Rhode Island

Rhode Island

a state of the northeastern US, bordering on the Atlantic: the smallest state in the US; mainly low-lying and undulating, with an indented coastline in the east and uplands in the northwest. Capital: Providence. Pop.: 1 076 164 (2003 est.). Area: 2717 sq. km (1049 sq. miles)

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Rhode Island State Information

Phone: (401) 222-2000
www.ri.gov


Area (sq mi):: 1545.05 (land 1044.93; water 500.12) Population per square mile: 1029.90
Population 2005: 1,076,189 State rank: 0 Population change: 2000-20005 2.70%; 1990-2000 4.50% Population 2000: 1,048,319 (White 81.90%; Black or African American 4.50%; Hispanic or Latino 8.70%; Asian 2.30%; Other 8.30%). Foreign born: 11.40%. Median age: 36.70
Income 2000: per capita $21,688; median household $42,090; Population below poverty level: 11.90% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $29,214-$32,038
Unemployment (2004): 5.20% Unemployment change (from 2000): 1.00% Median travel time to work: 22.50 minutes Working outside county of residence: 35.30%

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List of Rhode Island counties:

Bristol County Kent County

Newport County Providence County

Washington County

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Rhode Island Parks

• US National Parks

  Roger Williams National Memorial

  Touro Synagogue National Historic Site

• State Parks

  Arcadia Management Area Beavertail State Park Blackstone River Bikeway Brenton Point State Park Burlingame State Park Charlestown Breachway Colt State Park East Bay Bike Path

  East Beach East Matunuck State Beach Fishermen's Memorial State Park Fort Adams State Park Fort Wetherill State Park George Washington Management Area Goddard Memorial State Park Haines Memorial State Park

  Lincoln Woods State Park Misquamicut State Beach Roger W. Wheeler State Beach Salty Brine State Beach Scarborough State Beach Snake Den State Park World War II Memorial State Park

• National Wildlife Refuges

  Block Island National Wildlife Refuge John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge at Pettaquamscutt Cove

  Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge

  Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge

• National Heritage Areas

  Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor

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Rhode Island

Thirteenth state; adopted the U.S. Constitution on May 29, 1790

State capital: Providence Nicknames: The Ocean State; Little Rhody; Plantation State State motto: Hope State bird: Rhode Island red hen State drink: Coffee milk State flower: Violet (Viola palmata) State folk art: Charles I.D. Looff Carousel (Crescent Park

Carousel) State fruit: Rhode Island greening apple State mineral: Bowenite State rock: Cumberlandite State shell: Quahaug (Mercenaria mercenaria) State song: “Rhode Island, It’s for Me” State tall ship and flagship: USS Providence (replica) State tartan: Rhode Island State tree: Red maple (Acer rubrum) State yacht: Courageous

More about state symbols at:

www.visitrhodeisland.com/make-plans/for-students/ www.ri.gov/facts/factsfigures.php

SOURCES:

AmerBkDays-2000, p. 401 AnnivHol-2000, p. 89

STATE OFFICES:

State web site: www.ri.gov

Office of the Governor State House Providence, RI 02903 401-222-2080

fax: 401-273-5729
www.governor.state.ri.us

Secretary of State
217 State House
Providence, RI 02903
401-222-2357
fax: 401-222-1356
www.state.ri.us

Rhode Island Office of Library & Information Services
1 Capitol Hill
4th Fl
Providence, RI 02908
401-222-2726
fax: 401-222-4195
www.olis.state.ri.us

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Rhode Island

smallest of the fifty states; nicknamed “Little Rhodie.” [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2315]

See: Smallness

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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Rhode Island

 

a state on the Atlantic seaboard of the USA, in New England. Area, 3,200 sq km. Population, 947,000 (1970). The capital, largest city, and principal port is Providence.

Rhode Island, although the smallest state, is one of the most densely populated (approximately 300 inhabitants per sq km), urbanized (87 percent of the population), and industrially developed states. Manufacturing employs 120,000 people, 34 percent of the economically active population, while agriculture employs 3,200, or less than 1 percent. The main industries are textile manufacture, machine building, metalworking, the manufacture of jewelry, rubber products, and clothing accessories, and printing. These industries are centered in Providence and its suburbs. Agriculture is of a suburban type (dairy products, eggs, berries), with livestock raising predominating; most of the concentrated feed is brought in from outside the state. Rhode Island also has a fishing industry and enjoys considerable economic benefits from tourism.

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