{"id":7347,"date":"2023-08-30T09:39:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T09:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=7347"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:59:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:59:36","slug":"providence-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/providence-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Providence County, Rhode Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

Providence County is a county in Rhode Island, United States, anchored by Providence, the state capital, about 45 miles southwest of Boston. It had a population of 660,741 at the 2020 census, an estimated 678,179 by 2025, and covers 436 square miles (1,130 km2) centred near 41°52′N 71°35′W.<\/p>\n

Providence is the county seat and the state’s most populous city; its postal code is 02903. The county holds 6 cities and 10 towns, and every acre of Providence County lies inside one of these 16 municipalities — Rhode Island has no unincorporated territory. County government itself ceased operating in 1842; today the county survives only as a court and sheriff’s-corrections boundary, and the Providence County Superior Court still sits in Providence. The county runs on Eastern Time. Its FIPS code is 44007.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Providence County<\/h2>\n

Providence County has 16 incorporated cities and towns, home to all 660,741 residents. Six are legally cities and ten are towns, but Rhode Island gives both the same municipal powers — the distinction is historical, not functional. The ZIP below is each municipality’s main post office code; several also contain separate village ZIPs, covered in the next section.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Providence<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n190,934<\/td>\n02903<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cranston<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n82,934<\/td>\n02920<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pawtucket<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n75,604<\/td>\n02860<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East Providence<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n47,139<\/td>\n02914<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Woonsocket<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n43,240<\/td>\n02895<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cumberland<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n36,405<\/td>\n02864<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Providence<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n34,114<\/td>\n02911<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johnston<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n29,568<\/td>\n02919<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Central Falls<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n22,583<\/td>\n02863<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lincoln<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n22,529<\/td>\n02865<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smithfield<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n22,118<\/td>\n02917<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burrillville<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n16,158<\/td>\n02830<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Smithfield<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n12,588<\/td>\n02896<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scituate<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n10,384<\/td>\n02857<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glocester<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n9,974<\/td>\n02814<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Foster<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n4,469<\/td>\n02825<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Central Falls, at 1.2 square miles, is the smallest municipality by area in the county and, at roughly 18,800 residents per square mile, by far the most densely populated — nearly double Providence’s own density. Two names on the list are easy to mix up: North Providence is a separate town, not a Providence neighborhood, and North Smithfield split off from Smithfield in 1871 and has run as its own town ever since.<\/p>\n

Within these 16 municipalities, the Census Bureau separately tabulates nine census-designated places — village centers dense enough to get their own population count — plus a longer list of named villages and hamlets that the U.S. Postal Service and USGS recognize but the Census Bureau folds into their parent town’s total.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTown<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Valley Falls<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nCumberland<\/td>\n12,094<\/td>\n02864<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greenville<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nSmithfield<\/td>\n9,061<\/td>\n02828<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cumberland Hill<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nCumberland<\/td>\n8,140<\/td>\n02864<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pascoag<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nBurrillville<\/td>\n4,641<\/td>\n02859<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harrisville<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nBurrillville<\/td>\n1,745<\/td>\n02830<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chepachet<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nGlocester<\/td>\n1,704<\/td>\n02814<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harmony<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nGlocester<\/td>\n1,036<\/td>\n02829<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Foster Center<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nFoster<\/td>\n333<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clayville<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nFoster & Scituate<\/td>\n312<\/td>\n02815<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Scituate<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nScituate<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n02857<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slatersville<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nNorth Smithfield<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n02876<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manville<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nLincoln<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n02838<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Albion<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nLincoln<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n02802<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Riverside<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nEast Providence<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n02915<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rumford<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nEast Providence<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n02916<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mapleville<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nBurrillville<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n02839<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glendale<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nBurrillville<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n02826<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oakland<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nBurrillville<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n02858<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Forestdale<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nNorth Smithfield<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n02824<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hope<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nScituate<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n02831<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Clayville straddles the Foster–Scituate line and uses a ZIP code from each side. Fiskeville, sometimes listed for the county, sits mostly across the Cranston line in Kent County and is omitted here for that reason.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n