Historical U.S. Census Totals for Kent County, Rhode Island

This article shows U.S. Census totals for Kent County, Rhode Island, broken down by municipality, from 1900 to 2000.

Like most areas of New England, Kent County is (and has been at all times since well before the 20th century) entirely divided into incorporated municipalities. There is no unincorporated territory. For any census, adding up the totals for each municipality should yield the county total.

There are two types of municipalities in Rhode Island, towns and cities. The tables below differentiate between towns and cities.

For more information on the New England municipal system, see New England town.

Corporate changes since 1900

1913 - New town of West Warwick formed from Warwick
1931 - Warwick became a city

1900

County Total: 29,976

Warwick 21,316
Coventry 5,279
East Greenwich 2,775
West Greenwich 606

1910

County Total: 36,378

Warwick 26,629
Coventry 5,848
East Greenwich 3,420
West Greenwich 481

1920

County Total: 38,269

West Warwick 15,461
Warwick 13,481
Coventry 5,670
East Greenwich 3,290
West Greenwich 367

1930

County Total: 51,390

Warwick 23,196
West Warwick 17,696
Coventry 6,430
East Greenwich 3,666
West Greenwich 402

1940

County Total: 58,311

Warwick (city) 28,757
West Warwick 18,188
Coventry 6,998
East Greenwich 3,842
West Greenwich 526

1950

County Total: 77,763

Warwick (city) 43,028
West Warwick 19,096
Coventry 9,869
East Greenwich 4,923
West Greenwich 847

1960

County Total: 112,619

Warwick (city) 68,504
West Warwick 21,414
Coventry 15,432
East Greenwich 6,100
West Greenwich 1,169

1970

County Total: 142,382

Warwick (city) 83,694
West Warwick 24,323
Coventry 22,947
East Greenwich 9,577
West Greenwich 1,841

1980

County Total: 154,163

Warwick (city) 87,123
Coventry 27,065
West Warwick 27,026
East Greenwich 10,211
West Greenwich 2,738

1990

County Total: 161,135

Warwick (city) 85,427
Coventry 31,083
West Warwick 29,268
East Greenwich 11,865
West Greenwich 3,492

2000

County Total: 167,090

Warwick (city) 85,808
Coventry 33,668
West Warwick 29,581
East Greenwich 12,948
West Greenwich 5,085

gollark: It probably won't be because then C people would go "BUT MY 1µs OF PERFORMANCE!".

gollark: ++exec -L c-gcc```cchar[1024] buf;int main(int apiohazard, char* *apioform) {// char *buf = (char*)"APIONODE\0\0\0\0"; printf("out: %s", buf); return 0;}```

gollark: I see.

gollark: ++exec -L c-gcc```cint main(int apiohazard, char* *apioform) { char *buf = (char*)"APIONODE\0\0\0\0"; printf("out: %s", buf); return 0;}```

gollark: I assume it's not automatically zeroed.