Providence County

Providence County is the largest and most populous county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 660,741, or 60.2% of the state's population.
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Top destinations: Providence and Cranston.

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is the state capital and largest city…

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is the second largest city in by population with 83,000 residents in 2020.

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is a city of 75,604 founded in 1671.

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Places to explore: Woonsocket and East Providence.

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, is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.

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is a city in Providence County…

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is a city in .

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is a town in the Providence County area of .

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is a town of 21,000 people in Providence County, in Northeastern Rhode Island.

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is a town in Providence County, .

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is a small town in Northern that was founded in the 1600s.

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is a town in Providence County, , United States.

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is a town in Providence County, , United States.

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is a small town in the northwest corner of .

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is a town in Providence County, .

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, otherwise officially called the Town…

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is a large town in Providence County, .

Providence County

  • Type: county of Rhode Island with 627,000 residents
  • Description: county in Rhode Island, United States
  • Also known as: “Okrožje Providence”, “Providence”, “Providence County, R.I.”, “Providence County, Rhode Island”, “Providence County, RI”, “Providence ilçesi, R.I.”, “Providence ilçesi, Rhode Island”, “Providence ilçesi, RI”, “Providence Plantations”, “Quận Providence, Đảo Rhode”, “Quận Providence, Rhode Island”, “Провідэнс”, and “Провідэнс (акруга, Род-Айленд)”
  • Neighbors: and
  • Location: , , ,
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Latitude of center
41.8714° or 41° 52′ 17″ north
Longitude of center
-71.5786° or 71° 34′ 43″ west
Population
627,000
Elevation
335 feet (102 metres)
Geo­Names ID
5224162
Wiki­data ID
Q54253
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Providence County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Providence County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بروفيدانس”
  • Armenian: “Փրովիդենս շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Providence”
  • Azerbaijani: “Providens dairəsi”
  • Basque: “Providence konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Providence County, Rhode Island”
  • Bavarian: “Providence County”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Провідэнс”
  • Belarusian: “Провідэнс (акруга)”
  • Bishnupriya: “প্রোভিডেন্স কাউন্টি, রোড আইল্যান্ড”
  • Bishnupriya: “প্রোভিডেন্স কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Провидънс”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Providence”
  • Cebuano: “Providence County”
  • Chechen: “Провиденс (гуо, Род-Айленд)”
  • Chechen: “Провиденс”
  • Chinese: “普洛威頓斯縣”
  • Chinese: “普罗维登斯县”
  • Chinese: “普羅維登斯郡”
  • Dutch: “Providence County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Providence”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Providence”
  • Estonian: “Providence’i maakond”
  • Estonian: “Providencei maakond”
  • Finnish: “Providencen piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Providence”
  • French: “Comté de Providence”
  • Georgian: “პროვიდენსის ოლქი”
  • German: “Providence County”
  • Gilaki: “پراویدنس ٚ شأرستان (رؤد آیلند)”
  • Gilaki: “پراویدنس ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Πρόβιντενς”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז פרובידנס”
  • Hungarian: “Providence megye”
  • Indonesian: “County Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Indonesian: “County Providence”
  • Irish: “Contae Providence, Oileán Rhode”
  • Irish: “Contae Providence”
  • Italian: “contea di Providence”
  • Italian: “Contea di Providence”
  • Japanese: “プロヴィデンス郡”
  • Japanese: “プロビデンス郡”
  • Korean: “프로비던스군”
  • Low German: “Providence County”
  • Mazanderani: “پراویدنس شهرستان (رودایلند)”
  • Mazanderani: “پراویدنس شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Providence Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Providence Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Providence County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Providence County”
  • Norwegian: “Providence County”
  • Ossetian: “Провиденс (зылд)”
  • Ossetian: “Провиденс”
  • Persian: “شهرستان پراویدنس، رود آیلند”
  • Persian: “شهرستان پراویدنس”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Providence”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Providence”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Providence”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Providence”
  • Russian: “Провиденс”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Providence”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Providence County”
  • Serbian: “Providence County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Провиденс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Providence County, Rhode Island”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Providence County”
  • Slovenian: “Providence County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Providence”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Providence”
  • Swedish: “Providence County”
  • Tatar: “Провиденс (округ, Род-Айленд)”
  • Tatar: “Провиденс”
  • Thai: “เทศมณฑลพรอวิเดนซ์”
  • Thai: “พรอวิเดนซ์เคาน์ตี”
  • Turkish: “Providence County”
  • Turkish: “Providence ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Провіденс”
  • Urdu: “پروویڈنس کاؤنٹی، روڈ آئلینڈ”
  • Urdu: “پروویڈنس کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Providence”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Providence”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Providence, Rhode Island”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Providence”
  • Welsh: “Providence County, Rhode Island”
  • Welsh: “Providence County”
  • Western Panjabi: “پروویڈنس کاؤنٹی”

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