2022 population: 1,673,802 ( 72,950 from 2010 , 2,779 from 2020)
Land area: 1587.0 square miles
Population density: 1054.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	1,223,132	73.08%	3.9%
Black:	105,323	6.29%	56.5%
Indian:	5,936	0.35%	16.2%
Asian:	54,519	3.26%	34.4%
2+ races:	36,961	2.21%	5.3%
Hispanic:	247,931	14.81%	51.5%

Total non-White:	450,670	26.92%	37.5%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	35,395	10.6
Deaths:	39,622	11.8
Net Migration:	-5,310	-1.6
Net Immigration:	6,596	2.0

Change in White population:	-49,897	-3.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	122,847	7.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
1,600,852
1,273,029	79.52%
67,296	4.20%
5,109	0.32%
40,552	2.53%
35,110	2.19%
163,675	10.22%
327,823	20.48%

2000
1,582,997
1,336,371	84.42%
51,710	3.27%
5,209	0.33%
30,523	1.93%
31,630	2.00%
110,062	6.95%
246,626	15.58%

1990
1,509,789
1,373,864	91.00%
41,008	2.72%
4,838	0.32%
34,010	2.25%
n/a
56,069	3.71%
135,925	9.00%

1980
1,421,795
1,338,815	94.16%
30,886	2.17%
3,304	0.23%
8,393	0.59%
n/a
29,960	2.11%
82,980	5.84%

1970
1,391,026
1,342,144	96.49%
30,276	2.18%
1,704	0.12%
4,699	0.34%
n/a
9,858	0.71%
48,882	3.51%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
176,664	11.2
136,548	8.6
-49,168	-3.1
36,178	2.3

-63,342	-4.0
81,197	5.1

Number	Rate
1990's
202,503	13.4
144,365	9.6
-63,635	-4.2
16,839	1.1

-37,493	-2.5
110,701	7.3

Number	Rate
1980's
199,900	14.1
141,134	9.9
36,540	2.6
n/a

35,049	2.5
52,945	3.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-42,444	-3.1
n/a

-3,329	-0.2
34,098	2.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Providence-New Bedford, RI-MA Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
40.6
326,844	19.5%
1,346,958	80.5%
294,804	17.6%

662,080
2.43

415,223	62.7%
292,007	70.3%
46,163	11.1%
246,857	37.3%

2010
Number	Percent
39.5
346,365	21.6%
1,254,487	78.4%
229,760	14.4%

626,610
2.46

400,899	64.0%
285,112	71.1%
48,638	12.1%
225,711	36.0%

2000
Number	Percent
73.4
757,438	47.8%
825,559	52.2%
456,788	28.9%

1,227,936
2.49

816,400	66.5%
618,266	75.7%
92,332	11.3%
411,536	33.5%

1990
Number	Percent
33.9
349,544	23.2%
1,160,245	76.8%
224,367	14.9%

564,293
2.59

397,088	70.4%
316,270	79.6%
35,027	8.8%
167,205	29.6%

1980
Number	Percent
31.9
376,315	26.5%
1,045,480	73.5%
188,877	13.3%

505,187
2.73

373,279	73.9%
305,817	81.9%
31,906	8.5%
131,908	26.1%

2022 Housing Data for Providence-New Bedford, RI-MA Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	30,547	4.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	29,415	4.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	23,812	3.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	23,136	3.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	22,065	3.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	22,228	3.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	19,887	3.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	20,645	3.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	21,560	3.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	39,464	6.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	56,996	8.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	84,170	12.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	69,532	10.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	55,025	8.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	67,562	10.2%
$200,000 or more	76,036	11.5%

Median Household Income	81,146
Per Capita Income	42,969

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	101

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	44,479	6.7%
Public Assistance	28,705	4.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	111,933	16.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	687,828	73.3%
Unemployed	38,932	4.2%
In Armed Forces	3,695	0.4%

Total Labor Force	730,455	77.9%
Not in Labor Force	207,355	22.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	304,447	264,939	53.5%
Non-Profit	32,219	62,546	34.0%
Self-Employed	44,052	24,835	63.9%

Local Government	22,954	33,335	40.8%
State Government	16,683	17,751	48.4%
Federal Government	12,124	7,564	61.6%

Total Private + Self	348,499	289,774	54.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	83,980	121,196	40.9%
Total	432,479	410,970	51.3%

Pct. Govt.	13.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	134,117	15.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	175,559	20.8%
Professional, Technical	212,027	25.1%
Service Occupations	149,944	17.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,509	0.3%
All others	173,261	20.5%

White Collar		61.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	138,186	208.7%
Retail trade	97,992	148.0%
Manufacturing	90,753	137.1%
Educational services	85,700	129.4%
Construction	58,556	88.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	57,512	86.9%
Accommodation and food services	56,606	85.5%
Finance and insurance	42,489	64.2%
Other services	37,448	56.6%
Transportation and warehousing	35,972	54.3%
Public administration	35,012	52.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	32,561	49.2%
Wholesale trade	21,939	33.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	18,914	28.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	12,082	18.2%
Information	11,615	17.5%
Utilities	5,191	7.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	4,692	7.1%
Management	1,478	2.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	210	0.3%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	14,476	0.87%
Puerto Rican	74,439	4.45%
Cuban	2,624	0.16%
Dominican	63,676	3.81%

