Rhode Island: 2010

Population and Housing Unit Counts

2010 Census of Population and Housing

Issued July 2012

CPH-2-41

U.S. Department of Commerce

Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

census.gov

Rhode Island: 2010

Population and Housing Unit Counts

Issued July 2012

CPH-2-41

U.S. Department of Commerce

Rebecca M. Blank,

Acting Secretary

Rebecca M. Blank,

Deputy Secretary

Economics and Statistics Administration

Vacant,

Under Secretary

for Economic Affairs

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Robert M. Groves,

Director
SUGGESTED CITATION

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Population and Housing,

Population and 

Housing Unit Counts,

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U.S. Government Printing Office,

Washington, DC,

2012

ECONOMICS

AND STATISTICS

ADMINISTRATION

Economics 

and Statistics

Administration

Vacant,

Under Secretary for 

Economic Affairs

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Robert M. Groves,

Director

Thomas L. Mesenbourg,

Deputy Director and 

Chief Operating Officer

Nancy A. Potok,

Associate Director

for Demographic Programs

Enrique J. Lamas,

Chief, Population Division
Contents iii

CONTENTS

List of Statistical Tables ..................................... v

How to Use This Census Report .............................. I-1

Table Finding Guide ....................................... II-1

User Notes .............................................. III-1

Crosswalk of Urban Areas and Places: 2010 ..................... IV-1

Statistical Tables .......................................... 1

Appendixes

A Geographic Terms and Concepts ......................... *

B Definitions of Subject Characteristics ...................... *

C Data Collection and Processing Procedures .................. *

D Questionnaire ........................................ *

E Maps .............................................. E-1

F Operational Overview and Accuracy of the Data .............. *

G Residence Rule and Residence Situations for the 2010 Census 

 of the United States .................................. *

H Acknowledgments .................................... *

*Appendix may be found in the separate volume, CPH-2-A, Population and Housing 

Unit Counts, Selected Appendixes, in print and on the Internet at <www.census.gov 

/prod/cen2010/cph-2-a.pdf>.

List of Statistical Tables v

LIST OF 

STATISTICAL 

TABLES

Table

no. Title Page

1. Population: Earliest Census to 2010; and Housing Units: 

1950 to 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

State, Urban and Rural

2. Population, Housing Units, and Land Area by Urban and 

Rural and Size of Urban Area: 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

State, Urban and Rural, Size of Urban Area [Population]

3. Population by Urban and Rural and Size of Place: 2010 . . . 4

State, Size of Place [Population]

4. Population and Housing Units: 1970 to 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . 6

State, County/County Equivalent

5. Population, Housing Units, Land Area, and Density: 2010; 

and Percent Change: 1980 to 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

State, County/County Equivalent

6. Rank of Counties by Percent Change in Population: 

2000 to 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

County/County Equivalent

7. Population by Urban and Rural: 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

State, County/County Equivalent

8. Population and Housing Units: 1990 to 2010; and Area 

Measurements and Density: 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

State, County/County Equivalent, County Subdivision, Place

9. Population and Housing Units: 1990 to 2010; and Area 

Measurements and Density: 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

State, Place and [in Selected States] County Subdivision

10. Rank by 2010 Population and Housing Units: 

2000 and 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Place [2,500 or More Population]

10a. Rank by 2010 Population and Housing Units: 

2000 and 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Minor Civil Division [2,500 or More Population]

11. Rank of Places by Percent Change in Population: 

2000 to 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Place [2,500 or More Population]

11a. Rank of Minor Civil Divisions by Percent Change in 

Population: 2000 to 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Minor Civil Division [2,500 or More Population]

12. Population and Housing Units for Urban Areas: 2010. . . . . 18

State, Urbanized Area, Urban Cluster

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CONTENTS

Page

Introduction .................................................................. I-1

How to Find Geographic Areas and Subject Matter Data ................................. I-2

How to Use the Statistical Tables ................................................... I-2

Graphics ..................................................................... I-5

User Notes ................................................................... I-5

Appendixes .................................................................. I-5

INTRODUCTION

Data from the 2010 Census for the United States and Puerto Rico are presented in two printed report series 

and a single report for American Indians and Alaska Natives by tribe:

1. CPH-1, Summary Population and Housing Characteristics

2. CPH-2, Population and Housing Unit Counts

3. CPH-3, Characteristics of American Indians and Alaska Natives by Tribe 

The data from the 2010 Census were derived from a limited number of basic questions asked of the entire 

population and about every housing unit. Appendix D (see Selected Appendixes report at <www.census 

.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-a.pdf>) presents a facsimile of the questionnaire pages used to collect the data 

included in this report. Note that the “long form” data included in previous censuses are not included in 

the 2010 Census. 

The CPH-1, Summary Population and Housing Characteristics, report series provides data based on age, 

Hispanic or Latino origin, household relationship, race, sex, tenure (owner- or renter-occupied), and 

vacancy characteristics. Land area measurements and population density also are provided. This series is 

similar to the Census 2000 PHC-1 series. 

The CPH-2, Population and Housing Unit Counts, report series provides 2010 Census and historical comparisons of the population and housing unit counts. It also provides area measurements and density. The 

user notes section documents geographic changes over the past decade. This series is similar to the 

Census 2000 PHC-3 series. 

In each series, there is one report for each state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, plus a United 

States summary report. Many tables in the United States summary reports include data for Puerto Rico. 

The CPH-3, Characteristics of American Indians and Alaska Natives by Tribe, report provides population 

and housing information for selected American Indian and Alaska Native tribes. This report is similar to the 

Census 2000 PHC-5 report. This is a single report covering the entire United States. 
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HOW TO FIND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS AND SUBJECT MATTER DATA

This report includes a table finding guide to assist the user in locating those statistical tables that contain 

the desired data. The table finding guide lists alphabetically, by geographic area, the subjects shown in 

this report. To determine which tables in this report show data for a particular topic, find the subject in the 

left-hand column of the table finding guide and then look across the columns using the headings at the top 

for the desired type of geographic area. Figure I-1 is an example of a table finding guide. 

The table finding guide does not include cross-classification of subject-matter items. Additional information to locate data within specific reports is provided in the headnote at the top of the table finding guide 

and in the footnotes at the bottom of the guide. 

Figure I-1.

Table Finding Guide II-1U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census

Geographic area

Population Housing units Area 

measurement

Average per square 

mile of land (density)

Number of 

 2010 Census places

Previous 

censuses

Change 

from 

previous 

census 2010 Census

Previous 

censuses

Change 

from 

previous 

census Total area Land area Population

Housing 

units

THE STATE1 

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,12 1,4,8,9 1,5,9 1,2,4,5,8,9,12 1,4,8,9 1,5,9 8,9 2,5,8,9 5,8,9 5,8,9 1,3 Urban and rural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,2,3,7,12 1 1 1,2,12 1 1 – 2 – – 3 Current urban definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,2,7,12 1 1 1,2,12 1 1 – 2 – – – 1950–90 urban definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 – – – – – Urban and rural by size of place . . . . . . . 3 – – – – – – – – – 3 In urbanized area and in urban cluster . . 2,7,12 – – 2,12 – – – 2 – – – Size of urban area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – – 2 – – – 2 – – – In place and not in place . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,7 – – – – – – – – – 3

COUNTY2

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,5,6,8 4,6,8 5,6 4,8 4,8 5 8 5,8 5,8 5,8 – Urban and rural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – – – – – – – – – – By percent change rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6 6 – – – – – – – –

COUNTY SUBDIVISION3

By county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8 – 8 8 – 8 8 8 8 – Alphabetically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 – By 2010 rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10a 10a – 10a 10a – – – – – – By percent change rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11a 11a 11a – – – – – – – –

PLACE

By county and county subdivision . . . . . . 8 8 – 8 8 – 8 8 8 8 – Alphabetically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 – By 2010 rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 10 – 10 10 – – – – – – By percent change rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 11 11 – – – – – – – –

URBAN AREA

Urbanized area and urban cluster . . . . . . 12 – 12 – – – – – – – –

1

 State, District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico .

2

 Parish in Louisiana; city and borough, municipality, borough, or census area in Alaska; and municipio in Puerto Rico; in Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia, one or more cities 

are independent of counties and are treated as statistical equivalents of counties; the entire District of Columbia, which has no counties, is treated as a county equivalent . 3

 County subdivisions within the state are shown alphabetically with places for the following 12 states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, 

New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin .

Table Finding Guide

SUBJECTS BY TYPE OF GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND TABLE NUMBER

The types of geographic areas covered in this report are shown on the side, and subjects are shown at the top. See CPH-2-A, Population and 

Housing Unit Counts, Selected Appendixes (<www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-a.pdf>), for a description of area classifications (Appendix A) 

and for definitions and explanations of subject characteristics (Appendix B).

HOW TO USE THE STATISTICAL TABLES

Parts of a Statistical Table

The census data included in printed reports are arranged in tables. Each table includes four major parts: (1) 

heading, (2) boxhead, (3) stub, and (4) data field. A typical census report table is illustrated in Figure I-2.

The heading consists of the table number, title, and headnote. The table number indicates the position of 

the table within the report, while the title is a brief statement indicating the subjects and time reference 

of the data presented in the table. The headnote is enclosed in brackets and is located under the title. It 

contains statements that qualify, explain, or provide information pertaining to the entire table. 
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Race in combination with one or more other races Race alone or in combination with one or more other races

Asian

Native

Hawaiian

and Other

Pacic

Islander

American

Indian

and

Alaska

Native

Some

Other Race

Black or

African

White American White

Black or

African

American

American

Indian

and

Alaska

Native Asian

Native

Hawaiian

and Other

Pacic

Islander

Some

Other Race

Table 6.

[For information on condentiality protection, nonsampling error, and denitions, see Selected Appendixes at <www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-1-a.pdf>]

Population for Selected Categories of Race: 2010

State

County

Place

 Delaware......................................................... 18,775 14,109 5,718 5,152 816 5,026 637,392 205,923 9,899 33,701 1,216 35,545

COUNTY

 Kent County......................................................... 4,523 3,595 1,558 1,215 215 838 114,522 42,508 2,601 4,521 306 4,073

 New Castle County............................................ 10,502 7,949 2,895 3,333 409 3,171 363,457 135,735 4,469 26,633 568 22,286

 Sussex County..................................................... 3,750 2,565 1,265 604 192 1,017 159,413 27,680 2,829 2,547 342 9,186

PLACE

 Arden village, New Castle County................. 3 1 12 0 1 428 6 3 3 0 3

 Ardencroft village, New Castle County.......... 1 0 01 0 0 199 21 0 0 12 0

 Ardentown village, New Castle County......... 8 2 05 0 2 256 4 1 0 0 1 2

 Bear CDP, New Castle County........................ 522 447 149 132 11 201 10,298 7,129 211 944 16 1,527

 Bellefonte town, New Castle County............. 13 5 25 2 7 1,096 80 4 3 19 9

 Bethany Beach town, Sussex County........... 5 3 11 0 0 1,054 5 5 1 0 0

 Bethel town, Sussex County........................... 2 2 00 0 0 164 8 1 0 0 0

 Blades town, Sussex County............................ 45 46 6 0 3 7 802 391 15 10 3 74

 Bowers town, Kent County............................. 3 1 11 0 1 318 7 5 4 0 5

 Bridgeville town, Sussex County................... 62 51 16 8 5 12 1,391 545 19 14 7 152

 Brookside CDP, New Castle County............. 445 325 118 80 35 125 10,218 3,070 172 529 37 912

