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Providence County

county in Rhode Island, United States
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Summary

Providence County is a county of Rhode Island[1]. It draws 1,062 Wikipedia views per month (county of rhode island category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Rhode Island[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Providence[5]
  • Shares border with: Norfolk County[6], Kent County[7], Bristol County[8], Worcester County[9], Windham County[10], Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region[11]
  • Named after: divine providence[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Burrillville[13], Central Falls[14], Cranston[15], Cumberland[16], East Providence[17], Foster[18], Glocester[19], Johnston[20], Lincoln[21], North Providence[22], North Smithfield[23], Pawtucket[24], Providence[25], Scituate[26]
  • Commons category: Providence County, Rhode Island[27]
  • Inception: 1703[28]
  • Coordinate location: 41.852777777777774, -71.45611111111111[29]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Providence County, Rhode Island[30]
  • Population: 626,667[31], 626,941[32], 627,284[33], 628,215[34], 628,600[35], 633,473[36], 660,741[37]
  • Described by source: The American Cyclopædia[38]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Providence County, Rhode Island[39]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Providence County, Rhode Island[40]
  • Number of households: 240,886[41]
  • Native label: Providence County[42]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C110002[43]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Providence County, Rhode Island[44]
  • Area: 1129[45]
  • Water as percent of area: 6[46]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Providence County, Rhode Island[47]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Providence metropolitan area[48]
  • Per capita income: 32,739[49]

Why It Matters

Providence County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Related Entities

Rhode Island United States

References

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Providence County,
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Providence County, Rhode Island.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pr"
  2. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → The American Cyclopædia
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Providence County, Rhode Island
    Capital → —
    Country → —
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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