Counties in Rhode Island ranked

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Highest energy burden in Rhode Island

Providence County leads Rhode Island on burden at 3.1% of income and Kent County follows at 3.0%. For lower-income homes the top is Newport County: 11.1% of income, against 10.9% in the median Rhode Island county.

Storm reports and FEMA risk in Rhode Island

NOAA logged 155 damaging-wind, tornado, tropical, ice, winter and heat reports in Washington County from 2015 to 2025, 119 for every 100,000 residents: the most in Rhode Island. FEMA scores Providence County highest at 93.7 (relatively moderate). In Rhode Island these are weather reports and an index, not outage counts.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Rhode Island

Bristol County has the most NFIP flood claims per 1,000 homes in Rhode Island: 5.1 from 2015 to 2025, against 2.1 in the median Rhode Island county. Bristol County has the highest share of homes with flood insurance (8.9%, median county 4.9%). Claims are a record of insured losses, not outage counts.

FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP, as of 8 Sep 2026. Flood claims by county.

Old homes, electric heat and utilities in Rhode Island

Bristol County has the oldest stock: 77% of homes date from before 1980. Electric heat is most common in Washington County at 14% of homes, and Providence County lists 2 utilities, the most in Rhode Island.

Each Rhode Island county in turn

• Bristol County, 50,568 residents: home energy burden 2.6% (5th of 5); energy burden of lower-income homes 10.9% (3rd of 5); storm reports per 100,000 residents 107 (2nd of 5); FEMA National Risk Index score 19.4 (5th of 5); share of homes built before 1980 77% (1st of 5); share of homes heated by electricity 8% (5th of 5); 1 utility listed.
• Kent County, 170,658 residents: home energy burden 3.0% (2nd of 5); energy burden of lower-income homes 8.6% (4th of 5); storm reports per 100,000 residents 84 (3rd of 5); FEMA National Risk Index score 69.4 (2nd of 5); share of homes built before 1980 70% (3rd of 5); share of homes heated by electricity 11% (4th of 5); 1 utility listed.
• Newport County, 85,095 residents: home energy burden 2.9% (3rd of 5); energy burden of lower-income homes 11.1% (1st of 5); storm reports per 100,000 residents 63 (4th of 5); FEMA National Risk Index score 36.4 (4th of 5); share of homes built before 1980 69% (4th of 5); share of homes heated by electricity 13% (2nd of 5); 1 utility listed.
• Providence County, 658,977 residents: home energy burden 3.1% (1st of 5); energy burden of lower-income homes 8.4% (5th of 5); storm reports per 100,000 residents 35 (5th of 5); FEMA National Risk Index score 93.7 (1st of 5); share of homes built before 1980 76% (2nd of 5); share of homes heated by electricity 12% (3rd of 5); 2 utilities listed.
• Washington County, 130,073 residents: home energy burden 2.9% (4th of 5); energy burden of lower-income homes 11.1% (2nd of 5); storm reports per 100,000 residents 119 (1st of 5); FEMA National Risk Index score 64.0 (3rd of 5); share of homes built before 1980 56% (5th of 5); share of homes heated by electricity 14% (1st of 5); 2 utilities listed.

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Sources

Rhode Island LEAD figures are group estimates, not bills. Methodology.

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