 Camden town, Kent County............................ 124 104 49 52 0 13 2,413 920 60 180 1 63

 Cheswold town, Kent County........................ 50 32 32 12 10 13 793 497 68 46 10 47

 Claymont CDP, New Castle County.............. 149 112 34 32 5 25 5,435 2,344 62 347 14 240

 Clayton town........................................................ 73 73 21 16 1 13 2,105 791 27 33 1 63

 Kent County (part)............................................ 73 73 21 16 1 13 2,105 791 27 33 1 63

 New Castle County (part).............................. 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Dagsboro town, Sussex County.................... 17 16 4 3 0 2 706 69 12 3 0 36

 Delaware City city, New Castle County.......... 64 46 16 5 0 5 1,473 231 17 22 0 20

 Delmar town, Sussex County.......................... 75 67 21 7 1 4 1,281 344 27 18 1 19

 Dewey Beach town, Sussex County............. 4 3 00 1 0 318 12 1 3 1 10

 Dover city, Kent County................................... 1,053 1,097 375 328 52 195 18,446 16,312 571 1,310 75 960

 Dover Base Housing CDP, Kent County........ 216 122 47 85 23 37 2,699 580 55 163 32 200

 Edgemoor CDP, New Castle County............ 99 115 39 9 1 16 3,499 2,089 58 72 1 99

 Ellendale town, Sussex County..................... 8 13 6 3 2 0 242 125 6 4 5 15

 Elsmere town, New Castle County................ 165 123 44 33 0 116 4,435 925 92 139 0 786

 Farmington town, Kent County........................ 0 0 00 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0

 Felton town, Kent County................................. 48 38 12 3 0 12 998 290 20 25 1 23

 Fenwick Island town, Sussex County............ 1 0 10 0 0 371 2 3 1 0 3

 Frankford town, Sussex County.................... 10 11 4 0 2 5 407 249 4 2 11 190

 Frederica town, Kent County......................... 32 33 14 2 0 7 558 183 14 9 1 57

 Georgetown town, Sussex County................ 200 85 51 8 2 133 3,191 1,018 328 78 11 2,038

 Glasgow CDP, New Castle County................ 312 276 71 121 6 67 9,505 3,862 119 937 10 309

 Greenville CDP, New Castle County............. 24 10 3 22 0 6 2,018 121 3 0 190 28

 Greenwood town, Sussex County................. 28 12 17 5 0 0 718 211 17 11 0 48

 Harrington city, Kent County......................... 120 102 55 15 10 15 2,568 931 76 43 14 94

 Hartly town, Kent County.................................. 0 0 00 0 0 72 0 0 1 1 0

 Henlopen Acres town, Sussex County.......... 0 0 00 0 0 118 3 1 0 0 0

 Highland Acres CDP, Kent County................ 96 71 24 44 7 14 2,725 579 45 189 10 45

 Hockessin CDP, New Castle County............ 188 38 38 132 8 31 11,712 434 59 1,429 17 102

 Houston town, Kent County.......................... 2 2 01 0 1 346 22 2 0 4 3

 Kent Acres CDP, Kent County......................... 51 38 17 17 1 8 1,302 505 29 65 1 55

 Kenton town, Kent County.............................. 8 6 20 0 0 242 12 2 0 0 13

 Laurel town, Sussex County............................ 135 155 33 38 15 37 1,889 1,668 75 72 33 188

 Leipsic town, Kent County............................... 6 6 00 0 0 170 9 0 4 0 6

 Lewes city, Sussex County................................ 34 26 17 4 1 1 2,502 237 27 14 3 10

 Little Creek town, Kent County........................ 5 1 40 0 0 214 6 1 7 0 1

 Long Neck CDP, Sussex County.................... 6 3 50 0 1 1,896 44 10 7 0 31

 Magnolia town, Kent County......................... 7 2 42 0 1 182 28 14 3 0 6

 Middletown town, New Castle County........... 457 405 107 132 19 131 12,145 5,772 143 841 27 597

 Milford city............................................................ 189 176 65 27 23 60 6,404 2,304 115 137 45 838

 Kent County (part)............................................ 93 91 24 8 8 41 1,906 1,526 53 46 13 374

 Sussex County (part)....................................... 96 85 41 19 15 19 4,498 778 62 91 32 464

 Millsboro town, Sussex County..................... 90 97 29 20 7 23 2,863 792 49 149 7 154

 Millville town, Sussex County........................ 9 1 17 0 0 515 14 1 0 11 12

 Milton town, Sussex County............................ 75 76 20 3 0 12 2,027 497 38 18 1 92

 Newark city, New Castle County................... 626 318 141 325 31 112 26,532 2,412 194 2,570 41 519

 New Castle city, New Castle County............. 101 95 39 19 2 31 3,660 1,530 57 80 2 105

 Newport town, New Castle County................ 29 26 6 5 2 9 744 220 9 2 21 100

 North Star CDP, New Castle County............. 83 20 8 61 0 27 7,066 270 11 687 0 48

 Ocean View town, Sussex County................ 17 8 65 1 3 1,835 24 7 1 29 8

 Odessa town, New Castle County.................. 12 10 4 5 0 2 334 35 4 0 9 2

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Figure I-2.

PARTS OF A STATISTICAL TABLE

Table number and title Headnote

Heading

Stubhead

Stub

Sidehead

State name and

page number Report title

Spanner

Column head

Boxhead

Data 

field

The boxhead is under the heading. This portion of the table, which contains the individual column heads 

or captions, describes the data in each vertical column. In the boxhead of many tables, a spanner appears 

across and above two or more column heads or across two or more lower spanners. The purpose of a 

spanner is to classify or qualify items below it or separate the table into identifiable blocks in terms of 

major aspects of the data. 

The stub is located at the left edge of the table. It includes a listing of line or row captions or descriptions. 

At the top of the stub is the stubhead. The stubhead is considered to be an extension of the table title and 

usually shows generic geographic area designations and restrictions. 
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In the stub, several features are used to help the user better understand the contents of the table. Usually, 

a block of data lines is preceded by a sidehead. The sidehead, similar to a spanner, describes and classifies 

the stub entries following it. The use of indentation in a stub indicates the relationship of one data line to 

another. Indented data lines represent subcategories that, in most instances, sum to a total. Occasionally 

in tables, it is desirable to show one or more single-line subcategories that do not sum to the total. 

The data field is that part of the statistical table that contains the data. It extends from the bottom of the 

boxhead to the bottom of the table and from the right of the stub to the right edge of the page. 

Both geographic and subject-matter terms appear in tables. It is important to read the definitions of the 

terms used in the tables because census terms often are defined in special ways that reflect the manner in 

which the questions were asked and the data were tabulated. Definitions of geographic terms are provided 

in Appendix A of CPH-2-A, Population and Housing Unit Counts, Selected Appendixes (<www.census.gov 

/prod/cen2010/cph-2-a.pdf>). Census tables often include derived measures such as medians, means, percentages, and ratios. These and other subject-matter terms are defined in Appendix B of the same report. 

Symbols and Geographic Abbreviations

The following symbols are used in the tables and explanations of subjects covered in 2010 Census reports:

• A dash ‘‘–’’ represents zero or a derived measure that rounds to less than 0.1. 

• (X) means not applicable. In the 1990 and earlier decennial census reports, three dots ‘‘. . . ’’ meant not 

applicable. 

• (NA) means not available. 

• The superscript prefix ‘‘r’’ indicates that a Census 2000 count has been revised since the publication 

of the Census 2000 reports as a result of certified Count Question Resolution (CQR) changes (see also 

<www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/notes/errata.pdf>). This symbol appears only in the 2010 Census 

CPH-2, Population and Housing Unit Counts, report series. 

• A minus sign ‘‘–’’ preceding a figure denotes decrease. The minus sign appears only in the 2010 Census 

CPH-2, Population and Housing Unit Counts, report series. 

The following are examples of geographic abbreviations and terms that may be used in the tables in this 

report:

• A ‘‘(part)’’ next to the name of a geographic area in a hierarchical presentation indicates that the geographic entity is located only partially in the superior geographic entity. For example, a ‘‘(part)’’ next to a 

place name in a county subdivision-place hierarchy indicates that the place is located in more than one 

county subdivision. (Places also may be ‘‘split’’ by county, congressional district, urban/rural, metropolitan area, voting district, and other geographic boundaries, depending on the presentation.) Other geographic entities also can be ‘‘split’’ by a higher-level entity. The exception is a tabulation block, which is 

unique within all geographic entities in census products. 

• ANVSA is Alaska Native village statistical area. 

• ANRC is Alaska Native Regional Corporation. 

• CCD is census county division. 

• CDP is census designated place. 

• CSA is combined statistical area. 

• NECTA is New England city and town area. 

• Metro Area is metropolitan statistical area. 
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• Micro Area is micropolitan statistical area. 

• OTSA is Oklahoma tribal statistical area. 

• SDTSA is state designated tribal statistical area. 

• TDSA is tribal designated statistical area. 

• UT is unorganized territory. 

GRAPHICS

Charts, statistical maps, and other graphic summaries are included in some 2010 Census reports. 

USER NOTES

User notes include general explanatory information, historical notes, and geographic notes. They also provide information about unique characteristics of the report and sometimes changes or corrections made 

too late to be reflected in the text or tables themselves. However, sometimes this information becomes 

available too late to be reflected even in the user notes. Therefore, updates are available in the Notes and 

Errata document at <www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/notes/errata.pdf>. 

APPENDIXES

Appendixes A through D, and F through H, described below, are in the separate printed volume, CPH-2-A, 

Population and Housing Unit Counts, Selected Appendixes, or on the Internet at <www.census.gov/prod 

/cen2010/cph-2-a.pdf>. Appendix E is included in this report. 

Appendix A, Geographic Terms and Concepts. Provides definitions of the types of geographic areas 

and related information used in census products. 

Appendix B, Definitions of Subject Characteristics. Contains definitions for the subject-matter terms 

used in census products, including explanations of derived measures, limitations of the data, and comparability with previous censuses. The subjects are listed alphabetically. Population characteristics are 

defined first, followed by the definitions of the housing subjects. 

Appendix C, Data Collection and Processing Procedures. Explains the 2010 Census mission and 

scope and provides thumbnail descriptions of 2010 Census operations. 

Appendix D, Questionnaire. Presents a facsimile of the 2010 Census questionnaire used to collect the 

data in this report. 

Appendix E, Maps. Contains maps depicting the geographic areas shown in this report. 

Appendix F, Operational Overview and Accuracy of the Data. Provides information on 2010 Census 

operations, including group quarters enumeration, confidentiality of the data, imputation of housing unit 

status and population counts, sources of errors in the data, and data editing. 

Appendix G, Residence Rule and Residence Situations for the 2010 Census of the United States. 

Contains a description of the residence rule and residence situations used by Census Bureau staff to 

guide decisions on where people should be counted in the 2010 Census. This document is the basis for 

residence-related sections of questionnaires, collection instruments, field materials, and training materials. 

Appendix H, Acknowledgments. Lists many of the U.S. Census Bureau staff who participated in report 

preparation. 

Table Finding Guide

SUBJECTS BY TYPE OF GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND TABLE NUMBERThe types of geographic areas covered in this report are shown on the side, and subjects are shown at the top. See CPH-2-Housing Unit Counts, Selected Appendixes (<www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-a.pdf>), for a description of area classiand for definitions and explanations of subject characteristics (Appendix B).

