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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8D%95%E1%88%AE%E1%89%AA%E1%8B%B0%E1%8A%95%E1%88%B5" title="ፕሮቪደንስ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ፕሮቪደንስ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godsweot" title="Godsweot – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Godsweot" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%B3_(%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%A2%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF)" title="بروفيدنس (رود آيلاند) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بروفيدنس (رود آيلاند)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8,_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1" title="প্রভিডেন্স, রোড আইল্যান্ড – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="প্রভিডেন্স, রোড আইল্যান্ড" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81" title="Провідэнс – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Провідэнс" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%8A%D0%BD%D1%81" title="Провидънс – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Провидънс" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(kapital_sa_estado)" title="Providence (kapital sa estado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Providence (kapital sa estado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%8C%CE%B2%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%82_(%CE%A1%CF%8C%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%86%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84)" title="Πρόβιντενς (Ρόουντ Άιλαντ) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πρόβιντενς (Ρόουντ Άιλαντ)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rod-Insulo)" title="Providence (Rod-Insulo) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Providence (Rod-Insulo)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%B3" title="پراویدنس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پراویدنس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Oile%C3%A1n_Rhode" title="Providence, Oileán Rhode – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Providence, Oileán Rhode" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Ellan_Rhode" title="Providence, Ellan Rhode – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Providence, Ellan Rhode" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%B3_(%D8%B1%D8%A4%D8%AF_%D8%A2%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF)" title="پراويدنس (رؤد آیلند) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="پراويدنس (رؤد آیلند)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-got mw-list-item"><a href="https://got.wikipedia.org/wiki/%F0%90%8D%80%F0%90%8D%82%F0%90%8D%89%F0%90%8D%86%F0%90%8C%B9%F0%90%8C%B3%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%B9%F0%90%8C%BD%F0%90%8D%83" title="𐍀𐍂𐍉𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 – Gothic" lang="got" hreflang="got" data-title="𐍀𐍂𐍉𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃" data-language-autonym="𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺" data-language-local-name="Gothic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%A1%9C%EB%B9%84%EB%8D%98%EC%8A%A4" title="프로비던스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="프로비던스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%93%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%A4%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%BD_(%D5%8C%D5%B8%D5%A4_%D4%B1%D5%B5%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A4)" title="Փրովիդենս (Ռոդ Այլենդ) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Փրովիդենս (Ռոդ Այլենդ)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81" title="Провиденс – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Провиденс" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91%D7%99%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%A1" title="פרובידנס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פרובידנס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Ynys_Rhode" title="Providence, Ynys Rhode – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Providence, Ynys Rhode" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rod_Aylann)" title="Providence (Rod Aylann) – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Providence (Rod Aylann)" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81" title="Провиденс – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Провиденс" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providentia_(Rhodensis_Insula)" title="Providentia (Rhodensis Insula) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Providentia (Rhodensis Insula)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providensa" title="Providensa – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Providensa" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providensas" title="Providensas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Providensas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81_(%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%90%D1%98%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4)" title="Провиденс (Род Ајленд) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Провиденс (Род Ајленд)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%BB%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D,_%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%90%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%BB%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D" title="പ്രൊവിഡൻസ്, റോഡ് ഐലൻറ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="പ്രൊവിഡൻസ്, റോഡ് ഐലൻറ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8_(%E0%A4%B1%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1)" title="प्रॉव्हिडन्स (ऱ्होड आयलंड) – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="प्रॉव्हिडन्स (ऱ्होड आयलंड)" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF" title="پروڤيدانس رود ايلاند – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="پروڤيدانس رود ايلاند" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81" title="Провиденс – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Провиденс" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="प्रभिदेन्स – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="प्रभिदेन्स" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%93%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9_(%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E5%B7%9E)" title="プロビデンス (ロードアイランド州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="プロビデンス (ロードアイランド州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81" title="Провиденс – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Провиденс" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="प्रोभिडेन्स – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="प्रोभिडेन्स" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%88%D9%86%D8%B3" title="پروویڈنس – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="پروویڈنس" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81" title="Провиденс – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Провиденс" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D" title="प्राविडेन्स् – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="प्राविडेन्स्" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DA%95%DB%86%DA%A4%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8E%D9%86%D8%B3" title="پڕۆڤیدێنس – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="پڕۆڤیدێنس" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81" title="Провиденс – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Провиденс" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D" title="பிராவிடென்ஸ் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பிராவிடென்ஸ்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81" title="Провиденс – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Провиденс" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%8B%E0%B9%8C" title="พรอวิเดนซ์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="พรอวิเดนซ์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tw mw-list-item"><a href="https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Twi" lang="tw" hreflang="tw" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Twi" data-language-local-name="Twi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Twi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81" title="Провіденс – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Провіденс" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%8C_%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%88_%D8%A2%D8%A6%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88" title="پروویڈنس، روڈ آئلینڈ – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="پروویڈنس، روڈ آئلینڈ" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Rhode_Island)" title="Providence (Rhode Island) – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Providence (Rhode Island)" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence" title="Providence – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Providence" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%99%AE%E7%BD%97%E7%BB%B4%E7%99%BB%E6%96%AF" title="普罗维登斯 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="普罗维登斯" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%93%D7%A2%D7%A0%D7%A1" title="פראווידענס – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="פראווידענס" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%99%AE%E6%B4%9B%E7%B6%AD%E7%99%BB%E6%96%AF" title="普洛維登斯 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="普洛維登斯" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island – Zazaki" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Providence, Rhode Island" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Zazaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bat-smg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bat-smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prov%C4%97densos" title="Provėdensos – Samogitian" lang="sgs" hreflang="sgs" data-title="Provėdensos" data-language-autonym="Žemaitėška" data-language-local-name="Samogitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Žemaitėška</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%99%AE%E7%BD%97%E7%BB%B4%E7%99%BB%E6%96%AF" title="普罗维登斯 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="普罗维登斯" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tly mw-list-item"><a href="https://tly.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provindens" title="Provindens – Talysh" lang="tly" hreflang="tly" data-title="Provindens" data-language-autonym="Tolışi" data-language-local-name="Talysh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tolışi</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span 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class="infobox-full-data">Nickname(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">The Creative Capital, the Renaissance City, the Divine City, PVD, Prov</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">"What Cheer?"<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 290px; height: 290px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="290" data-height="290" data-zoom="11" data-lat="41.8239" data-lon="-71.4128" data-overlays="["_85720c82e3c321c0aea354e5aa16b8d379488fea"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/11/41.8239/-71.4128/en"><img 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decoding="async" width="250" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/375px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/500px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:30.157%;left:89.2%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Providence"><img alt="Providence" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Providence</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in the United States</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Providence,_Rhode_Island&params=41_49_25_N_71_25_20_W_region:US-RI_type:city(191,000)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°49′25″N</span> <span class="longitude">71°25′20″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.82361°N 71.42222°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.82361; -71.42222</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Rhode_Island" title="List of counties in Rhode Island">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Providence_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Providence County">Providence</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settled</th><td class="infobox-data">1636</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated (city)</th><td class="infobox-data">November 5, 1832</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams" title="Roger Williams">Roger Williams</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Divine_providence" title="Divine providence">Divine providence</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mayor%E2%80%93council" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor–council">Mayor–council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Providence_City_Council" title="Providence City Council">Providence City Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="List of mayors of Providence, Rhode Island">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brett_Smiley_(politician)" title="Brett Smiley (politician)">Brett Smiley</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-TigerWebMapServer_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TigerWebMapServer-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States" title="List of capitals in the United States">State capital city</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">20.58 sq mi (53.31 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">18.41 sq mi (47.67 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">2.18 sq mi (5.64 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-gnis_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">10 ft (3 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States" title="List of capitals in the United States">State capital city</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">190,934</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">US: 134th</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">10,373.47/sq mi (4,005.25/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,285,806 (US: <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_urban_areas" title="List of United States urban areas">39th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,362.5/sq mi (912.2/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,676,579 (US: <a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_statistical_areas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of metropolitan statistical areas">38th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Providentian</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro</th><td class="infobox-data">$105.561 billion (2022)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (Eastern Time Zone)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (EDT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">ZIP Codes</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">02901–02912, 02918-02919, 02940</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area code</th><td class="infobox-data">401</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards" title="Federal Information Processing Standards">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">44-59000</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.providenceri.gov/">www<wbr />.providenceri<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Providence</b> is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States" title="List of capitals in the United States">capital</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rhode_Island" title="List of municipalities in Rhode Island">most populous city</a> of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a>. The county seat of <a href="/wiki/Providence_County,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence County, Rhode Island">Providence County</a>, it is one of the oldest cities in <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> founded in 1636 by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams" title="Roger Williams">Roger Williams</a>, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a>. He named the area in honor of "God's merciful Providence"<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which he believed was responsible for revealing such a haven for him and his followers. The city developed as a busy port, as it is situated at the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/Providence_River" title="Providence River">Providence River</a> at the head of <a href="/wiki/Narragansett_Bay" title="Narragansett Bay">Narragansett Bay</a>. </p><p>Providence was one of the first cities in the country to industrialize and became noted for its textile manufacturing and subsequent machine tool, jewelry, and silverware industries.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, the city of Providence is home to eight hospitals and <a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Rhode_Island#Institutions" title="List of colleges and universities in Rhode Island">eight institutions of higher learning</a> which have shifted the city's economy into service industries, though it still retains some manufacturing activity. </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, Providence had a population of 190,934, making it the third-most-populous city in New England after <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester, Massachusetts</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Providence_metropolitan_area" title="Providence metropolitan area">Providence metropolitan area</a>, which extends into Massachusetts, is the second largest metropolitan area in New England by a large margin with over 1.6 million residents, nearly 30% larger than <a href="/wiki/Hartford_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Hartford metropolitan area">metro Hartford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="History of Providence, Rhode Island">History of Providence, Rhode Island</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a chronological guide, see <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Timeline of Providence, Rhode Island">Timeline of Providence, Rhode Island</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First_Baptist_Church_in_America_from_Angell_St_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/First_Baptist_Church_in_America_from_Angell_St_2.jpg/170px-First_Baptist_Church_in_America_from_Angell_St_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/First_Baptist_Church_in_America_from_Angell_St_2.jpg/255px-First_Baptist_Church_in_America_from_Angell_St_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/First_Baptist_Church_in_America_from_Angell_St_2.jpg/340px-First_Baptist_Church_in_America_from_Angell_St_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2773" data-file-height="4671" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/First_Baptist_Church_in_America" title="First Baptist Church in America">First Baptist Church in America</a> is the oldest Baptist congregation in America, founded by Roger Williams in 1638. Its present meetinghouse was first occupied in 1775.</figcaption></figure> <p>Providence was settled in June 1636 by <a href="/wiki/Puritan" class="mw-redirect" title="Puritan">Puritan</a> theologian <a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams" title="Roger Williams">Roger Williams</a> and grew into one of the original <a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies" title="Thirteen Colonies">Thirteen Colonies</a>. As a minister in the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a>, Williams had advocated the <a href="/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States" title="Separation of church and state in the United States">separation of church and state</a> and condemned colonists' confiscation of land from the Indians. For these and other "diverse, new, and dangerous opinions," he was convicted of sedition and heresy and banished from the colony. Williams <a href="/wiki/List_of_early_settlers_of_Rhode_Island" title="List of early settlers of Rhode Island">and others</a> established a settlement in <a href="/wiki/Rumford,_Rhode_Island" title="Rumford, Rhode Island">Rumford, Rhode Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3.5-centuries_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3.5-centuries-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group later moved down the <a href="/wiki/Seekonk_River" title="Seekonk River">Seekonk River</a>, around <a href="/wiki/Fox_Point,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Fox Point, Providence, Rhode Island">Fox Point</a> and up the <a href="/wiki/Providence_River" title="Providence River">Providence River</a> to the confluence of the <a href="/wiki/Moshassuck_River" title="Moshassuck River">Moshassuck</a> and <a href="/wiki/Woonasquatucket_River" title="Woonasquatucket River">Woonasquatucket</a> Rivers. The settlement was named after "God's merciful Providence."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Providence lacked a royal charter, unlike <a href="/wiki/Salem,_Massachusetts" title="Salem, Massachusetts">Salem</a> and Boston. The settlers thus organized themselves, allotting tracts on the eastern side of the Providence River in 1638 allowing roughly six acres each. These home lots extended from Towne Street (now South Main Street) to Hope Street.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the following two decades, Providence Plantations grew into a self-sufficient agricultural and fishing settlement, though its lands were difficult to farm and its borders were disputed with Connecticut and Massachusetts.<sup id="cite_ref-3.5-centuries_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3.5-centuries-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1652, Providence prohibited indentured servitude for periods of longer than 10 years. This statute constituted the first anti-slavery law in the United States, though there is no evidence the prohibition was ever enforced.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the Rhode Island General Assembly legalized African and Native American slavery throughout the colony in 1703, and Providence merchants' participation in the slave trade helped turn the city into a major port.<sup id="cite_ref-ClarkPujara_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ClarkPujara-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 11–13">: 11–13 </span></sup> By 1755, enslaved people made up 8% of Providence's population, below the 10% average for colonial Rhode Island, but above the 5% average for the northern colonies.<sup id="cite_ref-ClarkPujara_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ClarkPujara-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 24–25">: 24–25 </span></sup> </p><p>In March 1676, Providence Plantations was burned to the ground by the <a href="/wiki/Narragansetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Narragansetts">Narragansetts</a> during <a href="/wiki/King_Philip%27s_War" title="King Philip's War">King Philip's War</a>. Later in the year, the Rhode Island legislature formally rebuked the other colonies for provoking the war.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1770, <a href="/wiki/Brown_University" title="Brown University">Brown University</a> moved to Providence from nearby <a href="/wiki/Warren,_Rhode_Island" title="Warren, Rhode Island">Warren</a>. At the time, the college was known as Rhode Island College and occupied <a href="/wiki/University_Hall_(Brown_University)" title="University Hall (Brown University)">a single building</a> on <a href="/wiki/College_Hill,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="College Hill, Providence, Rhode Island">College Hill</a>. The college's choice to relocate to Providence as opposed to <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport</a> symbolized a larger shift away from Newport's commercial and political dominance over the colony.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1772, a group from Providence burned a British customs schooner south of Providence in the event known as the <a href="/wiki/Gaspee_Affair" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaspee Affair"><i>Gaspee</i> Affair</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3.5-centuries_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3.5-centuries-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the first act of armed resistance to British rule in America, predating the more famous <a href="/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party" title="Boston Tea Party">Boston Tea Party</a> by more than a year. Rhode Island was the first of the Thirteen Colonies to renounce its allegiance to the British Crown on May 4, 1776.<sup id="cite_ref-KnowRhode_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KnowRhode-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also the last of the Thirteen States to ratify the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">United States Constitution</a> on May 29, 1790, once assurances were made that a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights" title="United States Bill of Rights">Bill of Rights</a> would become part of the Constitution.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:204px;max-width:204px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:View_of_Market_Square_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/View_of_Market_Square_3.jpg/200px-View_of_Market_Square_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/View_of_Market_Square_3.jpg/300px-View_of_Market_Square_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/View_of_Market_Square_3.jpg/400px-View_of_Market_Square_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Market_Square,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Market Square, Providence, Rhode Island">Market Square</a> was the center of civic life in the 19th century, and <a href="/wiki/Market_House_(Providence,_Rhode_Island)" title="Market House (Providence, Rhode Island)">Market House</a> was home to the city council before <a href="/wiki/Providence_City_Hall" title="Providence City Hall">Providence City Hall</a> was built.