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Newport County
83,468Population
-2.5 %Change since 2020
-713Net migration
4.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 83,468 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -2.5 %
- Net migration
- -713 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0 % (2025)
- State
- Rhode Island
- Population base, April 2020
- 85,641 (2020)
- Births
- 581 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.0
- Deaths
- 879 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.5
- Natural change, 2023
- -298
- International migration
- 265 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -978 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -8.5
- Postal code
- RI
- FIPS code
- 44005
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.0 % |
| 2024 | 3.9 % |
| 2023 | 2.8 % |
| 2022 | 3.0 % |
| 2021 | 5.2 % |
| 2020 | 8.3 % |
| 2019 | 3.2 % |
| 2018 | 3.7 % |
| 2017 | 4.1 % |
| 2016 | 4.9 % |
| 2015 | 5.4 % |
| 2014 | 6.9 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 83,468 |
| 2023 | 83,843 |
| 2022 | 84,851 |
| 2021 | 85,613 |
| 2020 | 85,511 |