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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 1,058,4741.010,155 15,55212,1374,8672,700
2002 1,066,8880.88,414 12,3809,7733,5043,074
2003 1,072,6290.55,741 12,6819,9122,7761,583
2004 1,072,8590.0230 13,2579,9233,230-5,657
2005 1,066,721-0.6-6,138 12,5759,9893,025-10,922
2006 1,061,641-0.5-5,080 12,7389,7733,310-10,996
2007 1,057,832-0.4-3,809 12,6879,8093,162-10,031
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates.

 
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