† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
6 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupProvidence-Warwick, RI-MAUnited States
Irish16.3%9.4%
Italian12.4%4.8%
Portuguese12.3%—
English10.6%9.5%
French7.4%1.6%
German4.5%12.5%
French Canadian3.2%—
Polish2.1%2.2%
Puerto Rican4.2%1.8%
Dominican4.1%0.7%
Guatemalan2.3%0.5%
Mexican0.9%11.3%
Colombian0.9%0.4%
Salvadoran0.4%0.7%
Ecuadorian0.3%—
Cape Verdean2.1%—
African American†0.7%9.9%
Haitian0.6%0.3%
African0.4%0.5%
Jamaican0.2%0.4%
Liberian0.2%—
Nigerian0.2%0.2%
Asian Indian0.7%1.4%
Chinese0.7%1.3%
Cambodian0.4%—
Filipino0.3%0.9%
Laotian0.2%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
United States
Median age
40.8
39.1
Age 18–24
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.4%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
United States
Median household income
$87,204
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
22.7%
22.3%
Spanish
11.2%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.6%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
6.6%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
United States
Catholic
37.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
4.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
51.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−9.4%
1896
−46.4%
1900
−27.8%
1904
−24.4%
1908
−27.4%
1912
+1.6%
1916
−6.9%
1920
−37.3%
1924
−29.4%
1928
+1.6%
1932
+11.2%
1936
+15.8%
1940
+16.9%
1944
+18.1%
1948
+19.3%
1952
−2.0%
1956
−16.3%
1960
+29.4%
1964
+60.4%
1968
+32.9%
1972
−1.2%
1976
+15.4%
1980
+8.2%
1984
−2.4%
1988
+11.9%
1992
+19.8%
1996
+35.5%
2000
+31.0%
2004
+23.3%
2008
+26.4%
2012
+25.0%
2016
+13.3%
2020
+17.5%
2024
+9.4%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
53.6%Harris422,969
44.2%Trump348,607
0.6%Kennedy5,039 +8
D+9.4
R+8.1
D+10.9
788,664
All 11 candidates in 2024 · 9 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic53.6%422,969
Donald J TrumpRepublican44.2%348,607
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent0.6%5,039
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%4,311
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%2,836
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.2%1,828
Ayyadurai EllisIndependent0.2%1,580
All OthersIndependent0.1%1,121
Robert "robby" WellsIndependent0.0%358
West AbdullahIndependent0.0%9
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%6
D
57.6%Biden459,587
40.1%Trump319,709
2.3%
D+17.5
D+4.3
D+13.1
797,747
D
53.0%Clinton381,428
39.7%Trump285,933
7.3%
D+13.3
R+11.7
D+11.2
720,102
D
61.5%Obama422,842
36.5%Romney251,049
1.9%
D+25.0
R+1.4
D+21.1
687,225
D
62.2%Obama443,694
35.8%McCain255,660
1.9%
D+26.4
D+3.1
D+19.1
713,159
D
60.8%Kerry407,614
37.5%Bush251,570
1.6%
D+23.3
R+7.7
D+25.7
670,012
D
62.2%Gore385,833
31.2%Bush193,403
6.6%
D+31.0
R+4.5
D+30.5
620,449
D
61.3%Clinton360,775
25.8%Dole151,847
12.9%
D+35.5
D+15.7
D+27.0
588,460
D
47.5%Clinton315,705
27.7%Bush183,971
24.9%
D+19.8
D+7.9
D+14.2
665,119
D
55.7%Dukakis332,977
43.7%Bush261,558
0.6%
D+11.9
D+14.3
D+19.7
598,099
R
48.6%Mondale291,116
51.0%Reagan305,312
0.4%
R+2.4
R+10.6
D+15.8
598,528
D
46.6%Carter281,802
38.4%Reagan232,338
15.0%
D+8.2
R+7.2
D+17.9
604,572
D
57.1%Carter343,954
41.7%Ford251,206
1.2%
D+15.4
D+16.5
D+13.3
602,355
R
49.3%McGovern297,808
50.4%Nixon304,773
0.3%
R+1.2
R+34.0
D+22.0
604,576
D
64.4%Humphrey365,957
31.5%Nixon179,031
4.1%
D+32.9
R+27.6
D+33.6
568,569
D
80.2%Johnson462,348
19.7%Goldwater113,845
0.1%
D+60.4
D+31.1
D+37.8
576,714
D
64.7%Kennedy388,081
35.3%Nixon211,792
0.1%
D+29.4
D+45.7
D+29.2
600,257
R
41.8%Stevenson241,147