<sup id="cite_ref-cady_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cady-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Providence_City_Hall_and_Soldiers_and_Sailors_Monument.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Providence_City_Hall_and_Soldiers_and_Sailors_Monument.jpg/200px-Providence_City_Hall_and_Soldiers_and_Sailors_Monument.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Providence_City_Hall_and_Soldiers_and_Sailors_Monument.jpg/300px-Providence_City_Hall_and_Soldiers_and_Sailors_Monument.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Providence_City_Hall_and_Soldiers_and_Sailors_Monument.jpg/400px-Providence_City_Hall_and_Soldiers_and_Sailors_Monument.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2200" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Providence City Hall was built in 1878</div></div></div></div></div> <p>Following the war, Providence was the nation's ninth-largest city<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with 7,614 people. The economy shifted from maritime endeavors to manufacturing, in particular machinery, tools, silverware, jewelry, and textiles. By the start of the 20th century, Providence hosted some of the largest manufacturing plants in the country, including <a href="/wiki/Brown_%26_Sharpe" title="Brown & Sharpe">Brown & Sharpe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicholson_File_Company_Mill_Complex" title="Nicholson File Company Mill Complex">Nicholson File</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gorham_Manufacturing_Company" title="Gorham Manufacturing Company">Gorham Manufacturing Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3.5-centuries_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3.5-centuries-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city's industries attracted many immigrants from Ireland, Germany, Sweden, England, Italy, Portugal, Cape Verde, and French Canada. These economic and demographic shifts caused social strife.<sup id="cite_ref-3.5-centuries_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3.5-centuries-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hard_Scrabble_and_Snow_Town" title="Hard Scrabble and Snow Town">Hard Scrabble and Snow Town</a> were the sites of race riots in 1824 and 1831.<sup id="cite_ref-brownhard_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brownhard-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-brownsnow_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brownsnow-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Providence residents ratified a city charter in 1831 as the population passed 17,000.<sup id="cite_ref-3.5-centuries_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3.5-centuries-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The seat of city government was located in the <a href="/wiki/Market_House_(Providence,_Rhode_Island)" title="Market House (Providence, Rhode Island)">Market House</a><sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Market_Square,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Market Square, Providence, Rhode Island">Market Square</a> from 1832 to 1878, which was the geographic and social center of the city. The city offices soon outgrew this building, and the City Council resolved to create a permanent municipal building in 1845.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city offices moved into <a href="/wiki/Providence_City_Hall" title="Providence City Hall">Providence City Hall</a> in 1878.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Local politics split over slavery during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, as many had ties to Southern cotton and the slave trade. Despite ambivalence concerning the war, the number of military volunteers routinely exceeded quota, and the city's manufacturing proved invaluable to the Union. Providence thrived after the war, and waves of immigrants brought the population from 54,595 in 1865 to 175,597 by 1900.<sup id="cite_ref-3.5-centuries_14-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3.5-centuries-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the early 1900s, Providence was one of the wealthiest cities in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Stanton_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stanton-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Immigrant labor powered one of the nation's largest industrial manufacturing centers.<sup id="cite_ref-Stanton_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stanton-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Providence was a major manufacturer of industrial products, from steam engines to precision tools to silverware, screws, and textiles. Giant companies were based in or near Providence, such as Brown & Sharpe, the <a href="/wiki/Corliss_Steam_Engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Corliss Steam Engine">Corliss Steam Engine</a> Company, <a href="/wiki/Babcock_%26_Wilcox" title="Babcock & Wilcox">Babcock & Wilcox</a>, the Grinnell Corporation, the Gorham Manufacturing Company, Nicholson File, and the <a href="/wiki/Fruit_of_the_Loom" title="Fruit of the Loom">Fruit of the Loom</a> textile company.<sup id="cite_ref-Stanton_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stanton-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The manufacturing of jewelry and costume jewelry emerged as a dominant local industry.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTJewelry_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTJewelry-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ProJo20150704_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ProJo20150704-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1960s, jewelry trade magazines referred to Providence as "the jewelry capital of the world."<sup id="cite_ref-ProJo20150704_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ProJo20150704-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_view_of_Civic_Center,_1951.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Air_view_of_Civic_Center%2C_1951.jpg/220px-Air_view_of_Civic_Center%2C_1951.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Air_view_of_Civic_Center%2C_1951.jpg/330px-Air_view_of_Civic_Center%2C_1951.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Air_view_of_Civic_Center%2C_1951.jpg/440px-Air_view_of_Civic_Center%2C_1951.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4029" data-file-height="2900" /></a><figcaption>Aerial photograph of Downtown Providence taken in 1951</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1922, it was affected by the <a href="/wiki/1922_New_England_Textile_Strike" title="1922 New England Textile Strike">1922 New England Textile Strike</a>, shutting down the mills in the city over an attempted wage cut and hours increase.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city began to see a decline by the mid-1920s as manufacturing industries began to shut down. It was deeply affected by the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>, which left more than a third of the city's labor force unemployed.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The subsequent <a href="/wiki/Recession_of_1937%E2%80%931938" title="Recession of 1937–1938">Recession of 1937–1938</a> was immediately followed by the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Hurricane_of_1938" class="mw-redirect" title="New England Hurricane of 1938">New England Hurricane of 1938</a>, which flooded downtown.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hurricane was particularly destructive to the struggling textile industry, with many mills never reopening following the storm.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Providence's population declined from a peak of 253,504 in 1940 to only 179,213 in 1970, as the white middle class moved to the suburbs. From the 1940s to 1970s, white middle class residents vacated Providence faster than any other American city other than <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>. The remainder of these residents were disproportionately poor and elderly.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Coren_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coren-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the 1950s to the 1980s, Providence was a notorious bastion of organized crime.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1975 until 1982, $606 million of local and national community development funds were invested throughout the city. In the 1990s, the city pushed for revitalization, completing a number of major development projects. Among these were the realignment of railroad tracks; the relocation of rivers, creation of <a href="/wiki/Waterplace_Park" title="Waterplace Park">Waterplace Park</a>, and development of a riverwalk; the construction of a Downtown ice rink;<sup id="cite_ref-alexandani_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alexandani-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the development of <a href="/wiki/Providence_Place" title="Providence Place">Providence Place</a> Mall.<sup id="cite_ref-3.5-centuries_14-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3.5-centuries-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1980, Providence's previously declining population began to grow once again.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the early 2000s, Providence developed an economic development plan that outlined a shift to a knowledge-based economy. These efforts involved the rebranding of the formerly industrial <a href="/wiki/Jewelry_District_(Providence)" title="Jewelry District (Providence)">Jewelry District</a> as a new "Knowledge District".<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite new investment, approximately 21.5-percent of the city population lives below the poverty line.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Recent increases in real estate values have further exacerbated problems for those at marginal income levels, mirroring a statewide housing affordability crisis.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2004 to 2005, Providence saw the highest rise in median housing price of any city in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Providence city limits enclose a small geographical region with a total area of 20.5 square miles (53 km<sup>2</sup>); 18.5 square miles (48 km<sup>2</sup>) of it is land and the remaining 2.1 square miles (5.4 km<sup>2</sup>) is water (roughly 10%). Providence is located at the head of <a href="/wiki/Narragansett_Bay" title="Narragansett Bay">Narragansett Bay</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/Providence_River" title="Providence River">Providence River</a> running into the bay through the center of the city,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> formed by the confluence of the <a href="/wiki/Moshassuck_River" title="Moshassuck River">Moshassuck</a> and <a href="/wiki/Woonasquatucket_River" title="Woonasquatucket River">Woonasquatucket</a> Rivers. The Waterplace Park amphitheater and riverwalks line the river's banks through <a href="/wiki/Downtown,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Downtown, Providence, Rhode Island">Downtown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Providence is one of many cities claimed to be <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_claimed_to_be_built_on_seven_hills" title="List of cities claimed to be built on seven hills">founded on seven hills</a> like Rome. <sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As with many cities worldwide, the <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_megacity" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeastern megacity">Northeastern megacity</a> has a large population of <a href="/wiki/Feral_pigeon" title="Feral pigeon">feral pigeons</a> (<i>Columba livia</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Northeastern-Megacity_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Northeastern-Megacity-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although expecting Providence's <a href="/wiki/Population_genetics" title="Population genetics">population genetics</a> to be continuous with the larger megacity, Carlen & Munshi-South 2020 find Providence and <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> share one population and the rest of the region shares another.<sup id="cite_ref-Northeastern-Megacity_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Northeastern-Megacity-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is likely due to the intervening low urbanization zone in western <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Northeastern-Megacity_53-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Northeastern-Megacity-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neighborhoods">Neighborhoods</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Neighborhoods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Neighborhoods_in_Providence" class="mw-redirect" title="Neighborhoods in Providence">Neighborhoods in Providence</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Providence_Neighborhoods.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Map_of_Providence_Neighborhoods.svg/220px-Map_of_Providence_Neighborhoods.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Map_of_Providence_Neighborhoods.svg/330px-Map_of_Providence_Neighborhoods.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Map_of_Providence_Neighborhoods.svg/440px-Map_of_Providence_Neighborhoods.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="570" /></a><figcaption>Map of neighborhoods in Providence</figcaption></figure> <p>Providence has 25 official neighborhoods, though these neighborhoods are often grouped together and referred to collectively:<sup id="cite_ref-neigh_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-neigh-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-altnames_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-altnames-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/East_Side,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="East Side, Providence, Rhode Island">East Side</a> is a region comprising the neighborhoods of <a href="/wiki/Blackstone,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Blackstone, Providence, Rhode Island">Blackstone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hope,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Hope, Providence, Rhode Island">Hope</a> (aka Summit), <a href="/wiki/Mount_Hope,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Mount Hope, Providence, Rhode Island">Mount Hope</a>, <a href="/wiki/College_Hill,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="College Hill, Providence, Rhode Island">College Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wayland,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Wayland, Providence, Rhode Island">Wayland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fox_Point,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Fox Point, Providence, Rhode Island">Fox Point</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-neigh_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-neigh-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Jewelry_District,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewelry District, Providence, Rhode Island">Jewelry District</a> describes the area enclosed by I-95, the old I-195, and the <a href="/wiki/Providence_River" title="Providence River">Providence River</a>. The city has made efforts to rename this area the Knowledge District to reflect the area's newly developing life sciences and technology-based economy.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The North End is formed by the concatenation of the neighborhoods of <a href="/wiki/Charles,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Charles, Providence, Rhode Island">Charles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wanskuck,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Wanskuck, Providence, Rhode Island">Wanskuck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Smith_Hill,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Smith Hill, Providence, Rhode Island">Smith Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elmhurst,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Elmhurst, Providence, Rhode Island">Elmhurst</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Mount Pleasant, Providence, Rhode Island">Mount Pleasant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-neigh_54-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-neigh-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/South_Side,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="South Side, Providence, Rhode Island">South Side</a> (or South Providence) consists of the neighborhoods of <a href="/wiki/Elmwood,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Elmwood, Providence, Rhode Island">Elmwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lower_South_Providence,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Lower South Providence, Providence, Rhode Island">Lower South Providence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upper_South_Providence,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Upper South Providence, Providence, Rhode Island">Upper South Providence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Park,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Washington Park, Providence, Rhode Island">Washington Park</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/West_End,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="West End, Providence, Rhode Island">West End</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-neigh_54-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-neigh-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>West Broadway is an officially recognized neighborhood with its own association. It overlaps with the southern half of <a href="/wiki/Federal_Hill,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Federal Hill, Providence, Rhode Island">Federal Hill</a> and the northern part of the West End.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cityscape">Cityscape</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cityscape"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Providence" class="mw-redirect" title="List of tallest buildings in Providence">List of tallest buildings in Providence</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Downtown_Providence_drone_flyover_2022_00.00.00.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Downtown_Providence_drone_flyover_2022_00.00.00.jpg/220px-Downtown_Providence_drone_flyover_2022_00.00.00.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Downtown_Providence_drone_flyover_2022_00.00.00.jpg/330px-Downtown_Providence_drone_flyover_2022_00.00.00.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Downtown_Providence_drone_flyover_2022_00.00.00.jpg/440px-Downtown_Providence_drone_flyover_2022_00.00.00.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5120" data-file-height="2700" /></a><figcaption>The Providence skyline as viewed from above the <a href="/wiki/Providence_River" title="Providence River">Providence River</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Downtown_Providence,_Rhode_Island.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Downtown_Providence%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg/220px-Downtown_Providence%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Downtown_Providence%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg/330px-Downtown_Providence%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Downtown_Providence%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg/440px-Downtown_Providence%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3063" data-file-height="1465" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Downtown,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Downtown, Providence, Rhode Island">Downtown Providence</a> and the <a href="/wiki/East_Side,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="East Side, Providence, Rhode Island">East Side</a>, 2010. Note the demolition of the previous <a href="/wiki/Interstate_195_(Rhode_Island%E2%80%93Massachusetts)" title="Interstate 195 (Rhode Island–Massachusetts)">I-195</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Iway" class="mw-redirect" title="Iway">Iway</a> project.</figcaption></figure> <p>Geographically, Providence is compact—characteristic of <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="East Coast of the United States">eastern seaboard</a> cities that developed prior to use of the automobile. The street layout of the city is irregular; more than one thousand streets run haphazardly, connecting and radiating from traditionally bustling places such as <a href="/wiki/Market_Square,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Market Square, Providence, Rhode Island">Market Square</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Downtown Providence has numerous 19th-century mercantile buildings in the <a href="/wiki/Federal_style_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal style architecture">Federal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Victorian_architecture" title="Victorian architecture">Victorian</a> architectural styles, as well as several <a href="/wiki/Postmodern_architecture" title="Postmodern architecture">postmodern</a> and modernist buildings. In particular, a fairly clear spatial separation appears between the areas of pre-1980s development and post-1980s development; West Exchange Street and Exchange Terrace serve as rough boundaries between the two.<sup id="cite_ref-mckenzie_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mckenzie-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newer area, sometimes called "Capitol Center",<sup id="cite_ref-mckenzie_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mckenzie-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> includes the <a href="/wiki/Providence_Place_Mall" class="mw-redirect" title="Providence Place Mall">Providence Place Mall</a> (1999), <a href="/wiki/Omni_Providence_Hotel" title="Omni Providence Hotel">Omni Providence Hotel</a> (1993) and <a href="/wiki/The_Residences_Providence" title="The Residences Providence">Residences Providence</a> (2007), <a href="/wiki/GTECH_Corporation" title="GTECH Corporation">GTECH Corporation</a> (2006), <a href="/wiki/Waterplace_Towers" title="Waterplace Towers">Waterplace Towers</a> condominiums (2007), and <a href="/wiki/Waterplace_Park" title="Waterplace Park">Waterplace Park</a> (1994). The area tends toward newer development, since much of it is land reclaimed in the 1970s from a mass of railroad tracks referred to colloquially as the "Chinese Wall".<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This part of Downtown is characterized by open spaces, wide roads, and landscaping.<sup id="cite_ref-mckenzie_60-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mckenzie-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The streetscape of much of historic downtown has retained a similar appearance since the early 20th century. Many of the state's tallest buildings are found here. At 426 feet (130 m), the city's <a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Providence" class="mw-redirect" title="List of tallest buildings in Providence">largest structure</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Art_deco" class="mw-redirect" title="Art deco">art deco</a> <a href="/wiki/Industrial_National_Bank_Building" title="Industrial National Bank Building">Industrial National Bank Building</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The building contrasts with the city's second tallest structure—<a href="/wiki/One_Financial_Plaza" class="mw-redirect" title="One Financial Plaza">One Financial Plaza</a>—which is designed in the modernist style.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other core buildings of the Providence skyline are the postmodern <a href="/wiki/50_Kennedy_Plaza" title="50 Kennedy Plaza">50 Kennedy Plaza</a> and late modern <a href="/wiki/Textron_Tower" title="Textron Tower">Textron Tower</a>. Downtown is also the home of the historic <a href="/wiki/Providence_Biltmore" title="Providence Biltmore">Providence Biltmore</a> hotel and <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Arcade" title="Westminster Arcade">Westminster Arcade</a>—the oldest enclosed shopping mall in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city's southern waterfront, away from the downtown core, is the location of oil tanks, ferry and sailing docks, power plants, and nightclubs. The <a href="/wiki/Soviet_submarine_K-77" title="Soviet submarine K-77">Russian Submarine Museum</a> was located here until 2008, when the submarine sank. The <a href="/wiki/Fox_Point_Hurricane_Barrier" title="Fox Point Hurricane Barrier">Fox Point Hurricane Barrier</a> is also found here, built to protect Providence from <a href="/wiki/Storm_surge" title="Storm surge">storm surge</a> like those endured by the city during the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Hurricane_of_1938" class="mw-redirect" title="New England Hurricane of 1938">1938 New England Hurricane</a> and 1954 <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Carol" title="Hurricane Carol">Hurricane Carol</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shepard_Company_Building_and_clock.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Shepard Company Building in Downtown Providence's compact urban center"><img alt="The Shepard Company Building in Downtown Providence's compact urban center" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Shepard_Company_Building_and_clock.jpg/170px-Shepard_Company_Building_and_clock.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Shepard_Company_Building_and_clock.jpg/255px-Shepard_Company_Building_and_clock.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Shepard_Company_Building_and_clock.jpg/340px-Shepard_Company_Building_and_clock.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Shepard_Company_Building" title="Shepard Company Building">Shepard Company Building</a> in Downtown Providence's compact urban center</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Burnside_Park_on_snowy_day.