Providence County, Rhode Island

Providence County
County
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Coordinates: 41°52′N 71°35′W / 41.87°N 71.58°W / 41.87; -71.58
Country	United States
State	Rhode Island
Region	New England
Metro area	Providence
Formed	June 22, 1703; 321 years ago (1703-06-22)
Named for	Providence, Rhode Island
County town	Providence
Largest city	Providence
Incorporated municipalities	16 (total) 6 cities, 10 towns
Area
• Total	436 sq mi (1,130 km2)
• Land	410 sq mi (1,100 km2)
• Water	26 sq mi (70 km2)  6%
Highest elevation [1]	812 ft (247 m)
Lowest elevation [2]	0 ft (0 m)
Population  (April 1, 2020)
• Total	660,741
• Density	1,611/sq mi (622/km2)
GDP [3]
• Total	$42.588 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code format	028xx, 029xx
Area code	401
FIPS code	44-007
GNIS feature ID	1219781
Congressional district	1st, 2nd

Providence County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 660,741, or 60.2% of the state's population.^[4] Providence County contains the city of Providence, the state capital of Rhode Island and the county's (and state's) most populous city, with an estimated 190,934 residents in 2020. Providence County is included in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in turn constitutes a portion of the greater Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area. As of 2010, the center of population in Rhode Island is located in Providence County, in the city of Cranston.^[5]