List of cities and towns in Rhode Island
The U.S. state of Rhode Island is divided into 8 cities and 31 towns. Each city or town is a municipality with its own government. Everywhere in Rhode Island is within a city or town.
Cities and towns
State capital and largest city
| Name | Type[1] | County | Form of government[1] | Population (2020)[2] |
Land area (2020)[3] |
Population density | Year established [1] |
Year incorporated [a][1][4] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sq mi | km2 | ||||||||
| Barrington | Town | Bristol | Council–manager | 17,153 | 8.22 | 21.3 | 2,086.7/sq mi (805.7/km2) | 1653 | 1770 |
| Bristol | Town | Bristol | Council–manager | 22,493 | 9.82 | 25.4 | 2,290.5/sq mi (884.4/km2) | 1680 | 1746 |
| Burrillville | Town | Providence | Council–manager | 16,158 | 55.03 | 142.5 | 293.6/sq mi (113.4/km2) | 1730 | 1806 |
| Central Falls | City | Providence | Mayor–council | 22,583 | 1.20 | 3.1 | 18,819.2/sq mi (7,266.1/km2) | 1730 | 1895 |
| Charlestown | Town | Washington | Council–manager | 7,997 | 36.45 | 94.4 | 219.4/sq mi (84.7/km2) | 1669 | 1738 |
| Coventry | Town | Kent | Council–manager | 35,688 | 59.05 | 152.9 | 604.4/sq mi (233.4/km2) | 1639 | 1743[b] |
| Cranston | City | Providence | Mayor–council | 82,934 | 28.34 | 73.4 | 2,926.4/sq mi (1,129.9/km2) | 1754 | 1910 |
| Cumberland | Town | Providence | Mayor–council | 36,405 | 26.45 | 68.5 | 1,376.4/sq mi (531.4/km2) | 1746 | 1746 |
| East Greenwich | Town | Kent | Council–manager | 14,312 | 16.39 | 42.4 | 873.2/sq mi (337.1/km2) | 1677 | 1677[c] |
| East Providence | City | Providence | Mayor–council | 47,139 | 13.24 | 34.3 | 3,560.3/sq mi (1,374.6/km2) | 1812 | 1958 |
| Exeter | Town | Washington | Town meeting | 6,460 | 57.47 | 148.8 | 112.4/sq mi (43.4/km2) | 1641 | 1641[d] |
| Foster | Town | Providence | Town meeting | 4,469 | 50.80 | 131.6 | 88.0/sq mi (34.0/km2) | 1636 | 1781 |
| Glocester | Town | Providence | Town meeting | 9,974 | 54.18 | 140.3 | 184.1/sq mi (71.1/km2) | 1639 | 1730–1731 |
| Hopkinton | Town | Washington | Town meeting | 8,398 | 42.95 | 111.2 | 195.5/sq mi (75.5/km2) | 1639 | 1757 |
| Jamestown | Town | Newport | Council–manager | 5,559 | 9.45 | 24.5 | 588.3/sq mi (227.1/km2) | 1639 | 1678 |
| Johnston | Town | Providence | Mayor–council | 29,568 | 23.43 | 60.7 | 1,262.0/sq mi (487.3/km2) | 1636 | 1759 |
| Lincoln | Town | Providence | Council–manager | 22,529 | 18.12 | 46.9 | 1,243.3/sq mi (480.0/km2) | 1650 | 1871 |
| Little Compton | Town | Newport | Town meeting | 3,616 | 20.52 | 53.1 | 176.2/sq mi (68.0/km2) | 1682 | 1746 |
| Middletown | Town | Newport | Council–manager | 17,075 | 12.72 | 32.9 | 1,342.4/sq mi (518.3/km2) | 1639 | 1743 |
| Narragansett | Town | Washington | Council–manager | 14,532 | 13.89 | 36.0 | 1,046.2/sq mi (403.9/km2) | 1888 | 1901 |
| Newport | City | Newport | Council–manager | 25,163 | 7.67 | 19.9 | 3,280.7/sq mi (1,266.7/km2) | 1639 | 1784[e] |
| New Shoreham | Town | Washington | Council–manager | 1,410 | 9.08 | 23.5 | 155.3/sq mi (60.0/km2) | 1664 | 1672 |
| North Kingstown | Town | Washington | Council–manager | 27,732 | 43.14 | 111.7 | 642.8/sq mi (248.2/km2) | 1641 | 1674 |
| North Providence | Town | Providence | Mayor–council | 34,114 | 5.62 | 14.6 | 6,070.1/sq mi (2,343.7/km2) | 1636 | 1765 |
| North Smithfield | Town | Providence | Council–manager | 12,588 | 23.80 | 61.6 | 528.9/sq mi (204.2/km2) | 1730 | 1871 |
| Pawtucket | City | Providence | Mayor–council | 75,604 | 8.68 | 22.5 | 8,710.1/sq mi (3,363.0/km2) | 1671 | 1954 |