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Burnside Park in Downtown Providence facing the city's primary row of high rises"><img alt="Burnside Park in Downtown Providence facing the city's primary row of high rises" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Burnside_Park_on_snowy_day.jpg/170px-Burnside_Park_on_snowy_day.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Burnside_Park_on_snowy_day.jpg/255px-Burnside_Park_on_snowy_day.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Burnside_Park_on_snowy_day.jpg/340px-Burnside_Park_on_snowy_day.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2287" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Burnside_Park,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Burnside Park, Providence, Rhode Island">Burnside Park</a> in Downtown Providence facing the city's primary row of high rises</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Providence_Riverwalk.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Providence Riverwalk, at the edge of downtown"><img alt="The Providence Riverwalk, at the edge of downtown" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Providence_Riverwalk.jpg/170px-Providence_Riverwalk.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Providence_Riverwalk.jpg/255px-Providence_Riverwalk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Providence_Riverwalk.jpg/340px-Providence_Riverwalk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Providence Riverwalk, at the edge of downtown</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="infobox" style="width: 19.5em; float: right; clear: both; text-align: center; border: solid 1px silver" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr><th>Providence</th></tr> <tr><th style="font-size: 90%">Climate chart (<a href="/wiki/Template:Climate_chart/How_to_read_a_climate_chart" title="Template:Climate chart/How to read a climate chart">explanation</a>)</th></tr> <tr><td><table class="infobox" style="width: 100%; margin: 0; float: right; clear: both; text-align: center; border: none; font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">F</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">S</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">O</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">N</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">D</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.96088em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3.9</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:6.7733333333333em;height:1.8222222222222em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.5955555555556em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">37</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.2733333333333em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">21</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.67132em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3.3</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:7.0622222222222em;height:1.8555555555556em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.9177777777778em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">40</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.5622222222222em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">24</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.54508em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">5</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:7.7733333333333em;height:1.9777777777778em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.7511111111111em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">48</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:6.2733333333333em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">30</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.21488em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.4</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:8.9844444444444em;height:1.9666666666667em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.951111111111em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">59</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:7.4844444444444em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">41</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.8034em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3.6</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:9.84em;height:2.2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.04em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">68</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.34em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">49</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.84912em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3.6</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:10.928888888889em;height:2.1222222222222em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.051111111111em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">78</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.4288888888889em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">58</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.67132em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3.3</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:11.573333333333em;height:2.0666666666667em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.64em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">83</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.073333333333em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">64</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.8288em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3.6</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:11.462222222222em;height:2.0222222222222em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.484444444444em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">81</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.9622222222222em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">63</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.99136em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3.9</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:10.584444444444em;height:2.1em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.684444444444em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">74</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.0844444444444em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">55</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.99644em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3.9</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:9.3177777777778em;height:2.1555555555556em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.473333333333em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">63</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:7.8177777777778em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">44</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.29108em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.5</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:8.4066666666667em;height:1.9444444444444em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.351111111111em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">53</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:6.9066666666667em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">36</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.14376em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.2</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:7.3622222222222em;height:1.7777777777778em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.14em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">42</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.8622222222222em; left:0;width:1.5em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">26</span></div> </div></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: red; background-color: red">█</span> Average max. and min. temperatures in °F</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: #aaccee; background-color: #aaccee">█</span> Precipitation totals in inches</td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr> <tr><td> <table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 100%; margin: 0; float: right; clear: both; text-align: center; border: none; font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr><th colspan="12">Metric conversion</th></tr> <tr> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">F</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">S</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">O</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">N</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">D</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.96088em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">98</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:6.7733333333333em;height:1.8222222222222em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.5955555555556em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">3</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.2733333333333em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−6</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.67132em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">84</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:7.0622222222222em;height:1.8555555555556em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.9177777777778em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">5</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.5622222222222em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−5</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.54508em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">127</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:7.7733333333333em;height:1.9777777777778em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.7511111111111em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">9</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:6.2733333333333em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−1</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.21488em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">111</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:8.9844444444444em;height:1.9666666666667em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.951111111111em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">15</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:7.4844444444444em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">5</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.8034em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">90</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:9.84em;height:2.2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.04em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">20</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.34em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">9</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.84912em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">92</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:10.928888888889em;height:2.1222222222222em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.051111111111em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">25</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.4288888888889em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">15</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.67132em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">84</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:11.573333333333em;height:2.0666666666667em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.64em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">28</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.073333333333em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">18</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.8288em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">91</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:11.462222222222em;height:2.0222222222222em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.484444444444em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">27</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.9622222222222em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">17</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.99136em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">100</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:10.584444444444em;height:2.1em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.684444444444em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">23</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.0844444444444em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">13</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.99644em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">100</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:9.3177777777778em;height:2.1555555555556em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.473333333333em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">17</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:7.8177777777778em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">7</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.29108em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">115</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:8.4066666666667em;height:1.9444444444444em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.351111111111em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">12</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:6.9066666666667em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">2</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.14376em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">107</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.2em;width:1.2em;bottom:7.3622222222222em;height:1.7777777777778em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.14em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">6</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:5.8622222222222em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">−3</span></div> </div></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: red; background-color: red">█</span> Average max. and min. temperatures in °C</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: #aaccee; background-color: #aaccee">█</span> Precipitation totals in mm</td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Providence has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">humid continental climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Dfa</i>) bordering a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> with hot summers, and cool to cold winters. The 2023 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture" title="United States Department of Agriculture">USDA</a> places the city in <a href="/wiki/Hardiness_zone" title="Hardiness zone">hardiness zone</a> 7a.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The influence of the Atlantic Ocean keeps the state of Rhode Island warmer than many inland locales in New England.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>July is the warmest month with a daily mean of 73.5 °F (23.1 °C) and highs rising to 90 °F (32 °C) or higher an average of 10 days per summer, January is the coldest month with a daily mean of 29.2 °F (−1.6 °C) and low temperatures dropping to 10 °F (−12 °C) or lower an average of 11 days per winter.<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while.<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Extremes range from −17 °F or −27.2 °C on February 9, 1934<sup id="cite_ref-Lovecraft_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lovecraft-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to 104 °F or 40 °C on August 2, 1975;<sup id="cite_ref-TWC_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TWC-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the record cold daily maximum is 1 °F (−17.2 °C) on February 5, 1918, while the record warm daily minimum is 80 °F (26.7 °C) on June 6, 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_70-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Temperature readings of 0 °F or −17.8 °C or lower are uncommon in Providence and generally occur once every several years. The year which had the most days with a temperature reading of zero degrees or lower was 2015 with eight days total—one day in January and seven days in February.<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_70-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conversely, temperature readings of 100 °F or 37.8 °C or higher are even rarer, and the year with the most days in this category was 1944 with three days, all of which were in August.<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_70-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Monthly <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> in Providence ranges from a high of 4.43 inches (112.5 mm) in March to a low of 3.17 inches (80.5 mm) in July.<sup id="cite_ref-TWC_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TWC-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In general, precipitation levels are slightly less in the summer months than the winter months, when <a href="/wiki/Nor%27easter" title="Nor'easter">nor'easters</a> can cause significant snowfall on occasion. <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" title="Tropical cyclone">Hurricanes</a> have impacted Providence, and Providence's location at the head of <a href="/wiki/Narragansett_Bay" title="Narragansett Bay">Narragansett Bay</a> makes it vulnerable to storm surges. <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Carol" title="Hurricane Carol">Hurricane Carol</a> in 1954 and the <a href="/wiki/1938_Hurricane" class="mw-redirect" title="1938 Hurricane">1938 Hurricane</a> were particularly damaging.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; 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F. Green Airport">T. F. Green Airport</a>), 1991–2020 normals,<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> extremes 1904–present<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72<br />(22) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">102<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81<br />(27) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77<br />(25) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFB871; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.7<br />(14.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.9<br />(14.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.1<br />(19.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.3<br />(26.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.2<br />(30.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.5<br />(33.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.8<br />(34.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.7<br />(33.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.6<br />(30.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.9<br />(26.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.1<br />(21.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.5<br />(16.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF2600; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">96.6<br />(35.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.3<br />(3.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFDFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.5<br />(4.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.7<br />(8.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.9<br />(14.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.9<br />(20.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.7<br />(25.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.6<br />(28.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.2<br />(27.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.8<br />(23.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.8<br />(17.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.2<br />(11.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.4<br />(6.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFAE5D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">61.1<br />(16.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.2<br />(−1.0) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.9<br />(3.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.3<br />(9.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.1<br />(15.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.2<br />(20.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.4<br />(23.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.0<br />(22.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.6<br />(18.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.4<br />(12.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.5<br />(6.9) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.5<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">52.1<br />(11.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.1<br />(−5.5) </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.5<br />(−4.7) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.2<br />(−1.0) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.6<br />(4.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.2<br />(9.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.8<br />(14.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.2<br />(18.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.9<br />(17.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.5<br />(13.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.1<br />(7.3) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.8<br />(2.1) </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(−2.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E7; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">43.1<br />(6.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.1<br />(−15.5) </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4<br />(−13.7) </td> <td style="background: #B3B3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.1<br />(−9.4) </td> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.5<br />(−1.9) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.1<br />(3.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.2<br />(8.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.2<br />(13.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.3<br />(12.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.1<br />(6.2) </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.7<br />(−0.2) </td> <td style="background: #C7C7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(−5.7) </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(−10.9) </td> <td style="background: #8C8CFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2.0<br />(−16.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #5F5FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−13<br />(−25) </td> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−17<br />(−27) </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(−17) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11<br />(−12) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(−2) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39<br />(4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48<br />(9) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40<br />(4) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(−14) </td> <td style="background: #6565FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−12<br />(−24) </td> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−17<br />(−27) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #68FF68; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.96<br />(101) </td> <td style="background: #70FF70; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.44<br />(87) </td> <td style="background: #46FF46; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.90<br />(124) </td> <td style="background: #57FF57; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.29<br />(109) </td> <td style="background: #7EFF7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.37<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #69FF69; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.81<br />(97) </td> <td style="background: #90FF90; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.91<br />(74) </td> <td style="background: #77FF77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.59<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #5BFF5B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.17<br />(106) </td> <td style="background: #61FF61; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.18<br />(106) </td> <td style="background: #58FF58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.27<br />(108) </td> <td style="background: #4FFF4F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.65<br />(118) </td> <td style="background: #66FF66; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">47.54<br />(1,208) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #00007A; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">10.3<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #000044; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(27) </td> <td style="background: #1010FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">6.4<br />(16) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6<br />(1.