Highest poverty rate in Rhode Island

Rhode Island counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Rhode Island by poverty rate — which have the highest poverty rate, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among cities & places, Central Falls leads at 22.3%.

Cities & places

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Central Falls	22.3%
2	Providence	20.1%
3	Woonsocket	19.7%
4	Watch Hill	16.5%
5	Newport	15.1%
6	Narragansett Pier	14.4%
7	Newport East	14.2%
8	Pawtucket	13.6%
9	Pascoag	12.3%
10	East Providence	10.8%
11	Harrisville	10.2%
12	Bradford	9.4%
13	Cranston	8.7%
14	Weekapaug	8.5%
15	Misquamicut	8.5%
16	Warwick	7.1%
17	Charlestown	6.7%
18	Wakefield-Peace Dale	6.7%
19	Foster Center	6.7%
20	Hope Valley	6.1%
21	Westerly	6.0%
22	Tiverton	5.9%
23	Hopkinton	5.0%
24	Valley Falls	4.9%
25	Cumberland Hill	4.6%
26	Carolina	4.2%
27	Greenville	4.2%
28	Harmony	3.2%
29	Kingston	3.1%
30	Greene	2.6%
31	Quonochontaug	2.1%
32	Chepachet	1.9%
33	Melville	1.0%
34	Ashaway	0.6%
35	Clayville	0.0%
36	Wyoming	0.0%

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