Rhode Island County Map With Cities

By Marko Visic · Updated Oct 5, 2026

Rhode Island has 5 counties, covering 1,034 square miles of land. The Census Bureau estimates its population at 1,114,521 as of July 1, 2025. The largest county by land area is also the most populous, Providence County; the least populous is Bristol County.

Counties

Population

1,114,521

Land area

1,034 sq mi

Capital

Providence

Time Zone

Eastern (ET)

Tap or click any county for details. Need a printable version? Blank Rhode Island map (PDF/PNG/SVG).

All 5 Rhode Island counties

County	FIPS code	Population (July 1, 2025) ▼	Change since April 2020	Land area (sq mi)	People per sq mi	Median household income (2020–2024)
Providence County	44007	678,179	+2.6%	409	1,656	$78,787
Kent County	44003	173,495	+1.8%	169	1,029	$94,345
Washington County	44009	129,795	0.0%	329	394	$106,638
Newport County	44005	83,051	-3.0%	102	811	$103,514
Bristol County	44001	50,001	-1.6%	24	2,072	$114,490

FIPS code: the Census Bureau’s five-digit county ID, a two-digit state code plus a three-digit county code. It is not a ZIP code.

How many counties does Rhode Island have?

Rhode Island has 5 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 also the most populous: Providence County, 409 square miles and 678,179 residents — a density of 1,656 people per square mile. At the other end of the scale, Bristol County has 50,001 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

Rhode Island has 5 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.

Providence County is the largest by land area at 409 square miles, with 678,179 residents.

Bristol County has the smallest population at 50,001 residents.

Providence is both the state capital and the largest city in Rhode Island.

County population is the US Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 estimate for July 1, 2025; land and water area are from the 2026 Census Gazetteer; median household income is from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. The county boundaries drawn on the map are the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line shapefiles. All figures are US Census Bureau data in the public domain.

Data sources

County Population Totals, Vintage 2025: estimates for July 1, 2025, released March 2026
Gazetteer Files, 2026: county land and water area
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024: median household income (table B19013)
County boundaries on the map: US Atlas TopoJSON build of the US Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line shapefiles. All figures are US Census Bureau data in the public domain.

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