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(0.51) </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(2.5) </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">7.6<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">36.6<br />(93) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2 </td> <td style="background: #7373FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3 </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6 </td> <td style="background: #6969FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7 </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.2 </td> <td style="background: #7575FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8 </td> <td style="background: #8C8CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3 </td> <td style="background: #8E8EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6 </td> <td style="background: #6C6CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9 </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">127.0 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7 </td> <td style="background: #B5B5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4 </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7 </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6 </td> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4 </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19.3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0A0AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">63.9 </td> <td style="background: #0E0EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">63.0 </td> <td style="background: #0E0EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">62.9 </td> <td style="background: #1414FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">61.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000F1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000E8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000F1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000F6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000FB; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">67.5 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Dew_point" title="Dew point">dew point</a> °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3<br />(−8.7) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.4<br />(−8.1) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(−3.9) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.1<br />(0.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.0<br />(7.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC388; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.6<br />(13.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.5<br />(16.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.0<br />(16.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.8<br />(12.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF5EB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.6<br />(5.9) </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.3<br />(0.7) </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.1<br />(−5.5) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">38.9<br />(3.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">171.7 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">172.6 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">215.6 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">225.1 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">254.9 </td> <td style="background: #EAEA02; color:#000000;" class="notheme">274.1 </td> <td style="background: #ECEC06; color:#000000;" class="notheme">290.6 </td> <td style="background: #E6E600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">262.8 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">233.0 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">208.7 </td> <td style="background: #C5C505; color:#000000;" class="notheme">148.0 </td> <td style="background: #C3C311; color:#000000;" class="notheme">148.6 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,605.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Percent <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">possible sunshine</a> </th> <td style="background: #FFFF53; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF53; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF53; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF4B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF4F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF5B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF68; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF63; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF53; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">58 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Ultraviolet_index" title="Ultraviolet index">ultraviolet index</a> </th> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a> (relative humidity, dew point, and sun 1961–1990)<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_70-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_txt_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA_txt-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-noaasun_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noaasun-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: Weather Atlas <sup id="cite_ref-Weather_Atlas_-_Providence_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weather_Atlas_-_Providence-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <table style="width:auto;text-align:center;line-height:1.2em;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Providence </th></tr> <tr> <th>Month </th> <th>Jan </th> <th>Feb </th> <th>Mar </th> <th>Apr </th> <th>May </th> <th>Jun </th> <th>Jul </th> <th>Aug </th> <th>Sep </th> <th>Oct </th> <th>Nov </th> <th>Dec </th> <th style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr> <th>Average sea temperature °F (°C) </th> <td style="background:#4E4EFF;color:#FFFFFF;">41.4<br />(5.2) </td> <td style="background:#3232FF;color:#FFFFFF;">38.1<br />(3.4) </td> <td style="background:#3838FF;color:#FFFFFF;">38.7<br />(3.8) </td> <td style="background:#6464FF;color:#FFFFFF;">44.1<br />(6.7) </td> <td style="background:#9D9DFF;color:#000000;">50.9<br />(10.5) </td> <td style="background:#E5E5FF;color:#000000;">59.6<br />(15.3) </td> <td style="background:#FFCF33;color:#000000;">67.0<br />(19.4) </td> <td style="background:#FFB600;color:#000000;">69.3<br />(20.7) </td> <td style="background:#FFD13B;color:#000000;">66.7<br />(19.3) </td> <td style="background:#F5F5FF;color:#000000;">61.6<br />(16.4) </td> <td style="background:#B8B8FF;color:#000000;">54.2<br />(12.3) </td> <td style="background:#8484FF;color:#000000;">47.7<br />(8.8) </td> <td style="background:#B1B1FF;color:#000000;border-left-width:medium">53.3<br />(11.8) </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="14" 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title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1708</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,446</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1730</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,916</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+170.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1748</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,452</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−11.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1755</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,159</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−8.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1774</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">4,321</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+36.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1782</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,310</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1790_United_States_census" title="1790 United States census">1790</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">6,380</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+48.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_census" title="1800 United States census">1800</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">7,614</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+19.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">10,070</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+32.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">11,767</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+16.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">16,833</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+43.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">23,171</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+37.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">41,513</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+79.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">50,666</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+22.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">68,904</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+36.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">104,857</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+52.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">132,146</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+26.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">175,597</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+32.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">224,326</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+27.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">237,595</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+5.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">252,981</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+6.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">253,504</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">248,674</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">207,498</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−16.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">179,213</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−13.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">156,804</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−12.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">160,728</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">173,618</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+8.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">178,042</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">190,934</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+7.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2022</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">189,563</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.7%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States 1790 to 1990<sup id="cite_ref-population_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-population-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />2022 Estimate<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1708 to 1782<sup id="cite_ref-ColonialPop_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ColonialPop-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000 United States census</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Providence's population consisted of 173,618 people, 162,389 households, and 35,859 families. The population density was 9,401.7 inhabitants per square mile (3,630.0/km<sup>2</sup>), characteristic of other small cities in <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> such as <a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">New Haven, Connecticut</a>; <a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="Springfield, Massachusetts">Springfield, Massachusetts</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" title="Hartford, Connecticut">Hartford, Connecticut</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-demographics_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demographics-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city's population peaked in the 1940s, just prior to the nationwide period of rapid <a href="/wiki/Suburbanization" title="Suburbanization">suburbanization</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-population_80-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-population-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Providence_metropolitan_area" title="Providence metropolitan area">Providence metropolitan area</a> includes Providence, <a href="/wiki/Fall_River,_Massachusetts" title="Fall River, Massachusetts">Fall River, Massachusetts</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Warwick,_Rhode_Island" title="Warwick, Rhode Island">Warwick</a>, and is estimated to have a population of 1,622,520. In 2006, this area was officially added to the Boston Combined Statistical Area (CSA), the <a href="/wiki/Table_of_United_States_Combined_Statistical_Areas" class="mw-redirect" title="Table of United States Combined Statistical Areas">sixth-largest CSA in the country</a>. In recent years, Providence has experienced a sizable growth in its under-18 population. The median age of the city was 28 years, while the largest age <a href="/wiki/Cohort_(statistics)" title="Cohort (statistics)">cohort</a> is 20- to 24-year-olds as of 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Historical racial and ethnic profile</th> <th>2020<sup id="cite_ref-demographics_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demographics-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>2010<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>1990<sup id="cite_ref-pop1_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop1-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>1970<sup id="cite_ref-pop1_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop1-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>1950<sup id="cite_ref-pop1_87-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop1-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/White_American" class="mw-redirect" title="White American">White</a></td> <td>53.1%</td> <td>49.8%</td> <td>69.9%</td> <td>90.0%</td> <td>96.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td> —<a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_whites" title="Non-Hispanic whites">Non-Hispanic</a></td> <td>33.8%</td> <td>37.6%</td> <td>64.5%</td> <td>89.5%<sup id="cite_ref-fifteen_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fifteen-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">Black or African American</a></td> <td>16.1%</td> <td>16.0%</td> <td>14.8%</td> <td>8.9%</td> <td>3.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (of any race)</td> <td>43.5%</td> <td>38.1%</td> <td>15.5%</td> <td>0.8%<sup id="cite_ref-fifteen_88-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fifteen-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian American">Asian</a></td> <td>5.6%</td> <td>6.4%</td> <td>5.9%</td> <td>0.5%</td> <td>0.1% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Providence, Rhode Island – Racial and ethnic composition</b><br /><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.</i></span></small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity <small>(<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)</small> </th> <th>Pop 2000<sup id="cite_ref-2000CensusP004_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2000CensusP004-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>79,451 </td> <td>66,910 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">61,917 </td> <td>45.76% </td> <td>37.58% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">32.43% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>22,103 </td> <td>23,399 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">22,429 </td> <td>12.73% </td> <td>13.14% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">11.75% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>1,446 </td> <td>1,220 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">905 </td> <td>0.83% </td> <td>0.69% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.47% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>10,303 </td> <td>11,153 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">11,359 </td> <td>5.93% </td> <td>6.26% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">5.95% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>81 </td> <td>88 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">66 </td> <td>0.05% </td> <td>0.05% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Some Other Race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>1,731 </td> <td>1,727 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">2,167 </td> <td>1.00% </td> <td>0.97% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">1.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed Race or Multi-Racial</a> (NH) </td> <td>6,357 </td> <td>5,710 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">8,276 </td> <td>3.66% </td> <td>3.21% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">4.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>52,146 </td> <td>67,835 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">83,815 </td> <td>30.03% </td> <td>38.10% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">43.90% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>173,618</b> </td> <td><b>178,042</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>190,934</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Providence has a racially and ethnically diverse population. In 2020, <a href="/wiki/White_Americans" title="White Americans">white Americans</a> formed 53.1% of the population, including a sizable white Hispanic community. <a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_whites" title="Non-Hispanic whites">Non-Hispanic whites</a> were 33.8% of the total population,<sup id="cite_ref-demographics_84-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demographics-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> down from 89.5% in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-pop1_87-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop1-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Providence has had a substantial <a href="/wiki/Italian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian American">Italian American</a> population since the start of the 20th century, with 14% of the population claiming Italian ancestry.<sup id="cite_ref-bycountry_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bycountry-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Italian influence manifests itself in Providence's '<a href="/wiki/Little_Italy" title="Little Italy">Little Italy</a>' in Federal Hill.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Irish_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish American">Irish</a> immigrants have also had considerable influence on the city's history, with 8% of residents claiming Irish heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The percentages of people claiming Irish and Italian ancestry, though high, has gone down considerably from historical highs, and is much lower than the percentages of these groups in Rhode Island as a whole. The city also has a sizable Jewish community, estimated at 10,500 in 2012, or roughly 5% of the city's population.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, people of <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> origin composed 43.5% of the city's population.<sup id="cite_ref-demographics_84-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demographics-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They formed a majority of city public school students as of 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The majority of Hispanics in Providence are of <a href="/wiki/Dominican_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominican American">Dominican</a> descent. Numbering roughly 25,000 and constituting roughly half of the city's Hispanic population, Providence's Dominican community is the fifth largest in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-factfinder2.census.gov_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-factfinder2.census.gov-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other Hispanic groups present in sizable numbers include Puerto Ricans, Guatemalans, and Colombians. Hispanics are widespread in significant numbers in most of Providence, but most concentrated in the neighborhoods of <a href="/wiki/Elmwood,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Elmwood, Providence, Rhode Island">Elmwood</a>, the West End, and <a href="/wiki/Upper_South_Providence,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Upper South Providence, Providence, Rhode Island">Upper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lower_South_Providence,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Lower South Providence, Providence, Rhode Island">Lower South Providence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hispanic_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hispanic-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. census)">African Americans</a> constitute 16.1%<sup id="cite_ref-demographics_84-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demographics-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the city's population, with their greatest concentrations found in <a href="/wiki/Mount_Hope,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Mount Hope, Providence, Rhode Island">Mount Hope</a> and the Upper and Lower South Providence neighborhoods.<sup id="cite_ref-census_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-racebyplace_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-racebyplace-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Providence has small Liberian and Haitian communities in the city. Liberians compose 0.4% of the population;<sup id="cite_ref-bycountry_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bycountry-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the city is home to one of the largest Liberian immigrant populations in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. census)">Asian-Americans</a> constitute 5.6% of Providence's population. The largest Asian groups are <a href="/wiki/Cambodian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambodian American">Cambodians</a> (1.7%), <a href="/wiki/Chinese_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese American">Chinese</a> (1.1%), <a href="/wiki/Indian_Americans" title="Indian Americans">Indian Americans</a> (0.7%), <a href="/wiki/Laotian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Laotian American">Laotians</a> (0.6%), and <a href="/wiki/Korean_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean American">Koreans</a> (0.6%). Another 6% of the city has multiracial ancestry. American Indians and Pacific Islanders make up the remaining 0.9%.<sup id="cite_ref-racebyplace_100-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-racebyplace-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Providence has a considerable community of immigrants from various <a href="/wiki/Lusophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusophone">Portuguese-speaking</a> countries, especially Portugal, Brazil, and <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a>. These residents are concentrated in the Washington Park and Fox Point neighborhoods.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese American">Portuguese</a> is the city's third-largest European ethnicity, after Italian and Irish. <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verdean_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Verdean American">Cape Verdeans</a> compose 2% of the city's population.<sup id="cite_ref-bycountry_92-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bycountry-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> as of the 2000 census was $15,525, which is well below both the state average of $29,113 and the national average of $21,587.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The median income for a household was $26,867, and the median income for a family in Providence was $32,058,. The city has one of the highest rates of poverty in the nation with 29.1% of the population and 23.9% of families living below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>. Of residents in poverty, the largest concentrations are found in the city's Olneyville, and Upper and Lower South Providence areas.<sup id="cite_ref-poverty_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poverty-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-povmap_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-povmap-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Poverty has affected children at a disproportionately higher rate, with 40.1% of those under the age of 18 living below the poverty line. These residents are concentrated west of Downtown in the neighborhoods of Hartford, Federal Hill, and Olneyville.<sup id="cite_ref-povmap_108-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-povmap-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Prov-econ.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/Prov-econ.png/220px-Prov-econ.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/Prov-econ.png/330px-Prov-econ.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/Prov-econ.png/440px-Prov-econ.png 2x" data-file-width="1102" data-file-height="820" /></a><figcaption>Distribution of Providence's economic activity</figcaption></figure> <p>Over one third of Providence's economy is based in trade, transportation, utilities, and educational and health services.<sup id="cite_ref-bls_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bls-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the capital of Rhode Island, the city's economy additionally consists of government services, with approximately 70,000 jobs.<sup id="cite_ref-bls_109-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bls-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The unemployment rate in the city is 5.0% as of August 2022, compared to a national rate of 3.8%.<sup id="cite_ref-bls_109-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bls-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prominent companies headquartered in Providence include Fortune 500 <a href="/wiki/Textron" title="Textron">Textron</a>, an advanced technologies industrial conglomerate; <a href="/wiki/United_Natural_Foods" title="United Natural Foods">United Natural Foods</a>, a distributor of natural and organic foods; Fortune 1000 Nortek Incorporated; <a href="/wiki/Gilbane,_Inc." title="Gilbane, Inc.">Gilbane</a>, a construction and real estate company. Other companies with headquarters in the city include <a href="/wiki/Citizens_Financial_Group" title="Citizens Financial Group">Citizens Bank</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Group" title="Virgin Group">Virgin Pulse</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%98rsted_US_Offshore_Wind" title="Ørsted US Offshore Wind">Ørsted US Offshore Wind</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Providence_Equity" title="Providence Equity">Providence Equity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Providence is the site of a <a href="/wiki/Sectional_center_facility" title="Sectional center facility">sectional center facility</a> (SCF), a regional hub for the U.S. Postal Service.