Geographic area

Population Housing units Area measurement Av

mi

 2010 Census 

Previous 

censuses

Change 

from 

previous 

census 2010 Census

Previous 

censuses

Change 

from 

previous 

census Total area Land area Po

THE STATE1 

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,12 1,4,8,9 1,5,9 1,2,4,5,8,9,12 1,4,8,9 1,5,9 8,9 2,5,8,9 

Urban and rural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,2,3,7,12 1 1 1,2,12 1 1 – 2 Current urban definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,2,7,12 1 1 1,2,12 1 1 – 2 1950–90 urban definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 – – Urban and rural by size of place . . . . . . . 3 – – – – – – – In urbanized area and in urban cluster . . 2,7,12 – – 2,12 – – – 2 Size of urban area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – – 2 – – – 2 In place and not in place . . . . . . . . . . . . .

COUNTY2

3,7 – – – – – – – 

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,5,6,8 4,6,8 5,6 4,8 4,8 5 8 5,8 Urban and rural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – – – – – – – 

By percent change rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . .COUNTY SUBDIVISION3

6 6 6 – – – – – 

By county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8 – 8 8 – 8 8 Alphabetically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 By 2010 rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10a 10a – 10a 10a – – – By percent change rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PLACE

11a 11a 11a – – – – – 

By county and county subdivision . . . . . . 8 8 – 8 8 – 8 8 Alphabetically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 By 2010 rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 10 – 10 10 – – – By percent change rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . .URBAN AREA

11 11 11 – – – – – 

Urbanized area and urban cluster . . . . . . 12 – 12 – – – – – 

1 State, District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico .2 Parish in Louisiana; city and borough, municipality, borough, or census area in Alaska; and municipio in Puerto Rico; in Maryland, Missouri, Nevada

are independent of counties and are treated as statistical equivalents of counties; the entire District of Columbia, which has no counties, is treated as a c

3 County subdivisions within the state are shown alphabetically with places for the following 12 states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, 

New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin .

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User Notes

Additional information concerning this 2010 Census product may become available after this report is 

published. This information, called Notes and Errata, is available in portable document format (PDF) on the 

U.S. Census Bureau’s Internet site at <www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/notes/errata.pdf>.

GENERAL NOTES

User Note 1

The user should be aware that there are limitations to many of these data. Please refer to the text provided 

with this report for further explanation of the limitations of the data. The population and other data shown 

for the 2010 Census in this report are as of April 1, 2010; the boundaries used for all geographic entities 

are as of January 1, 2010. All boundaries are intended for Census Bureau statistical data collection and presentation only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes do not constitute a determination of 

jurisdictional authority or entitlement. Corrections to the 2010 Census data as a result of certified Count 

Question Resolution (CQR) changes are available from the Census Bureau’s Internet site at <www.census 

.gov/prod/cen2010/notes/errata.pdf>.

User Note 2

Data comparability for county subdivisions is shown only when the county subdivision contains substantially the same territory as reported for Census 2000 (generally defined as at least 60 percent of the 

previous territory). There is no comparability provided for county subdivisions that have been extensively 

revised. Revised entities are noted by and within county. Changes to a geographic entity can be the result 

of legal change actions, statistical redefinition, correction of previous boundary or drafting errors, or new 

erroneous information.

Incorporated place and census designated place (CDP) comparability is provided for all places that retained 

their name or general area without regard to the amount of territorial change between censuses. Place 

comparability is not shown if the entity is new for the 2010 Census or is the result of a merger that created an entirely new entity, or if a 2010 Census geographic area shares no area with a Census 2000 area 

of the same name. American Indian area (including tribal subdivisions), Alaska Native area, and Hawaiian 

home land comparability follows the same rules as for place comparability.

User Note 3

When applicable, tables show the revised Census 2000 population and/or housing unit counts that 

resulted from the Count Question Resolution (CQR) program. These revised counts are accompanied by a 

prefix “r” symbol in the data tables.

Derived values (e.g., percent distribution, density, or change) that are calculated from Census 2000 population or housing unit counts only account for the aforementioned CQR revisions in certain cases. 

• Calculations include the corrected Census 2000 counts when a table:

o Shows population or housing unit change (or percent change) from 2000 to 2010.

o Shows population or housing unit change (or percent change) from 1990 to 2000, and also shows 

the 2000 population or housing unit count that it is derived from.

o Shows population or housing unit density or percent distribution in 2000, and also shows the 2000 

population or housing unit count that it is derived from.
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• Calculations do not include the corrected Census 2000 counts when a table:

o Shows population or housing unit change (or percent change) from 1990 to 2000, but does not 

show the 2000 population or housing unit count that it is derived from.

o Shows population or housing unit density or percent distribution in 2000, but does not show the 

2000 population or housing unit count that it is derived from. 

• When a table shows component parts of a revised 2000 population or housing unit count (e.g., classified by urban/rural or by size of place), the component parts may not sum to the total population 

or housing unit count, because the component parts were not revised during the 2000 CQR program. 

Therefore, any derived values (e.g., percent distribution or number of places by population size) for the 

component parts cannot account for the revised Census 2000 counts either.

HISTORICAL NOTES

The area of Rhode Island was part of the original territory of the United States. An original patent was 

granted for the Providence Plantations in 1643, and a charter was granted for the Colony of Rhode Island 

and Providence Plantations in 1663. Rhode Island ratified the U.S. Constitution on May 29, 1790; it was 

the 13th of the original 13 states to join the Union, with generally the same boundary as the present state. 

However, there were changes to the boundary between Rhode Island and Massachusetts in 1862, and additional changes from a resurvey of that boundary in 1897. The official name of the state is ‘‘State of Rhode 

Island and Providence Plantations.’’ 

GEOGRAPHIC NOTES

The Census Bureau reports Rhode Island to be divided into five counties. Legally, Rhode Island abolished 

its counties in 1960, with their authority transferred to the state and town governments. The county areas, 

however, still serve a judicial purpose as well as a historical geographic framework. The 40 county subdivisions in the state include 31 towns, which are functioning governmental units, 8 incorporated places that 

are independent of any county subdivision and therefore are treated by the Census Bureau as equivalent to 

county subdivisions, and one water-only area in the territorial sea identified as a county subdivision. 

There are 8 incorporated places and 26 CDPs in Rhode Island. Incorporated places in the state are legally 

described as cities and all are independent of any county subdivision. The Census Bureau treats all CDPs as 

dependent within towns.

GEOGRAPHIC CHANGE NOTES

The Geographic Change Notes listed below document high-level geographic entities—American Indian 

areas, Alaska Native areas, and Hawaiian home lands; counties and their equivalents; county subdivisions; and places—that are different from the information reported in Census 2000. The notes identify 

geographic entities whose name, legal description, and/or boundary have changed, entities that no longer 

exist, newly established entities (both legal and statistical), and changes in geographic relationships, such 

as places that exist in one county and have expanded into or withdrawn from another county (the notes 

do not identify the other county(ies) in which the entity exists; this can be determined from Table 9 of 

this publication), places that have been removed from comparable 2000 county subdivisions, and places 

that have become independent of or dependent within one or more county subdivisions. The changes are 

reported by and within county; counties without changes are not shown in the listing. Changes to 

American Indian areas, Alaska Native areas, and Hawaiian home lands appear after the list of counties; 

areas with no changes are not shown. A few of the reported changes in name, legal status, or legal relationship may be incorrect; if so, the correct version is shown in any Correction Notes section above. 

Some changes are the result of legal actions that took place prior to Census 2000 but were not reported 

in that census.

For the 2010 Census, the notes reflect any boundary change that affects a geographic entity, regardless of 

whether it is the result of legal action, redefinition of a statistical entity, correction of a previous drafting 
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error, or new erroneous information. Between Census 2000 and the 2010 Census, the Census Bureau 

invested in improving the coordinate accuracy of its geographic database. As a result, the geographic 

positions of boundaries may be different between the two censuses even though little or no change actually occurred to the boundaries. In compiling the Geographic Change Notes, the Census Bureau inspected 

the many corrections to determine if a change actually affected significant land area or population. For 

example, the county-level text ‘‘all MCDs [minor civil divisions] revised’’ may reflect a legal redistricting of 

all county subdivisions in the county, a major or minor relocation of county subdivision boundaries due 

to more accurate mapping or more accurate boundary information, or a combination of these that, in one 

way or another, affect every county subdivision in a county. Boundary corrections that resulted in incorporated places gaining or losing territory are shown as annexations or detachments even if no legal action 

occurred between 2000 and 2010. Most places shown with a detachment resulted from such corrections. 

In states whose legal entities rarely undergo a legal boundary change, such as the New England states, 

most of the entities reported to have annexed, detached, exchanged, gained, or lost territory did so as the 

result of mapping changes, not legal actions. The extent and location of the boundary changes affecting 

any particular entity can be determined by comparing the TIGER/Line® Shapefiles, Cartographic Boundary 

Files, or a comparable set of maps for the 2000 and 2010 censuses.

Counties, County Subdivisions, and Places

Bristol County—Deleted CDPs: Barrington and Bristol (both coextensive with towns of the same name).

Kent County—New CDPs: Greene; Deleted CDPs: West Warwick (coextensive with a town of the 

same name).

Newport County—CDP Changes: Melville CDP gained area and lost area to Newport East CDP; Newport East 

CDP gained area from Melville CDP.

Providence County—New CDPs: Chepachet, Clayville, Foster Center, and Harmony; Deleted CDPs: North 

Providence (coextensive with a town of the same name).

Washington County—New CDPs: Carolina, Misquamicut, Quonochontaug, Watch Hill, Weekapaug, 

and Wyoming.

American Indian Areas

Narragansett Reservation—Gained and lost area in Washington County.

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Crosswalk of Urban Areas and Places: 2010 

Urban Area Place Within Urban Area

URBANIZED AREA

Norwich--New London, CT--RI Urbanized 

Area (part)

Providence, RI--MA Urbanized Area (part)

Ashaway CDP (part)

Misquamicut CDP (part)

Watch Hill CDP (part)

Weekapaug CDP (part)

Westerly CDP (part)

Central Falls city

Cranston city (part)

Cumberland Hill CDP (part)

East Providence city (part)

Greenville CDP (part)

Harmony CDP (part)

Harrisville CDP (part)

Kingston CDP (part)

Melville CDP (part)

Narragansett Pier CDP (part)

Newport city (part)

Newport East CDP (part)

Pascoag CDP (part)

Pawtucket city

Providence city

Tiverton CDP (part)

Valley Falls CDP

Wakefield-Peacedale CDP

Warwick city (part)

Woonsocket city

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Table 1. 

