Editing Rhode Island (section)

==Demographics==
<!--{{Main|Demographics of Rhode Island}}-->
{{US Census population
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|1800= 69122
|1810= 76931
|1820= 83059
|1830= 97199
|1840= 108830
|1850= 147545
|1860= 174620
|1870= 217353
|1880= 276531
|1890= 345506
|1900= 428556
|1910= 542610
|1920= 604397
|1930= 687497
|1940= 713346
|1950= 791896
|1960= 859488
|1970= 946725
|1980= 947154
|1990= 1003464
|2000= 1048319
|2010= 1052567
|2020= 1097379
| estimate = 1112308
| estyear = 2024
| align-fn = center
|footnote=Source: 1910–2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical Population Change Data (1910–2020) |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429012609/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html }}</ref>
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[[File:Ethnic Origins in Rhode Island.png|thumb|334x334px|Ethnic origins in Rhode Island]]
[[File:Rhode Island population density 2020.png|thumb|Rhode Island population density map]]

At the [[2020 United States census|2020 U.S. census]], Rhode Island's population was 1,097,379. The [[center of population]] of Rhode Island is in [[Providence County, Rhode Island|Providence County]], in the city of [[Cranston, Rhode Island|Cranston]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/statecenters.txt|title=Population and Population Centers by State: 2000|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=April 24, 2008|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20080918020344/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/statecenters.txt|archive-date=September 18, 2008}}</ref> A corridor of population can be seen from the Providence area, stretching northwest following the [[Blackstone River]] to [[Woonsocket, Rhode Island|Woonsocket]], where 19th-century mills drove industry and development.

According to [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|HUD]]'s 2022 [[Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress|Annual Homeless Assessment Report]], there were an estimated 1,577 [[Homelessness|homeless]] people in Rhode Island.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2007-2022 PIT Counts by State |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress |url=https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf}}</ref>

According to the 2020 census, 71.3% of the population was White (68.7% [[non-Hispanic white]]), 5.7% was Black or African American, 0.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 3.6% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 9.4% from some other race, and 9.3% from two or more races. 16.6% of the total population was of [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] or Latino origin (they may be of any race).<ref name="2020DP1">{{Cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=040XX00US44 |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Rhode Island |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=April 17, 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Racial and ethnic composition as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]
|-
! Race and ethnicity (2020)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html |title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=August 12, 2021 |website=census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 26, 2021}}</ref><ref name="data.census.gov">{{cite web | url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Rhode%20island&y=2020&d=DEC%20Redistricting%20Data%20%28PL%2094-171%29&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 | title=Explore Census Data}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Percentage
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White (non-Hispanic)]]
|align=right| {{bartable|68.7|%|1||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|align=right| {{bartable|16.6|%|1||background:green}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black (non-Hispanic)]]
|align=right| {{bartable|5.0|%|1||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3.4|%|1||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]
|align=right| {{bartable|0.1|%|1||background:gold}}
|-
| [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]]
|align=right| {{bartable|0.0|%|1||background:pink}}
|-
| Mixed (Two or more races)
|align=right| {{bartable|4.6|%|1||background:red}}
|-
| Other (Some other race)
|align=right| {{bartable|1.6|%|1||background:brown}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;"
|+ Historical racial demographics
|-
! Racial composition !! 1970<ref name="census" /> !! 1990<ref name="census">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |title=Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States |publisher=Census.gov |access-date=February 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725044857/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |archive-date=July 25, 2008}}</ref>!! 2000<ref>{{cite web |title=Cannot GET /city/RI |url=http://censusviewer.com/city/RI |date=January 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140111204458/http://censusviewer.com/city/RI |archive-date=January 11, 2014 |access-date=November 26, 2018 }}</ref>!! 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html |title=2010 |website=Decennial Census of Population and Housing |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 26, 2014 |archive-date=May 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522200920/https://census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[White American|White]] || 96.6% || 91.4% || 85.0% || 81.4%
|-
| [[African American|Black]] || 2.7% || 3.9% || 4.5% || 5.7%
|-
| [[Asian American|Asian]] || 0.4% || 1.8% || 2.3% || 2.9%
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native]] || 0.1% || 0.4% || 0.5% || 0.6%
|-
| [[Native Hawaiian]] and<br />[[Pacific Islander|other Pacific Islander]] || – || – || 0.1% || 0.1%
|-
| [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Other race]] || 0.2% || 2.5% || 5.0% || 6.1%
|-
| [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]] || – || – || 2.7% || 3.3%
|}