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Providence is also home to some of toy manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Hasbro" title="Hasbro">Hasbro</a>'s business operations, although their headquarters are in Pawtucket. </p><p>The city is home to the <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Convention_Center" title="Rhode Island Convention Center">Rhode Island Convention Center</a>, which opened in December 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-convention_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-convention-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with a hotel, the convention center is connected to the <a href="/wiki/Providence_Place" title="Providence Place">Providence Place Mall</a>, a major retail center, through a <a href="/wiki/Skywalk" class="mw-redirect" title="Skywalk">skywalk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-convention_113-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-convention-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:232px;max-width:232px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader">Arts and Culture</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:230px;max-width:230px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:159px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Providence_Performing_Arts_Center_(PPAC)_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Providence_Performing_Arts_Center_%28PPAC%29_2012.jpg/228px-Providence_Performing_Arts_Center_%28PPAC%29_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="228" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Providence_Performing_Arts_Center_%28PPAC%29_2012.jpg/342px-Providence_Performing_Arts_Center_%28PPAC%29_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Providence_Performing_Arts_Center_%28PPAC%29_2012.jpg/456px-Providence_Performing_Arts_Center_%28PPAC%29_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1397" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The <a href="/wiki/Providence_Performing_Arts_Center" title="Providence Performing Arts Center">Providence Performing Arts Center</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:230px;max-width:230px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:152px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Washington_Street_during_PVDFest_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Washington_Street_during_PVDFest_2024.jpg/228px-Washington_Street_during_PVDFest_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="228" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Washington_Street_during_PVDFest_2024.jpg/342px-Washington_Street_during_PVDFest_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Washington_Street_during_PVDFest_2024.jpg/456px-Washington_Street_during_PVDFest_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3600" data-file-height="2400" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Washington St. in downtown Providence during PVDFest 2024</div></div></div></div></div> <p>Much of Providence culture is synonymous with the <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Culture of Rhode Island">culture of Rhode Island</a> as a whole. Like the state, the city has a <a href="/wiki/Non-rhotic" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-rhotic">non-rhotic</a> accent that can be heard on local media. Providence also shares Rhode Island's affinity for coffee, with the most coffee and doughnut shops per capita of any city in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Providence is also reputed to have the highest number of restaurants per capita of major U.S. cities.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the summer months, the city regularly hosts <a href="/wiki/WaterFire" title="WaterFire">WaterFire</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Environmental_art" title="Environmental art">environmental art</a> installation that consists of about 100 bonfires which blaze just above the surface of the three rivers that pass through the middle of Downtown Providence.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are multiple WaterFire events that are accompanied by various pieces of classical and <a href="/wiki/World_music" title="World music">world music</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Providence has several ethnic neighborhoods, notably <a href="/wiki/Federal_Hill,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Federal Hill, Providence, Rhode Island">Federal Hill</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Charles,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Charles, Providence, Rhode Island">North End</a> (Italian),<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fox_Point,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Fox Point, Providence, Rhode Island">Fox Point</a> (Portuguese),<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/West_End,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="West End, Providence, Rhode Island">West End</a> (mainly Central American and Asian),<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Smith_Hill,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Smith Hill, Providence, Rhode Island">Smith Hill</a> (Irish).<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also many dedicated community organizations and arts associations located in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-hist2_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist2-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city gained the reputation as one of the most active and growing gay and lesbian communities in the Northeast.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gay_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gay-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rate of reported gay and lesbian relationships is 75% higher than the national average.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former mayor <a href="/wiki/David_Cicilline" title="David Cicilline">David Cicilline</a> won his election running as an openly gay man.<sup id="cite_ref-leading_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leading-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former Mayor <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Cianci" title="Buddy Cianci">Buddy Cianci</a> instituted the position of Mayor's Liaison to the Gay and Lesbian community in the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-gay_124-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gay-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Providence is home to the largest <a href="/wiki/Gay_bathhouse" title="Gay bathhouse">gay bathhouse</a> in New England.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city is the home of the <a href="/wiki/Tony_Awards" title="Tony Awards">Tony Award</a>-winning theater group <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Repertory_Company" title="Trinity Repertory Company">Trinity Repertory Company</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Providence_Black_Repertory_Company" title="Providence Black Repertory Company">Providence Black Repertory Company</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra">Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-culture_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-culture-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as groups such as <a href="/wiki/The_American_Band" title="The American Band">The American Band</a>, once associated with noted American composer <a href="/wiki/David_Wallis_Reeves" title="David Wallis Reeves">David Wallis Reeves</a>. Providence hosts several performing arts centers, such as the <a href="/wiki/Veterans_Memorial_Auditorium_(Providence)" class="mw-redirect" title="Veterans Memorial Auditorium (Providence)">Veterans Memorial Auditorium</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Providence_Performing_Arts_Center" title="Providence Performing Arts Center">Providence Performing Arts Center</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Festival_Ballet_Providence" class="mw-redirect" title="Festival Ballet Providence">Festival Ballet Providence</a>. The city's underground music is centered on artist-run spaces such as the now-defunct <a href="/wiki/Fort_Thunder" title="Fort Thunder">Fort Thunder</a> and is known in underground music circles.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Providence is also home to the <a href="/wiki/Providence_Improv_Guild" title="Providence Improv Guild">Providence Improv Guild</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Improvisational_theatre" title="Improvisational theatre">improvisational theatre</a> that has weekly performances and offers improv and sketch comedy classes, and <a href="/wiki/AS220" title="AS220">AS220</a>, a long-standing non-profit arts center with exhibition, educational, and performance spaces, as well as live-work studios.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A multi-day annual outdoor arts festival, PVDFest, features a mix of live music performances, art installations, craft markets, and food vendors showcasing global cuisines.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sites_of_interest">Sites of interest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sites of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Registered_Historic_Places_in_Providence,_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Registered Historic Places in Providence, Rhode Island">List of Registered Historic Places in Providence, Rhode Island</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:342px;max-width:342px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:159px;max-width:159px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:117px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roger_Williams_National_Memorial_entrance_sign,_Providence_Rhode_Island.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Roger_Williams_National_Memorial_entrance_sign%2C_Providence_Rhode_Island.jpg/157px-Roger_Williams_National_Memorial_entrance_sign%2C_Providence_Rhode_Island.jpg" decoding="async" width="157" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Roger_Williams_National_Memorial_entrance_sign%2C_Providence_Rhode_Island.jpg/236px-Roger_Williams_National_Memorial_entrance_sign%2C_Providence_Rhode_Island.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Roger_Williams_National_Memorial_entrance_sign%2C_Providence_Rhode_Island.jpg/314px-Roger_Williams_National_Memorial_entrance_sign%2C_Providence_Rhode_Island.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2250" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_National_Memorial" title="Roger Williams National Memorial">Roger Williams National Memorial</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:179px;max-width:179px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:117px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bandstand_and_Casino,_Roger_Williams_Park,_Providence,_Rhode_Island.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Bandstand_and_Casino%2C_Roger_Williams_Park%2C_Providence%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg/177px-Bandstand_and_Casino%2C_Roger_Williams_Park%2C_Providence%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg" decoding="async" width="177" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Bandstand_and_Casino%2C_Roger_Williams_Park%2C_Providence%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg/266px-Bandstand_and_Casino%2C_Roger_Williams_Park%2C_Providence%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Bandstand_and_Casino%2C_Roger_Williams_Park%2C_Providence%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg/354px-Bandstand_and_Casino%2C_Roger_Williams_Park%2C_Providence%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_Park" title="Roger Williams Park">Roger Williams Park</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:140px;max-width:140px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:148px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roger_Williams_statue_at_Propect_Terrace_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Roger_Williams_statue_at_Propect_Terrace_Park.jpg/138px-Roger_Williams_statue_at_Propect_Terrace_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="138" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Roger_Williams_statue_at_Propect_Terrace_Park.jpg/207px-Roger_Williams_statue_at_Propect_Terrace_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Roger_Williams_statue_at_Propect_Terrace_Park.jpg/276px-Roger_Williams_statue_at_Propect_Terrace_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2795" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Prospect_Terrace_Park" title="Prospect Terrace Park">Prospect Terrace Park</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:198px;max-width:198px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:148px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RISD_Museum_of_art_interior.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/RISD_Museum_of_art_interior.jpg/196px-RISD_Museum_of_art_interior.jpg" decoding="async" width="196" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/RISD_Museum_of_art_interior.jpg/294px-RISD_Museum_of_art_interior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/RISD_Museum_of_art_interior.jpg/392px-RISD_Museum_of_art_interior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2600" data-file-height="1967" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_School_of_Design_Museum" title="Rhode Island School of Design Museum">Rhode Island School of Design Museum</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:186px;max-width:186px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:122px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_Stone_Bank_Providence_RI.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Old_Stone_Bank_Providence_RI.jpg/184px-Old_Stone_Bank_Providence_RI.jpg" decoding="async" width="184" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Old_Stone_Bank_Providence_RI.jpg/276px-Old_Stone_Bank_Providence_RI.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Old_Stone_Bank_Providence_RI.jpg/368px-Old_Stone_Bank_Providence_RI.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Old_Stone_Bank" title="Old Stone Bank">Old Stone Bank</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:152px;max-width:152px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:122px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Providence_Athenaeum_exterior_sign_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Providence_Athenaeum_exterior_sign_2014.jpg/150px-Providence_Athenaeum_exterior_sign_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Providence_Athenaeum_exterior_sign_2014.jpg/225px-Providence_Athenaeum_exterior_sign_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Providence_Athenaeum_exterior_sign_2014.jpg/300px-Providence_Athenaeum_exterior_sign_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1789" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Providence_Athen%C3%A6um" class="mw-redirect" title="Providence Athenæum">Providence Athenæum</a></div></div></div></div></div> <p>Providence is home to a 1,200-acre (4.9 km<sup>2</sup>) park system.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable among these are <a href="/wiki/Waterplace_Park" title="Waterplace Park">Waterplace Park</a> and the Riverwalk, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_Park" title="Roger Williams Park">Roger Williams Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_National_Memorial" title="Roger Williams National Memorial">Roger Williams National Memorial</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Prospect_Terrace_Park" title="Prospect Terrace Park">Prospect Terrace Park</a>. Prospect Terrace Park features expansive views of the downtown area, as well as a 15-foot tall granite statue of Roger Williams gazing over the city. As one of the first cities in America, Providence contains many <a href="/wiki/List_of_Registered_Historic_Places_in_Providence,_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Registered Historic Places in Providence, Rhode Island">historic buildings</a>, while the East Side neighborhood in particular includes the largest contiguous area of buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S., with many pre-revolutionary houses.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Providence's East Side is home to the <a href="/wiki/First_Baptist_Church_in_America" title="First Baptist Church in America">First Baptist Church in America</a>, which was founded by Williams in 1638, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Old_State_House_(Providence,_Rhode_Island)" title="Old State House (Providence, Rhode Island)">Old State House</a> which served as the state's capitol from 1762 to 1904.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nearby is Roger Williams National Memorial. The dome of the <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_State_House" title="Rhode Island State House">State House</a> is the fourth-largest self-supporting marble dome in the world and the second-largest marble dome after <a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica" title="St. Peter's Basilica">St. Peter's Basilica</a> in Rome.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Arcade" title="Westminster Arcade">Westminster Arcade</a> is the oldest enclosed shopping center in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_School_of_Design_Museum" title="Rhode Island School of Design Museum">Rhode Island School of Design Museum</a> contains the 20th-largest collection in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Providence_Athen%C3%A6um" class="mw-redirect" title="Providence Athenæum">Providence Athenæum</a> is the fourth oldest library in the United States, in addition to the <a href="/wiki/Providence_Public_Library" title="Providence Public Library">Providence Public Library</a> and the nine branches of the Providence Community Library.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe" title="Edgar Allan Poe">Edgar Allan Poe</a> frequented the library, and met and courted <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Helen_Whitman" title="Sarah Helen Whitman">Sarah Helen Whitman</a> there.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft" title="H. P. Lovecraft">H. P. Lovecraft</a> was also a regular patron.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Bank Newport City Center is located near Kennedy Plaza in the Downtown district, connected by pedestrian tunnel to Waterplace Park, a cobblestone and concrete park below street traffic that abuts Providence's three rivers.<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-alexandani_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alexandani-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another downtown landmark is the <a href="/wiki/Providence_Biltmore" title="Providence Biltmore">Providence Biltmore</a>, a historic hotel which stands adjacent to Kennedy Plaza.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The southern part of the city is home to the famous roadside attraction <a href="/wiki/Big_Blue_Bug" title="Big Blue Bug">Big Blue Bug</a>, the world's largest <a href="/wiki/Termite" title="Termite">termite</a> and mascot of eponymous <a href="/wiki/Big_Blue_Bug_Solutions" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Blue Bug Solutions">Big Blue Bug Solutions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Roger Williams Park contains <a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_Park_Zoo" title="Roger Williams Park Zoo">a zoo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_Park_Botanical_Center" title="Roger Williams Park Botanical Center">a botanical center</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_Park_Museum_of_Natural_History_and_Planetarium" title="Roger Williams Park Museum of Natural History and Planetarium">Museum of Natural History and Planetarium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dunkin_Donuts_Center_hosts_NCAA_East_Hockey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="ice hockey arena" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Dunkin_Donuts_Center_hosts_NCAA_East_Hockey.jpg/220px-Dunkin_Donuts_Center_hosts_NCAA_East_Hockey.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Dunkin_Donuts_Center_hosts_NCAA_East_Hockey.jpg/330px-Dunkin_Donuts_Center_hosts_NCAA_East_Hockey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Dunkin_Donuts_Center_hosts_NCAA_East_Hockey.jpg/440px-Dunkin_Donuts_Center_hosts_NCAA_East_Hockey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2250" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Amica_Mutual_Pavilion" title="Amica Mutual Pavilion">Amica Mutual Pavilion</a> hosted the <a href="/wiki/2019_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_ice_hockey_tournament#East_Region_–_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="2019 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament">NCAA ice hockey East Regionals</a> in 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>Providence is home to the <a href="/wiki/Providence_Bruins" title="Providence Bruins">Providence Bruins</a> of the <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">American Hockey League</a>, who play at the <a href="/wiki/Amica_Mutual_Pavilion" title="Amica Mutual Pavilion">Amica Mutual Pavilion</a>. From 1926 to 1972, the AHL's <a href="/wiki/Providence_Reds" title="Providence Reds">Providence Reds</a> (renamed the Rhode Island Reds in their last years)<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> played at the <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Auditorium" title="Rhode Island Auditorium">Rhode Island Auditorium</a>. In 1972, the team relocated to the Providence Civic Center, where they played until moving to <a href="/wiki/Binghamton,_New_York" title="Binghamton, New York">Binghamton, New York</a>, in 1977. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> and <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a>'s <a href="/wiki/New_England_Revolution" title="New England Revolution">New England Revolution</a> play in <a href="/wiki/Foxborough,_Massachusetts" title="Foxborough, Massachusetts">Foxborough, Massachusetts</a>, which is situated halfway between Providence and Boston. Providence was formerly home to two major league franchises: the NFL's <a href="/wiki/Providence_Steam_Roller" class="mw-redirect" title="Providence Steam Roller">Providence Steam Roller</a> in the 1920s and 1930s, and the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Providence_Steamrollers" title="Providence Steamrollers">Providence Steamrollers</a> in the 1940s. The Rhode Island Auditorium also hosted 29 of the 49 boxing fights of <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Marciano" title="Rocky Marciano">Rocky Marciano</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1879_Providence_Grays.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/1879_Providence_Grays.jpeg/220px-1879_Providence_Grays.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/1879_Providence_Grays.jpeg/330px-1879_Providence_Grays.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/1879_Providence_Grays.jpeg/440px-1879_Providence_Grays.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1845" data-file-height="951" /></a><figcaption>1879 National League champion <a href="/wiki/Providence_Grays" title="Providence Grays">Providence Grays</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The city's defunct baseball team, the <a href="/wiki/Providence_Grays" title="Providence Grays">Providence Grays</a>, competed in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> from 1879 through 1885. The team defeated the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Metropolitans" title="New York Metropolitans">New York Metropolitans</a> in baseball's first successful "world championship series" in 1884.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1914, after the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> purchased <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a> from the then-minor league <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles_(minor_league)" title="Baltimore Orioles (minor league)">Baltimore Orioles</a>, the team prepared Ruth for the major leagues by sending him to finish the season playing for a minor league team in Providence that was also known as the Grays. Most baseball fans—along with the local media—tend to follow the Boston Red Sox.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Major colleges and universities fielding NCAA Division I athletic teams are Brown University and Providence College. The latter is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(2013%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Big East Conference (2013–present)">Big East Conference</a>. </p><p>Providence has also hosted the alternative sports event <a href="/wiki/Gravity_Games" title="Gravity Games">Gravity Games</a> from 1999 to 2001, and was also the first host of <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>'s <a href="/wiki/X_Games" title="X Games">X Games</a>, known in its first edition as the Extreme Games, in 1995. Providence has its own <a href="/wiki/Roller_derby" title="Roller derby">roller derby</a> league. Formed in 2004, it currently has four teams: the Providence Mob Squad, the Sakonnet River Roller Rats, the Old Money Honeys, and the Rhode Island Riveters. Until 2020, Providence was home to the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference</a> (The American).<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Providence is also home to the Providence Hurling Club. The Providence Hurling Club was founded in 2015 and competes in the Junior C division of the Boston GAA. Despite being the newest hurling team within the Boston GAA, the Providence Hurling Club has captured two Junior C titles- with the first in 2021 with a win over Hartford and the second in 2023 with a win over Worcester.