A median salary of $50,970 in Rhode Island puts affordable housing out of reach in that state. Nationally, that person could afford to buy a house in 1,236 out of the 2,801 U.S. counties.

It reads like a riddle: I’m in a county in Rhode Island, but you can’t find it on a map. Where am I? The answer: South County. But it is a curious one. And one What and Why reader wrote ...

To find out how life expectancy varies within Rhode Island, Stacker used 2024 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute to identify the ...

Despite victories for Democrats throughout Rhode Island, voter bases in all of the Ocean State's counties shifted Republican as compared to 2020. In Providence county, there was an estimated 10-point ...