Of the people residing in Rhode Island, 58.7% were born in Rhode Island, 26.6% were born in a different state, 2.0% were born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas or born abroad to American parent(s), and 12.6% were foreign born.<ref name=www.census>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |title=U.S. Census website |website=census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=December 11, 2015 |archive-date=December 27, 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, {{as of|2015|lc=y}}, Rhode Island had an estimated population of 1,056,298, which is an increase of 1,125, or 0.10%, from the prior year and an increase of 3,731, or 0.35%, since the year 2010. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 15,220 people (that is 66,973 births minus 51,753 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 14,001 people into the state. [[Immigration to the United States|Immigration]] from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 18,965 people, and migration within the country produced a net decrease of 4,964 people. In 2018, The top countries of origin for Rhode Island's immigrants were the [[Dominican Republic]], [[Guatemala]], [[Portugal]], [[Cape Verde]] and [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Immigrants in Rhode Island |url=https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/immigrants_in_rhode_island.pdf}}</ref>

[[Hispanics in the United States|Hispanics]] in the state make up 12.8% of the population, predominantly Dominican, Puerto Rican, and Guatemalan populations.<ref name=quickfacts-44000>{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/44000.html |title=Rhode Island |website=Quickfacts.census.gov |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015091121/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/44000.html |archive-date=October 15, 2010}}</ref> Rhode Island has the highest percentage of [[Dominican Americans]] in the country at 5.1% according to latest estimates, putting the state at sixth largest Dominican community in the country.<ref name="data.census.gov"/>

According to the [[2000 United States Census|2000 U.S. census]], 84% of the population aged 5 and older spoke only [[American English]], while 8.07% spoke Spanish at home, 3.80% Portuguese, 1.96% French, 1.39% Italian and 0.78% speak other languages at home accordingly.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 17, 2007 |url= http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=44&mode=state_tops |title=Language Map Data Center|publisher=Mla.org |access-date=July 31, 2010|archive-date=December 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205100552/http://www.mla.org/map_data_results%26state_id%3D44%26mode%3Dstate_tops|url-status=live}}</ref>

The state's most populous ethnic group, non-Hispanic white, has declined from 96.1% in 1970 to 76.5% in 2011.<ref name=quickfacts-44000/><ref>{{cite web|title=Rhode Island – Race and Hispanic Origin: 1790 to 1990 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725044857/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |archive-date=July 25, 2008}}</ref> In 2011, 40.3% of Rhode Island's children under the age of one belonged to racial or ethnic minority groups, meaning they had at least one parent who was not non-Hispanic white.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html |title=Americans under age 1 now mostly minorities, but not in Ohio: Statistical Snapshot |last=Exner|first=Rich|date=June 3, 2012|work=[[The Plain Dealer]] |access-date=July 31, 2012|archive-date=July 14, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160714084214/http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

6.1% of Rhode Island's population were reported as under 5, 23.6% under 18, and 14.5% were 65 or older. Females made up approximately 52% of the population.

According to the 2010–2015 [[American Community Survey]], the largest ancestry groups were [[Irish American|Irish]] (18.3%), [[Italian American|Italian]] (18.0%), [[English American|English]] (10.5%), [[French American|French]] (10.4%), and [[Portuguese American|Portuguese]] (9.3%).<ref name=www.census/> Rhode Island has some of the highest percentages of Irish Americans and Italian Americans.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Rhode%20island&tid=ACSDT1Y2019.B04006 |title=Explore Census Data }}</ref> Italian Americans make up a plurality in central and southern Providence County and [[French-Canadian Americans]] form a large part of northern Providence County. Irish Americans have a strong presence in Newport and Kent counties. Americans of English ancestry still have a presence in the state as well, especially in [[Washington County, Rhode Island|Washington County]], and are often referred to as "[[Swamp Yankees]]".