Population: Earliest Census to 2010; and Housing Units: 1950 to 2010

[For information concerning historical counts and geographic change, see “User Notes.” For information on confidentiality, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Appendixes]

State

Urban and Rural

State total Urban Rural Percent of total

Number

Change from 

preceding census

Number of 

places of 

2,500 or 

more Number

Change from 

preceding census

Number

Change from 

preceding census

Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Urban Rural

POPULATION

Current urban definition:

2010 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,052,567 4,248 0.4 18 955,043 1,897 0.2 97,524 2,351 2.5 90.7 9.3

2000 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,048,319 44,855 4.5 22 953,146 50,607 5.6 95,173 –5,752 –5.7 90.9 9.1

1990 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,003,464 (X) (X) 23 902,539 (X) (X) 100,925 (X) (X) 89.9 10.1

1950–90 urban definition:

1990 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,003,464 56,310 5.9 23 863,381 39,377 4.8 140,083 16,933 13.7 86.0 14.0

1980 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 947,154 –2,569 –0.3 23 824,004 –926 –0.1 123,150 1,355 1.1 87.0 13.0

1970 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949,723 90,235 10.5 15 824,930 82,033 11.0 121,795 5,204 4.5 87.1 12.9

1960 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859,488 67,592 8.5 18 742,897 75,685 11.3 116,591 –8,093 –6.5 86.4 13.6

1950 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791,896 (X) (X) 11 667,212 (X) (X) 124,684 (X) (X) 84.3 15.7

Pre-1950 urban definition:

1960 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859,488 67,592 8.5 22 772,638 83,696 12.1 86,850 –16,104 –15.6 89.9 10.1

1950 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791,896 78,550 11.0 18 688,942 35,559 5.4 102,954 42,991 71.7 87.0 13.0

1940 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713,346 25,849 3.8 19 653,383 17,954 2.8 59,963 7,895 15.2 91.6 8.4

1930 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687,497 83,100 13.7 19 635,429 80,283 14.5 52,068 2,817 5.7 92.4 7.6

1920 (Jan. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604,397 61,787 11.4 18 555,146 61,208 12.4 49,251 579 1.2 91.9 8.1

1910 (Apr. 15) . . . . . . . . . . . . 542,610 114,054 26.6 17 493,938 115,467 30.5 48,672 –1,413 –2.8 91.0 9.0

1900 (June 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428,556 83,050 24.0 15 378,471 83,628 28.4 50,085 –578 –1.1 88.3 11.7

1890 (June 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345,506 68,975 24.9 14 294,843 68,225 30.1 50,663 750 1.5 85.3 14.7

1880 (June 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276,531 59,178 27.2 14 226,618 64,511 39.8 49,913 –5,333 –9.7 82.0 18.0

1870 (June 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217,353 42,733 24.5 12 162,107 51,572 46.7 55,246 –8,839 –13.8 74.6 25.4

1860 (June 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174,620 27,075 18.4 9 110,535 28,451 34.7 64,085 –1,376 –2.1 63.3 36.7

1850 (June 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,545 38,715 35.6 7 82,084 34,422 72.2 65,461 4,293 7.0 55.6 44.4

1840 (June 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,830 11,631 12.0 5 47,662 17,290 56.9 61,168 –5,659 –8.5 43.8 56.2

1830 (June 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,199 14,140 17.0 3 30,372 11,286 59.1 66,827 2,854 4.5 31.2 68.8

1820 (Aug. 7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,059 6,128 8.0 2 19,086 1,108 6.2 63,973 5,020 8.5 23.0 77.0

1810 (Aug. 6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,931 7,809 11.3 2 17,978 3,625 25.3 58,953 4,184 7.6 23.4 76.6

1800 (Aug. 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,122 297 0.4 2 14,353 1,257 9.6 54,769 –960 –1.7 20.8 79.2

1790 (Aug. 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,825 (X) (X) 2 13,096 (X) (X) 55,729 (X) (X) 19.0 81.0

HOUSING UNITS

Current urban definition:

2010 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463,388 23,551 5.4 (X) 419,181 19,390 4.9 44,207 4,161 10.4 90.5 9.5

2000 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439,837 25,265 6.1 (X) 399,791 28,910 7.8 40,046 –3,645 –8.3 90.9 9.1

1990 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414,572 (X) (X) (X) 370,881 (X) (X) 43,691 (X) (X) 89.5 10.5

1950–90 urban definition:

1990 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414,572 41,900 11.2 (X) 353,354 32,335 10.1 61,218 9,565 18.5 85.2 14.8

1980 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372,672 54,983 17.3 (X) 321,019 46,748 17.0 51,653 9,447 22.4 86.1 13.9

1970 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317,689 30,932 10.8 (X) 274,271 33,297 13.8 42,206 –3,577 –7.8 86.7 13.3

1960 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286,757 42,610 17.5 (X) 240,974 40,787 20.4 45,783 1,823 4.1 84.0 16.0

1950 (Apr. 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244,147 (X) (X) (X) 200,187 (X) (X) 43,960 (X) (X) 82.0 18.0
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Table 2. 

Population, Housing Units, and Land Area by Urban and Rural and Size of Urban Area: 2010

[Areas classified by population size . For information on confidentiality, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Appendixes]

State

Urban and Rural

Size of Urban Area [Population]

 

Population Housing units Land area Number of urban areas

Total

Percent 

distribution Total

Percent 

distribution

In square 

miles

Percent 

distribution Total

Entirely in 

state

Partly in 

 state

 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,052,567 100 .0 463,388 100 .0 1 034 100 .0 4 1 3

 Urban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 955,043 90 .7 419,181 90 .5 401 38 .8 4 1 3

In urbanized area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952,101 90 .5 416,552 89 .9 396 38 .4 3 – 3

 1,000,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930,952 88 .5 405,320 87 .5 381 36 .8 2 – 2

 500,000 to 999,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – – – – – –

 250,000 to 499,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – – – – – –

 100,000 to 249,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,149 2 .0 11,232 2 .4 16 1 .5 1 – 1

 50,000 to 99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – – – – – –

In urban cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,942 0 .3 2,629 0 .6 4 0 .4 1 1 –

 25,000 to 49,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – – – – – –

 10,000 to 24,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – – – – – –

 5,000 to 9,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – – – – – –

 2,500 to 4,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,942 0 .3 2,629 0 .6 4 0 .4 1 1 –

 Cumulative summary:

Urban area of—

 1,000,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930,952 88 .5 405,320 87 .5 381 36 .8 2 – 2

 500,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930,952 88 .5 405,320 87 .5 381 36 .8 2 – 2

 250,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930,952 88 .5 405,320 87 .5 381 36 .8 2 – 2

 100,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952,101 90 .5 416,552 89 .9 396 38 .4 3 – 3

 50,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952,101 90 .5 416,552 89 .9 396 38 .4 3 – 3

 25,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952,101 90 .5 416,552 89 .9 396 38 .4 3 – 3

 10,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952,101 90 .5 416,552 89 .9 396 38 .4 3 – 3

 5,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952,101 90 .5 416,552 89 .9 396 38 .4 3 – 3

 2,500 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 955,043 90 .7 419,181 90 .5 401 38 .8 4 1 3

 Rural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,524 9 .3 44,207 9 .5 633 61 .3 (X) (X) (X)
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Table 3. 

Population by Urban and Rural and Size of Place: 2010

[Places classified by population size . For information on confidentiality, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Appendixes]

State

Size of Place [Population] 

Total Urban

Population

Number of 

places

Percent 

 of total 

population Total

In place

Not in 

 place

All urban places 

(entirely or partly urban) Entirely urban places Partly urban places

Population

Number of 

places Population

Number of 

places Population

Number of 

places

 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . 1,052,567 34 100 .0 955,043 635,733 25 329,786 6 305,947 19 319,310

 In place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647,541 34 61 .5 635,733 635,733 25 329,786 6 305,947 19 (X)

 Not in place . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405,026 (X) 38 .5 319,310 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 319,310

In place of—

 1,000,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – – – – – – – (X)

 500,000 to 999,999 . . . . . . . . . . – – – – – – – – – – (X)

 250,000 to 499,999 . . . . . . . . . . – – – – – – – – – – (X)

 100,000 to 249,999 . . . . . . . . . . 178,042 1 16 .9 178,042 178,042 1 178,042 1 – – (X)

 50,000 to 99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . 234,207 3 22 .3 233,203 233,203 3 71,148 1 162,055 2 (X)

 25,000 to 49,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,223 2 8 .4 88,223 88,223 2 41,186 1 47,037 1 (X)

 10,000 to 24,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,300 5 8 .1 84,092 84,092 5 30,923 2 53,169 3 (X)

 5,000 to 9,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,610 5 3 .8 39,343 39,343 5 8,487 1 30,856 4 (X)

 2,500 to 4,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,986 2 0 .8 7,345 7,345 2 – – 7,345 2 (X)

 2,000 to 2,499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – – – – – – – (X)

 1,500 to 1,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,892 3 0 .5 1,595 1,595 1 – – 1,595 1 (X)

 1,000 to 1,499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,211 3 0 .4 2,564 2,564 2 – – 2,564 2 (X)

 500 to 999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,843 3 0 .3 522 522 1 – – 522 1 (X)

 200 to 499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,073 6 0 .2 699 699 2 – – 699 2 (X)

 Less than 200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 1 – 105 105 1 – – 105 1 (X)

 Cumulative summary:

In place of—

 1,000,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – – – – – – – (X)

 500,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – – – – – – – (X)

 250,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – – – – – – – (X)

 100,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . 178,042 1 16 .9 178,042 178,042 1 178,042 1 – – (X)

 50,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412,249 4 39 .2 411,245 411,245 4 249,190 2 162,055 2 (X)

 25,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500,472 6 47 .6 499,468 499,468 6 290,376 3 209,092 3 (X)

 10,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585,772 11 55 .7 583,560 583,560 11 321,299 5 262,261 6 (X)

 5,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625,382 16 59 .4 622,903 622,903 16 329,786 6 293,117 10 (X)

 2,500 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633,368 18 60 .2 630,248 630,248 18 329,786 6 300,462 12 (X)

 2,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633,368 18 60 .2 630,248 630,248 18 329,786 6 300,462 12 (X)

 1,500 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638,260 21 60 .6 631,843 631,843 19 329,786 6 302,057 13 (X)

 1,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642,471 24 61 .0 634,407 634,407 21 329,786 6 304,621 15 (X)

 500 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645,314 27 61 .3 634,929 634,929 22 329,786 6 305,143 16 (X)

 200 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647,387 33 61 .5 635,628 635,628 24 329,786 6 305,842 18 (X)
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Table 3. 

Population by Urban and Rural and Size of Place: 2010—Con.

[Places classified by population size . For information on confidentiality, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Appendixes]

Rural

State

Size of Place [Population]

Total

In place

Not in 

 place

All rural places 

 (entirely or partly rural) Entirely rural places Partly rural places

Population

Number of 

places Population

Number of 

places Population

Number of 

places

97,524 11,808 28 7,809 9 3,999 19 85,716 Rhode Island

11,808 11,808 28 7,809 9 3,999 19 (X) In place

85,716 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 85,716 Not in place

In place of—

– – – – – – – (X) 1,000,000 or more

– – – – – – – (X) 500,000 to 999,999

– – – – – – – (X) 250,000 to 499,999

– – – – – – – (X) 100,000 to 249,999

1,004 1,004 2 – – 1,004 2 (X) 50,000 to 99,999

– – 1 – – – 1 (X) 25,000 to 49,999

1,208 1,208 3 – – 1,208 3 (X) 10,000 to 24,999

267 267 4 – – 267 4 (X) 5,000 to 9,999

641 641 2 – – 641 2 (X) 2,500 to 4,999

– – – – – – – (X) 2,000 to 2,499

3,297 3,297 3 3,287 2 10 1 (X) 1,500 to 1,999

1,647 1,647 3 1,406 1 241 2 (X) 1,000 to 1,499

2,321 2,321 3 1,858 2 463 1 (X) 500 to 999

1,374 1,374 6 1,258 4 116 2 (X) 200 to 499

49 49 1 – – 49 1 (X) Less than 200

 Cumulative summary:

In place of—

– – – – – – – (X) 1,000,000 or more

– – – – – – – (X) 500,000 or more

– – – – – – – (X) 250,000 or more

– – – – – – – (X) 100,000 or more

1,004 1,004 2 – – 1,004 2 (X) 50,000 or more

1,004 1,004 3 – – 1,004 3 (X) 25,000 or more

2,212 2,212 6 – – 2,212 6 (X) 10,000 or more

2,479 2,479 10 – – 2,479 10 (X) 5,000 or more

3,120 3,120 12 – – 3,120 12 (X) 2,500 or more

3,120 3,120 12 – – 3,120 12 (X) 2,000 or more

6,417 6,417 15 3,287 2 3,130 13 (X) 1,500 or more

8,064 8,064 18 4,693 3 3,371 15 (X) 1,000 or more

10,385 10,385 21 6,551 5 3,834 16 (X) 500 or more

11,759 11,759 27 7,809 9 3,950 18 (X) 200 or more
6 Rhode Island Population and Housing Unit Counts

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Table 4. 

