Providence County, Rhode Island

2024 results by precinct

16 precincts · 269,666 votes cast

Harris · D+14

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+14.0%	150,093	112,439	269,666
2020	D	+22.9%	165,012	102,551	272,667
2016	D	+20.9%	142,899	90,882	248,474
2012	D	+34.9%	159,520	75,785	239,786
2008	D	+34.4%	167,704	80,748	252,553
2004	D	+27.0%	144,811	82,337	231,324
2000	D	+37.1%	142,469	61,378	218,308
1996	D	+40.1%	134,866	49,901	212,122
1992	D	+22.0%	125,358	69,579	253,441
1988	D	+18.0%	135,927	94,248	231,159
1984	D	+3.4%	124,109	116,024	240,898
1980	D	+16.3%	126,808	86,467	247,927
1976	D	+16.3%	144,805	103,976	249,817
1972	R	−0.1%	129,232	129,418	259,156
1968	D	+39.5%	169,246	70,320	250,199
1964	D	+67.0%	219,465	43,432	262,897
1960	D	+35.0%	189,014	91,028	280,043
1956	R	−11.6%	121,861	153,860	275,721
1952	D	+3.7%	157,592	146,197	304,008
1948	D	+22.5%	149,254	93,867	245,748
1944	D	+22.3%	137,216	87,190	224,727
1940	D	+18.7%	145,236	99,434	244,921
1936	D	+17.9%	131,218	88,492	238,080
1932	D	+16.5%	118,546	84,397	206,544
1928	D	+6.2%	97,185	85,884	183,637
1924	R	−18.6%	62,336	92,464	161,550
1920	R	−26.0%	45,859	79,558	129,791
1916	R	−1.7%	31,314	32,406	65,892
1912	D	+5.9%	23,127	19,695	58,409
1908	R	−24.5%	18,880	32,037	53,771
1904	R	−23.2%	18,557	30,295	50,698
1900	R	−21.5%	15,223	24,194	41,691
1896	R	−37.7%	11,644	26,844	40,320
1892	R	−1.3%	18,203	18,695	38,032
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Polish

0.8%

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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 38.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.3%

2.0%

75–84

2.8%

4.5%

65–74

5.1%

6.3%

55–64

6.6%

5.9%

45–54

6.1%

6.8%

35–44

6.6%

7.7%

25–34

7.5%

5.0%

18–24

5.1%

7.6%

5–17

7.2%

2.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 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

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.4%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

41.4%

Other Christian

4.2%

Non-Christian

1.9%

Mainline Protestant

1.7%

Baptist

1.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.0%

Methodist

0.5%

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.

The Democratic margin in Providence County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at sixty-seven points in 1964; the 2024 margin was fourteen points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Providence County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $78,787, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Hampden County and Erie County.

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Providence County is one of the bluest places in America.