County · Rhode Island

Kent County, Rhode Island

Kent County, Rhode Island has a quality-of-life score of 94 out of 100 (very high), ranking #182 of 3,143 US counties. Within Rhode Island it ranks #4 of 5 counties. It ranks best on distance to an airport (low), firearm deaths (low) and uninsured residents (under 65) (low). It ranks worst on time spent in the emergency room (high), effective property tax rate (high) and grocery stores (low).

94Very high

Quality-of-life score: #182 of 3,143 counties
Rhode Island: #4 of 5 in RI
Population: 173,495 (2025)
Land area: 169 mi²
Density: 1,029.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 44003

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 80 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety95#146/3,096
Economy83#522/3,143
Housing12#2,770/3,140
Health89#347/3,144
Healthcare98#52/3,143
Environment99#19/3,108
Education87#418/3,144
Infrastructure97#92/3,144
Community64#1,123/3,144
Leisure & amenities78#679/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Kent County, Rhode Island ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Distance to an airport · low5 mi
100/100Rhode Island 11 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Firearm deaths · low4.0 /100k
99/100Rhode Island 4.1 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low4.1%
99/100Rhode Island 5.3%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Traffic deaths · low5.0 /100k
97/100Rhode Island 5.5 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
96/100Rhode Island 4.7United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.3 /10k
96/100Rhode Island 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high262 min
1/100Rhode Island 222 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Effective property tax rate · high1.37%
10/100Rhode Island 1.12%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
15/100Rhode Island 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cost of buying a home today · high36.1%
18/100Rhode Island 48.3%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Home price to income ratio · high3.9×
21/100Rhode Island 4.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Child care cost burden · high34.1%
21/100Rhode Island 32.1%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 20% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+20 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
6 days (2017) → 1 days (2022)
−83%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
78.1% (2010 & 2021) → 90.8% (2022 & 2024)
+13 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
23.0% (2020 & 2021) → 34.1% (2023 & 2024)
+11 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
New homes permittedImproving
1.7 /1k (2021) → 2.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+52%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Arts, entertainment and recreationImproving
4.2 /10k (2020) → 6.2 /10k (2025)
+49%5 yearsUS 4.8 /10k → 5.5 /10k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Kent County, Rhode Island improved on 11 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 20 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Property tax−0.4 points1.79% → 1.37%
Arts & recreation+49%4.2 /10k → 6.2 /10k
Unemployment−4.5 points8.6% → 4.1%
Overdose deaths−37%36.4 /100k → 22.8 /100k
Students / teacher−0.9×13.1× → 12.2×