Rhode Island has a notable Lusophone community, having a higher percentage of Americans of Portuguese ancestry than any other state, including [[Portuguese American]]s and [[Cape Verdean American]]s. Additionally, the state also has the highest percentage of [[Liberia]]n immigrants, with more than 15,000 residing in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://runningafrica.com/news-03212009DED-Extension.html |title=Obama grants 12-month extension to Liberians on DED |access-date=January 4, 2009 |publisher=The Providence Journal c/o The African Media Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418080005/http://runningafrica.com/news-03212009DED-Extension.html |archive-date=April 18, 2009 }}</ref> African immigrants, including those from Cape Verde and Liberia, form significant and growing communities in Rhode Island. Rhode Island is one of the few states where Black people of recent foreign origin outnumber Black people of multigenerational American origin (African Americans).<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Rhode Island also has a sizable Asian community. There is one [[List of federally recognized tribes by state|federally recognized]] tribe in Rhode Island, the Narragansett Indian Tribe.

Although Rhode Island has the smallest land area of all 50 states, it has the [[List of U.S. states by population density|second highest population density]], second to that of New Jersey.

===Birth data===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|+ Live Births by Race/Ethnicity of Mother
|-
! [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Race]]
! 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_01.pdf |title=Data |publisher=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2020-05-15 |archive-date=September 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911162514/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_01.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_12.pdf |title=Data |publisher=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2020-05-15 |archive-date=February 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214040341/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_12.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_01.pdf |title=Data |publisher=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2020-05-15 |archive-date=August 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831155911/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_01.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_01.pdf |title=Data |publisher=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2020-05-15 |archive-date=June 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603002249/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_01.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_08-508.pdf |title=Data |publisher=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2020-05-15 |archive-date=February 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201210916/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_08-508.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_13-508.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2019-12-21 |archive-date=November 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128161211/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_13-508.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-02-508.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=April 1, 2021 |archive-date=June 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200707/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-02-508.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-17.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2022-02-20 |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210175206/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/NVSR70-17.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2021<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr72/nvsr72-01.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2022-02-03}}</ref>
! 2022<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-02.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2024-04-05}}</ref>
! 2023<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr74/nvsr74-1.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2025-04-15}}</ref>
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
| 6,572 (60.8%)
| 6,573 (60.7%)
| 6,702 (61.0%)
| 6,338 (58.7%)
| 6,142 (57.7%)
| 6,008 (57.2%)
| 5,564 (54.7%)
| 5,495 (54.4%)
| 5,871 (56.1%)
| 5,673 (55.2%)
| 5,266 (53.7%)
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
| 1,411 (13.0%)
| 1,365 (12.6%)
| 1,392 (12.7%)
| 784 (7.3%) 
| 776 (7.3%)
| 783 (7.5%)
| 836 (8.2%)
| 805 (8.0%)
| 839 (8.0%)
| 842 (8.2%)
| 797 (8.1%)
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
| 598 (5.5%)
| 594 (5.5%)
| 639 (5.8%)
| 565 (5.2%)
| 542 (5.1%)
| 519 (4.9%)
| 496 (4.9%)
| 476 (4.7%)
| 463 (4.4%)
| 418 (4.1%)
| 393 (4.0%)
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]]
| 128 (1.2%)
| 130 (1.2%)
| 138 (1.2%)
| 63 (0.6%)
| 51 (0.5%)
| 41 (0.4%)
| 46 (0.4%)
| 36 (0.3%)
| 35 (0.3%)
| 38 (0.4%)
| 27 (0.3%)
|-
| ''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]'' (any race)
| ''2,453'' (22.7%)
| ''2,585'' (23.9%)
| ''2,622'' (23.8%)
| ''2,684'' (24.8%)
| ''2,760'' (25.9%)
| ''2,756'' (26.2%)
| ''2,921'' (28.7%)
| ''2,927'' (29.0%)
| ''2,931'' (28.0%)
| ''2,965'' (28.9%)
| ''3,008'' (30.7%)
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''10,809''' (100%)
| '''10,823''' (100%)
| '''10,993''' (100%)
| '''10,798''' (100%)
| '''10,638''' (100%)
| '''10,506''' (100%)
| '''10,175''' (100%)
| '''10,101''' (100%)
| '''10,464''' (100%)
| '''10,269''' (100%)
| '''9,805''' (100%)
|}

*Since 2016, data for births of [[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|White Hispanic]] origin are not collected, but included in one ''Hispanic'' group; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

