Providence County, Rhode Island: New American county. In 2024, voted D+14%. Democratic peak: D+67 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+14MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 664,8542024 5-year
- Median household income
- $78,7872024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 59.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 25.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+67 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+38 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Hampden County, MA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Providence CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Providence County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −1.3% |
| 1896 | −37.7% |
| 1900 | −21.5% |
| 1904 | −23.2% |
| 1908 | −24.5% |
| 1912 | +5.9% |
| 1916 | −1.7% |
| 1920 | −26.0% |
| 1924 | −18.6% |
| 1928 | +6.2% |
| 1932 | +16.5% |
| 1936 | +17.9% |
| 1940 | +18.7% |
| 1944 | +22.3% |
| 1948 | +22.5% |
| 1952 | +3.7% |
| 1956 | −11.6% |
| 1960 | +35.0% |
| 1964 | +67.0% |
| 1968 | +39.5% |
| 1972 | −0.1% |
| 1976 | +16.3% |
| 1980 | +16.3% |
| 1984 | +3.4% |
| 1988 | +18.0% |
| 1992 | +22.0% |
| 1996 | +40.1% |
| 2000 | +37.1% |
| 2004 | +27.0% |
| 2008 | +34.4% |
| 2012 | +34.9% |
| 2016 | +20.9% |
| 2020 | +22.9% |
| 2024 | +14.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 150,093 | 112,439 | 269,666 | ||
| D | 165,012 | 102,551 | 272,667 | ||
| D | 142,899 | 90,882 | 248,474 | ||
| D | 159,520 | 75,785 | 239,786 | ||
| D | 167,704 | 80,748 | 252,553 | ||
| D | 144,811 | 82,337 | 231,324 | ||
| D | 142,469 | 61,378 | 218,308 | ||
| D | 134,866 | 49,901 | 212,122 | ||
| D | 125,358 | 69,579 | 253,441 | ||
| D | 135,927 | 94,248 | 231,159 | ||
| D | 124,109 | 116,024 | 240,898 | ||
| D | 126,808 | 86,467 | 247,927 | ||
| D | 144,805 | 103,976 | 249,817 | ||
| R | 129,232 | 129,418 | 259,156 | ||
| D | 169,246 | 70,320 | 250,199 | ||
| D | 219,465 | 43,432 | 262,897 | ||
| D | 189,014 | 91,028 | 280,043 | ||
| R | 121,861 | 153,860 | 275,721 | ||
| D | 157,592 | 146,197 | 304,008 | ||
| D | 149,254 | 93,867 | 245,748 | ||
| D | 137,216 | 87,190 | 224,727 | ||
| D | 145,236 | 99,434 | 244,921 | ||
| D | 131,218 | 88,492 | 238,080 | ||
| D | 118,546 | 84,397 | 206,544 | ||
| D | 97,185 | 85,884 | 183,637 | ||
| R | 62,336 | 92,464 | 161,550 | ||
| R | 45,859 | 79,558 | 129,791 | ||
| R | 31,314 | 32,406 | 65,892 | ||
| D | 23,127 | 19,695 | 58,409 | ||
| R | 18,880 | 32,037 | 53,771 | ||
| R | 18,557 | 30,295 | 50,698 | ||
| R | 15,223 | 24,194 | 41,691 | ||
| R | 11,644 | 26,844 | 40,320 | ||
| R | 18,203 | 18,695 | 38,032 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Italian
13.1%
Irish
12.3%
English
7.6%
French
7.0%
German
3.4%
American
3.1%
Polish
2.7%
African American
6.3%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$78,787
Providence County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Providence County$78,787
Rhode Island$87,796
United States$80,734
Providence County ranks in the top 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.4%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.3%
Working age (18–64)12.0%
Seniors (65+)16.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
67.4%
speak English only
Spanish20.5%
Other Indo-European7.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.7%
Other languages1.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to more than half of Rhode Island's residents, Providence County combines a majority-minority capital city with older post-industrial suburbs, producing consistent Democratic margins that have held above ten points in recent presidential cycles.
Providence County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of sixty-seven points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved nine points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $78,787, and a population of 664,854. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hampden County and Erie County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Providence County, Rhode Island vote in 2024?
In 2024, Providence County, Rhode Island voted Democratic by 14.0 points (D+14), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 269,666 votes cast, 150,093 went Democratic and 112,439 went Republican.
What is Providence County, Rhode Island's political typology?
Akashic places Providence County, Rhode Island in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 24 times, Republican 10 times, and other 0 times.
When did Providence County, Rhode Island last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Providence County, Rhode Island voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Providence County, Rhode Island?
Providence County, Rhode Island has a population of 664,854 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Providence County, Rhode Island?
Median household income in Providence County, Rhode Island is $78,787 — below the national median of $80,734. The Rhode Island state median is $87,796.
What is the political history of Providence County, Rhode Island?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Providence County, Rhode Island from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.