Rhode Island Race & Ethnic Origin Demographics

Rhode Island Race & Ethnic Origin Demographics by County^w1990-2000
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Race & Ethnic Origin

1990
Census
Population

2000
Census
Population

Numeric
Change

Percent
Change

2000 Census

Percent
of State

Percent
of County

Rhode Island	1,003,464	1,048,319	44,855	4.5%	100.0%	N/A
White	896,109	858,433	-37,676	-4.2%	81.9%	N/A
Black	34,283	41,922	7,639	22.3%	4.0%	N/A
Hispanic	45,752	90,820	45,068	98.5%	8.7%	N/A
Asian & Pacific Islander	17,584	23,736	6,152	35.0%	2.3%	N/A
Other	9,736	12,592	2,856	29.3%	1.2%	N/A
2+ Races*	-----	20,816	-----	-----	2.0%	N/A
Bristol County	48,859	50,648	1,789	3.7%	4.8%	100.0%
White	47,640	48,651	1,011	2.1%	4.6%	96.1%
Black	178	331	153	86.0%	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic	672	572	-100	-14.9%	0.1%	1.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander	295	514	219	74.2%	0.0%	1.0%
Other	74	108	34	45.9%	0.0%	0.2%
2+ Races*	-----	472	-----	-----	0.0%	0.9%
Kent County	161,135	167,090	5,955	3.7%	15.9%	100.0%
White	156,759	158,086	1,327	0.8%	15.1%	94.6%
Black	1,010	1,451	441	43.7%	0.1%	0.9%
Hispanic	1,737	2,827	1,090	62.8%	0.3%	1.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander	1,262	2,247	985	78.1%	0.2%	1.3%
Other	367	557	190	51.8%	0.1%	0.3%
2+ Races*	-----	1,922	-----	-----	0.2%	1.2%
Newport County	87,194	85,433	-1,761	-2.0%	8.1%	100.0%
White	80,700	76,940	-3,760	-4.7%	7.3%	90.1%
Black	3,272	2,988	-284	-8.7%	0.3%	3.5%
Hispanic	1,712	2,409	697	40.7%	0.2%	2.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander	1,005	1,080	75	7.5%	0.1%	1.3%
Other	505	553	48	9.5%	0.1%	0.6%
2+ Races*	-----	1,463	-----	-----	0.1%	1.7%
Providence County	596,270	621,602	25,332	4.2%	59.3%	100.0%
White	505,558	458,622	-46,936	-9.3%	43.7%	73.8%
Black	28,793	36,078	7,285	25.3%	3.4%	5.8%
Hispanic	40,569	83,232	42,663	105.2%	7.9%	13.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander	13,602	18,022	4,420	32.5%	1.7%	2.9%
Other	7,748	10,167	2,419	31.2%	1.0%	1.6%
2+ Races*	-----	15,481	-----	-----	1.5%	2.5%
Washington County	110,006	123,546	13,540	12.3%	11.8%	100.0%
White	105,452	116,134	10,682	10.1%	11.1%	94.0%
Black	1,030	1,074	44	4.3%	0.1%	0.9%
Hispanic	1,062	1,780	718	67.6%	0.2%	1.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander	1,420	1,873	453	31.9%	0.2%	1.5%
Other	1,042	1,207	165	15.8%	0.1%	1.0%
2+ Races*	-----	1,478	-----	-----	0.1%	1.2%