Rhode Island · Census place 4474300

Warwick, Rhode Island

Warwick is a city in Kent County, Rhode Island with an estimated 83,554 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 3rd largest of 8 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
83,554
#3 of 8 in Rhode Island
Change since 2020
+0.8%
+692 people
Land area
35.0 sq mi
+ 14.75 sq mi water
Density
2,387 / sq mi
State median 4,677
Orange pin: Warwick. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Providence.

Warwick population, 2020 to 2024

Warwick added 692 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +317. Among 8 Rhode Island places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 7th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Rhode Island has 62,479 people, so Warwick is 1.3 times that size.

82.9k202083.1k202183.1k202283.2k202383.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 82,831. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Warwick covers 35.00 square miles of land and 14.75 of water, for 2,387 people per square mile of land. The median Rhode Island place of 5,000+ has 4,677, so Warwick is less dense than the typical town.

What county Warwick is in

All of Warwick's residents live in Kent County, which had 172,450 residents in 2024. Warwick holds 48.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Warwick

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Warwick by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 02818, 02886, 02888, 02889. 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 Warwick is

The Census internal point of Warwick is at 41.703100, -71.420300. Providence, the capital, is 8.8 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cranston, RI (84,448 people), 5.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Providence, RI, 8.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.703100, -71.420300
DMS
41°42'11.16"N 71°25'13.08"W
UTM
19N 298620.5E 4619643.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
87HCPH3H+6V

Daylight in Warwick

At 41.70° N, Warwick gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Warwick

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Rhode Island, measured between internal points. The closest is Cranston, 5.7 miles away, with 84,448 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Warwick, RI?

83,554 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 692 (0.8%) from 82,862 in July 2020.

What county is Warwick in?

Kent County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Warwick?

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 02818, 02886, 02888, 02889.

How far is Warwick from Providence?

8.8 miles (14.2 km) in a straight line, heading N from Warwick.

What is the nearest larger city to Warwick?

Cranston, RI, with 84,448 residents, 5.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.