Population and Housing Units: 1970 to 2010

[For information concerning historical counts and geographic change, see “User Notes .” For information on confidentiality, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Appendixes]

State

County/County Equivalent

Population Housing units

2010 2000 1990 1980 1970 2010 2000 1990 1980 1970

 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . 1,052,567 1,048,319 1,003,464 947,154 949,723 463,388 439,837 414,572 372,672 317,689

Bristol County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Kent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Newport County . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Providence County . . . . . . . . . . .

Washington County . . . . . . . . . . .

49,875

166,158

82,888

626,667

126,979

50,648

167,090

85,433

621,602

123,546

48,859

161,135

87,194

596,270

110,006

46,942

154,163

81,383

571,349

93,317

45,937

142,382

94,228

581,470

85,706

20,850

73,701

41,796

264,835

62,206

19,881

70,365

39,561

253,214

56,816

18,567

65,450

37,475

243,224

49,856

16,373

57,013

32,898

225,489

40,899

14,106

45,116

27,639

199,877

30,951
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Table 5. 

Population, Housing Units, Land Area, and Density: 2010; and Percent Change: 1980 to 2010

[For information concerning historical counts and geographic change, see “User Notes .” For information on confidentiality, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Appendixes]

State

County/County Equivalent

Population

Housing 

units

Land area 

in square 

miles

Average per square 

mile of land Percent change

Population 

density

Housing 

unit 

density

Population Housing units

2000 to 

2010

1990 to 

2000

1980 to 

1990

2000 to 

2010

1990 to 

2000

1980 to 

1990

 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bristol County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Kent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Newport County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,052,567

49,875

166,158

82,888

626,667

126,979

463,388

20,850

73,701

41,796

264,835

62,206

1,033 .81

24 .16

168 .53

102 .39

409 .50

329 .23

1,018 .1

2,064 .4

985 .9

809 .5

1,530 .3

385 .7

448 .2

863 .0

437 .3

408 .2

646 .7

188 .9

0 .4

–1 .5

–0 .6

–3 .0

0 .8

2 .8

4 .5

3 .7

3 .7

–2 .0

4 .2

12 .3

5 .9

4 .1

4 .5

7 .1

4 .4

17 .9

5 .4

4 .9

4 .7

5 .6

4 .6

9 .5

6 .1

7 .1

7 .5

5 .6

4 .1

14 .0

11 .2

13 .4

14 .8

13 .9

7 .9

21 .9
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Table 6. 

Rank of Counties by Percent Change in 

Population: 2000 to 2010 

[For information concerning historical counts and geographic change, see “User Notes .” For 

information on confidentiality, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Appendixes]

County/County Equivalent Population Percent change

2010 2000 Rank Percent

Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,979 123,546 1 2 .8

Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626,667 621,602 2 0 .8

Kent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166,158 167,090 3 –0 .6

Bristol County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,875 50,648 4 –1 .5

Newport County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,888 85,433 5 –3 .0
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Table 7. 

Population by Urban and Rural: 2010

[For information on confidentiality, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Appendixes]

State

County/County Equivalent Total 

population

Urban Rural Percent of total 

population

Total

In urbanized 

area

In urban 

cluster Total In place Not in place Urban Rural

 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,052,567 955,043 952,101 2,942 97,524 11,808 85,716 90 .7 9 .3

Bristol County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Kent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Newport County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

49,875

166,158

82,888

626,667

126,979

49,305

152,888

72,865

592,145

87,840

49,305

152,888

72,865

592,145

84,898

–

–

–

–

2,942

570

13,270

10,023

34,522

39,139

–

888

584

4,448

5,888

570

12,382

9,439

30,074

33,251

98 .9

92 .0

87 .9

94 .5

69 .2

1 .1

8 .0

12 .1

5 .5

30 .8
10 Rhode Island Population and Housing Unit Counts

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Table 8. 

Population and Housing Units: 1990 to 2010; and Area Measurements and Density: 2010—Con.

[For information concerning historical counts and geographic change, see “User Notes.” For information on confidentiality, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Appendixes]

State

County/County Equivalent

County Subdivision

Place

Population Housing units Area measurements in 

square miles

Average per square mile 

of land

2010 2000 1990 2010 2000 1990 Total area Land area

Population 

density

Housing unit 

density

 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,052,567 1,048,319 1,003,464 463,388 439,837 414,572 1,544 .89 1,033 .81 1,018 .1 448 .2

Bristol County ................... 49,875 50,648 48,859 20,850 19,881 18,567 44.75 24.16 2,064.4 863.0

 Barrington town ................ 16,310 16,819 15,849 6,386 6,199 5,822 15.43 8.22 1,984.2 776.9

 Bristol town ................... 22,954 22,469 21,625 9,315 8,705 7,959 20.61 9.82 2,337.5 948.6

 Warren town ................... 10,611 11,360 11,385 5,149 4,977 4,786 8.71 6.12 1,733.8 841.3

Kent County ..................... 166,158 167,090 161,135 73,701 70,365 65,450 188.12 168.53 985.9 437.3

 Coventry town ................. 35,014 33,668 31,083 14,310 13,059 11,788 62.40 59.05 593.0 242.3

 Greene CDP ................. 888 (X) (X) 337 (X) (X) 6.09 6.07 146.3 55.5

 East Greenwich town ............ 13,146 12,948 11,865 5,403 5,226 4,663 16.64 16.39 802.1 329.7

 Warwick city ................... 82,672 85,808 85,427 37,730 37,085 35,141 49.80 35.04 2,359.4 1,076.8

 West Greenwich town ........... 6,135 5,085 3,492 2,370 1,809 1,370 51.27 50.26 122.1 47.2

 West Warwick town ............. 29,191 29,581 29,268 13,888 13,186 12,488 8.01 7.79 3,747.2 1,782.8

Newport County .................. 82,888 85,433 87,194 41,796 39,561 37,475 313.59 102.39 809.5 408.2

 Jamestown town ............... 5,405 5,622 4,999 2,998 2,769 2,517 35.32 9.45 572.0 317.2

 Little Compton town ............. 3,492 3,593 3,339 2,367 2,103 1,850 28.80 20.52 170.2 115.4

 Middletown town ............... 16,150 17,334 19,460 7,622 7,603 7,104 14.80 12.72 1,269.7 599.2

 Melville CDP (part) ............ 990 1,584 3,501 454 706 644 2.65 0.99 1,000.0 458.6

 Newport East CDP ............ 11,769 11,463 11,080 5,730 5,206 4,793 5.94 5.74 2,050.3 998.3

 Newport city ................... 24,672 26,475 28,227 13,069 13,226 13,094 11.39 7.67 3,216.7 1,703.9

 Portsmouth town ............... 17,389 17,149 16,857 8,294 7,386 7,235 59.33 22.98 756.7 360.9

 Melville CDP (part) ............ 330 741 925 125 306 310 2.41 1.10 300.0 113.6

 Tiverton town .................. 15,780 15,260 14,312 7,446 6,474 5,675 36.33 29.05 543.2 256.3

 Tiverton CDP ................ 7,557 7,282 7,259 3,659 3,199 2,919 6.63 4.18 1,807.9 875.4

Providence County ............... 626,667 621,602 596,270 264,835 253,214 243,224 435.66 409.50 1,530.3 646.7

 Burrillville town ................. 15,955 15,796 16,230 6,419 5,821 5,751 57.13 55.03 289.9 116.6

 Harrisville CDP ............... 1,605 1,561 1,654 758 677 660 0.85 0.81 1,981.5 935.8

 Pascoag CDP ................ 4,577 4,742 5,011 1,860 1,743 1,889 5.50 5.01 913.6 371.3

 Central Falls city ................ 19,376 18,928 17,637 7,478 7,270 7,337 1.27 1.20 16,146.7 6,231.7

 Cranston city .................. 80,387 79,269 76,060 33,117 32,068 30,516 29.94 28.34 2,836.5 1,168.6

 Cumberland town ............... 33,506 31,840 29,038 13,791 12,572 11,217 28.26 26.45 1,266.8 521.4

 Cumberland Hill CDP .......... 7,934 7,738 6,379 3,271 3,109 2,649 3.40 3.20 2,479.4 1,022.2

 Valley Falls CDP .............. 11,547 11,599 11,175 4,807 4,668 4,293 3.63 3.50 3,299.1 1,373.4

 East Providence city ............ 47,037 48,688 50,380 21,440 21,309 20,808 16.55 13.24 3,552.6 1,619.3

 Foster town ................... 4,606 4,274 4,316 1,775 1,578 1,525 51.89 50.80 90.7 34.9

 Clayville CDP (part) ........... 179 (X) (X) 67 (X) (X) 1.29 1.28 139.8 52.3

 Foster Center CDP ............ 355 (X) (X) 150 (X) (X) 2.18 2.17 163.6 69.1

 Glocester town ................. 9,746 9,948 9,227 4,025 3,786 3,460 56.84 54.18 179.9 74.3

 Chepachet CDP .............. 1,675 (X) (X) 707 (X) (X) 5.59 5.47 306.2 129.3

 Harmony CDP ............... 985 (X) (X) 474 (X) (X) 2.95 2.92 337.3 162.3

 Johnston town ................. 28,769 28,195 26,542 12,439 11,574 10,384 24.31 23.43 1,227.9 530.9

 Lincoln town ................... 21,105 20,898 18,045 9,062 8,508 7,281 18.95 18.12 1,164.7 500.1

 North Providence town. . . . . . . . . . . 32,078 32,411 32,090 15,372 14,867 14,134 5.75 5.62 5,707.8 2,735.2

 North Smithfield town ............ 11,967 10,618 10,497 5,068 4,070 3,835 24.74 23.80 502.8 212.9

 Pawtucket city ................. 71,148 72,958 72,644 32,055 31,819 31,615 8.97 8.68 8,196.8 3,693.0

 Providence city ................. 178,042 173,618 160,728 71,530 67,915 66,794 20.57 18.40 9,676.2 3,887.5

 Scituate town .................. 10,329 10,324 9,796 4,144 3,904 3,520 54.77 48.16 214.5 86.0

 Clayville CDP (part) ........... 121 (X) (X) 54 (X) (X) 0.46 0.45 268.9 120.0

 Smithfield town ................. 21,430 20,613 19,163 7,906 7,396 6,308 27.76 26.31 814.5 300.5

 Greenville CDP ............... 8,658 8,626 8,303 3,610 3,418 3,045 5.74 5.16 1,677.9 699.6

 Woonsocket city ................ 41,186 43,224 43,877 19,214 18,757 18,739 7.93 7.74 5,321.2 2,482.4

Washington County ............... 126,979 123,546 110,006 62,206 56,816 49,856 562.76 329.23 385.7 188.9

 Charlestown town .............. 7,827 7,859 6,478 5,142 4,797 4,256 59.34 36.45 214.7 141.1

 Carolina CDP (part) ........... 399 (X) (X) 168 (X) (X) 0.96 0.95 420.0 176.8

 Quonochontaug CDP .......... 333 (X) (X) 711 (X) (X) 1.35 1.31 254.2 542.7

 Exeter town ................... 6,425 6,045 5,461 2,511 2,196 1,919 58.39 57.47 111.8 43.7

 Hopkinton town ................ 8,188 7,836 6,873 3,458 3,112 2,662 44.25 42.95 190.6 80.5

 Ashaway CDP ............... 1,485 1,537 1,584 617 604 578 2.42 2.38 623.9 259.2

 Hope Valley CDP ............. 1,612 1,649 1,446 715 663 565 3.53 3.30 488.5 216.7

 Narragansett town .............. 15,868 16,361 15,004 9,470 9,159 8,210 37.77 13.89 1,142.4 681.8

 Narragansett Pier CDP ......... 3,409 3,671 3,721 2,215 2,129 2,007 3.90 3.57 954.9 620.4

 New Shoreham town ............ 1,051 1,010 836 1,808 1,606 1,264 109.51 9.08 115.7 199.1

 North Kingstown town ........... 26,486 26,326 23,786 11,327 10,743 9,348 58.45 43.14 614.0 262.6

 Richmond town ................ 7,708 7,222 5,351 2,952 2,620 1,874 40.72 40.29 191.3 73.3

 Carolina CDP (part) ........... 571 (X) (X) 223 (X) (X) 1.52 1.51 378.1 147.7

 Wyoming CDP ............... 270 (X) (X) 122 (X) (X) 0.88 0.83 325.3 147.0
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Table 8. 

