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County · Rhode Island
Kent County
172,450Population
1.2 %Change since 2020
738Net migration
4.1 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 172,450 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.2 %
- Net migration
- 738 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.1 % (2025)
- State
- Rhode Island
- Population base, April 2020
- 170,366 (2020)
- Births
- 1,467 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.5
- Deaths
- 1,925 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.2
- Natural change, 2023
- -458
- International migration
- 428 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 310 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 4.3
- Postal code
- RI
- FIPS code
- 44003
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.1 % |
| 2024 | 3.8 % |
| 2023 | 2.7 % |
| 2022 | 2.9 % |
| 2021 | 5.1 % |
| 2020 | 8.6 % |
| 2019 | 3.2 % |
| 2018 | 3.7 % |
| 2017 | 4.1 % |
| 2016 | 4.8 % |
| 2015 | 5.6 % |
| 2014 | 7.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 172,450 |
| 2023 | 171,770 |
| 2022 | 171,523 |
| 2021 | 171,115 |
| 2020 | 170,423 |