Newport, Rhode Island

Newport population, 2020 to 2024

Newport lost 632 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -149. Among 8 Rhode Island places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 8th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Rhode Island has 62,479 people, so Newport is 39% of it.

Newport covers 7.66 square miles of land and 3.72 of water, for 3,196 people per square mile of land. The median Rhode Island place of 5,000+ has 4,677, so Newport is less dense than the typical town.

What county Newport is in

All of Newport's residents live in Newport County, which had 83,468 residents in 2024. Newport holds 29.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Newport

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Newport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 02840, 02841. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Newport is

The Census internal point of Newport is at 41.476700, -71.319600. Providence, the capital, is 25.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Warwick, RI (83,554 people), 16.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Bedford, MA, 23.5 miles away.

Daylight in Newport

At 41.48° N, Newport gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Newport

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Rhode Island, measured between internal points. The closest is Warwick, 16.5 miles away, with 83,554 people.