# Rhode Island Senior Housing & Health Data
Rhode Island has 231 federally subsidized senior housing properties totaling 16,488 elderly units, of which 72 are rural and 194 sit inside a federally designated health professional shortage area.
## Portfolio at a glance
- Subsidized senior properties: 231
- Elderly units: 16,488
- HUD Section 202: 104 properties (11,203 units)
- USDA Section 515: 12 properties (421 units)
- Rural properties: 72 across 4 rural counties
- HPSA shortage-area properties: 194 (13,307 units)
- Population 65+: 199,921 (est. 74,522 living alone)
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Source: HUD, USDA RD, HRSA, CDC BRFSS/PLACES, HHS emPOWER, CMS. Snapshot 2026-08-04.
Canonical page: https://community.connective.care/data/state/RI