 pp	1.5%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	223 ±119 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	752 ±298	0.4% ±0.2 pp	0.5%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	5,173 ±955	2.8% ±0.5 pp	4.1%	2.0%
Korean	688 ±270	0.4% ±0.1 pp	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	2,333 ±365	1.3% ±0.2 pp	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	96 ±54 · low precision	0.1% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	507 ±254 · low precision	0.3% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	3,763 ±897	2.1% ±0.5 pp	1.1%	1.1%
Arabic	786 ±685 · low precision	0.4% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	3,935 ±908	2.2% ±0.5 pp	0.8%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 121,416
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	21,769 ±1,695	17.9% ±1.4 pp	10.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	33,777 ±2,087	27.8% ±1.7 pp	26.6%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	17,954 ±1,454	14.8% ±1.2 pp	17.4%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	5,902 ±789	4.9% ±0.6 pp	8.0%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	21,854 ±1,523	18.0% ±1.2 pp	22.4%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20,160 ±1,310	16.6% ±1.1 pp	15.4%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 190,054
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
Same house	159,751 ±2,227	84.1% ±1.2 pp	88.9%	87.7%
Moved within same county	14,009 ±1,797	7.4% ±0.9 pp	5.1%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	2,528 ±681	1.3% ±0.4 pp	1.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	10,292 ±972	5.4% ±0.5 pp	3.5%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	3,474 ±728	1.8% ±0.4 pp	0.8%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

7.4% of Providence residents (±0.8 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 4.4% in Rhode Island and 8.4% nationally. 89.7% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Providence	Rhode Island	U.S.	Compared with Rhode Island
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	7.4% ±0.8 pp	4.4%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	89.7% ±0.8 pp	91.7%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	2.3% ±0.4 pp	5.1%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Providence . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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