Population and Housing Units: 1990 to 2010; and Area Measurements and Density: 2010—Con.

[For information concerning historical counts and geographic change, see “User Notes .” For information on confidentiality, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Appendixes]

State

County/County Equivalent

County Subdivision

Place

Population Housing units Area measurements in 

square miles

Average per square mile 

of land

2010 2000 1990 2010 2000 1990 Total area Land area

Population 

density

Housing unit 

density

 Rhode Island—Con .

Washington County—Con .

 South Kingstown town . . . . . . . . . . . 30,639 27,921 24,612 13,218 11,291 9,802 79 .76 56 .45 542 .8 234 .2

 Kingston CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,974 5,446 6,504 788 664 609 1 .56 1 .56 4,470 .5 505 .1

 Wakefield-Peacedale CDP . . . . . . 8,487 8,468 7,134 3,720 3,385 2,869 5 .15 4 .88 1,739 .1 762 .3

 Westerly town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,787 22,966 21,605 12,320 11,292 10,521 74 .57 29 .52 771 .9 417 .3

 Bradford CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,406 1,497 1,604 541 496 557 1 .84 1 .82 772 .5 297 .3

 Misquamicut CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 (X) (X) 806 (X) (X) 1 .25 1 .17 333 .3 688 .9

 Watch Hill CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 (X) (X) 317 (X) (X) 0 .81 0 .80 192 .5 396 .3

 Weekapaug CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425 (X) (X) 609 (X) (X) 1 .20 1 .16 366 .4 525 .0

 Westerly CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,936 17,682 16,477 8,577 7,812 7,019 16 .52 15 .82 1,133 .8 542 .2
12 Rhode Island Population and Housing Unit Counts

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Table 9. 

Population and Housing Units: 1990 to 2010; and Area Measurements and Density: 2010

[For information concerning historical counts and geographic change, see “User Notes .” For information on confidentiality, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Appendixes]

State

Place and [in Selected States] County Subdivision

Population Housing units

2010 2000 1990

Percent 

change 

2000 to 

2010 2010 2000 1990

Percent 

change 

2000 to 

2010

 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,052,567 1,048,319 1,003,464 0 .4 463,388 439,837 414,572 5 .4

Ashaway CDP, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,485 1,537 1,584 –3 .4 617 604 578 2 .2

Barrington town, Bristol County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,310 16,819 15,849 –3 .0 6,386 6,199 5,822 3 .0

Bradford CDP, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,406 1,497 1,604 –6 .1 541 496 557 9 .1

Bristol town, Bristol County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,954 22,469 21,625 2 .2 9,315 8,705 7,959 7 .0

Burrillville town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,955 15,796 16,230 1 .0 6,419 5,821 5,751 10 .3

Carolina CDP, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 970 (X) (X) (X) 391 (X) (X) (X)

Central Falls city, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,376 18,928 17,637 2 .4 7,478 7,270 7,337 2 .9

Charlestown town, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,827 7,859 6,478 –0 .4 5,142 4,797 4,256 7 .2

Chepachet CDP, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,675 (X) (X) (X) 707 (X) (X) (X)

Clayville CDP, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 (X) (X) (X) 121 (X) (X) (X)

Coventry town, Kent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,014 33,668 31,083 4 .0 14,310 13,059 11,788 9 .6

Cranston city, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,387 79,269 76,060 1 .4 33,117 32,068 30,516 3 .3

Cumberland town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,506 31,840 29,038 5 .2 13,791 12,572 11,217 9 .7

Cumberland Hill CDP, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,934 7,738 6,379 2 .5 3,271 3,109 2,649 5 .2

East Greenwich town, Kent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,146 12,948 11,865 1 .5 5,403 5,226 4,663 3 .4

East Providence city, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,037 48,688 50,380 –3 .4 21,440 21,309 20,808 0 .6

Exeter town, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,425 6,045 5,461 6 .3 2,511 2,196 1,919 14 .3

Foster town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,606 4,274 4,316 7 .8 1,775 1,578 1,525 12 .5

Foster Center CDP, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 (X) (X) (X) 150 (X) (X) (X)

Glocester town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,746 9,948 9,227 –2 .0 4,025 3,786 3,460 6 .3

Greene CDP, Kent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888 (X) (X) (X) 337 (X) (X) (X)

Greenville CDP, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,658 8,626 8,303 0 .4 3,610 3,418 3,045 5 .6

Harmony CDP, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985 (X) (X) (X) 474 (X) (X) (X)

Harrisville CDP, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,605 1,561 1,654 2 .8 758 677 660 12 .0

Hope Valley CDP, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,612 1,649 1,446 –2 .2 715 663 565 7 .8

Hopkinton town, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,188 7,836 6,873 4 .5 3,458 3,112 2,662 11 .1

Jamestown town, Newport County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,405 5,622 4,999 –3 .9 2,998 2,769 2,517 8 .3

Johnston town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,769 28,195 26,542 2 .0 12,439 11,574 10,384 7 .5

Kingston CDP, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,974 5,446 6,504 28 .1 788 664 609 18 .7

Lincoln town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,105 20,898 18,045 1 .0 9,062 8,508 7,281 6 .5

Little Compton town, Newport County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,492 3,593 3,339 –2 .8 2,367 2,103 1,850 12 .6

Melville CDP, Newport County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,320 2,325 4,426 –43 .2 579 1,012 954 –42 .8

Middletown town, Newport County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,150 17,334 19,460 –6 .8 7,622 7,603 7,104 0 .2

Misquamicut CDP, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 (X) (X) (X) 806 (X) (X) (X)

Narragansett town, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,868 16,361 15,004 –3 .0 9,470 9,159 8,210 3 .4

Narragansett Pier CDP, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . 3,409 3,671 3,721 –7 .1 2,215 2,129 2,007 4 .0

Newport city, Newport County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,672 26,475 28,227 –6 .8 13,069 13,226 13,094 –1 .2

Newport East CDP, Newport County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,769 11,463 11,080 2 .7 5,730 5,206 4,793 10 .1

New Shoreham town, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,051 1,010 836 4 .1 1,808 1,606 1,264 12 .6

North Kingstown town, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . 26,486 26,326 23,786 0 .6 11,327 10,743 9,348 5 .4

North Providence town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . 32,078 32,411 32,090 –1 .0 15,372 14,867 14,134 3 .4

North Smithfield town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,967 10,618 10,497 12 .7 5,068 4,070 3,835 24 .5

Pascoag CDP, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,577 4,742 5,011 –3 .5 1,860 1,743 1,889 6 .7

Pawtucket city, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,148 72,958 72,644 –2 .5 32,055 31,819 31,615 0 .7

Portsmouth town, Newport County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,389 17,149 16,857 1 .4 8,294 7,386 7,235 12 .3

Providence city, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178,042 173,618 160,728 2 .5 71,530 67,915 66,794 5 .3

Quonochontaug CDP, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 (X) (X) (X) 711 (X) (X) (X)

Richmond town, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,708 7,222 5,351 6 .7 2,952 2,620 1,874 12 .7

Scituate town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,329 10,324 9,796 – 4,144 3,904 3,520 6 .1

Smithfield town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,430 20,613 19,163 4 .0 7,906 7,396 6,308 6 .9

South Kingstown town, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . 30,639 27,921 24,612 9 .7 13,218 11,291 9,802 17 .1

Tiverton CDP, Newport County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,557 7,282 7,259 3 .8 3,659 3,199 2,919 14 .4

Tiverton town, Newport County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,780 15,260 14,312 3 .4 7,446 6,474 5,675 15 .0

Valley Falls CDP, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,547 11,599 11,175 –0 .4 4,807 4,668 4,293 3 .0

Wakefield-Peacedale CDP, Washington County . . . . . . . . 8,487 8,468 7,134 0 .2 3,720 3,385 2,869 9 .9

Warren town, Bristol County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,611 11,360 11,385 –6 .6 5,149 4,977 4,786 3 .5

Warwick city, Kent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,672 85,808 85,427 –3 .7 37,730 37,085 35,141 1 .7

Watch Hill CDP, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 (X) (X) (X) 317 (X) (X) (X)

Weekapaug CDP, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425 (X) (X) (X) 609 (X) (X) (X)

Westerly CDP, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,936 17,682 16,477 1 .4 8,577 7,812 7,019 9 .8

Westerly town, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,787 22,966 21,605 –0 .8 12,320 11,292 10,521 9 .1

West Greenwich town, Kent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,135 5,085 3,492 20 .6 2,370 1,809 1,370 31 .0

West Warwick town, Kent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,191 29,581 29,268 –1 .3 13,888 13,186 12,488 5 .3

Woonsocket city, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,186 43,224 43,877 –4 .7 19,214 18,757 18,739 2 .4

Wyoming CDP, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 (X) (X) (X) 122 (X) (X) (X)
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Table 9. 

Population and Housing Units: 1990 to 2010; and Area Measurements and Density: 2010—Con.

