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Rhode Island Population and Components of Change

Date Population %
Change
Components of Change
Total
Population
Change
Births Deaths Inter-
national
Immigra-
tion
Net
Domestic
Migration
1970 949,722-- ----
1971 964,0001.514,278 ----
1972 976,0001.212,000 ----
1973 978,0000.22,000 ----
1974 953,000-2.6-25,000 ----
1975 946,000-0.7-7,000 ----
1976 950,0000.44,000 ----
1977 955,0000.55,000 ----
1978 957,0000.22,000 ----
1979 957,0000.00 ----
1980 947,154-1.0-9,846 ----
1981 953,0120.65,858 15,34011,545--
1982 954,1700.11,158 12,4679,058--
1983 956,3820.22,212 12,5389,132--
1984 961,8950.65,513 12,6139,356--
1985 968,9560.77,061 12,8239,529--
1986 977,3400.98,384 13,1629,675--
1987 989,6051.312,265 13,6849,708--
1988 996,4070.76,802 14,1119,714--
1989 1,000,6660.44,259 14,4749,724--
1990 1,003,4640.32,798 11,0777,294--
1991 1,010,6490.77,185 19,02211,9001,832-7,893
1992 1,012,5810.21,932 14,6019,3631,763-10,479
1993 1,015,1120.22,531 14,2719,8482,002-9,139
1994 1,015,9600.1848 13,7359,5801,738-10,138
1995 1,017,0020.11,042 13,0119,5411,889-9,343
1996 1,020,8930.43,891 12,8929,5791,927-6,223
1997 1,025,3530.44,460 12,5549,9392,136-5,645
1998 1,031,1550.65,802 12,3899,6681,499-3,361
1999 1,040,4020.99,247 12,6289,7691,553-1,029
2000 1,048,3190.87,917 ----
2001 1,058,0650.99,746 15,55612,1374,5522,696
2002 1,065,9370.77,872 12,3859,7733,1623,053
2003 1,071,3020.55,365 12,6829,9122,4901,563
2004 1,071,0950.0-207 13,2639,9232,954-5,659
2005 1,064,439-0.6-6,656 12,3739,9892,825-10,937
2006 1,058,991-0.5-5,448 12,3579,5383,285-11,100
2007 1,053,136-0.6-5,855 12,5289,3182,816-12,013
2008 1,050,788-0.2-2,348 12,7439,1972,861-8,816
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates.

 
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