List of municipalities in Rhode Island

Map of the United States with Rhode Island highlighted
Map of the United States with Rhode Island highlighted

Rhode Island is a state located in Northeastern United States. According to the 2010 United States Census, Rhode Island is the 8th least populous state with 1,052,567 inhabitants and the smallest by land area spanning 1,033.81 square miles (2,677.6 km2) of land.[1] Rhode Island is divided into 5 counties and contains 39 incorporated municipalities consisting of cities and towns.[2] Towns in Rhode Island can adopt a city form of government without the need to re-incorporate as a city. Eight of these municipalities were re-incorporated as cities, while the other 31 remain as towns. Rhode Island has no county level of government and thus no county seats.

The largest municipality by population in Rhode Island is Providence, the state capital, with 178,042 residents, and the smallest municipality by population is New Shoreham with 1,051 residents.[1] Rhode Island is one of only two states (with Hawaii) in which all of the incorporated municipalities have a population greater than 1,000 people.[1] The largest municipality by land area is Coventry which spans 59.05 sq mi (152.9 km2), while Central Falls is the smallest at 1.20 sq mi (3.1 km2).[1]

List of municipalities

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Name[3] Type[1] County[1] Date incorporated[4] Form of government[3] Population
(2010)[1]		 Population
(2000)[1]		 Change (%) Land area
(2010)[1]		 Density
sq mi km2
BarringtonTownBristol1770Council-manager16,310 16,819 −3.0%8.22 21.31,984.2/sq mi (766.1/km2)
BristolTownBristol1747[5]Council-manager22,954 22,469 +2.2%9.82 25.42,337.5/sq mi (902.5/km2)
BurrillvilleTownProvidence1806Council-manager15,955 15,796 +1.0%55.03 142.5289.9/sq mi (111.9/km2)
Central FallsCityProvidence1895[6]Mayor-council19,376 18,928 +2.4%1.20 3.116,146.7/sq mi (6,234.3/km2)
Charlestown[7]TownWashington1738Council-manager7,827 7,859 −0.4%36.45 94.4214.7/sq mi (82.9/km2)
CoventryTownKent1741Council-manager35,014 33,668 +4.0%59.05 152.9593.0/sq mi (228.9/km2)
CranstonCityProvidence1754Mayor-council80,387 79,269 +1.4%28.34 73.42,836.5/sq mi (1,095.2/km2)
CumberlandTownProvidence1747[5]Mayor-council33,506 31,840 +5.2%26.45 68.51,266.8/sq mi (489.1/km2)
East GreenwichTownKent1677Council-manager13,146 12,948 +1.5%16.39 42.4802.1/sq mi (309.7/km2)
East ProvidenceCityProvidence1862[5]Council-manager47,037 48,688 −3.4%13.24 34.33,552.6/sq mi (1,371.7/km2)
ExeterTownWashington1743Town meeting6,425 6,045 +6.3%57.47 148.8111.8/sq mi (43.2/km2)
FosterTownProvidence1781Town meeting4,606 4,274 +7.8%50.80 131.690.7/sq mi (35.0/km2)
GlocesterTownProvidence1730Town meeting9,746 9,948 −2.0%54.18 140.3179.9/sq mi (69.5/km2)
HopkintonTownWashington1757Town meeting8,188 7,836 +4.5%42.95 111.2190.6/sq mi (73.6/km2)
JamestownTownNewport County1678Council-manager5,405 5,622 −3.9%9.45 24.5572.0/sq mi (220.8/km2)
JohnstonTownProvidence1759Mayor-council28,769 28,195 +2.0%23.43 60.71,227.9/sq mi (474.1/km2)
LincolnTownProvidence1871[6]Council-manager21,105 20,898 +1.0%18.12 46.91,164.7/sq mi (449.7/km2)
Little ComptonTownNewport1747[5]Town meeting3,492 3,593 −2.8%20.52 53.1170.2/sq mi (65.7/km2)
