† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupWoonsocketRhode IslandUnited States
Italian13.1%14.7%4.8%
Irish12.3%16.1%9.4%
English7.6%10.8%9.5%
French7.0%7.3%1.6%
Portuguese6.0%7.0%—
French Canadian3.7%3.0%—
German3.4%5.0%12.5%
American3.1%3.1%5.3%
Dominican9.0%5.8%0.7%
Puerto Rican5.4%3.9%1.8%
Guatemalan4.8%3.0%0.5%
Colombian1.7%1.1%0.4%
Mexican1.2%1.1%11.3%
Salvadoran0.6%0.4%0.7%
Bolivian0.3%0.2%—
Ecuadorian0.3%0.2%—
Asian Indian1.5%0.8%1.4%
Chinese1.5%0.8%1.3%
Cambodian1.2%0.5%—
Laotian0.8%0.3%—
Filipino0.7%0.4%0.9%
Korean0.3%0.2%0.4%
Cape Verdean2.5%1.6%—
African American†1.3%1.1%9.9%
African0.8%0.5%0.5%
Haitian0.7%0.5%0.3%
Liberian0.6%0.4%—
Nigerian0.5%0.3%0.2%
Jamaican0.2%0.2%0.4%
Maya1.4%0.1%—
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
Woonsocket
Rhode Island
United States
Median age
35.7
40.8
39.1
Age 18–24
7.9%
10.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.6%
18.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Woonsocket
Rhode Island
United States
Median household income
$61,059
$87,796
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.7%
11.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.8%
37.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Woonsocket
Rhode Island
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
31.0%
23.2%
22.3%
Spanish
17.0%
13.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
3.4%
1.6%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
4.6%
4.1%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
4.0%
1.1%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Woonsocket
Rhode Island
United States
Catholic
—
40.6%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
3.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
48.5%
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.
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+25.0%
2008
+32.2%
2012
+31.2%
2016
+7.2%
2020
+7.6%
2024
−1.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2024 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
48.2%Harris6,434
49.9%Trump6,650
1.9%
R+1.6
R+9.2
R+0.1
13,340
D
52.9%Biden7,324
45.3%Trump6,269
1.8%
D+7.6
D+0.4
D+3.2
13,844
D
50.1%Clinton6,364
42.8%Trump5,444
7.1%
D+7.2
R+24.0
D+5.1
12,711
D
64.7%Obama8,843
33.5%Romney4,577
1.9%
D+31.2
R+1.0
D+27.3
13,676
D
65.2%Obama8,678
33.1%McCain4,398
1.7%
D+32.2
D+7.2
D+24.9
13,304
D
61.9%Kerry7,477
36.9%Bush4,458
1.2%
D+25.0
—
D+27.5
12,079
Woonsocket's electorate reflects its working-class, French-Canadian heritage — one of the most distinctly Franco-American communities in the U.S. — shaped by decades of textile-industry decline that continue to influence voter priorities around economic revitalization.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 32.2 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 1.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 9.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.6 points.
A population of 43,521, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,059 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fall River and New Bedford.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Woonsocket, Rhode Island voted Republican by 1.6 points (R+1.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 13,340 votes cast, 6,434 went Democratic and 6,650 went Republican.
When did Woonsocket, Rhode Island last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Woonsocket, Rhode Island voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Woonsocket, Rhode Island?
Woonsocket, Rhode Island has a population of 43,521 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Woonsocket, Rhode Island?
Median household income in Woonsocket, Rhode Island is $61,059 — below the national median of $80,734. The Rhode Island state median is $87,796.
What is the political history of Woonsocket, Rhode Island?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Woonsocket, Rhode Island from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 1 went Republican.
