Woonsocket, Rhode Island demographics

Woonsocket, RI demographics: median age 35.7; 19.8% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Woonsocket city, Rhode Island · Incorporated city · GEOID 4480780. The survey estimates a population of 43,521 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Woonsocket is 35.7 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.3 years. There are 17,618 households (±678). 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	35.7 ±1.3	40.6 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 43,521
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
Under 18	10,134 ±877	23.3% ±2.0 pp	18.8%	22.0%
18–34	11,021 ±911	25.3% ±2.1 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	15,979 ±976	36.7% ±2.2 pp	38.6%	38.0%
65 and older	6,387 ±630	14.7% ±1.4 pp	18.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 43,521
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
Male	20,879 ±668	48.0% ±1.5 pp	49.1%	49.5%
Female	22,642 ±664	52.0% ±1.5 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: 43,521
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
White alone	24,573 ±1,392	56.5% ±3.2 pp	70.4%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	3,107 ±681	7.1% ±1.6 pp	5.5%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	644 ±466 · low precision	1.5% ±1.1 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.9%
Asian alone	3,031 ±786	7.0% ±1.8 pp	3.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	47 ±73 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	3,211 ±619	7.4% ±1.4 pp	7.8%	7.1%
Two or more races	8,908 ±1,338	20.5% ±3.1 pp	12.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 43,521
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	32,406 ±1,195	74.5% ±2.7 pp	82.3%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11,115 ±1,202	25.5% ±2.8 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: 17,618
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
Married-couple family	5,690 ±499	32.3% ±2.5 pp	43.6%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	1,153 ±232	6.5% ±1.3 pp	5.1%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	3,581 ±432	20.3% ±2.3 pp	12.5%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	5,555 ±663	31.5% ±3.6 pp	30.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	1,639 ±253	9.3% ±1.4 pp	8.4%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 17,618
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
Households with people under 18	5,657 ±410	32.1% ±2.0 pp	26.7%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	11,961 ±828	67.9% ±3.9 pp	73.3%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 17,618
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	5,555 ±663	31.5% ±3.6 pp	30.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	5,751 ±555	32.6% ±2.9 pp	34.3%	33.8%
Three-person households	2,643 ±414	15.0% ±2.3 pp	15.6%	15.3%
Four-person households	2,113 ±428	12.0% ±2.4 pp	12.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,118 ±316	6.3% ±1.8 pp	5.1%	5.9%
Six-person households	281 ±153 · low precision	1.6% ±0.9 pp · low precision	1.5%	2.2%
Seven or more people	157 ±91 · low precision	0.9% ±0.5 pp · low precision	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: 43,521
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
Native	37,157 ±1,064	85.4% ±2.4 pp	84.7%	85.9%
Foreign born	6,364 ±1,059	14.6% ±2.4 pp	15.3%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 40,090
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
English only	27,666 ±1,263	69.0% ±3.0 pp	76.9%	77.7%
Spanish	6,818 ±893	17.0% ±2.2 pp	13.5%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	1,363 ±450	3.4% ±1.1 pp	1.5%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	0 ±31 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	135 ±109 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,825 ±807	4.6% ±2.0 pp	4.1%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±31 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	43 ±41 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	35 ±40 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	147 ±153 · low precision	0.4% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	1,588 ±557	4.0% ±1.4 pp	1.1%	1.1%
Arabic	32 ±52 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	438 ±216	1.1% ±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: 29,947
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	5,203 ±649	17.4% ±2.1 pp	10.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	11,043 ±849	36.9% ±2.6 pp	26.6%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	5,486 ±579	18.3% ±1.9 pp	17.4%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	2,286 ±371	7.6% ±1.2 pp	8.0%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	4,163 ±581	13.9% ±1.9 pp	22.4%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1,766 ±343	5.9% ±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: 42,823
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Rhode Island	U.S.
Same house	36,445 ±1,119	85.1% ±2.6 pp	88.9%	87.7%
Moved within same county	4,002 ±841	9.3% ±2.0 pp	5.1%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	90 ±67 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	1.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	1,660 ±559	3.9% ±1.3 pp	3.5%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	626 ±565 · low precision	1.5% ±1.3 pp · low precision	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

6.3% of Woonsocket residents (±1.4 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 4.4% in Rhode Island and 8.4% nationally. 89.6% 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	Woonsocket	Rhode Island	U.S.	Compared with Rhode Island
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	6.3% ±1.4 pp	4.4%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	89.6% ±1.5 pp	91.7%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	5.6% ±1.0 pp	5.1%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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