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This Is The Best Place To Live In Rhode Island
Newport ranks as the best place to live in Rhode Island.

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Newport ranks as the best place to live in Rhode Island.

On a single night in 2022, 582,462 people experienced homelessness in the United States, and numbers are on the rise.
In the 2020 presidential election, Biden won Rhode Island with 59.4% of the popular vote, according to The Cook Political Report.
According to the ATF, there are more than 3,200 federally licensed firearm production plants in the U.S.
According to the ATF, there were five active firearm manufacturing facilities in Rhode Island in 2021.
Data in this story on stand your ground laws and concealed carry regulations is from Gifford’s Law Center, a gun control advocacy group.
Adjusting for population, Rhode Island is the 10th lowest per capita output among states.
The typical household in the county earns $65,797 a year, about $8,700 less than the typical Rhode Island household.
McKee took office in 2021 and is currently serving his second term as governor.
About 32 percent of American households own a firearm, according to a 2020 study published by the RAND Corporation.
The median list price for a home in the U.S. was nearly three percent higher in May 2023 than it was a year earlier.
More than 450,000 firearms were linked to a crime in the U.S. in 2021.
According to the latest available data from the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 15.8 million households received SNAP benefits in 2021.
Data from a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics survey helped identify the most unique job in every state.
More than 1 million firearms were reported stolen by private citizens between 2017 and 2021, according to an ATF report.
Data from the U.S. Geological Survey shows how the lower 48 states rank in terms of land diversity.
Nationwide, property taxes accounted for 32.2 percent of all state and local tax revenue in fiscal 2020, more than any other tax.
Findings are based on data from the U.S. Department of Education for the fall 2021 semester.
Most Americans are woefully underprepared for retirement.
State-imposed gas taxes and fees can account for anywhere from 2.3% of the total cost of gas to 16.5%, depending on where you live.