[For information concerning historical counts and geographic change, see “User Notes .” For information on confidentiality, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Appendixes]

Area measurements in square miles Average per square mile of land

State

Place and [in Selected States] County Subdivision

Total area Land area Population density Housing unit density

1,544 .89 1,033 .81 1,018 .1 448 .2 Rhode Island

2 .42 2 .38 623 .9 259 .2 Ashaway CDP, Washington County

15 .43 8 .22 1,984 .2 776 .9 Barrington town, Bristol County

1 .84 1 .82 772 .5 297 .3 Bradford CDP, Washington County

20 .61 9 .82 2,337 .5 948 .6 Bristol town, Bristol County

57 .13 55 .03 289 .9 116 .6 Burrillville town, Providence County

2 .48 2 .46 394 .3 158 .9 Carolina CDP, Washington County

1 .27 1 .20 16,146 .7 6,231 .7 Central Falls city, Providence County

59 .34 36 .45 214 .7 141 .1 Charlestown town, Washington County

5 .59 5 .47 306 .2 129 .3 Chepachet CDP, Providence County

1 .74 1 .72 174 .4 70 .3 Clayville CDP, Providence County

62 .40 59 .05 593 .0 242 .3 Coventry town, Kent County

29 .94 28 .34 2,836 .5 1,168 .6 Cranston city, Providence County

28 .26 26 .45 1,266 .8 521 .4 Cumberland town, Providence County

3 .40 3 .20 2,479 .4 1,022 .2 Cumberland Hill CDP, Providence County

16 .64 16 .39 802 .1 329 .7 East Greenwich town, Kent County

16 .55 13 .24 3,552 .6 1,619 .3 East Providence city, Providence County

58 .39 57 .47 111 .8 43 .7 Exeter town, Washington County

51 .89 50 .80 90 .7 34 .9 Foster town, Providence County

2 .18 2 .17 163 .6 69 .1 Foster Center CDP, Providence County

56 .84 54 .18 179 .9 74 .3 Glocester town, Providence County

6 .09 6 .07 146 .3 55 .5 Greene CDP, Kent County

5 .74 5 .16 1,677 .9 699 .6 Greenville CDP, Providence County

2 .95 2 .92 337 .3 162 .3 Harmony CDP, Providence County

0 .85 0 .81 1,981 .5 935 .8 Harrisville CDP, Providence County

3 .53 3 .30 488 .5 216 .7 Hope Valley CDP, Washington County

44 .25 42 .95 190 .6 80 .5 Hopkinton town, Washington County

35 .32 9 .45 572 .0 317 .2 Jamestown town, Newport County

24 .31 23 .43 1,227 .9 530 .9 Johnston town, Providence County

1 .56 1 .56 4,470 .5 505 .1 Kingston CDP, Washington County

18 .95 18 .12 1,164 .7 500 .1 Lincoln town, Providence County

28 .80 20 .52 170 .2 115 .4 Little Compton town, Newport County

5 .06 2 .09 631 .6 277 .0 Melville CDP, Newport County

14 .80 12 .72 1,269 .7 599 .2 Middletown town, Newport County

1 .25 1 .17 333 .3 688 .9 Misquamicut CDP, Washington County

37 .77 13 .89 1,142 .4 681 .8 Narragansett town, Washington County

3 .90 3 .57 954 .9 620 .4 Narragansett Pier CDP, Washington County

11 .39 7 .67 3,216 .7 1,703 .9 Newport city, Newport County

5 .94 5 .74 2,050 .3 998 .3 Newport East CDP, Newport County

109 .51 9 .08 115 .7 199 .1 New Shoreham town, Washington County

58 .45 43 .14 614 .0 262 .6 North Kingstown town, Washington County

5 .75 5 .62 5,707 .8 2,735 .2 North Providence town, Providence County

24 .74 23 .80 502 .8 212 .9 North Smithfield town, Providence County

5 .50 5 .01 913 .6 371 .3 Pascoag CDP, Providence County

8 .97 8 .68 8,196 .8 3,693 .0 Pawtucket city, Providence County

59 .33 22 .98 756 .7 360 .9 Portsmouth town, Newport County

20 .57 18 .40 9,676 .2 3,887 .5 Providence city, Providence County

1 .35 1 .31 254 .2 542 .7 Quonochontaug CDP, Washington County

40 .72 40 .29 191 .3 73 .3 Richmond town, Washington County

54 .77 48 .16 214 .5 86 .0 Scituate town, Providence County

27 .76 26 .31 814 .5 300 .5 Smithfield town, Providence County

79 .76 56 .45 542 .8 234 .2 South Kingstown town, Washington County

6 .63 4 .18 1,807 .9 875 .4 Tiverton CDP, Newport County

36 .33 29 .05 543 .2 256 .3 Tiverton town, Newport County

3 .63 3 .50 3,299 .1 1,373 .4 Valley Falls CDP, Providence County

5 .15 4 .88 1,739 .1 762 .3 Wakefield-Peacedale CDP, Washington County

8 .71 6 .12 1,733 .8 841 .3 Warren town, Bristol County

49 .80 35 .04 2,359 .4 1,076 .8 Warwick city, Kent County

0 .81 0 .80 192 .5 396 .3 Watch Hill CDP, Washington County

1 .20 1 .16 366 .4 525 .0 Weekapaug CDP, Washington County

16 .52 15 .82 1,133 .8 542 .2 Westerly CDP, Washington County

74 .57 29 .52 771 .9 417 .3 Westerly town, Washington County

51 .27 50 .26 122 .1 47 .2 West Greenwich town, Kent County

8 .01 7 .79 3,747 .2 1,782 .8 West Warwick town, Kent County

7 .93 7 .74 5,321 .2 2,482 .4 Woonsocket city, Providence County

0 .88 0 .83 325 .3 147 .0 Wyoming CDP, Washington County
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Table 10. 

Rank by 2010 Population and Housing Units: 2000 and 2010 

[For information concerning historical counts and geographic change, see “User Notes .” For information on confidentiality, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Appendixes]

Place [2,500 or More Population] Population Housing units

2010 rank 2010 2000 2010 rank 2010 2000

Providence city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 178,042 173,618 1 71,530 67,915

Warwick city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 82,672 85,808 2 37,730 37,085

Cranston city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 80,387 79,269 3 33,117 32,068

Pawtucket city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 71,148 72,958 4 32,055 31,819

East Providence city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 47,037 48,688 5 21,440 21,309

Woonsocket city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 41,186 43,224 6 19,214 18,757

Newport city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 24,672 26,475 7 13,069 13,226

Central Falls city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 19,376 18,928 9 7,478 7,270

Westerly CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 17,936 17,682 8 8,577 7,812

Newport East CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 11,769 11,463 10 5,730 5,206

Valley Falls CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 11,547 11,599 11 4,807 4,668

Greenville CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 8,658 8,626 14 3,610 3,418

Wakefield-Peacedale CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 8,487 8,468 12 3,720 3,385

Cumberland Hill CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7,934 7,738 15 3,271 3,109

Tiverton CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7,557 7,282 13 3,659 3,199

Kingston CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 6,974 5,446 18 788 664

Pascoag CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4,577 4,742 17 1,860 1,743

Narragansett Pier CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3,409 3,671 16 2,215 2,129
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Table 10a. 

Rank by 2010 Population and Housing Units: 2000 and 2010

[For information concerning historical counts and geographic change, see “User Notes .” For information on confidentiality, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Appendixes]

Minor Civil Division [2,500 or More Population] Population Housing units

2010 rank 2010 2000 2010 rank 2010 2000

Providence city, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 178,042 173,618 1 71,530 67,915

Warwick city, Kent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 82,672 85,808 2 37,730 37,085

Cranston city, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 80,387 79,269 3 33,117 32,068

Pawtucket city, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 71,148 72,958 4 32,055 31,819

East Providence city, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 47,037 48,688 5 21,440 21,309

Woonsocket city, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 41,186 43,224 6 19,214 18,757

Coventry town, Kent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 35,014 33,668 8 14,310 13,059

Cumberland town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 33,506 31,840 10 13,791 12,572

North Providence town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 32,078 32,411 7 15,372 14,867

South Kingstown town, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 30,639 27,921 11 13,218 11,291

West Warwick town, Kent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 29,191 29,581 9 13,888 13,186

Johnston town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 28,769 28,195 13 12,439 11,574

North Kingstown town, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 26,486 26,326 15 11,327 10,743

Newport city, Newport County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 24,672 26,475 12 13,069 13,226

Bristol town, Bristol County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 22,954 22,469 17 9,315 8,705

Westerly town, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 22,787 22,966 14 12,320 11,292

Smithfield town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 21,430 20,613 20 7,906 7,396

Lincoln town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 21,105 20,898 18 9,062 8,508

Central Falls city, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 19,376 18,928 22 7,478 7,270

Portsmouth town, Newport County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 17,389 17,149 19 8,294 7,386

Barrington town, Bristol County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 16,310 16,819 25 6,386 6,199

Middletown town, Newport County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 16,150 17,334 21 7,622 7,603

Burrillville town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 15,955 15,796 24 6,419 5,821

Narragansett town, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 15,868 16,361 16 9,470 9,159

Tiverton town, Newport County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 15,780 15,260 23 7,446 6,474

East Greenwich town, Kent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 13,146 12,948 26 5,403 5,226

North Smithfield town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 11,967 10,618 29 5,068 4,070

Warren town, Bristol County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 10,611 11,360 27 5,149 4,977

Scituate town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 10,329 10,324 30 4,144 3,904

Glocester town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 9,746 9,948 31 4,025 3,786

Hopkinton town, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 8,188 7,836 32 3,458 3,112

Charlestown town, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 7,827 7,859 28 5,142 4,797

Richmond town, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 7,708 7,222 34 2,952 2,620

Exeter town, Washington County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 6,425 6,045 35 2,511 2,196

West Greenwich town, Kent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 6,135 5,085 36 2,370 1,809

Jamestown town, Newport County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 5,405 5,622 33 2,998 2,769

Foster town, Providence County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 4,606 4,274 38 1,775 1,578

Little Compton town, Newport County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 3,492 3,593 37 2,367 2,103
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Table 11. 

Rank of Places by Percent Change in Population: 

2000 to 2010 

[For information concerning historical counts and geographic change, see “User Notes .” For 

information on confidentiality, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Appendixes]

Place [2,500 or More Population] Population Percent change

2010 2000 Rank Percent

Kingston CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,974 5,446 1 28 .06

Tiverton CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,557 7,282 2 3 .78

Newport East CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,769 11,463 3 2 .67

Providence city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178,042 173,618 4 2 .55

Cumberland Hill CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,934 7,738 5 2 .53

Central Falls city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,376 18,928 6 2 .37

Westerly CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,936 17,682 7 1 .44

Cranston city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,387 79,269 8 1 .41

Greenville CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,658 8,626 9 0 .37

Wakefield-Peacedale CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,487 8,468 10 0 .22

Valley Falls CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,547 11,599 11 –0 .45

Pawtucket city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,148 72,958 12 –2 .48

East Providence city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,037 48,688 13 –3 .39

Pascoag CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,577 4,742 14 –3 .48

Warwick city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,672 85,808 15 –3 .65

Woonsocket city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,186 43,224 16 –4 .71

Newport city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,672 26,475 17 –6 .81

Narragansett Pier CDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,409 3,671 18 –7 .14
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Table 11a. 

Rank of Minor Civil Divisions by Percent 

Change in Population: 2000 to 2010 

[For information concerning historical counts and geographic change, see “User Notes .”

information on confidentiality, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Appendixes]

 For 

Minor Civil Division [2,500 or 

More Population]

Population Percent change

2010 2000 Rank Percent

West Greenwich town, Kent County . . . . .

North Smithfield town, Providence 

6,135 5,085 1 20 .65

County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

South Kingstown town, Washington 

 11 967 10 618 2 12 .70

County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,639 27,921 3 9 .73

Foster town, Providence County . . . . . . . . 4,606 4,274 4 7 .77

Richmond town, Washington County . . . . . 7,708 7,222 5 6 .73

Exeter town, Washington County . . . . . . . . 6,425 6,045 6 6 .29

Cumberland town, Providence County . . . 33,506 31,840 7 5 .23

Hopkinton town, Washington County . . . . . 8,188 7,836 8 4 .49

Coventry town, Kent County . . . . . . . . . . . 35,014 33,668 9 4 .00

Smithfield town, Providence County . . . . . 21,430 20,613 10 3 .96

Tiverton town, Newport County . . . . . . . . . 15,780 15,260 11 3 .41

Providence city, Providence County . . . . . 178,042 173,618 12 2 .55

Central Falls city, Providence County . . . . 19,376 18,928 13 2 .37

Bristol town, Bristol County . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,954 22,469 14 2 .16

Johnston town, Providence County . . . . . . 28,769 28,195 15 2 .04

East Greenwich town, Kent County . . . . . . 13,146 12,948 16 1 .53

Cranston city, Providence County . . . . . . . 80,387 79,269 17 1 .41

Portsmouth town, Newport County . . . . . . 17,389 17,149 18 1 .40

Burrillville town, Providence County . . . . . 15,955 15,796 19 1 .01

Lincoln town, Providence County . . . . . . .

