Medical debt is a growing problem for Rhode Islanders. Relief may come from new laws and a debt forgiveness program.

The Rhode Island Census 2020 Fund is making $425,000 available in small grants to local groups to bolster efforts in hard-to-count communities.

From 2021 to 2022, all eight of RI's cities lost population, according to the bureau's estimates. But, from 2022 to 2023, 7 of those cities saw gains.

Political observers were stunned last year when the Census Bureau announced Rhode Island’s population had grown to 1,097,379 in 2020, giving the state more than enough residents to avoid losing ...

RI NEWS R.I. Latino population grew by nearly 40 percent in the past decade, census shows Hispanic or Latino residents now make up 16.6 percent of the state population, up from 12.4 percent in 2010 ...

With two years before the 2020 census starts, the Census Bureau holds a practice run of the upcoming head count in Rhode Island's Providence County, where some worry about an immigrant undercount.

The 2020 census determined Rhode Island had 1,097,379 residents on April 1 of that year. Reducing that total by 5.05% would put the state's population at 1,041,962 people.

Updated on May 17 at 3:52 p.m. ET. For the country's only test run of the 2020 census, leaders in Rhode Island's Providence County are struggling to drum up participation among one of the hardest ...

The Census Bureau estimates Rhode Island’s population topped 1.1 million for the first time in 2023, and has increased by about 15,000 people since the start of this decade.