Kent County, Rhode Island Demographics

Kent County is 1st in Rhode Island out of 5 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Kent County is 2nd in Rhode Island out of 5 other counties in Current population (2012)

Kent County is 2nd in Rhode Island out of 5 other counties in Female residents

Kent County is 2nd in Rhode Island out of 5 other counties in Home ownership rate

Kent County is 2nd in Rhode Island out of 5 other counties in Households

Kent County is 2nd in Rhode Island out of 5 other counties in Housing units

Kent County is 2nd in Rhode Island out of 5 other counties in Income below poverty line

Kent County is 2nd in Rhode Island out of 5 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Kent County is 2nd in Rhode Island out of 5 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Kent County is 2nd in Rhode Island out of 5 other counties in Race - Asian

Size Demographics
	Kent County	Rank	Rhode Island	US
Current population (2012)	164,843	2nd	1,050,292	313,914,040
Size in square miles	168.5	3rd	1,033.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	985.9	3rd	1,018.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Kent County	Rank	Rhode Island	US
Residents younger than 5	4.8%	2nd	5.2%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.8%	3rd	20.6%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.7%	3rd	15.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Kent County	Rank	Rhode Island	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.7%	3rd	84.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	28.9%	4th	30.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Kent County	Rank	Rhode Island	US
Race - White	94.0%	3rd	85.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.7%	3rd	7.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	4th	0.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.3%	2nd	3.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	4th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	4th	2.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	3rd	13.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	91.0%	3rd	75.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Kent County	Rank	Rhode Island	US
Female residents	51.8%	2nd	51.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.4%	4th	12.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Kent County	Rank	Rhode Island	US
Housing units	73,766	2nd	464,728	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	27.6%	4th	40.6%	25.9%
Households	68,774	2nd	410,475	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.4%	2nd	62.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$240,400	5th	$270,600	$186,200
People per household	2.4	4th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	102	4th	731	829,658

Income Demographics
	Kent County	Rank	Rhode Island	US
Income per capita	$32,358	4th	$29,685	$27,915
Income per household	$61,279	4th	$55,975	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.3%	2nd	12.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Kent County	Rank	Rhode Island	US
Non-farm private establishments	4,734	2nd	28,181	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	66,624	2nd	406,222	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	16,759	2nd	96,822	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,242,897	2nd	$12,286,485	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$19,228	1st	$11,646	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$398,643	2nd	$2,148,674	$613,795,732