<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Home games are held at Pleasant View Elementary School in Providence and playoff matches are held at the Irish Cultural Center in Canton, MA.<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="List of mayors of Providence, Rhode Island">List of mayors of Providence, Rhode Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mayoral_elections_in_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Mayoral elections in Providence, Rhode Island">Mayoral elections in Providence, Rhode Island</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Providence_City_Council_Chambers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Providence_City_Council_Chambers.jpg/220px-Providence_City_Council_Chambers.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Providence_City_Council_Chambers.jpg/330px-Providence_City_Council_Chambers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Providence_City_Council_Chambers.jpg/440px-Providence_City_Council_Chambers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1969" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Providence_City_Council" title="Providence City Council">Providence City Council</a> chambers</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Providence_City_Council" title="Providence City Council">Providence City Council</a> consists of 15 councilors, one for each of the city's wards,<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who enact ordinances and pass an annual budget.<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Providence uses a <a href="/wiki/Mayor-council_government#Strong-mayor.2C_or_executive.2C_form" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor-council government">strong-mayor</a> form of government in which the city council acts as a check against the power of the executive branch, the mayor. The members of the Providence City Council are <a href="/wiki/Election" title="Election">elected</a> by residents of the fifteen wards of Providence. City Council members are elected to four-year terms and are limited, by <a href="/wiki/Municipal_charter" title="Municipal charter">City Charter</a>, to serving a maximum of three consecutive full terms (excluding any partial term of less than two years previously served). </p><p>As the state capital, Providence houses the <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_General_Assembly" title="Rhode Island General Assembly">Rhode Island General Assembly</a>, as well as the offices of the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Rhode_Island" title="Governor of Rhode Island">Governor</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island">Lieutenant Governor</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_State_House" title="Rhode Island State House">Rhode Island State House</a>. Providence also has probate and superior courts. The <a href="/wiki/U.S._District_Court_for_the_District_of_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island">U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island</a> is located downtown across from <a href="/wiki/Providence_City_Hall" title="Providence City Hall">Providence City Hall</a> adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Plaza" title="Kennedy Plaza">Kennedy Plaza</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:342px;max-width:342px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader">Universities and colleges</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:183px;max-width:183px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:145px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brown%27s_Open_Curriculum_50_years_picnic.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Brown%27s_Open_Curriculum_50_years_picnic.jpg/181px-Brown%27s_Open_Curriculum_50_years_picnic.jpg" decoding="async" width="181" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Brown%27s_Open_Curriculum_50_years_picnic.jpg/272px-Brown%27s_Open_Curriculum_50_years_picnic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Brown%27s_Open_Curriculum_50_years_picnic.jpg/362px-Brown%27s_Open_Curriculum_50_years_picnic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2415" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Brown_University" title="Brown University">Brown University</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:155px;max-width:155px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:145px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RISD_Waterman_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/RISD_Waterman_Building.jpg/153px-RISD_Waterman_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="153" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/RISD_Waterman_Building.jpg/230px-RISD_Waterman_Building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/RISD_Waterman_Building.jpg/306px-RISD_Waterman_Building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2865" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_School_of_Design" title="Rhode Island School of Design">RISD</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:158px;max-width:158px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:118px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Snowden_Hall,_Johnson_%26_Wales_University_Providence.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Snowden_Hall%2C_Johnson_%26_Wales_University_Providence.jpg/156px-Snowden_Hall%2C_Johnson_%26_Wales_University_Providence.jpg" decoding="async" width="156" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Snowden_Hall%2C_Johnson_%26_Wales_University_Providence.jpg/234px-Snowden_Hall%2C_Johnson_%26_Wales_University_Providence.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Snowden_Hall%2C_Johnson_%26_Wales_University_Providence.jpg/312px-Snowden_Hall%2C_Johnson_%26_Wales_University_Providence.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2275" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Johnson_%26_Wales_University" title="Johnson & Wales University">Johnson & Wales</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:180px;max-width:180px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:118px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Providence_College_Ruane_Center_for_the_Humanities.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Providence_College_Ruane_Center_for_the_Humanities.jpg/178px-Providence_College_Ruane_Center_for_the_Humanities.jpg" decoding="async" width="178" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Providence_College_Ruane_Center_for_the_Humanities.jpg/267px-Providence_College_Ruane_Center_for_the_Humanities.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Providence_College_Ruane_Center_for_the_Humanities.jpg/356px-Providence_College_Ruane_Center_for_the_Humanities.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Providence_College" title="Providence College">Providence College</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:154px;max-width:154px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:106px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Superintendent%27s_home_at_the_former_State_Home_and_School_for_Dependent_and_Neglected_Children.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Superintendent%27s_home_at_the_former_State_Home_and_School_for_Dependent_and_Neglected_Children.jpg/152px-Superintendent%27s_home_at_the_former_State_Home_and_School_for_Dependent_and_Neglected_Children.jpg" decoding="async" width="152" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Superintendent%27s_home_at_the_former_State_Home_and_School_for_Dependent_and_Neglected_Children.jpg/228px-Superintendent%27s_home_at_the_former_State_Home_and_School_for_Dependent_and_Neglected_Children.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Superintendent%27s_home_at_the_former_State_Home_and_School_for_Dependent_and_Neglected_Children.jpg/304px-Superintendent%27s_home_at_the_former_State_Home_and_School_for_Dependent_and_Neglected_Children.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2102" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_College" title="Rhode Island College">Rhode Island College</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:184px;max-width:184px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:106px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Community_College_of_Rhode_Island,_Liston_campus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Community_College_of_Rhode_Island%2C_Liston_campus.jpg/182px-Community_College_of_Rhode_Island%2C_Liston_campus.jpg" decoding="async" width="182" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Community_College_of_Rhode_Island%2C_Liston_campus.jpg/273px-Community_College_of_Rhode_Island%2C_Liston_campus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Community_College_of_Rhode_Island%2C_Liston_campus.jpg/364px-Community_College_of_Rhode_Island%2C_Liston_campus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1755" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Community_College_of_Rhode_Island" title="Community College of Rhode Island">Community College of RI</a></div></div></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_and_secondary_education">Primary and secondary education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Primary and secondary education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Providence_Public_School_District" title="Providence Public School District">Providence Public School District</a> serves about 21,700 students from pre-Kindergarten to grade 12 as of July 2022. The district has 21 elementary schools, seven middle schools, and nine high schools.<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Providence Public School District includes <a href="/wiki/Magnet_school" title="Magnet school">magnet schools</a> at the middle and high school level, <a href="/wiki/Nathanael_Greene_Middle_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Nathanael Greene Middle School">Nathanael Greene</a> and <a href="/wiki/Classical_High_School" title="Classical High School">Classical</a> respectively. There are two separate centers for students with special needs.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two public charter schools, <a href="/wiki/Time_Squared_Academy_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Time Squared Academy High School">Time Squared Academy High School</a> (K–12) and Textron Chamber of Commerce (9–12), are funded by <a href="/wiki/GTECH_Corporation" title="GTECH Corporation">GTECH Corporation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Textron" title="Textron">Textron</a> respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overall, the public high school graduation rate as of 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> is 74%,<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is below the statewide rate of 84%<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the national average of 87%.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A number of private schools also serve Providence students. The city's South Side is home to Community Preparatory School, a private school serving primarily low-income students in grades 3 through 8.<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are several private schools in the city's <a href="/wiki/East_Side,_Providence" class="mw-redirect" title="East Side, Providence">East Side</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Moses_Brown_School" title="Moses Brown School">Moses Brown</a> (Quaker-affiliated), the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_School,_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln School, Rhode Island">Lincoln School</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Wheeler_School" title="Wheeler School">Wheeler School</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Providence_Hebrew_Day_School" title="Providence Hebrew Day School">Providence Hebrew Day School</a> (Orthodox Judaism-affiliated). <a href="/wiki/La_Salle_Academy_(Rhode_Island)" title="La Salle Academy (Rhode Island)">La Salle Academy</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Catholic_school" title="Catholic school">Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/College_preparatory" class="mw-redirect" title="College preparatory">college preparatory</a> school, is located in the North End, near <a href="/wiki/Providence_College" title="Providence College">Providence College</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College_and_universities">College and universities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: College and universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main campuses of five of Rhode Island's colleges and universities are in Providence (city proper): </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brown_University" title="Brown University">Brown University</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Ivy_League" title="Ivy League">Ivy League</a> university and one of nine <a href="/wiki/Colonial_colleges" title="Colonial colleges">colonial colleges</a> in the nation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_%26_Wales_University" title="Johnson & Wales University">Johnson & Wales University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Providence_College" title="Providence College">Providence College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_College" title="Rhode Island College">Rhode Island College</a>, the state's oldest public college</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_School_of_Design" title="Rhode Island School of Design">Rhode Island School of Design</a> (RISD)</li></ul> <p>In addition, the <a href="/wiki/Community_College_of_Rhode_Island" title="Community College of Rhode Island">Community College of Rhode Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_University" title="Roger Williams University">Roger Williams University</a>, and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Rhode_Island" title="University of Rhode Island">University of Rhode Island</a> have satellite campuses in the city. Between these schools, the number of post-secondary students is between 32,000<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 44,000.<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Higher education exerts a considerable presence in the city's politics and economy, compounded by the fact that Brown University is the city's second-largest employer.<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Media_in_Providence_metropolitan_area" title="Media in Providence metropolitan area">Media in Providence metropolitan area</a></div> <p>Providence is the center of <a href="/wiki/Southern_New_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern New England">Southern New England</a>'s broadcasting market, which also encompasses <a href="/wiki/Bristol_County,_Massachusetts" title="Bristol County, Massachusetts">Bristol County, Massachusetts</a>, which includes the cities of <a href="/wiki/Fall_River,_Massachusetts" title="Fall River, Massachusetts">Fall River</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Bedford,_Massachusetts" title="New Bedford, Massachusetts">New Bedford</a>. The city is served by <a href="/wiki/Television_station" title="Television station">television stations</a> representing every major American <a href="/wiki/Television_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Television network">television network</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Radio_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio station">radio stations</a> originating from Providence and <a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_and_medicine">Health and medicine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Health and medicine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Women_and_Infants_Hospital_Providence_RI.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Women_and_Infants_Hospital_Providence_RI.jpg/220px-Women_and_Infants_Hospital_Providence_RI.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Women_and_Infants_Hospital_Providence_RI.jpg/330px-Women_and_Infants_Hospital_Providence_RI.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Women_and_Infants_Hospital_Providence_RI.jpg/440px-Women_and_Infants_Hospital_Providence_RI.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1857" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Women_%26_Infants_Hospital_of_Rhode_Island" title="Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island">Women & Infants Hospital</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Providence is home to <a href="/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Rhode_Island" title="List of hospitals in Rhode Island">eight hospitals</a>, most prominently <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Hospital" title="Rhode Island Hospital">Rhode Island Hospital</a>, the largest general <a href="/wiki/Acute_care" title="Acute care">acute care</a> hospital in the state. It is also the <a href="/wiki/Level_I_Trauma_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Level I Trauma Center">Level I Trauma Center</a> for Rhode Island, Southeastern Massachusetts and parts of Connecticut.<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hospital is in a complex that includes Hasbro Children's Hospital and Women and Infants Hospital. The city is also home to the <a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_Medical_Center" title="Roger Williams Medical Center">Roger Williams Medical Center</a>, St. Joseph Hospital For Specialty Care (a division of St. Joseph Health Services Of Rhode Island), <a href="/wiki/The_Miriam_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="The Miriam Hospital">The Miriam Hospital</a>, a major teaching affiliate associated with the <a href="/wiki/Alpert_Medical_School" title="Alpert Medical School">Alpert Medical School</a> of <a href="/wiki/Brown_University" title="Brown University">Brown University</a>, as well as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Department of Veterans Affairs">Veterans Affairs</a> medical center. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Providence_Rhode_Island_train_station_in_winter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Providence_Rhode_Island_train_station_in_winter.jpg/220px-Providence_Rhode_Island_train_station_in_winter.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Providence_Rhode_Island_train_station_in_winter.jpg/330px-Providence_Rhode_Island_train_station_in_winter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Providence_Rhode_Island_train_station_in_winter.jpg/440px-Providence_Rhode_Island_train_station_in_winter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1673" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Providence_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Providence Station">Providence Station</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Providence is served by <a href="/wiki/T._F._Green_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="T. F. Green Airport">T. F. Green Airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/Warwick,_Rhode_Island" title="Warwick, Rhode Island">Warwick</a>, and general aviation fields also serve the region. <a href="/wiki/Massport" class="mw-redirect" title="Massport">Massport</a> has been promoting T. F. Green as an alternative to Boston's <a href="/wiki/Logan_International_Airport" title="Logan International Airport">Logan International Airport</a> because of over-crowding.<sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Providence_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Providence Station">Providence Station</a> is located between the <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_State_House" title="Rhode Island State House">Rhode Island State House</a> and the Downtown district and is served by <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a><sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/MBTA_Commuter_Rail" title="MBTA Commuter Rail">MBTA Commuter Rail</a> services, with a commuter rail route running north to Boston and south to T.F. Green Airport and <a href="/wiki/Wickford_Junction_(MBTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wickford Junction (MBTA station)">Wickford Junction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Approximately 2,400 passengers pass through the station per day.<sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_Rhode_Island" title="Interstate 95 in Rhode Island">I-95</a> runs from north to south through Providence; <a href="/wiki/Interstate_195_(Rhode_Island)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 195 (Rhode Island)">I-195</a> connects the city to eastern Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts, including <a href="/wiki/New_Bedford,_Massachusetts" title="New Bedford, Massachusetts">New Bedford, Massachusetts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod" title="Cape Cod">Cape Cod</a>. <a href="/wiki/Interstate_295_(Rhode_Island)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 295 (Rhode Island)">I-295</a> encircles Providence, while <a href="/wiki/RI_146" class="mw-redirect" title="RI 146">RI 146</a> provides a direct connection with <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester, Massachusetts</a>. The city began the long-term project Iway in 2007 to move I-195 for safety reasons, to free up land, and to reunify the Jewelry District with Downtown Providence, which had been separated by the highway.<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. (December 2021)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> The project was estimated to cost $610 million.<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Port of Providence (branded as ProvPort) is the second largest deep-water seaport in New England.<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1994, the city incorporated ProvPort as an independent non-profit. It is located on a single campus on the west side of the Providence River, next to the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Park,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Washington Park, Providence, Rhode Island">Washington Park</a> neighborhood.<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2021, operations are contracted to Waterson Terminal Services, which also operates ports in New Bedford, Massachusetts and <a href="/wiki/Davisville,_Rhode_Island" title="Davisville, Rhode Island">Davisville, Rhode Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ProvPort handles cargoes such as cement, chemicals, heavy machinery, petroleum, and scrap metal. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Plaza" title="Kennedy Plaza">Kennedy Plaza</a> in Downtown Providence serves as a transportation hub for local public transit as well as a departure point for <a href="/wiki/Peter_Pan_Bus_Lines" title="Peter Pan Bus Lines">Peter Pan Bus Lines</a><sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Greyhound_Lines" title="Greyhound Lines">Greyhound Lines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Public transit is managed by <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Public_Transit_Authority" title="Rhode Island Public Transit Authority">Rhode Island Public Transit Authority</a> (RIPTA).<sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through RIPTA alone, Kennedy Plaza averages more than 71,000 people a day.<sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The majority of the area covered by RIPTA is served by traditional buses, but RIPTA also runs a "Rapid Bus", the <a href="/wiki/R-Line_(RIPTA)" title="R-Line (RIPTA)">R-Line</a> which connects the suburbs of Pawtucket and Cranston with Downtown Providence. Of particular note is the <a href="/wiki/East_Side_Trolley_Tunnel" title="East Side Trolley Tunnel">East Side Trolley Tunnel</a> running under College Hill, whose use is reserved for RIPTA buses. From 2000 to 2008, RIPTA operated a seasonal ferry to Newport between May and October, but <a href="/wiki/SeaStreak" class="mw-redirect" title="SeaStreak">SeaStreak</a> began operating that ferry route in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, RIPTA completed construction of the <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Transit_Connector" class="mw-redirect" title="Downtown Transit Connector">Downtown Transit Connector</a>, an upgraded <a href="/wiki/Bus_rapid_transit" title="Bus rapid transit">bus rapid transit</a> service to run from <a href="/wiki/Providence_station" title="Providence station">Providence Station</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Upper_South_Providence,_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Upper South Providence, Providence, Rhode Island">Hospital District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Providence_River_Pedestrian_and_Bicycle_Bridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Providence_River_Pedestrian_and_Bicycle_Bridge.jpg/220px-Providence_River_Pedestrian_and_Bicycle_Bridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Providence_River_Pedestrian_and_Bicycle_Bridge.jpg/330px-Providence_River_Pedestrian_and_Bicycle_Bridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Providence_River_Pedestrian_and_Bicycle_Bridge.jpg/440px-Providence_River_Pedestrian_and_Bicycle_Bridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5596" data-file-height="3731" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Michael_S._Van_Leesten_Memorial_Bridge" title="Michael S. Van Leesten Memorial Bridge">Michael S. Van Leesten Memorial Bridge</a> opened in August 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>The city serves as the end point for four of the state's major traffic-free bicycle paths: the <a href="/wiki/East_Bay_Bike_Path" title="East Bay Bike Path">East Bay Bike Path</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Secondary_Rail_Trail" title="Washington Secondary Rail Trail">Washington Secondary Rail Trail</a>, the Woonasquatucket Greenway Bike Path, and the <a href="/wiki/Blackstone_River_Greenway" title="Blackstone River Greenway">Blackstone River Greenway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RB01_191-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RB01-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are several dedicated on-road bicycle lanes within the city.