North Kingstown town, Washington 

21,105 20,898 20 0 .99

County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,486 26,326 21 0 .61

Scituate town, Providence County . . . . . . . 10,329 10,324 22 0 .05

Charlestown town, Washington County . . . 7,827 7,859 23 –0 .41

Westerly town, Washington County . . . . . .

North Providence town, Providence 

22,787 22,966 24 –0 .78

County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,078 32,411 25 –1 .03

West Warwick town, Kent County . . . . . . . 29,191 29,581 26 –1 .32

Glocester town, Providence County . . . . . 9,746 9,948 27 –2 .03

Pawtucket city, Providence County . . . . . . 71,148 72,958 28 –2 .48

Little Compton town, Newport County . . . . 3,492 3,593 29 –2 .81

Narragansett town, Washington County . . 15,868 16,361 30 –3 .01

Barrington town, Bristol County . . . . . . . . .

East Providence city, Providence 

16,310 16,819 31 –3 .03

County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,037 48,688 32 –3 .39

Warwick city, Kent County . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,672 85,808 33 –3 .65

Jamestown town, Newport County . . . . . . 5,405 5,622 34 –3 .86

Woonsocket city, Providence County . . . . . 41,186 43,224 35 –4 .71

Warren town, Bristol County . . . . . . . . . . . 10,611 11,360 36 –6 .59

Newport city, Newport County . . . . . . . . . . 24,672 26,475 37 –6 .81

Middletown town, Newport County . . . . . . 16,150 17,334 38 –6 .83
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Table 12. 

Population and Housing Units for Urban Areas: 2010

[For information on confidentiality, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Appendixes]

State

Urbanized Area

Urban Cluster

State total Total for urban areas crossing 

state lines

Population Housing units Population Housing units

 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,052,567 463,388 (X) (X)

 Urban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

In urbanized area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

In urban cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

 Rural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

955,043

952,101

2,942

97,524

419,181

416,552

2,629

44,207

(X)

(X)

(X)

(X)

(X)

(X)

(X)

(X)

URBANIZED AREA

Boston, MA--NH--RI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Norwich--New London, CT--RI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Providence, RI--MA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

272

21,149

930,680

69

11,232

405,251

4,181,019

209,190

1,190,956

1,719,241

96,682

516,656

URBAN CLUSTER

Charlestown, RI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,942 2,629 (X) (X)
Appendixes 

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Appendixes

Several appendixes traditionally found in printed reports are now available in a separate volume. For the 

following, see CPH-2-A, Population and Housing Unit Counts, Selected Appendixes, in print or on the 

Internet at <www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-a.pdf> :

Appendix A. Geographic Terms and Concepts

Appendix B. Definitions of Subject Characteristics

Appendix C. Data Collection and Processing Procedures

Appendix D. Questionnaire

Appendix F. Operational Overview and Accuracy of the Data

Appendix G. Residence Rule and Residence Situations for the 2010 Census of the United States

Appendix H. Acknowledgments

This Appendix section contains:

 Appendix E. Maps

Maps Rhode Island E-1

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Appendix E.

Maps

MASSACHUSETTS

BRISTOL

KENT

NEWPORT

PROVIDENCE

WASHINGTON

MASSACHUSETTS

CONNECTICUT

Counties

LEGEND

CONNECTICUT State

PROVIDENCE County

Note: All boundaries and names are

as of January 1, 2010.

Shoreline

71°

71°

71°30'

71°30'

72°

72°

42° 42°

41°

30'

41°

30'

0 2.5 5 7.5 Kilometers

0 3 6 9 Miles
E-2 Rhode Island Maps

U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census

Geographic Areas Reference Map Legend, Section Locator, and Location Index

KENT

PROVIDENCE

WASHINGTON

NEWPORT

BRISTOL

1

Geographic Areas Reference Map Legend

State

ERIE County

YORK County Subdivision1

Incorporated Place1

Census Designated Place

Large River, Lake, Water Body,

or Shoreline

ROME

Zena

Lake Erie

American Indian Reservation

(Federal) CAMPO

A fishhook joins contiguous and/or discontiguous

parts of the same geographic entity.

LEGEND

ADAMS County

1 Map Section

Note: All legal and statistical area boundaries and names are as of January 1, 2010. Where international, state, county, independent city, and/or county subdivision boundaries

coincide, the map shows the boundary symbol for the highest level of these geographic entities. The county and independent city boundaries are always shown. Where a county

subdivision boundary symbol coincides with a place boundary, the map does not show the place boundary symbol. Where American Indian Reservation (Federal), American Indian

Reservation (State), State Designated Tribal Statistical Area, and/or Tribal Designated Statistical Area boundaries coincide with a county subdivision boundary, the map does not

show the county subdivision boundary symbol. Any geographic entity name may include ’(pt)’ if some portion of the entity extends beyond the limits of the map area displayed on

the page, or if multiple discontiguous pieces of the entity have been discretely labeled on the page. A geographic entity name may include ’(pts)’ if many discontiguous pieces

exist for that entity that cannot be discretely labeled. The boundaries shown on this map are for Census Bureau statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their

depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement.

Section Locator

COUNTY MAP

SEC

Bristol

Kent

Providence

1

1

1

1

COUNTY MAP

SEC

Washington 1

1

 A ’°’ following a place name indicates that the place is an independent place or independent city. An independent place is not part of any legal county subdivision and thus

serves as the statistical equivalent of a legal county subdivision. An independent city is not part of any county or legal county subdivision and thus serves as both the statistical

equivalent of a county and a legal county subdivision. The name for the county subdivision is always the same as that of the place and never shown separately on the map.

Newport

County Location Index

This list presents the map section numbers for each county in the state.

Map section numbers refer to the geographic areas reference maps only.
Maps Rhode Island E-3

U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census

BRISTOL

KENT

NEWPORT

PROVIDENCE

WASHINGTON (pt)

WASHINGTON 

(pt)

CENTRAL FALLS°

CRANSTON°

EAST PROVIDENCE°

NEWPORT°

PAWTUCKET°

PROVIDENCE°

WARWICK°

WOONSOCKET°

Ashaway

Bradford

Carolina

Chepachet

Clayville

Cumberland Hill

Foster

Center

Greene

Greenville

Harmony

Harrisville

Hope

Valley

Kingston

Melville

Misquamicut

Narragansett

Pier

Newport

East

Pascoag

Quonochontaug

Tiverton

Valley

Falls

WakefieldPeacedale

Watch

Hill

Weekapaug

Westerly

Wyoming

NARRAGANSETT

BARRINGTON

BRISTOL

WARREN

COVENTRY

EAST GREENWICH

WEST GREENWICH

WEST WARWICK

JAMESTOWN

LITTLE

COMPTON MIDDLETOWN

PORTSMOUTH

TIVERTON

BURRILLVILLE

CUMBER- LAND

FOSTER

GLOCESTER

JOHNSTON

LINCOLN

NORTH PROVIDENCE

NORTH SMITHFIELD

SCITUATE

SMITHFIELD

CHARLESTOWN

EXETER

HOPKINTON

NARRAGANSETT

NEW SHOREHAM

NORTH KINGSTOWN

RICHMOND

SOUTH KINGSTOWN

WESTERLY

Block

Island

Sound

Narragansett Bay

Providence River

Rhode Island Sound

Sakonnet River

Scituate

Reservoir

American Indian Areas, Counties, County Subdivisions, and Places - Section 1 71°

71°15’

71°15’

71°30’

71°30’

71°45’

71°45’

42°42°

41°45’41°45’

41°30’41°30’

41°15’41°15’

0 2 4 6 Kilometers

0 2 4 6 Miles
E-4 Rhode Island Maps

U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census

BRISTOL

Cranston

Providence

Warwick

Fall River

New Bedford

BRISTOL

KENT

NEWPORT

PROVIDENCE

WASHINGTON

MASSACHUSETTS

CONNECTICUT

PROVIDENCENEW BEDFORDFALL RIVER

BostonWorcesterManchester

(Part)

Core Based Statistical Areas, Counties, and Principal Cities

LEGEND

PROVIDENCE-NEW BEDFORD-FALL RIVER Metropolitan Statistical Area

Boston-Worcester-Manchester Combined Statistical Area

CBSA boundaries and names are as of December 2009. All

other boundaries and names are as of January 1, 2010.

MASSACHUSETTS State

PROVIDENCE County

Shoreline

Providence Principal City

State capital underlined

County outside Rhode Island

0 3 6 9 Kilometers

0 3 6 9 Miles

71°

71°

71°30'

71°30'

42° 42°

41°

30'

41°

30'
Maps Rhode Island E-5

U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census

MASSACHUSETTS

ProvidenceNew BedfordFall River

(Part)

NORWICHNEW LONDON

(PART)

PROVIDENCEFALL RIVERWARWICK

(PART)

CONNECTICUT

MASSACHUSETTS

Barrington

Bristol

Warren

Coventry

East

Greenwich

WARWICK

West Greenwich

Little

Compton

Burrillville

Foster

Scituate

WOONSOCKET

Richmond

South Kingstown

Westerly

West

Warwick

Jamestown

Middletown

NEWPORT

Portsmouth

Tiverton

CENTRAL

FALLS

CRANSTON

Cumberland

EAST PROVIDENCE

Glocester

Johnston

Lincoln

North

Providence

North

Smithfield

PAWTUCKET

PROVIDENCE

Smithfield

Charlestown

Exeter

Hopkinton

Narragansett

North

Kingstown

NEWPORT

WASHINGTON

BRISTOL

KENT

PROVIDENCE

New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) and Principal Cities

0 2 4 6 Miles

0 2 4 6 Kilometers

71°

71°

71°30'

71°30'

42° 42°

41°

30'

41°

30'

LEGEND

CBSA boundaries and names are as of December 2006. All

other boundaries and names are as of January 1, 2010.

PROVIDENCE-FALL RIVER-WARWICK Metropolitan NECTA

Providence-New Bedford-Fall River Combined NECTA (CNECTA)

MASSACHUSETTS State

PROVIDENCE

Shoreline

PROVIDENCE NECTA City (Underlined if Principal City)

Portsmouth NECTA Town (Underlined if Principal City)

NECTA City/Town (outside Rhode Island)

County
E-6 Rhode Island Maps

U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census

Urban Areas

± 0 2 4 6 Kilometers

0 2 4 6 Miles

Charlestown#

NORWICH--NEW LONDON, CT--RI

BOSTON,

MA--NH--RI (pt)

PROVIDENCE,

RI--MA

CONNECTICUT

MASSACHUSETTS

72°

72°

42° 42°

URBANIZED AREA

LEGEND

All legal and statistical area boundaries are as

of January 1, 2010. Urban Areas are based 

on results from the 2010 Decennial Census.

STATE

# Urban Cluster

County Boundary