58.1%Eisenhower335,361
0.1%
R+16.3
R+14.3
R+0.9
576,976
R
48.9%Stevenson296,737
51.0%Eisenhower309,040
0.1%
R+2.0
R+21.3
D+8.7
606,509
D
59.1%Truman295,477
39.8%Dewey199,003
1.2%
D+19.3
D+1.2
D+14.8
500,253
D
59.0%Roosevelt265,885
40.9%Dewey184,367
0.2%
D+18.1
D+1.2
D+10.6
450,968
D
58.3%Roosevelt279,753
41.5%Willkie198,796
0.2%
D+16.9
D+1.1
D+6.9
479,539
D
54.4%Roosevelt246,043
38.6%Landon174,785
7.0%
D+15.8
D+4.5
R+8.5
452,323
D
54.6%Roosevelt209,078
43.4%Hoover166,112
2.0%
D+11.2
D+9.7
R+6.6
382,845
D
50.5%Smith178,230
48.9%Hoover172,727
0.6%
D+1.6
D+30.9
D+19.0
352,949
R
32.2%Davis96,408
61.6%Coolidge184,215
6.2%
R+29.4
D+7.9
R+4.2
299,095
R
29.7%Cox72,781
67.0%Harding164,187
3.3%
R+37.3
R+30.4
R+11.1
245,013
R
45.0%Wilson58,459
51.9%Hughes67,436
3.1%
R+6.9
R+8.5
R+10.1
129,866
D
37.0%Wilson42,832
35.4%Taft40,982
27.7%
D+1.6
D+29.0
R+17.9
115,857
R
33.3%Bryan35,425
60.7%Taft64,625
6.0%
R+27.4
R+3.0
R+17.9
106,461
R
36.0%Parker35,942
60.4%Roosevelt60,347
3.6%
R+24.4
D+3.3
R+4.8
99,891
R
33.7%Bryan29,167
61.5%McKinley53,180
4.8%
R+27.8
D+18.6
R+20.2
86,495
R
24.6%Bryan20,481
71.0%McKinley59,066
4.4%
R+46.4
R+37.0
R+40.3
83,220
R
43.7%Cleveland35,161
53.1%Harrison42,707
3.2%
R+9.4
—
R+11.0
80,452
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+19.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+9.4
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 9.9 points more Democratic.
689,737 registered voters · 2026 · up from 427,089 in 2025
Democratic33.9%Republican14.6%Unaffiliated51.6%
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−645 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −42,704 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−7,417
2012
−5,043
2013
−4,813
2014
−2,499
2015
−5,019
2016
−5,311
2017
−2,946
2018
−1,494
2019
−3,185
2021
+3,180
2022
−5,707
2023
−2,075
2024
+270
2025
−645
Providence-Warwick anchors a densely packed corridor where Brown University, RISD, and a historically strong labor movement shape an electorate that has leaned Democratic by double digits in recent presidential cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 60.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 46.4 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 8.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.4 points.
A population of 1,684,071, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,204 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Syracuse, NY and Worcester, MA.
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How did Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, Rhode Island vote in 2024?
In 2024, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, Rhode Island voted Democratic by 9.4 points (D+9.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 788,664 votes cast, 422,969 went Democratic and 348,607 went Republican.
When did Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, Rhode Island last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, Rhode Island voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, Rhode Island?
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, Rhode Island has a population of 1,684,071 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, Rhode Island?
Median household income in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, Rhode Island is $87,204 — above the national median of $80,734. The Rhode Island state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, Rhode Island?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, Rhode Island from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
