Kent County, Rhode Island

Kent County population, land area and income

Kent County had 172,450 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 168.6 square miles of land. It ranks 2nd of 5 in Rhode Island by population and 3rd by land area. That works out to 1,023.0 people per square mile, 10.6 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top tenth nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Rhode Island has 130,333 residents; Kent County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $89,914 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Kent County's population changed since 2020

Kent County gained 2,027 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.2%. That ranks 2nd of 5 in Rhode Island for growth. The median Rhode Island county changed by +0.4%, and the state as a whole by +1.4%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Kent County recorded 6,223 births and 8,517 deaths, a natural change of -2,294. Net international migration added +1,552 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +2,805. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 2,805 people.

Where Kent County is

The Census internal point of Kent County is at 41.675100, -71.580300. It sits in UTM zone 19N. The map shades Rhode Island's 5 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Kent County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Kent County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Kent County, 83,554 people together, or 48% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Kent County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Warwick with 83,554.

Counties bordering Kent County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Kent County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Providence County, RI, with 675,912 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Providence County

  675,912 people

  13 mi N

• Washington County

  130,333 people

  19 mi S

• CT

  Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

  97,701 people

  23 mi WNW

• Newport County

  83,468 people

  20 mi SE

• Bristol County

  50,145 people

  15 mi E

Distance to Providence and the nearest big city

Providence is 13.7 miles NE of Kent County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Providence, RI (population 194,706), 13.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Cranston, RI (population 84,448), 8.2 miles away.

Kent County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Kent County is 44003: state code 44 for Rhode Island plus county code 003. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $89,914.