Ranking of Rhode Island Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 13, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Rhode Island counties, in April 2020, among all the cities and places with over 10K population in Rhode Island, Pawtucket city had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (12.09%), followed by Providence city (11.75%), and Woonsocket city (6.92%).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places in Rhode Island, and the table below shows the ranking of all Rhode Island cities and places with over 10K population, based on the percentage of the population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings for other ethnicities and for the different racial groups in Rhode Island.

Ranking of Rhode Island Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Pawtucket
Providence
Woonsocket
Central Falls
Newport
Newport East
East Providence
Cranston
Valley Falls
Warwick
Ranking of Rhode Island Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place % of Place Population
1 Pawtucket city 12.09
2 Providence city 11.75
3 Woonsocket city 6.92
4 Central Falls city 5.92
5 Newport city 5.45
6 Newport East CDP 5.31
7 East Providence city 4.99
8 Cranston city 4.88
9 Valley Falls CDP 2.70
10 Warwick city 1.90
11 Westerly CDP 0.98