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1876–2024
Kent County, Rhode Island
Kent County·Rhode Island

Kent County delivered a near-tie in 2024.

Rhode Island's closest presidential county in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Kent County, Rhode Island · Kenneth C. Zirkel · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+2
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
171,456
2024 ACS
Most similar
Broome County
NY · similarity 0.97
5 precincts · 93,139 votes cast
Harris · D+2
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+1.9%
46,26144,52593,139
2020D
+7.6%
49,11342,00193,093
2016R
−0.7%
37,78838,33682,053
2012D
+17.7%
45,56431,56778,923
2008D
+17.5%
48,40633,78083,678
2004D
+11.7%
42,83033,69978,018
2000D
+24.5%
43,26525,29173,470
1996D
+29.4%
41,01819,99271,526
1992D
+13.0%
35,93425,21782,425
1988D
+4.0%
37,22134,31471,801
1984R
−12.6%
31,35240,42771,993
1980D
+4.3%
31,35028,33171,005
1976D
+2.5%
35,85534,13170,213
1972R
−16.6%
29,00440,53469,653
1968D
+21.6%
35,60922,49360,678
1964D
+56.7%
44,47612,29756,773
1960D
+11.5%
30,66224,34455,006
1956R
−31.9%
16,29831,54847,846
1952R
−21.8%
17,82427,74545,593
1948R
−3.2%
15,28716,29931,785
1944D
+1.3%
14,05913,71027,826
1940R
−1.6%
14,33314,79029,151
1936R
−1.1%
13,23813,55028,019
1932R
−3.2%
10,39811,09621,780
1928R
−21.2%
7,46011,48719,005
1924R
−33.6%
5,42911,10016,860
1920R
−41.9%
3,3948,47412,110
1916R
−20.7%
2,6324,0386,799
1912R
−2.5%
2,0302,1705,579
1908R
−34.7%
1,7003,6175,529
1904R
−22.7%
1,8592,9814,944
1900R
−37.7%
1,1262,6133,948
1896R
−59.7%
6452,8173,641
1892R
−20.3%
1,4692,2443,816
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
1.7%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
35.3%
Other Christian
4.7%
Mainline Protestant
2.2%
Baptist
1.3%
Methodist
0.9%
Non-Christian
0.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Kent swung to a D+1.9 margin in 2024, making it the state's most competitive county and a reliable bellwether for statewide shifts in suburban voter sentiment.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached fifty-seven points in 1964; the Republican margin reached sixty points in 1896. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Kent County's demographics — a population of 171,456, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $94,345 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Broome County and Bristol County.