Total Central American	45,176	2.70%
Costa Rican	888	0.05%
Guatemalan	31,985	1.91%
Honduran	3,944	0.24%
Nicaraguan	568	0.03%
Panamanian	1,001	0.06%
Salvadoran	6,643	0.40%
Other Central American	147	0.01%

Total South American	22,482	1.35%
Argentinean	797	0.05%
Bolivian	1,879	0.11%
Chilean	454	0.03%
Colombian	13,131	0.79%
Ecuadorian	2,829	0.17%
Paraguayan	15	0.00%
Peruvian	1,806	0.11%
Uruguayan	102	0.01%
Venezuelan	1,377	0.08%
Other South American	92	0.01%

Other Hispanic	12,474	0.75%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	12,582	0.75%
Chinese	11,065	0.66%
Cambodian	7,381	0.44%
Filipino	4,036	0.24%
Vietnamese	3,197	0.19%
Laotian	2,620	0.16%
Korean	2,486	0.15%
Japanese	1,087	0.07%
Hmong	809	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,236,807	77.9%
Spanish	165,383	10.4%
Other Indo-European	106,581	6.7%
French, Haitian, Cajun	26,244	1.7%
Other Asian	14,966	0.9%
Chinese	8,923	0.6%
Other	8,576	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	6,756	0.4%
Arabic	5,201	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	281,982	16.9%
Portuguese	217,531	13.0%
Italian	213,978	12.8%
English	178,463	10.7%
French	138,426	8.3%
German	74,275	4.4%
French Canadian	70,490	4.2%
American	56,375	3.4%
Polish	55,437	3.3%
Cape Verdean	36,754	2.2%
Scottish	24,574	1.5%
Swedish	21,857	1.3%
European	12,262	0.7%
Russian	11,735	0.7%
Greek	10,228	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,573,725	94.2%
Not a citizen	97,224	5.8%

Native	1,436,009	85.9%
Foreign-born	234,940	14.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
65,344	5.5%	73,247	6.2%	331,402	28.1%	307,832	26.1%	243,774	20.7%	156,941	13.3%
Average years of education: 13.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	65,344	5.5%
9-12 Years	73,247	6.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	331,402	28.1%
Some College	307,832	26.1%
Bach. Degree	243,774	20.7%
Grad Degree	156,941	13.3%
Average years of education: 13.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	789,212	732,093	57,119	7.2%
1991	789,782	712,369	77,413	9.8%
1992	795,462	715,859	79,603	10.0%
1993	790,318	723,262	67,056	8.5%
1994	782,544	724,208	58,336	7.5%
1995	777,640	723,293	54,347	7.0%
1996	783,969	737,019	46,950	6.0%
1997	800,663	755,328	45,335	5.7%
1998	800,957	763,272	37,685	4.7%
1999	810,127	774,751	35,376	4.4%

2000	818,604	786,240	32,364	4.0%
2001	820,148	782,526	37,622	4.6%
2002	836,837	791,451	45,386	5.4%
2003	848,173	798,240	49,933	5.9%
2004	843,448	796,701	46,747	5.5%
2005	851,361	805,391	45,970	5.4%
2006	861,616	814,557	47,059	5.5%
2007	861,790	815,706	46,084	5.3%
2008	859,818	796,359	63,459	7.4%
2009	863,857	767,438	96,419	11.2%

2010	858,104	762,111	95,993	11.2%
2011	848,211	759,361	88,850	10.5%
2012	847,362	764,906	82,456	9.7%
2013	845,564	767,871	77,693	9.2%
2014	845,694	781,197	64,497	7.6%
2015	845,110	793,884	51,226	6.1%
2016	843,972	800,390	43,582	5.2%
2017	851,479	812,082	39,397	4.6%
2018	859,473	823,551	35,922	4.2%
2019	860,190	828,325	31,865	3.7%

2020	835,212	754,300	80,912	9.7%
2021	870,536	820,187	50,349	5.8%
2022	868,031	835,929	32,102	3.7%
2023	872,596	843,115	29,481	3.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	726,350
Median Value	$361,819

Occupied	662,080	91.2%
Vacant	64,270	8.8%

Owned	413,136	62.4%
Rented	248,944	37.6%
Median Rent	$1,190

Single-Family Units	422,972	58.2%
Detached	394,851	54.4%
Attached	28,121	3.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	123,186	17.0%
Mobile Homes	7,607	1.0%

Providence-New Bedford, RI-MA Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Providence-New Bedford, RI-MA Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Providence-New Bedford, RI-MA Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Providence-New Bedford, RI-MA Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Providence-New Bedford, RI-MA Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Providence-New Bedford, RI-MA Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Providence-New Bedford, RI-MA Market Area