Declined1

Price / income+0.7×3.2× → 3.9×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Kent County, Rhode Island between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.2 /10k2020	6.2 /10k2025	+49%	Improved	91%
Average commute time	25.9 min2015-2019	25.1 min2020-2024	−0.8 min	Within the margin of error	75%
Average weekly wage	$1,0602020	$1,2602025	+19%	Improved	18%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%2015-2019	34.7%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Broadband subscriptions	86.5%2015-2019	92.7%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Improved	17%
Child poverty rate	10.3%2019	8.8%2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Distance to an airport	5 mi2020	5 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	36.4 /100k2020	22.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−37%	Improved	61%
Effective property tax rate	1.79%2015-2019	1.37%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Improved	96%
Firearm deaths	3.5 /100k2020	4.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+14%	Within the margin of error	28%
Grocery stores	1.0 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−7.6%	Within the margin of error	31%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.6 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	+40%	Within the margin of error	83%
High school diploma or higher	92.2%2015-2019	93.1%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	24%
Homicide rate	1.2 /100k2020	1.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+58%	Within the margin of error	3%
Income adjusted for local prices	$58,2572019	$73,8172024	+27%	Improved	19%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4402015-2019	0.4442020-2024	+0.003	Within the margin of error	48%
Median household income	$74,2302019	$91,4172024	+23%	Improved	40%
New business applications	6.8 /1k2020	9.4 /1k2025	+37%	Improved	41%
Pharmacies	3.0 /10k2020	2.7 /10k2025	−9.5%	Within the margin of error	41%
Poverty rate	8.1%2019	7.8%2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Property crime rate	1,000 /100k2020	763 /100k2025	−24%	Improved	31%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−4.7%	Within the margin of error	26%
Public transit commuters	1.2%2015-2019	0.8%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Rent as share of income	28.7%2015-2019	29.8%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Rent-burdened households	46.1%2015-2019	49.5%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Restaurants and bars	11.3 /10k2020	10.2 /10k2025	−9.4%	Within the margin of error	26%
Students per teacher	13.1×2019	12.2×2024	−0.9×	Improved	59%
Suicide rate	12.3 /100k2020	15.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+24%	Within the margin of error	17%
Traffic deaths	6.7 /100k2015-2019	5.0 /100k2020-2024	−25%	Within the margin of error	83%
Unemployment rate	8.6%2020	4.1%2025	−4.5 points	Improved	89%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	3.7%2019	4.1%2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Violent crime rate	101 /100k2020	93 /100k2025	−8%	Within the margin of error	41%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Kent County, Rhode Island five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Kent County, Rhode Island in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Kent County, Rhode Island itself moved −0.2 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

171,456 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

72,839 households (±553)

Kent County, Rhode Island
Rhode Island share

Under $25k13%9,184
$25k–50k14%10,332
$50k–75k14%10,105

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

72,839 households (±553)

Kent County, Rhode Island
Rhode Island share

Own73%53,231
Rent27%19,608

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.9 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

89,496 workers (±1,434)

Kent County, Rhode Island
Rhode Island share

Drive alone78%69,988
Carpool7.2%6,414
Public transit0.8%747

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Kent County has 4,739 employer establishments, 276 for every 10,000 residents (1.11× the US rate of 248; 1.03× Rhode Island's), with 68,926 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,758. The Census Bureau also counts 13,619 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,739; 13,619 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 276; US 248 · Rhode Island 268
Paid employees: 68,926
Average annual pay: $57,758; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Kent County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	405	23.6	1.13×About typical	5,277	$76,005	729
Restaurants and other eating places	380	22.1	1.21×About typical	7,414	$24,103	50
Specialty trade contractors	369	21.5	1.39×More than typical	2,847	$73,571	921
Services to buildings and dwellings	177	10.3	1.53×More than typical	1,074	$50,997	496
Full-service restaurants	167	9.7	1.27×More than typical	4,206	$25,735	15
Construction of buildings	165	9.6	1.27×More than typical	628	$66,906	294
Lessors of real estate	161	9.4	0.76×Fewer than typical	835	$55,774	1,672
Building equipment contractors	157	9.2	1.52×More than typical	1,699	$73,405	184
Offices of other health practitioners	143	8.3	1.37×More than typical	979	$50,651	414
Limited-service restaurants	137	8	1.00×About typical	1,960	$22,901	26
Legal services	130	7.6	1.41×More than typical	608	$70,883	200
Personal care services	117	6.8	1.43×More than typical	563	$32,465	703

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 171,563 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $27.5M on contracts performed in Kent County, Rhode Island: $159 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $27.5M; −34% vs FY2025
Per resident: $159; US $1,994
Sole-source: 16%; US 30%
Single offer: 26%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$9.9M36%
Defense Logistics Agency$5.8M21%
U.S. Coast Guard$4.4M16%
Department of the Navy$2.4M8.7%
Federal Aviation Administration$1.9M6.8%
Missile Defense Agency$1.8M6.5%
Defense Health Agency$348.8K1.3%
Department of the Army$297.4K1.1%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

