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Providence County / Providence, RI

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Providence County holds 678,000 people at the head of Narragansett Bay. Old Slater Mill stands in Pawtucket, built in 1793 and called by the National Park Service the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution, America's first cotton-spinning mill. The county is dense and walkable, and its theatres, parks and restaurants all rank in the top 3% of the country. Homes cost more here than local pay comfortably covers.

Regional Theatre: 4: Trinity Rep took the 1981 Tony Award for regional theatre and works out of the old Emery Majestic vaudeville house on Washington Street in Providence. >99% of 3,143 counties
Park Score: 99%⁹: Roger Williams Park in Providence grew out of farmland Betsey Williams left the city in 1871. >98% of 1,479 counties
Hospitals: 6: The only pediatric emergency department in southeastern New England is on Eddy Street in Providence. >97% of 3,143 counties
Cuisine Diversity: 56: The cooking is spread through the neighbourhoods rather than gathered downtown, starting with Atwells Avenue on Federal Hill. >98% of 3,143 counties
The trade-off — Median Home Price: $398K⁴: The median home is $398K against a typical household income of $74K, a ratio of nearly five and a half to one. >89% of 3,143 counties

The world-famous Big Blue Bug sits on the side of I-95 in Providence, RI. Constructed of steel and fiberglass, it's an exact replica of an Eastern Subterranean Termite. The Big Blue Bug has appeared in movies, television shows, books, and comics.

Demographics and county data

Each comparison is against the US counties that publish the same measurement. Measurements where too many counties share a single value to be ranked show no comparison at all.