===Religion===
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|title = Religious affiliation per the PRRI (2022)
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|bars =
{{bar percent|[[Christianity|Christian]]|darkblue|72}}
{{bar percent|Unaffiliated|purple|24}}
{{bar percent|[[Jewish]]|lightgreen|2}}
{{bar percent|Other faiths|lightgreen|2}}
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A Pew survey of Rhode Island residents' religious self-identification in 2014 showed the following distribution of affiliations: [[Catholic Church in the United States|Catholic]] 42%, [[Protestant]] 30%, [[American Jews|Jewish]] 1%, [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] 2%, [[Buddhism in the United States|Buddhism]] 1%, [[Mormonism]] 1%, [[Hinduism in the United States|Hinduism]] 1%, and [[Non-religious]] 20%.<ref name="RIReligion1">{{cite web |url=http://religions.pewforum.org/maps |title=U.S. Religion Map and Religious Populations – U.S. Religious Landscape Study – Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life |publisher=Religions.pewforum.org |access-date=February 26, 2014 |archive-date=July 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707085300/http://religions.pewforum.org/maps |url-status=live }}</ref> The largest Christian denominations as of 2010 were the [[Catholic Church]] with 456,598 adherents, the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] with 19,377, the [[American Baptist Churches USA]] with 15,220, and the [[United Methodist Church]] with 6,901 adherents.<ref name="www.thearda.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/44/rcms2010_44_state_adh_2010.asp |title=The Association of Religion Data Archives &#124; State Membership Report |publisher=www.thearda.com |access-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217221736/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/44/rcms2010_44_state_adh_2010.asp |archive-date=December 17, 2013 }}</ref>

Rhode Island has had the highest proportion of Catholic residents of any state according to a study in 2000,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Largest Roman Catholic Communities |date=April 29, 1999 |orig-date=Last updated: July 29, 2000 |url=http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_romcath.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818085719/http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_romcath.html |archive-date=August 18, 2000 |website=Adherents.com |access-date=February 13, 2009 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> mainly due to large Irish, Italian, and French-Canadian immigration in the past; recently, significant Portuguese and various Hispanic or Latino communities have also been established in the state. Though it has the highest overall Catholic percentage of any state, none of Rhode Island's individual counties ranks among the 10 most Catholic in the United States, as Catholics are evenly spread throughout the state.

According to the [[Public Religion Research Institute]] (PRRI) in 2020, 67% of the population were Christian, spread among [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] and [[mainline Protestant]]ism, and Roman Catholicism.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=2020 Religious Affiliations PRRI |website=ava.prri.org |url=https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2020/States/religion/m/US-RI |access-date=2022-09-17 |archive-date=April 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404161714/https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2020/States/religion/m/US-RI |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2022, the Public Religion Research Institute revealed 72% of the population were Christian.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=2022 Religious Affiliations PRRI |website=ava.prri.org |url=https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2022/States/religion/m/US-RI |access-date=2023-04-15 |archive-date=April 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404161714/https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2022/States/religion/m/US-RI |url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Touro_Synagogue,_Newport,_Rhode_Island.jpg|thumb|[[Touro Synagogue]] in Newport is the [[Oldest synagogues in the United States|oldest existing synagogue building]] in the United States.]]
Rhode Island's Jewish community, centered in the Providence area, emerged during a wave of Jewish immigration predominantly from Eastern Europeans [[shtetl]]s between 1880 and 1920. The presence of the [[Touro Synagogue]] in Newport, the oldest existing synagogue in the United States, emphasizes that these second-wave immigrants did not create Rhode Island's first Jewish community; a comparatively smaller wave of [[Spanish and Portuguese Jews]] immigrated to Newport during the colonial era. In 2022, they made up 2% of the state's population.<ref name=":2" />

The religiously unaffiliated since 2014 were 20% of the population, though the separate study by the Public Religion Research Institute determined the irreligious increased to 29% of the adult population.<ref name=":1" /> In 2022, the religiously unaffiliated declined to 24% of the population.<ref name=":2" />

=== Native American tribes ===
Today, many inhabitants of Rhode Island identify as being Native American alone (6,058 people in 2010 census and 7,385 in 2020) or Native American in combination with one or more other races (8,336 people in 2010 census and 15,972 in 2020).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html}}</ref> Many inhabitants of Rhode Island also reported belonging to tribes in 2010 census, the largest of which were the Narragansett (2,820 people), the Cherokee (987), the Wampanoag (559) and the Pequot (424). Other tribes included the Iroquois (278), the [[Mi'kmaq|Micmac]] (101), the [[Abenaki]] (100), the Nipmuc (99) and more.<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/cph-series/cph-t/cph-t-6.html}}</ref>