<sup id="cite_ref-RB01_191-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RB01-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, the city signed a $400,000 contract with a <a href="/wiki/Bicycle-sharing_system" title="Bicycle-sharing system">bicycle sharing</a> company, <a href="/wiki/Jump_(transportation_company)" title="Jump (transportation company)">Jump</a>, to introduce Providence's first program of its kind, supported by local hospitals and RIPTA.<sup id="cite_ref-JumpBikes_192-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JumpBikes-192"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly after the program started in September 2018, the bicycles became associated with a "wave of vandalism and criminal activity" including widespread thefts of bicycles, bikes tossed into the Providence River, and even a company technician held at gunpoint.<sup id="cite_ref-JumpBikes_192-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JumpBikes-192"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company suspended the program in August 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-JumpBikes_192-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JumpBikes-192"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, a new company, <a href="/wiki/Spin_(company)" title="Spin (company)">Spin</a>, reintroduced a bike sharing program to the city.<sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2019, <a href="/wiki/Providence_River_Pedestrian_and_Bicycle_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Providence River Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge">a pedestrian bridge</a> opened, spanning the Providence River and connecting Providence's east and west sides. The bridge was constructed on the granite piers of the old Route 195 bridge.<sup id="cite_ref-ProJo-Bridge_194-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ProJo-Bridge-194"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2020, mayor <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Elorza" title="Jorge Elorza">Jorge Elorza</a> unveiled a "Great Streets" initiative to create a framework of public space improvements to encourage walking, riding bicycles, and public transit.<sup id="cite_ref-GSP1_195-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSP1-195"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The plan includes establishing an "Urban Trail Network" which includes 60 miles (97 km) of bicycle paths, bike lanes, and greenways.<sup id="cite_ref-GSP2_196-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSP2-196"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Utilities">Utilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Utilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Electricity and natural gas are provided by <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Energy" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhode Island Energy">Rhode Island Energy</a>, which took over from <a href="/wiki/National_Grid_plc" title="National Grid plc">National Grid</a> in May 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Providence Water is responsible for the distribution of drinking water, ninety percent of which comes from the <a href="/wiki/Scituate_Reservoir" title="Scituate Reservoir">Scituate Reservoir</a> about ten miles (16 km) west of downtown, with contributions coming from four smaller bodies of water. The city has history of severe lead problems from old lead pipes, which the city is actively working to replace and offering loans to homeowners to place. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> has criticized the equity of the city's solution.<sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Drinking water in Providence has been rated among the highest quality in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-202" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-202"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Police">Police</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Police"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The headquarters of the city's fire and police departments is a 130,000 square feet (12,000 m<sup>2</sup>) Public Safety Complex. The building was dedicated in 2002 by former Mayor Vincent Cianci Jr.<sup id="cite_ref-203" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Providence Police Department operated on a $85.6 million budget in 2020 employing 453 officers.<sup id="cite_ref-204" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-204"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Providence has four <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">sister cities</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-205" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-205"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde"><img alt="Cape Verde" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Praia" title="Praia">Praia</a>, Cape Verde (1994)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic"><img alt="Dominican Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Santo_Domingo" title="Santo Domingo">Santo Domingo</a>, Dominican Republic (2004)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <blockquote><div class="poem"> <p>Not far from that bridge [over the Blackstone] in a little cove is the famous "Slate Rock," on which it is said that Roger Williams first landed after his tedious and painful flight from the persecutions of his Massachusetts brethren.<br /> As he approached the place he was saluted by some friendly Indians with the peaceful enquiry "What Cheer netop?" netop, meaning friend, a phrase which they had acquired from their intercourse with the English and which was equivalent to the salutation "How are you?" or "What's the news?"... It is this incident which is pictured upon the seal of the city of Providence. </p> </div></blockquote></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Providence was listed as a town (not a city) by the US Census Bureau until the census of 1840 because city status in the New England states is conferred by the form of government, not by population. Providence retained the title of ninth-largest settlement until the census of 1810.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-74">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the expected highest and lowest temperature readings at any point during the year or given month) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-76">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Official records for Providence kept at downtown from November 1904 to May 1932 and at T. F. Green Airport since June 1932.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fifteen-88"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-fifteen_88-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fifteen_88-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">From 15% sample</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Providence,_Rhode_Island&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBayles1891" class="citation book cs1">Bayles, Richard M., ed. 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National Center for Education Statistics<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 19,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Fast+Facts+-+High+school+graduation+rates&rft.pub=National+Center+for+Education+Statistics&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnces.ed.gov%2Ffastfacts%2Fdisplay.asp%3Fid%3D805&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProvidence%2C+Rhode+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-166"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-166">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d20/tables/dt20_219.10.asp">"Table 219.10. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 13,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Colleges+in+Providence%2C+Rhode+Island+Student+Population+Comparison&rft.pub=College+Tuition+Compare&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.collegetuitioncompare.com%2Fcompare%2Ftables%2F%3Fstate%3DRI%26city%3DProvidence%26factor%3Dstudent-population&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProvidence%2C+Rhode+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-170"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-170">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This figure is calculated as the sum of individually given figures from school websites, see: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070608115004/http://www2.ric.edu/aboutRIC/">"facts about Brown University"</a>. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ccri.edu/About/general.shtml">the original</a> on June 8, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 5,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=General+Information+about+CCRI&rft.pub=Community+College+of+Rhode+Island&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccri.edu%2FAbout%2Fgeneral.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProvidence%2C+Rhode+Island" class="Z3988"></span> (Note: exact figures for Providence Campuses were unavailable. 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title="Little Rock, Arkansas">Little Rock</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">CA</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">CO</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">CT</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" title="Hartford, Connecticut">Hartford</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">DE</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">FL</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Tallahassee,_Florida" title="Tallahassee, Florida">Tallahassee</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">GA</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">HI</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Honolulu" title="Honolulu">Honolulu</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Idaho" title="Idaho">ID</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Boise,_Idaho" title="Boise, Idaho">Boise</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">IL</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois" title="Springfield, Illinois">Springfield</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">IN</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">IA</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Des_Moines,_Iowa" title="Des Moines, Iowa">Des Moines</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">KS</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Topeka,_Kansas" title="Topeka, Kansas">Topeka</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">KY</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Frankfort,_Kentucky" title="Frankfort, Kentucky">Frankfort</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">LA</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">ME</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Maine" title="Augusta, Maine">Augusta</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">MD</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">MA</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">MI</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Lansing,_Michigan" title="Lansing, Michigan">Lansing</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">MN</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">MS</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi" title="Jackson, Mississippi">Jackson</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">MO</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_City,_Missouri" title="Jefferson City, Missouri">Jefferson City</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Montana" title="Montana">MT</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Helena,_Montana" title="Helena, Montana">Helena</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">NE</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Nebraska" title="Lincoln, Nebraska">Lincoln</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">NV</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Carson_City,_Nevada" title="Carson City, Nevada">Carson City</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">NH</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Concord,_New_Hampshire" title="Concord, New Hampshire">Concord</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">NJ</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">NM</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico" title="Santa Fe, New Mexico">Santa Fe</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">NC</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">ND</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Bismarck,_North_Dakota" title="Bismarck, North Dakota">Bismarck</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">OH</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio">Columbus</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">OK</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City" title="Oklahoma City">Oklahoma City</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">OR</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Salem,_Oregon" title="Salem, Oregon">Salem</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">PA</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Harrisburg, Pennsylvania">Harrisburg</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">RI</a></b> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Providence</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">SC</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">SD</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Pierre,_South_Dakota" title="Pierre, South Dakota">Pierre</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">TN</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">TX</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">UT</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">VT</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Montpelier,_Vermont" title="Montpelier, Vermont">Montpelier</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">VA</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond</a></li> <li><b><a 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Islands">MP</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Saipan" class="mw-redirect" title="Saipan">Saipan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">PR</a></b> <a href="/wiki/San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico" title="San Juan, Puerto Rico">San Juan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">VI</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Amalie,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands">Charlotte Amalie</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="State_of_Rhode_Island" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFD700;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Rhode_Island" title="Template:Rhode Island"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Rhode_Island" title="Template talk:Rhode Island"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Rhode_Island" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Rhode Island"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="State_of_Rhode_Island" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFD700;"><div><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Providence</a></b> (capital)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#FFD700;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Rhode_Island%E2%80%93related_articles" title="Index of Rhode Island–related articles">Topics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Rhode_Island" title="Outline of Rhode Island">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Rhode_Island" title="Category:Buildings and structures in Rhode Island">Buildings and structures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_colleges" title="Colonial colleges">Colonial Colleges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Communications_in_Rhode_Island" title="Category:Communications in Rhode Island">Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Rhode_Island" title="United States congressional delegations from Rhode Island">Delegations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island#Geography_and_climate" title="Rhode Island">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Rhode_Island" title="Government of Rhode Island">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Rhode_Island" title="History of Rhode Island">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Images_of_Rhode_Island" title="Category:Images of Rhode Island">Images</a></li> <li>Mass media <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Rhode_Island" title="List of newspapers in Rhode Island">newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Rhode_Island" title="List of radio stations in Rhode Island">radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Rhode_Island" title="List of television stations in Rhode Island">TV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narragansett_people" title="Narragansett people">Narragansett people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Rhode_Island" title="List of people from Rhode Island">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hard_clam" title="Hard clam">Quahog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rhode_Island_state_symbols" title="List of Rhode Island state symbols">State symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies" title="Thirteen Colonies">Thirteen Colonies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Rhode_Island" title="Category:Tourist attractions in Rhode Island">Visitor attractions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#FFD700;;width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Rhode_Island" title="Abortion in Rhode Island">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Rhode_Island" title="Climate change in Rhode Island">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Rhode_Island" title="Crime in Rhode Island">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Culture of Rhode Island">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island#Demographics" title="Rhode Island">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island#Economy" title="Rhode Island">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island#Education" title="Rhode Island">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Rhode_Island" title="Gun laws in Rhode Island">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Rhode Island">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Rhode_Island" title="Politics of Rhode Island">Politics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#FFD700;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Rhode_Island" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Rhode_Island" title="List of counties in Rhode Island">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_County,_Rhode_Island" title="Bristol County, Rhode Island">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Rhode_Island" title="Kent County, Rhode Island">Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_County,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport County, Rhode Island">Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Providence_County,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence County, Rhode Island">Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Rhode_Island" title="Washington County, Rhode Island">Washington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island#Geography_and_climate" title="Rhode Island">Geographic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackstone_Valley" title="Blackstone Valley">Blackstone Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Block_Island" title="Block Island">Block Island</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aquidneck_Island" title="Aquidneck Island">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Providence_Plantations" class="mw-redirect" title="Providence Plantations">Providence Plantations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#FFD700;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rhode_Island" title="List of municipalities in Rhode Island">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Falls,_Rhode_Island" title="Central Falls, Rhode Island">Central Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranston,_Rhode_Island" title="Cranston, Rhode Island">Cranston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="East Providence, Rhode Island">East Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pawtucket,_Rhode_Island" title="Pawtucket, Rhode Island">Pawtucket</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warwick,_Rhode_Island" title="Warwick, Rhode Island">Warwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woonsocket,_Rhode_Island" title="Woonsocket, Rhode Island">Woonsocket</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#FFD700;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rhode_Island" title="List of municipalities in Rhode Island">Towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barrington,_Rhode_Island" title="Barrington, Rhode Island">Barrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol,_Rhode_Island" title="Bristol, Rhode Island">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burrillville,_Rhode_Island" title="Burrillville, Rhode Island">Burrillville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_Rhode_Island" title="Charlestown, Rhode Island">Charlestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry,_Rhode_Island" title="Coventry, Rhode Island">Coventry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland,_Rhode_Island" title="Cumberland, Rhode Island">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Greenwich,_Rhode_Island" title="East Greenwich, Rhode Island">East Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter,_Rhode_Island" title="Exeter, Rhode Island">Exeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foster,_Rhode_Island" title="Foster, Rhode Island">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glocester,_Rhode_Island" title="Glocester, Rhode Island">Glocester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkinton,_Rhode_Island" title="Hopkinton, Rhode Island">Hopkinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_Rhode_Island" title="Jamestown, Rhode Island">Jamestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnston,_Rhode_Island" title="Johnston, Rhode Island">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Rhode_Island" title="Lincoln, Rhode Island">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Compton,_Rhode_Island" title="Little Compton, Rhode Island">Little Compton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middletown,_Rhode_Island" title="Middletown, Rhode Island">Middletown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narragansett,_Rhode_Island" title="Narragansett, Rhode Island">Narragansett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Shoreham,_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="New Shoreham, Rhode Island">New Shoreham (Block Island)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Kingstown,_Rhode_Island" title="North Kingstown, Rhode Island">North Kingstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="North Providence, Rhode Island">North Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Smithfield,_Rhode_Island" title="North Smithfield, Rhode Island">North Smithfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_Rhode_Island" title="Portsmouth, Rhode Island">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Rhode_Island" title="Richmond, Rhode Island">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scituate,_Rhode_Island" title="Scituate, Rhode Island">Scituate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithfield,_Rhode_Island" title="Smithfield, Rhode Island">Smithfield</a></li> 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rail</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority" title="Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority">MBTA</a> (MA, RI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CapeFLYER" class="mw-redirect" title="CapeFLYER">CapeFLYER</a> (MA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Corridor" title="Northeast Corridor">Northeast Corridor</a> (CT, MA, RI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acela" title="Acela">Acela</a> (CT, MA, RI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downeaster_(train)" title="Downeaster (train)">Downeaster</a> (ME, NH, MA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vermonter_(train)" title="Vermonter (train)">Vermonter</a> (CT, MA, NH, VT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shore_Line_East" title="Shore Line East">Shore Line East</a> (CT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metro-North_Railroad" title="Metro-North Railroad">Metro-North</a> (CT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartford_Line" title="Hartford Line">Hartford Line</a> (CT, 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F. Green Airport">T. F. 