Who's moving to and from Providence County, Rhode Island?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 20,483 people in, 21,736 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−1,253 people
−45 households
Arrivals' income
$66.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$73.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Providence County went in Rhode Island

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Rhode Island counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Bristol County, MA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Kent County2,883
  2. Bristol County, MA2,122
  3. Suffolk County, MA1,016
  4. Norfolk County, MA985
  5. Worcester County, MA839
  6. Middlesex County, MA770
  7. Washington County702
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)4,954

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Kent County3,774
  2. Bristol County, MA1,685
  3. Washington County931
  4. Norfolk County, MA801
  5. Worcester County, MA763
  6. Suffolk County, MA618
  7. Middlesex County, MA585
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)5,439

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
163 people
Left for abroad
281 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Providence usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−4522–23††‡†
Net migration of Providence County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−1,533
2014–15 †−1,383
2015–16−1,883
2016–17 †−2,062
2017–18−1,210
2018–19 ‡−1,165
2019–20−1,150
2020–21−1,039
2021–22−1,379
2022–23 †−45

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Providence County, Rhode Island?” movedwhere.com/county/providence-county-ri. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.