| Portsmouth | Town | Newport | Council–manager | 17,871 | 22.98 | 59.5 | 777.7/sq mi (300.3/km2) | 1638 | 1640[f] |
Providence |
City | Providence | Mayor–council | 190,934 | 18.40 | 47.7 | 10,376.8/sq mi (4,006.5/km2) | 1636 | 1832 |
| Richmond | Town | Washington | Town meeting | 8,020 | 40.29 | 104.4 | 199.1/sq mi (76.9/km2) | 1636 | 1730 |
| Scituate | Town | Providence | Town meeting | 10,384 | 48.16 | 124.7 | 215.6/sq mi (83.2/km2) | 1636 | 1730 |
| Smithfield | Town | Providence | Council–manager | 22,118 | 26.31 | 68.1 | 840.7/sq mi (324.6/km2) | 1636 | 1730 |
| South Kingstown | Town | Washington | Council–manager | 31,931 | 56.45 | 146.2 | 565.7/sq mi (218.4/km2) | 1657 | 1723[g] |
| Tiverton | Town | Newport | Town meeting | 16,359 | 29.05 | 75.2 | 563.1/sq mi (217.4/km2) | 1694 | 1746 |
| Warren | Town | Bristol | Council–manager | 11,147 | 6.12 | 15.9 | 1,821.4/sq mi (703.2/km2) | 1620 | 1747 |
| Warwick | City | Kent | Mayor–council | 82,823 | 35.04 | 90.8 | 2,363.7/sq mi (912.6/km2) | 1642 | 1931 |
| Westerly | Town | Washington | Council–manager | 23,359 | 29.52 | 76.5 | 791.3/sq mi (305.5/km2) | 1661 | 1669 |
| West Greenwich | Town | Kent | Town meeting | 6,528 | 50.26 | 130.2 | 129.9/sq mi (50.2/km2) | 1639 | 1741 |
| West Warwick | Town | Kent | Council–manager | 31,012 | 7.79 | 20.2 | 3,981.0/sq mi (1,537.1/km2) | 1648 | 1913 |
| Woonsocket | City | Providence | Mayor–council | 43,240 | 7.74 | 20.0 | 5,586.6/sq mi (2,157.0/km2) | 1867 | 1888 |
| Total | — | — | — | 1,097,379 | 1,033.82 | 2,677.6 | 1,061.48/sq mi (409.84/km2) | — | — |
List Of Cities And Towns In Rhode Island Media
Map of the United States with Rhode Island highlighted
Municipalities by population, according to 2020 census data
Downtown Providence, the capital and most populous city in Rhode Island
A view over Cranston, the second most populous city in Rhode Island
Boats and homes in Warwick, the third most populous city in Rhode Island
The city hall of Pawtucket, the fourth most populous city in Rhode Island
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Notes
- ↑ Refers to the date of incorporation of the current municipal status.
- ↑ There is a discrepancy in dates from the two provided sources, with the Snow (1865) source listing the incorporation date as 1741.
- ↑ This date is only found in the Snow (1865) source and is absent in the Government of Rhode Island source.
- ↑ There is a discrepancy in dates from the two provided sources, with the Snow (1865) source listing the incorporation date as 1742–1743.
- ↑ This date is only found in the Government of Rhode Island source and is absent in the Snow (1865) source.
- ↑ This date is only found in the Snow (1865) source and is absent in the Government of Rhode Island source.
- ↑ There is a discrepancy in dates from the two provided sources, with the Snow (1865) source listing the incorporation date as 1722.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Rhode Island Cities & Towns". Rhode Island Government. Rhode Island Interactive. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Explore Census Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
- ↑ "GCT-PH1 – Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – State — Place and (in selected states) County Subdivision". 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
- ↑ Snow, Edwin M. (1865). Report Upon the Census of Rhode Island, 1865: With the Statistics of the Population, Agriculture, Fisheries and Manufactures of the State. Rhode Island Census Board. University of Michigan. p. xxvii.