Appendix Table 2.
Certificates Granted by End of 2010 by County
| Panel A. Total certificates | ||||||||
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| Population | Old housing | Certificates | Certificates per old housing unit | |||||
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| 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 |
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| 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.