Abortion Regulation: Legal (Restricted)
ACT/SAT Scores: #50
Air Quality: 9.3¹
Alcohol Regulation: #21
All Occupations: $68K¹
American Indians/Alaskan Natives: ↓-1.6%
Amish, Mennonites, etc: ↓-2.5%⁷
Any Airport: 0h 12m
Any Natural Disaster: Medium³
Architecture & Engineering: $103K¹⁰
Art Museums: 4
Arts, Design, Sports, Media & Entertainment: $77K¹⁰
Asian Americans: ↑2.7%
Asian Language Speakers: ↑2.0%
Avalanche: none³
Average School Rating: 33.9⁶
Beergardens & Brewpubs: 30
Bike Score: 61
Blacks/African Americans: ↓-0.9%
Boating: 314
Broadband Internet: 82%
Buddhists: ↑0.3%⁷
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance: $40K¹⁰
Business & Financial Operations: $89K¹⁰
Cannabis Regulation: Legal
Cat Friendly Rentals: 32%
Catholics: ↑29.6%⁷
City Population: 191K
Climate Change Risk: 2.2
Coastal Flooding: Low³
Cold Wave: Medium³
Community & Social Service: $58K¹⁰
Commute Time: 25
Computer & Mathematical: $110K¹⁰
Construction & Extraction: $63K¹⁰
County Population: 658K
Cuisine Diversity: 56
Cycling: 10
Dentists: 6.1
Dog Friendly Rentals: 28%
Drought: Very Low³
Earthquakes: Low³
Education, Training, & Library: $71K¹⁰
Educational Attainment: 28%
Elevation: 361'⁸
English Speakers: ↓-9.1%
Farmers Markets: 24
Farming, Fishing, & Forestry: $38K¹⁰
Fatal Dog Attacks: 1
Fatal Wildlife Attacks: 0
Fire Ants: none
Fishing: 157
Food Preparation & Serving Related: $35K¹⁰
Forests: 61%
Freshwater Access: 471
Gluten-Free Options: 12
Golf: 99
Gun Open Carry Regulation: Legal (w/Permit)
Hail: Very Low³
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical: $101K¹⁰
Healthcare Support: $39K¹⁰
Heat Wave: Medium³
High School Graduation Rate: 81%¹
Hiking: 154
Hindus: ↓-0.0%⁷
Hispanics/Latinos: ↑13.8%
History Museums: 2
Home Ownership Rate: 54%
Homelessness: 115
Homicide Rate: 3¹
Hospitals: 6
Hurricanes: Low³
Ice Storms: High³
Indo-European Language Speakers: ↑7.0%
Installation, Maintenance, & Repair: $59K¹⁰
Investment Potential: 87 / 100
Jehovah's Witnesses: ↓-0.6%⁷
Jews: ↑0.6%⁷
Landslide: Medium³
LDS / Mormons: ↓-1.9%⁷
Legal: $125K¹⁰
Life Expectancy: 79¹
Life, Physical, & Social Science: $90K¹⁰
Lightning: Medium³
Live Music: 32
Major Airport: 0h 12m
Major City Proximity: Major City
Major League Baseball: 0h 58m
Major League Soccer: 0h 33m
Management: $142K¹⁰
Median Age: 37 years¹¹
Median Home Price: $398K
Median Rental - 1 BR Apartment: $1,685
Median Rental - 2 BR Apartment: $2,173
Median Rental - 3 BR Apartment: $2,834
Median Rental - 4 BR Apartment: $3,261
Median Rental - Room: $870
Median Rental - Single Family Home: $2,033⁴
Median Rental - Studio Apartment: $1,649
Mental Health Providers: 49.5
Meth Labs: 0
Michelin Rated Restaurants: none
Minor League Baseball: 0h 41m
Mountains: 912'⁸
Multiracials: ↑0.9%
Muslims: ↓-0.0%⁷
National Parks: 6h 06m
Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders: 0.0%
NBA Basketball: 1h 01m
NFL Football: 0h 33m
NHL Hockey: 1h 01m
Not Religious / Atheists / Agnostics: ↑2.0%
Nuclear Strike: Medium Fallout
Obesity Rate: 30%¹
Office & Administrative Support: $48K¹⁰
Orthodox Christians: ↑0.8%⁷
Other Language Speakers: ↑0.7%
Other Relocation Incentives: none
Park Score: 99%
People 0-9 Years Old: ↓-0.7%
People 10-19 Years Old: ↓-0.1%
People 20-29 Years Old: ↑3.5%
People 30-39 Years Old: ↑1.9%
People 40-49 Years Old: ↑0.4%
People 50-59 Years Old: ↓-0.3%
People 60-69 Years Old: ↓-2.0%
People 70-79 Years Old: ↓-2.3%
People 80+ Years Old: ↓-0.3%
Performing Arts: 3
Personal Care & Service: $37K¹⁰
Political Orientation: 94% Dems
Population Density: 1,614
Population Growth: ↓-0.3%
Poverty Rate: 12.4%
Primary Care Physicians: 9.8¹
Private/Home School Regulation: #38
Production: $48K¹⁰
Property Crime Rate: 3,011
Property Tax: 1.67%
Protective Service: $58K¹⁰
Protestants / Non-Denominationals: ↓-25.3%⁷
Rain: 46"
Regional Theatre: 4
River Flooding: High³
Sales & Related: $56K¹⁰
Sales Tax: 7.0%
Same Sex Households: ↑0.1%
Scenic Beauty: #34
Seacoast Proximity: 0h 46m
Seasons: 46 °F
Shark Attacks: 0
Single Parent Households: ↑7.9%
Skiing: 0h 35m
Small or Major Airport: 0h 12m
Smokers: 18%¹
Snow: 43"
Spanish Speakers: ↑12.4%
State Income Tax: 6.0%
Strong Wind: Low³
Summer Heat: 81 °F
Summer Mugginess: Sticky
Sunny Days: 200
Termite Infestation: Moderate
Tobacco Regulation: #12
Top School Rating: 95.9⁶
Tornadoes: Medium³
Traffic: 1.91M
Transit Score: 47
Transportation & Material Moving: $43K¹⁰
Tsunami: none³
Typical Expenses: $79K⁵
Typical Expenses: $119K⁵
Typical Expenses: $89K⁵
Typical Expenses: $134K⁵
Typical Expenses: $136K⁵
Typical Expenses: $48K⁵
Typical Expenses: $65K⁵
Typical Expenses: $109K⁵
Typical Expenses: $94K⁵
Typical Expenses: $95K⁵
Typical Expenses: $85K⁵
Typical Expenses: $65K⁵
Unemployment Rate: 10.2%¹
Vegetarian Friendliness: 15
Violent Crime Rate: 312²
Volcanic Activity: none³
Walk Score: 76
Water Quality: 4/4
Whites: ↓-15.6%
Wildfires: Very Low³
Windiness: 15 mph
Wineries: 7
Winter Cold: 35 °F
Winter Weather: Medium³

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