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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 11.
Published in final edited form as: Am Econ J Appl Econ. 2018 Jan;10(1):307–341. doi: 10.1257/app.20160404

Appendix Table 2.

Certificates Granted by End of 2010 by County

Panel A. Total certificates
Population Old housing Certificates Certificates per old housing unit


Total DOH HRC Total DOH HRC
Bristol 49,875 8,602 634 0 634 0.07 0.07
Kent 166,155 22,249 4,336 3,122 1,214 0.19 0.14 0.05
Newport 75,400 13,514 3,204 707 2,497 0.24 0.05 0.18
Providence 626,667 128,225 37,059 11,452 25,607 0.29 0.09 0.20
Washington 118,269 13,265 1,501 349 1,152 0.11 0.03 0.09
Panel B. Certificates in past 5 years

Bristol 597 0 426 0.24 0.17
Kent 3,661 2,427 936 0.13 0.09 0.03
Newport 2,943 577 2,372 0.52 0.10 0.42
Providence 24,724 7,421 17,483 0.06 0.02 0.04
Washington 1,072 254 823 0.08 0.02 0.06

Note: Data on population and housing age from ACS data; data on certificates based on authors’ calculations of data from the Rhode Island Departments of Health and Housing.