17.4MFY2017
24.9MFY2018
19.5MFY2019
26.5MFY2020
23.7MFY2021
21MFY2022
22.4MFY2023
23.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$9.3M34%
Electrical equipment manufacturing · 3353$4.5M16%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$3.7M14%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$2.7M9.7%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$1.8M6.5%
Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors · 2381

Largest awards

REM SERVICES 7 SITES IN USCG LOCATIONS$4.8M
TETRA TECH INC· Kent County, RI· Facilities & utilities· Mar 7, 2023 – Mar 30, 2026· 70Z05023F43000007
EXPRESS REPORT: NX ORDERS PLACED FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2025$4.5M
CLAFLIN SERVICE COMPANY· Kent County, RI· Health & medical· Oct 8, 2025 – Oct 8, 2025· 36C10G26K0019
PSN 9029362 - UTILITIES INVENTORY, CONDITION ASSESSMENT, AND MAPPING (ICAM) PHASE II$2.8M
TETRA TECH, INC.· Kent County, RI· Professional services· Sep 22, 2017 – Oct 15, 2025· HSCGG117FPRV198
HSC-IB HOMEPORT INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Explore contracts in Kent County, Rhode Island

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.8B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Kent County, Rhode Island: $10,489 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.8B; +7.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $10,489; US $12,955
Loan face value: $63M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$836M46%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$212M12%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$134.9M7.4%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$121.7M6.7%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$99.9M5.5%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$94.7M5.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$59.1M3.2%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$46.2M2.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

RHODE ISLAND DOT$79.4M4.4%
PROVIDENCE, RI
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND$36.3M2.0%
WARWICK, RI
RHODE ISLAND AIRPORT CORP$15.2M0.8%
WARWICK, RI
THUNDERMIST HEALTH CENTER$6.5M0.4%
WOONSOCKET, RI
NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$5.8M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$1B57%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$446.8M25%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$110.8M6.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$79.4M4.4%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

1.2BFY2021
1.1BFY2022
1.2BFY2023
1.3BFY2024
1.7BFY2025
1.8BFY2026

County aggregates

88%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Explore grants in Kent County, Rhode Island

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Kent County, Rhode Island compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Kent County, Rhode Island
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Kent County, Rhode Island and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kent County, Rhode Island	United States

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Kent County, Rhode Island is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Seth MagazinerD-RI-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 95%Missed 2.8%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Kent County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA80Central county

Cities and towns in Kent County

Places whose residents live mostly in Kent County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/44003

FY2017

$106

$1,436

FY2018

$151

$1,552

FY2019

$119

$1,654

FY2020

$156

$1,880

FY2021

$138

$1,810

FY2022

$122

$1,917

FY2023

$130

$2,079

FY2024

$134

$2,047

FY2025

$239

$2,165

FY2026

$159 (partial year)

