Rhode Island: cities and towns by population
The largest of Rhode Island's 52 recorded places, ranked by population — 1,102,894 people across the state's towns and cities.
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Providence | 190,934 |
| 2 | Warwick | 81,699 |
| 3 | Cranston | 81,073 |
| 4 | Pawtucket | 71,591 |
| 5 | East Providence | 47,408 |
| 6 | Woonsocket | 41,475 |
| 7 | Coventry | 35,525 |
| 8 | Cumberland | 34,843 |
| 9 | North Providence | 33,835 |
| 10 | South Kingstown | 30,826 |
| 11 | West Warwick | 30,146 |
| 12 | Johnston | 29,247 |
| 13 | North Kingstown | 28,042 |
| 14 | Newport | 24,232 |
| 15 | Bristol | 22,795 |
| 16 | Smithfield | 21,872 |
| 17 | Lincoln | 21,670 |
| 18 | Central Falls | 19,303 |
| 19 | Westerly | 17,936 |
| 20 | Portsmouth | 17,756 |
| 21 | Middletown | 17,303 |
| 22 | Barrington | 16,669 |
| 23 | Narragansett | 15,868 |
| 24 | East Greenwich | 13,682 |
| 25 | Newport East | 11,769 |
| 26 | Valley Falls | 11,547 |
| 27 | Warren | 11,280 |
| 28 | North Smithfield | 11,212 |
| 29 | North Scituate | 11,171 |
| 30 | Greenville | 8,658 |
| 31 | Wakefield-Peacedale | 8,487 |
| 32 | Charlestown | 8,421 |
| 33 | Hopkinton | 8,261 |
| 34 | Cumberland Hill | 7,934 |
| 35 | Tiverton | 7,557 |
| 36 | Kingston | 6,974 |
| 37 | Exeter | 6,426 |
| 38 | West Greenwich | 6,135 |
| 39 | Jamestown | 5,755 |
| 40 | Foster | 4,598 |
| 41 | Pascoag | 4,577 |
| 42 | Narragansett Pier | 3,409 |
| 43 | Chepachet | 1,675 |
| 44 | Hope Valley | 1,612 |
| 45 | Harrisville | 1,605 |
| 46 | Ashaway | 1,485 |
| 47 | Bradford | 1,406 |
| 48 | Melville | 1,320 |
| 49 | New Shoreham | 1,047 |
| 50 | Harmony | 985 |
| 51 | Carolina | 970 |
| 52 | Greene | 888 |