MiddletownTownNewport1743Council-manager16,150 17,334 −6.8%12.72 32.91,269.7/sq mi (490.2/km2)
NarragansettTownWashington1901[6]Council-manager15,868 16,361 −3.0%13.89 36.01,142.4/sq mi (441.1/km2)
NewportCityNewport1639Council-manager24,672 26,475 −6.8%7.67 19.93,216.7/sq mi (1,242.0/km2)
New ShorehamTownWashington1672Council-manager1,051 1,010 +4.1%9.08 23.5115.7/sq mi (44.7/km2)
North KingstownTownWashington1674Council-manager26,486 26,326 +0.6%43.14 111.7614.0/sq mi (237.0/km2)
North ProvidenceTownProvidence1765Mayor-council32,078 32,411 −1.0%5.62 14.65,707.8/sq mi (2,203.8/km2)
North SmithfieldTownProvidence1871[6]Council-manager11,967 10,618 +12.7%23.80 61.6502.8/sq mi (194.1/km2)
PawtucketCityProvidence1862[5]Mayor-council71,148 72,958 −2.5%8.68 22.58,196.8/sq mi (3,164.8/km2)
PortsmouthTownNewport1638 Council-manager17,389 17,149 +1.4%22.98 59.5756.7/sq mi (292.2/km2)
ProvidenceState capitalCityProvidence1636Mayor-council178,042 173,618 +2.5%18.40 47.79,676.2/sq mi (3,736.0/km2)
RichmondTownWashington1747Town meeting7,708 7,222 +6.7%40.29 104.4191.3/sq mi (73.9/km2)
ScituateTownProvidence1730Town meeting10,329 10,324 0.0%48.16 124.7214.5/sq mi (82.8/km2)
SmithfieldTownProvidence1730Council-manager21,430 20,613 +4.0%26.31 68.1814.5/sq mi (314.5/km2)
South KingstownTownWashington1723Council-manager30,639 27,921 +9.7%56.45 146.2542.8/sq mi (209.6/km2)
TivertonTownNewport1747[5]Town meeting15,780 15,260 +3.4%29.05 75.2543.2/sq mi (209.7/km2)
WarrenTownBristol1747[5]Council-manager10,611 11,360 −6.6%6.12 15.91,733.8/sq mi (669.4/km2)
WarwickCityKent1642[8]Mayor-council82,672 85,808 −3.7%35.04 90.82,359.4/sq mi (911.0/km2)
WesterlyTownWashington1669Council-manager22,787 22,966 −0.8%29.52 76.5771.9/sq mi (298.0/km2)
West GreenwichTownKent1741Town meeting6,135 5,085 +20.6%50.26 130.2122.1/sq mi (47.1/km2)
West WarwickTownKent1913[9]Council-manager29,191 29,581 −1.3%7.79 20.23,747.2/sq mi (1,446.8/km2)
WoonsocketCityProvidence1867[6]Mayor-council41,186 43,224 −4.7%7.74 20.05,321.2/sq mi (2,054.5/km2)
Total — — — — 1,052,567 1,048,319 +0.4% 1,033.82 2,677.6 1,018.13/sq mi (393.10/km2)
Municipalities in Rhode Island by County
Municipalities in Rhode Island by County

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "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. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rhode Island: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. 18. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "State and Community Profiles". Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
  4. ↑ 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. University of Michigan. Rhode Island Census Board. p. xxvii.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Refers to date the town was formally annexed by Rhode Island from Massachusetts
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Clarence Saunders Brigham, Frank Greene Bates (1904). Report on the Archives of Rhode Island. G.P.O. p. 643.
  7. ↑ Charlestown, Richmond, and Hopkinton are often collectively referred to as Chariho, the name given to their regional school district in 1958.
  8. ↑ Town was organized in 1647
  9. ↑ Town of West Warwick

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