Rhode Island Counties
Complete list of all 5 counties in Rhode Island with population, area, median income, and county seats — plus a free printable blank map.
Labeled outline map of Rhode Island counties. Download a printable version in SVG, PNG, or PDF.
All 5 Rhode Island counties
| County | County Seat | Population ▼ | Area | Median Income | Cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | — | 665,043 | 410 mi² | $81,925 | 31 |
| Kent | — | 171,316 | 169 mi² | $97,929 | 6 |
| Washington | — | 130,344 | 329 mi² | $108,342 | 22 |
| Newport | — | 84,657 | 102 mi² | $106,768 | 8 |
| Bristol | — | 50,490 | 24 mi² | $115,014 | 3 |
How many counties does Rhode Island have?
Rhode Island has five counties, but like Connecticut they function only as geographic and judicial divisions — there is no county-level government. Towns and cities handle all local administration.
The largest county by land area is Providence County at 410 square miles, home to about 665,043 residents.
At the other end of the scale, Bristol County has only about 50,490 residents.
Providence is both the state capital and the largest city in Rhode Island.
Related resources
Download a printable outline of Rhode Island’s county boundaries from our blank map of Rhode Island page — available in SVG, PNG, and PDF.
Use the What County Am I In? tool to detect which Rhode Island county a GPS location or address falls in, or the Address to County Lookup for batch input.
For demographic radius analysis, the Find ZIP Codes in Radius and Population Within Radius tools let you draw a circle around any Rhode Island address and see every ZIP code and the total population inside.
Two SimpleMapLab studies cover Rhode Island specifically: the 100-mile radius around Providence measures how much of the state lives within 100 miles of its capitol, and the loneliest town in Rhode Island ranks the state’s most isolated inhabited place. The county-counts blog post puts Rhode Island’s 5 counties in national context.
Frequently asked questions
Population and demographics are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data via the SimpleMaps dataset. Countiesboundaries are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line shapefiles. Land area is from the Census Gazetteer. State counts follow the US Census Bureau’s definition of counties and county-equivalents (50 states + DC = 3,143). All sources are public domain.