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Massachusetts">Chelmsford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_Massachusetts" title="Chelsea, Massachusetts">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord,_New_Hampshire" title="Concord, New Hampshire">Concord (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry,_Rhode_Island" title="Coventry, Rhode Island">Coventry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranston,_Rhode_Island" title="Cranston, Rhode Island">Cranston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland,_Rhode_Island" title="Cumberland, Rhode Island">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danvers,_Massachusetts" title="Danvers, Massachusetts">Danvers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dartmouth,_Massachusetts" title="Dartmouth, Massachusetts">Dartmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derry,_New_Hampshire" title="Derry, New Hampshire">Derry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dover,_New_Hampshire" title="Dover, New Hampshire">Dover (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dracut,_Massachusetts" title="Dracut, Massachusetts">Dracut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="East Providence, Rhode Island">East Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett,_Massachusetts" title="Everett, Massachusetts">Everett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_River,_Massachusetts" title="Fall River, Massachusetts">Fall River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fitchburg,_Massachusetts" title="Fitchburg, Massachusetts">Fitchburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Framingham,_Massachusetts" title="Framingham, Massachusetts">Framingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Massachusetts" title="Franklin, Massachusetts">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucester,_Massachusetts" title="Gloucester, Massachusetts">Gloucester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haverhill,_Massachusetts" title="Haverhill, Massachusetts">Haverhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnston,_Rhode_Island" title="Johnston, Rhode Island">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence,_Massachusetts" title="Lawrence, Massachusetts">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leominster,_Massachusetts" title="Leominster, Massachusetts">Leominster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Massachusetts" title="Lexington, Massachusetts">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malden,_Massachusetts" title="Malden, Massachusetts">Malden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlborough,_Massachusetts" title="Marlborough, Massachusetts">Marlborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshfield,_Massachusetts" title="Marshfield, Massachusetts">Marshfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medford,_Massachusetts" title="Medford, Massachusetts">Medford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melrose,_Massachusetts" title="Melrose, Massachusetts">Melrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrimack,_New_Hampshire" title="Merrimack, New Hampshire">Merrimack (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methuen,_Massachusetts" title="Methuen, Massachusetts">Methuen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milford,_Massachusetts" title="Milford, Massachusetts">Milford (Massachusetts)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton,_Massachusetts" title="Milton, Massachusetts">Milton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashua,_New_Hampshire" title="Nashua, New Hampshire">Nashua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natick,_Massachusetts" title="Natick, Massachusetts">Natick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needham,_Massachusetts" title="Needham, Massachusetts">Needham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton,_Massachusetts" title="Newton, Massachusetts">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Andover,_Massachusetts" title="North Andover, Massachusetts">North Andover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Attleboro,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="North Attleboro, Massachusetts">North Attleboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Kingstown,_Rhode_Island" title="North Kingstown, Rhode Island">North Kingstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="North Providence, Rhode Island">North Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwood,_Massachusetts" title="Norwood, Massachusetts">Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pawtucket,_Rhode_Island" title="Pawtucket, Rhode Island">Pawtucket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peabody,_Massachusetts" title="Peabody, Massachusetts">Peabody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_Massachusetts" title="Plymouth, Massachusetts">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revere,_Massachusetts" title="Revere, Massachusetts">Revere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_Hampshire" title="Rochester, New Hampshire">Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_Massachusetts" title="Salem, Massachusetts">Salem (Massachusetts)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_New_Hampshire" title="Salem, New Hampshire">Salem (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saugus,_Massachusetts" title="Saugus, Massachusetts">Saugus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury,_Massachusetts" title="Shrewsbury, Massachusetts">Shrewsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerville,_Massachusetts" title="Somerville, Massachusetts">Somerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Kingstown,_Rhode_Island" title="South Kingstown, Rhode Island">South Kingstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoughton,_Massachusetts" title="Stoughton, Massachusetts">Stoughton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taunton,_Massachusetts" title="Taunton, Massachusetts">Taunton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tewksbury,_Massachusetts" title="Tewksbury, Massachusetts">Tewksbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakefield,_Massachusetts" title="Wakefield, Massachusetts">Wakefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waltham,_Massachusetts" title="Waltham, Massachusetts">Waltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warwick,_Rhode_Island" title="Warwick, Rhode Island">Warwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watertown,_Massachusetts" title="Watertown, Massachusetts">Watertown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellesley,_Massachusetts" title="Wellesley, Massachusetts">Wellesley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Warwick,_Rhode_Island" title="West Warwick, Rhode Island">West Warwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weymouth,_Massachusetts" title="Weymouth, Massachusetts">Weymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woburn,_Massachusetts" title="Woburn, Massachusetts">Woburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woonsocket,_Rhode_Island" title="Woonsocket, Rhode Island">Woonsocket</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#367BCA; color: white;;width:1%">Cities and towns<br />10k-25k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abington,_Massachusetts" title="Abington, Massachusetts">Abington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acton,_Massachusetts" title="Acton, Massachusetts">Acton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acushnet,_Massachusetts" title="Acushnet, Massachusetts">Acushnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amesbury,_Massachusetts" title="Amesbury, Massachusetts">Amesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amherst,_New_Hampshire" title="Amherst, New Hampshire">Amherst (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashland,_Massachusetts" title="Ashland, Massachusetts">Ashland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athol,_Massachusetts" title="Athol, Massachusetts">Athol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auburn,_Massachusetts" title="Auburn, Massachusetts">Auburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrington,_Rhode_Island" title="Barrington, Rhode Island">Barrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford,_Massachusetts" title="Bedford, Massachusetts">Bedford (Massachusetts)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford,_New_Hampshire" title="Bedford, New Hampshire">Bedford (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellingham,_Massachusetts" title="Bellingham, Massachusetts">Bellingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belmont,_Massachusetts" title="Belmont, Massachusetts">Belmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly,_Massachusetts" title="Beverly, Massachusetts">Beverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol,_Rhode_Island" title="Bristol, Rhode Island">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington,_Massachusetts" title="Burlington, Massachusetts">Burlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burrillville,_Rhode_Island" title="Burrillville, Rhode Island">Burrillville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton,_Massachusetts" title="Canton, Massachusetts">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carver,_Massachusetts" title="Carver, Massachusetts">Carver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Falls,_Rhode_Island" title="Central Falls, Rhode Island">Central Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton,_Massachusetts" title="Charlton, Massachusetts">Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton,_Massachusetts" title="Clinton, Massachusetts">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord,_Massachusetts" title="Concord, Massachusetts">Concord (Massachusetts)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dedham,_Massachusetts" title="Dedham, Massachusetts">Dedham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley,_Massachusetts" title="Dudley, Massachusetts">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duxbury,_Massachusetts" title="Duxbury, Massachusetts">Duxbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Bridgewater,_Massachusetts" title="East Bridgewater, Massachusetts">East Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Greenwich,_Rhode_Island" title="East Greenwich, Rhode Island">East Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easton,_Massachusetts" title="Easton, Massachusetts">Easton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter,_New_Hampshire" title="Exeter, New Hampshire">Exeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairhaven,_Massachusetts" title="Fairhaven, Massachusetts">Fairhaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foxborough,_Massachusetts" title="Foxborough, Massachusetts">Foxborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gardner,_Massachusetts" title="Gardner, Massachusetts">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goffstown,_New_Hampshire" title="Goffstown, New Hampshire">Goffstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grafton,_Massachusetts" title="Grafton, Massachusetts">Grafton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groton,_Massachusetts" title="Groton, Massachusetts">Groton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton,_New_Hampshire" title="Hampton, New Hampshire">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanover,_Massachusetts" title="Hanover, Massachusetts">Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanson,_Massachusetts" title="Hanson, Massachusetts">Hanson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hingham,_Massachusetts" title="Hingham, Massachusetts">Hingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holbrook,_Massachusetts" title="Holbrook, Massachusetts">Holbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holden,_Massachusetts" title="Holden, Massachusetts">Holden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holliston,_Massachusetts" title="Holliston, Massachusetts">Holliston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooksett,_New_Hampshire" title="Hooksett, New Hampshire">Hooksett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkinton,_Massachusetts" title="Hopkinton, Massachusetts">Hopkinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson,_Massachusetts" title="Hudson, Massachusetts">Hudson (Massachusetts)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson,_New_Hampshire" title="Hudson, New Hampshire">Hudson (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull,_Massachusetts" title="Hull, Massachusetts">Hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipswich,_Massachusetts" title="Ipswich, Massachusetts">Ipswich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Massachusetts" title="Kingston, Massachusetts">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laconia,_New_Hampshire" title="Laconia, New Hampshire">Laconia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakeville,_Massachusetts" title="Lakeville, Massachusetts">Lakeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester,_Massachusetts" title="Leicester, Massachusetts">Leicester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Rhode_Island" title="Lincoln, Rhode Island">Lincoln (Rhode Island)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Londonderry,_New_Hampshire" title="Londonderry, New Hampshire">Londonderry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunenburg,_Massachusetts" title="Lunenburg, Massachusetts">Lunenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynnfield,_Massachusetts" title="Lynnfield, Massachusetts">Lynnfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansfield,_Massachusetts" title="Mansfield, Massachusetts">Mansfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marblehead,_Massachusetts" title="Marblehead, Massachusetts">Marblehead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maynard,_Massachusetts" title="Maynard, Massachusetts">Maynard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medfield,_Massachusetts" title="Medfield, Massachusetts">Medfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medway,_Massachusetts" title="Medway, Massachusetts">Medway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middleborough,_Massachusetts" title="Middleborough, Massachusetts">Middleborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middletown,_Rhode_Island" title="Middletown, Rhode Island">Middletown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milford,_New_Hampshire" title="Milford, New Hampshire">Milford (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millbury,_Massachusetts" title="Millbury, Massachusetts">Millbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narragansett,_Rhode_Island" title="Narragansett, Rhode Island">Narragansett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newburyport,_Massachusetts" title="Newburyport, Massachusetts">Newburyport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Massachusetts" title="Norfolk, Massachusetts">Norfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northborough,_Massachusetts" title="Northborough, Massachusetts">Northborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northbridge,_Massachusetts" title="Northbridge, Massachusetts">Northbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Reading,_Massachusetts" title="North Reading, Massachusetts">North Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Smithfield,_Rhode_Island" title="North Smithfield, Rhode Island">North Smithfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norton,_Massachusetts" title="Norton, Massachusetts">Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwell,_Massachusetts" title="Norwell, Massachusetts">Norwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford,_Massachusetts" title="Oxford, Massachusetts">Oxford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peabody,_Massachusetts" title="Peabody, Massachusetts">Peabody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelham,_New_Hampshire" title="Pelham, New Hampshire">Pelham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pembroke,_Massachusetts" title="Pembroke, Massachusetts">Pembroke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pepperell,_Massachusetts" title="Pepperell, Massachusetts">Pepperell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_Rhode_Island" title="Portsmouth, Rhode Island">Portsmouth (Rhode Island)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire" title="Portsmouth, New Hampshire">Portsmouth (New Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph,_Massachusetts" title="Randolph, Massachusetts">Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond,_New_Hampshire" title="Raymond, New Hampshire">Raymond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raynham,_Massachusetts" title="Raynham, Massachusetts">Raynham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading,_Massachusetts" title="Reading, Massachusetts">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rehoboth,_Massachusetts" title="Rehoboth, Massachusetts">Rehoboth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockland,_Massachusetts" title="Rockland, Massachusetts">Rockland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scituate,_Massachusetts" title="Scituate, Massachusetts">Scituate (Massachusetts)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scituate,_Rhode_Island" title="Scituate, Rhode Island">Scituate (Rhode Island)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seekonk,_Massachusetts" title="Seekonk, Massachusetts">Seekonk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharon,_Massachusetts" title="Sharon, Massachusetts">Sharon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithfield,_Rhode_Island" title="Smithfield, Rhode Island">Smithfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset,_Massachusetts" title="Somerset, Massachusetts">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somersworth,_New_Hampshire" title="Somersworth, New Hampshire">Somersworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southbridge,_Massachusetts" title="Southbridge, Massachusetts">Southbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoneham,_Massachusetts" title="Stoneham, Massachusetts">Stoneham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer,_Massachusetts" title="Spencer, Massachusetts">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudbury,_Massachusetts" title="Sudbury, Massachusetts">Sudbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swampscott,_Massachusetts" title="Swampscott, Massachusetts">Swampscott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea,_Massachusetts" title="Swansea, Massachusetts">Swansea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiverton,_Rhode_Island" title="Tiverton, Rhode Island">Tiverton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyngsborough,_Massachusetts" title="Tyngsborough, Massachusetts">Tyngsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uxbridge,_Massachusetts" title="Uxbridge, Massachusetts">Uxbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walpole,_Massachusetts" title="Walpole, Massachusetts">Walpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wareham,_Massachusetts" title="Wareham, Massachusetts">Wareham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren,_Rhode_Island" title="Warren, Rhode Island">Warren (Rhode Island)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayland,_Massachusetts" title="Wayland, Massachusetts">Wayland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webster,_Massachusetts" title="Webster, Massachusetts">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westborough,_Massachusetts" title="Westborough, Massachusetts">Westborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westerly,_Rhode_Island" title="Westerly, Rhode Island">Westerly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westford,_Massachusetts" title="Westford, Massachusetts">Westford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weston,_Massachusetts" title="Weston, Massachusetts">Weston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westport,_Massachusetts" title="Westport, Massachusetts">Westport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westwood,_Massachusetts" title="Westwood, Massachusetts">Westwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitman,_Massachusetts" title="Whitman, Massachusetts">Whitman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Massachusetts" title="Wilmington, Massachusetts">Wilmington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchendon,_Massachusetts" title="Winchendon, Massachusetts">Winchendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_Massachusetts" title="Winchester, Massachusetts">Winchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windham,_New_Hampshire" title="Windham, New Hampshire">Windham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winthrop,_Massachusetts" title="Winthrop, Massachusetts">Winthrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrentham,_Massachusetts" title="Wrentham, Massachusetts">Wrentham</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#367BCA; color: white;;width:1%">Sub-regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> proper</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Massachusetts" title="Central Massachusetts">Central Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrimack_Valley" title="Merrimack Valley">Merrimack Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MetroWest" title="MetroWest">MetroWest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Shore_(Massachusetts)" title="North Shore (Massachusetts)">North Shore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Coast_(Massachusetts)" title="South Coast (Massachusetts)">South Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Shore_(Massachusetts)" title="South Shore (Massachusetts)">South Shore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#367BCA; color: white;;width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis" title="Northeast megalopolis">Northeast megalopolis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Northeast_Megalopolis" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Northeast Megalopolis"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Northeast_megalopolis_major_urban_regions" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis" title="Northeast megalopolis">Northeast megalopolis</a> major urban regions</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Core cities are metropolitan core cities of at least a million people. The other areas are urban areas of cities that have an urban area of 150,000+ or of a metropolitan area of at least 250,000+. Satellite cities are in italics.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mid-Atlantic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Core cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_metropolitan_area" title="Baltimore metropolitan area">Baltimore</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">city</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Delaware Valley</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Camden,_New_Jersey" title="Camden, New Jersey">Camden</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia" title="Newport News, Virginia">Newport News</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">New York</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">city</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paterson,_New_Jersey" title="Paterson, New Jersey">Paterson</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth,_New_Jersey" title="Elizabeth, New Jersey">Elizabeth</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Richmond_Region" title="Greater Richmond Region">Richmond</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">city</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">city</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City,_New_Jersey" title="Atlantic City, New Jersey">Atlantic City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hagerstown_metropolitan_area" title="Hagerstown metropolitan area">Hagerstown</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hagerstown,_Maryland" title="Hagerstown, Maryland">city</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg%E2%80%93Carlisle_metropolitan_statistical_area" title="Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area">Harrisburg</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Harrisburg, Pennsylvania">city</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania" title="Lancaster, Pennsylvania">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley" title="Lehigh Valley">Lehigh Valley</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown</a>–<a href="/wiki/Bethlehem,_Pennsylvania" title="Bethlehem, Pennsylvania">Bethlehem</a>-<a href="/wiki/Easton,_Pennsylvania" title="Easton, Pennsylvania">Easton</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeastern_Pennsylvania" title="Northeastern Pennsylvania">Northeastern Pennsylvania</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Valley" title="Wyoming Valley">Scranton/Wilkes-Barre</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poughkeepsie%E2%80%93Newburgh%E2%80%93Middletown_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown metropolitan area">Poughkeepsie–Newburgh</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Poughkeepsie,_New_York" title="Poughkeepsie, New York">city 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newburgh,_New_York" title="Newburgh, New York">city 2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading,_Pennsylvania" title="Reading, Pennsylvania">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury_metropolitan_area" title="Salisbury metropolitan area">Salisbury</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_Maryland" title="Salisbury, Maryland">city</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York,_Pennsylvania" title="York, Pennsylvania">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combined areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Washington%E2%80%93Baltimore_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington–Baltimore metropolitan area">Washington–Baltimore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">New England</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Core cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Boston" title="Greater Boston">Boston</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">city</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" 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metropolitan area, Maine">Portland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">city</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield_metropolitan_area,_Massachusetts" title="Springfield metropolitan area, Massachusetts">Springfield</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="Springfield, Massachusetts">city</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterbury,_Connecticut" title="Waterbury, Connecticut">Waterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combined areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Boston" title="Greater Boston">Boston–Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">Bridgeport–Stamford–New Haven</a></li> <li><a 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