$1,911

Calendar years

Kent County, Rhode Island

United States

2014

−0.4%

2.0%

2015

0.3%

2.1%

2016

0.6%

1.7%

2017

1.2%

1.4%

2018

1.1%

1.6%

2019

0.5%

1.4%

2020

−9.5%

−6.1%

2021

4.3%

3.4%

2022

3.3%

4.3%

2023

1.4%

2.1%

2024

0.5%

1.2%

2025

1.1%

0.5%

Calendar years

Kent County, Rhode Island

United States

2014

−4.6%

−4.2%

2015

−2.0%

−1.3%

2016

0.0%

2017

+2.9%

+3.3%

2018

+5.2%

+6.8%

2019

Calendar years

Kent County, Rhode Island

United States

2014

7.2%

6.2%

2015

5.6%

5.3%

2016

4.8%

4.9%

2017

4.1%

4.4%

2018

3.7%

3.9%

2019

3.2%

Calendar years

Kent County, Rhode Island

United States

2014

−4.0%

−5.5%

2015

−0.3%

−1.9%

2016

0.0%

2017

+4.7%

+4.1%

2018

+6.8%

+8.9%

2019

Calendar years

Kent County, Rhode Island

United States

2014

0.9/1k

3.3/1k

2015

0.9/1k

3.7/1k

2016

1.1/1k

3.7/1k

2017

1.1/1k

3.9/1k

2018

1.2/1k

4.1/1k

2019

Calendar years

Kent County, Rhode Island

United States

2014

−2.9%

−6.9%

2015

+2.5%

−3.2%

2016

0.0%

2017

+14.1%

+4.7%

2018

+8.4%

+7.5%

2019

Calendar years

Kent County, Rhode Island

United States

2014

9.3%

15.5%

2015

8.7%

14.7%

2016

9.6%

14.0%

2017

8.5%

13.4%

2018

7.8%

13.1%

2019

8.1%

Calendar years

Kent County, Rhode Island

United States

2014

−11.3% (Dec 2014)

−10.8% (Dec 2014)

2015

−7.2% (Dec 2015)

−5.2% (Dec 2015)

2016

0.0% (Dec 2016)

2017

Calendar years

Kent County, Rhode Island

United States

2015

−7.8% (Dec 2015)

−3.3% (Dec 2015)

2016

0.0% (Dec 2016)

2017

+1.6% (Dec 2017)

+4.4% (Dec 2017)

2018

+7.5%

Calendar years

Kent County, Rhode Island

United States

2014

5.7%

13.5%

2015

4.8%

10.9%

2016

3.5%

10.0%

2017

3.7%

10.2%

2018

3.4%

10.4%

2019

Calendar years

Kent County, Rhode Island

United States

2014

5.9/1k

8.5/1k

2015

5.8/1k

8.7/1k

2016

6.3/1k

9.1/1k

2017

10.9/1k

9.8/1k

2018

16.3/1k

10.7/1k

2019

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kent County, Rhode Island	United States
FY2017	$13.54	$93.28
FY2018	$12.73	$105
FY2019	$8.57	$128
FY2020	$1.08	$145
FY2021	$3.61	$117
FY2022	$1.94	$138
FY2023	$4.57	$159
FY2024	$12.63	$157
FY2025	$4.17	$149
FY2026	$25.49 (partial year)	$211

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kent County, Rhode Island	United States
FY2021	$949	$5,748
FY2022	$612	$5,221
FY2023	$687	$5,364
FY2024	$1,005	$5,501
FY2025	$2,508	$5,732
FY2026	$854 (partial year)	$5,446

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kent County, Rhode Island	United States
FY2021	$141	$298
FY2022	$276	$357
FY2023	$330	$301
FY2024	$645	$319
FY2025	$2,010	$360
FY2026	$545 (partial year)	$349

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kent County, Rhode Island	United States
FY2021	$279	$239
FY2022	$303	$185
FY2023	$385	$229
FY2024	$355	$229
FY2025	$371	$249
FY2026	$329 (partial year)	$201

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kent County, Rhode Island	United States
FY2021	$120	$2,304
FY2022	$79.23	$2,197
FY2023	$80.69	$2,274
FY2024	$93.15	$2,267
FY2025	$89.36	$2,397
FY2026	$88.39 (partial year)	$2,597

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kent County, Rhode Island	United States
FY2021	$1,197	$1,186
FY2022	$315	$465
FY2023	$47.50	$76.52
FY2024	$149	$120
FY2025	$154	$148
FY2026	$105 (partial year)	$108

Year	Kent County, Rhode Island	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+2.9 points	+2.6 points	+1.6 points to +3.4 points
Year −2	+1.9 points	+1.8 points	+0.4 points to +3.5 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−0.9 points	−0.7 points	−1.7 points to +2.1 points
Year +1	−0.3 points	−1.3 points	−2.0 points to −0.4 points

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined1

Counties like Kent County, Rhode Island five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Kent County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved11

Declined1

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Money per resident

What was bought

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 7 similar counties

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Top recipients (organizations)

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Assistance by fiscal year

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