Newport County, Rhode Island

Newport County population, land area and income

Newport County had 83,468 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 102.4 square miles of land. It ranks 4th of 5 in Rhode Island by population and 4th by land area. That works out to 814.9 people per square mile, 8.5 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top tenth nationally.

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

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $99,912 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Newport County's population changed since 2020

Newport County lost 2,043 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.4%. That ranks 5th 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, Newport County recorded 2,546 births and 3,554 deaths, a natural change of -1,008. Net international migration added +793 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -1,982. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 1,982 people.

Where Newport County is

The Census internal point of Newport County is at 41.501000, -71.283100. 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 Newport County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Newport County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Newport County, 24,482 people together, or 29% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Newport County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Newport with 24,482.

Counties bordering Newport County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Newport County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Bristol County, MA, with 588,593 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• MA

  Bristol County, MA

  588,593 people

  20 mi NNE

• Kent County

  172,450 people

  20 mi NW

• Washington County

  130,333 people

  19 mi WSW

• Bristol County

  50,145 people

  14 mi N

Distance to Providence and the nearest big city

Providence is 23.8 miles NNW of Newport County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is New Bedford, MA (population 101,318), 21.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Newport, RI (population 24,482), 2.5 miles away.

Newport County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Newport County is 44005: state code 44 for Rhode Island plus county code 005. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $99,912.