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Rhode Island statistical areas

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The U.S. State of Rhode Island currently has two statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area, which are inclusive of all five of Rhode Island's counties.[1]

Statistical areas

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico.[2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.

The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (CBSA) as the county or counties (or county-equivalents) surrounding at least one densely-settled core of at least 10,000 population,[2] "plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core".[2] The OMB further divides a CBSA based on population into a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) for those with at least 50,000 people or a micropolitan statistical area (μSA) for those with 10,000 to 49,999 people.[2]

The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as two or more adjacent CBSAs where the employment interchange rate (percent commuting from A to B plus percent commuting from B to A) is at least 15%.[2] A primary statistical area (PSA) includes all CSAs and any CBSA that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.

The two United States statistical areas and five counties of the State of Rhode Island[a]
Combined statistical area[1] 2025 population (est.)[3] Core-based statistical area[1] 2025 population (est.)[3] County 2025 population (est.)[3] Metropolitan division[1] 2025 population (est.)[3]
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH CSA 8,521,063
1,114,521 (RI)		 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH MSA 5,034,221 Middlesex County, Massachusetts 1,669,979 Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA MD 2,496,632
Essex County, Massachusetts 826,653
Suffolk County, Massachusetts 791,891 Boston, MA MD 2,078,469
Norfolk County, Massachusetts 739,749
Plymouth County, Massachusetts 546,829
Rockingham County, New Hampshire 324,077 Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH MD 459,120
Strafford County, New Hampshire 135,043
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 1,708,161
1,114,521 (RI)		 Providence County, Rhode Island 678,179 none
Bristol County, Massachusetts 593,640
Kent County, Rhode Island 173,495
Washington County, Rhode Island 129,795
Newport County, Rhode Island 83,051
Bristol County, Rhode Island 50,001
Worcester, MA MSA 888,502 Worcester County, Massachusetts 888,502
Manchester-Nashua, NH MSA 433,415 Hillsborough County, New Hampshire 433,415
Barnstable Town, MA MSA 233,539 Barnstable County, Massachusetts 233,539
Concord, NH μSA 158,078 Merrimack County, New Hampshire 158,078
Laconia, NH μSA 65,147 Belknap County, New Hampshire 65,147
State of Rhode Island 1,114,521
The one core-based statistical area of the State of Rhode Island[b]
2025 rank Core-based statistical area[1] Population
2025 estimate[3] Change 2020 Census[4] Change 2010 Census[5]
1 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA MSA (RI) 1,114,521+1.56%1,097,379+4.26%1,052,567
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 1,708,161+1.88%1,676,579+4.73%1,600,852
The one combined statistical area of the State of Rhode Island[c]
2025 rank Combined statistical area[1] Population
2025 estimate[3] Change 2020 Census[4] Change 2010 Census[5]
1 Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH CSA (RI) 1,114,521+1.56%1,097,379+4.26%1,052,567
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH CSA 8,521,063+2.05%8,349,768+7.39%7,774,948

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in purple. A purple population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population. The state's abbreviation is also shown next to the in-state total.
  2. ↑ For CBSAs comprising populations from multiple states, they are listed twice to show both their intrastate population within that CBSA as well as the CBSA's total population. Only the intrastate population is ranked.
  3. ↑ For CSAs comprising populations from multiple states, they are listed twice to show both their intrastate population within that CSA as well as the CSA's total population. Only the intrastate population is ranked.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas (July 21, 2023). "OMB BULLETIN NO. 23-01" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget. Retrieved November 5, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas". Office of Management and Budget. July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties in the United States: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. July 2025. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS". U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019". U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
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41°40′34″N 71°33′22″W / 41.6762°N 71.5562°W / 41.6762; -71.5562 (State of Rhode Island)

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