List of municipalities in Rhode Island
Cities and towns
State capital and largest city

List of municipalities in Rhode Island

Section Title: Cities and towns
Table Section Text: State capital and largest city

Name	Type	County	Year established	Year incorporated	Form of government	Population (2010)	Population (2000)	Change	Land area (2010)	Population density

sq mi	km2

Barrington	Town	Bristol	1653	1770	Council–manager	16,310	16,819	−3.0%	8.22	21.3	1,984.2/sq mi (766.1/km2)

Bristol	Town	Bristol	1680	1746	Council–manager	22,954	22,469	+2.2%	9.82	25.4	2,337.5/sq mi (902.5/km2)

Burrillville	Town	Providence	1730	1806	Council–manager	15,955	15,796	+1.0%	55.03	142.5	289.9/sq mi (111.9/km2)

Central Falls	City	Providence	1730	1895	Mayor–council	19,376	18,928	+2.4%	1.20	3.1	16,146.7/sq mi (6,234.3/km2)

Charlestown	Town	Washington	1669	1738	Council–manager	7,827	7,859	−0.4%	36.45	94.4	214.7/sq mi (82.9/km2)

Coventry	Town	Kent	1639	1743	Council–manager	35,014	33,668	+4.0%	59.05	152.9	593.0/sq mi (228.9/km2)

Cranston	City	Providence	1754	1910	Mayor–council	80,387	79,269	+1.4%	28.34	73.4	2,836.5/sq mi (1,095.2/km2)

Cumberland	Town	Providence	1746	1746	Mayor–council	33,506	31,840	+5.2%	26.45	68.5	1,266.8/sq mi (489.1/km2)

East Greenwich	Town	Kent	1677	1677	Council–manager	13,146	12,948	+1.5%	16.39	42.4	802.1/sq mi (309.7/km2)

East Providence	City	Providence	1812	1958	Mayor–council	47,037	48,688	−3.4%	13.24	34.3	3,552.6/sq mi (1,371.7/km2)

Exeter	Town	Washington	1641	1641	Town meeting	6,425	6,045	+6.3%	57.47	148.8	111.8/sq mi (43.2/km2)

Foster	Town	Providence	1636	1781	Town meeting	4,606	4,274	+7.8%	50.80	131.6	90.7/sq mi (35.0/km2)

Glocester	Town	Providence	1639	1730–1731	Town meeting	9,746	9,948	−2.0%	54.18	140.3	179.9/sq mi (69.5/km2)

Hopkinton	Town	Washington	1639	1757	Town meeting	8,188	7,836	+4.5%	42.95	111.2	190.6/sq mi (73.6/km2)

Jamestown	Town	Newport	1639	1678	Council–manager	5,405	5,622	−3.9%	9.45	24.5	572.0/sq mi (220.8/km2)

Johnston	Town	Providence	1636	1759	Mayor–council	28,769	28,195	+2.0%	23.43	60.7	1,227.9/sq mi (474.1/km2)

Lincoln	Town	Providence	1650	1871	Council–manager	21,105	20,898	+1.0%	18.12	46.9	1,164.7/sq mi (449.7/km2)

Little Compton	Town	Newport	1682	1746	Town meeting	3,492	3,593	−2.8%	20.52	53.1	170.2/sq mi (65.7/km2)

Middletown	Town	Newport	1639	1743	Council–manager	16,150	17,334	−6.8%	12.72	32.9	1,269.7/sq mi (490.2/km2)

Narragansett	Town	Washington	1888	1901	Council–manager	15,868	16,361	−3.0%	13.89	36.0	1,142.4/sq mi (441.1/km2)

Newport	City	Newport	1639	1784	Council–manager	24,672	26,475	−6.8%	7.67	19.9	3,216.7/sq mi (1,242.0/km2)

New Shoreham	Town	Washington	1664	1672	Council–manager	1,051	1,010	+4.1%	9.08	23.5	115.7/sq mi (44.7/km2)

North Kingstown	Town	Washington	1641	1674	Council–manager	26,486	26,326	+0.6%	43.14	111.7	614.0/sq mi (237.0/km2)

North Providence	Town	Providence	1636	1765	Mayor–council	32,078	32,411	−1.0%	5.62	14.6	5,707.8/sq mi (2,203.8/km2)

North Smithfield	Town	Providence	1730	1871	Council–manager	11,967	10,618	+12.7%	23.80	61.6	502.8/sq mi (194.1/km2)

Pawtucket	City	Providence	1671	1954	Mayor–council	71,148	72,958	−2.5%	8.68	22.5	8,196.8/sq mi (3,164.8/km2)

Portsmouth	Town	Newport	1638	1640	Council–manager	17,389	17,149	+1.4%	22.98	59.5	756.7/sq mi (292.2/km2)

Providence	City	Providence	1636	1832	Mayor–council	178,042	173,618	+2.5%	18.40	47.7	9,676.2/sq mi (3,736.0/km2)

Richmond	Town	Washington	1669	1747	Town meeting	7,708	7,222	+6.7%	40.29	104.4	191.3/sq mi (73.9/km2)

Scituate	Town	Providence	1636	1730	Town meeting	10,329	10,324	0.0%	48.16	124.7	214.5/sq mi (82.8/km2)

Smithfield	Town	Providence	1636	1730	Council–manager	21,430	20,613	+4.0%	26.31	68.1	814.5/sq mi (314.5/km2)

South Kingstown	Town	Washington	1657	1723	Council–manager	30,639	27,921	+9.7%	56.45	146.2	542.8/sq mi (209.6/km2)

Tiverton	Town	Newport	1694	1746	Town meeting	15,780	15,260	+3.4%	29.05	75.2	543.2/sq mi (209.7/km2)

Warren	Town	Bristol	1620	1747	Council–manager	10,611	11,360	−6.6%	6.12	15.9	1,733.8/sq mi (669.4/km2)

Warwick	City	Kent	1642	1931	Mayor–council	82,672	85,808	−3.7%	35.04	90.8	2,359.4/sq mi (911.0/km2)

Westerly	Town	Washington	1661	1669	Council–manager	22,787	22,966	−0.8%	29.52	76.5	771.9/sq mi (298.0/km2)

West Greenwich	Town	Kent	1639	1741	Town meeting	6,135	5,085	+20.6%	50.26	130.2	122.1/sq mi (47.1/km2)

West Warwick	Town	Kent	1648	1913	Council–manager	29,191	29,581	−1.3%	7.79	20.2	3,747.2/sq mi (1,446.8/km2)

Woonsocket	City	Providence	1867	1888	Mayor–council	41,186	43,224	−4.7%	7.74	20.0	5,321.2/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)

Sentence(s)

The largest municipality by land area is Coventry with 59.05 sq mi (152.9 km²), while Central Falls is the smallest with 1.20 sq mi (3.1 km²).

final_sentence: The largest municipality by land area is Coventry with 59.05 sq mi (152.9 km²), while Central Falls is the smallest with 1.20 sq mi (3.1 km²).