NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Providence metropolitan area

The Providence metropolitan area is a region covering ten counties in two states, and is the 36th largest metropolitan area in the United States.^[1]^[2] Anchored by the city of Providence, Rhode Island, it has an estimated population of 1,622,520, exceeding that of Rhode Island by about 60%. The area covers all of Rhode Island's five counties and extends into southern Massachusetts with an average population density of 2300 per mi² (888 per km²).^[3]^[4]^[5] In 2006, this area was officially added to the Boston Combined Statistical Area (CSA), the fifth-largest CSA in the country.^[1] Providence redirects here. ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Bristol County Settled 1640 Incorporated 1787 Government - Type Mayor-council - Mayor Scott W. Lang (Dem) - City Council President/Ward 6: Leo R. Pimental. ... Nickname: Motto: Well Try Location in Bristol County in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country State County Bristol Settled 1670 Incorporated 1803 Government - Type Mayor-council city - Mayor Edward M. Lambert, Jr. ... Warwick is a city in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. ... There are two official definitions of metropolitan area used today in the United States, metropolitan statistical areas, and combined statistical areas, the former restrictive, the latter more extensive. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... There are two official definitions of metropolitan area used today in the United States, metropolitan statistical areas, and combined statistical areas, the former restrictive, the latter more extensive. ... Providence redirects here. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Map of the Combined Statistical Areas of the United States and Puerto Rico Main article: Combined Statistical Area The following sortable table lists the 121 Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs) of the United States. ...

In 2004, Smart Growth America named the New York City metro area the "Least Sprawling" metropolitan area in the country, though Wendell Cox, correcting for the fact that this is only true when New Jersey and Connecticut's contributions are ignored, asserts that this title should belong to the Providence metropolitan area.^[4]

Boundaries

The Providence metropolitan area contains towns from a number of counties in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including:

The New Bedford metro area is not included in the Providence NECTA, but is included in the Combined NECTA^[6] and MSA definitions. Bristol County is a county located in the state of Rhode Island. ... Kent County is a county located in the state of Rhode Island. ... Newport County is one of five counties located in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. ... Providence County is a county located in the state of Rhode Island. ... Washington County is a county located in the southeastern part of Rhode Island, a U.S. state. ... Bristol County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. ... Norfolk County is a county located in the state of Massachusetts. ... Worcester County is a county located in the state of Massachusetts. ... Plymouth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. ... Dukes County is a county located in the state of Massachusetts. ... There are two official definitions of metropolitan area used today in the United States, metropolitan statistical areas, and combined statistical areas, the former restrictive, the latter more extensive. ...

Principal Cities

Providence redirects here. ... Nickname: Motto: Well Try Location in Bristol County in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country State County Bristol Settled 1670 Incorporated 1803 Government - Type Mayor-council city - Mayor Edward M. Lambert, Jr. ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Bristol County Settled 1640 Incorporated 1787 Government - Type Mayor-council - Mayor Scott W. Lang (Dem) - City Council President/Ward 6: Leo R. Pimental. ... Warwick is a city in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. ... Location within the state of Rhode Island Coordinates: , Country State County Providence Government - Mayor Michael Napolitano Area - Total 29. ... Woonsocket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. ...

Transportation

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) operates a commuter rail connecting the metropolitan area to Boston. There are commuter rail stations in Providence, South Attleboro, and Attleboro. An extension of the commuter rail to T.F. Green Airport in Warwick is expected to be completed in 2009. Amtrak provides regional rail service to the Providence, and Kingston train stations as well. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is a body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [2] formed in 1964 to finance and operate most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts area. ... Boston redirects here. ... The Amtrak station in Providence, Rhode Island is served by Amtrak and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. ... South Attleboro is the southernmost station in Massachusetts on the Attleboro/Stoughton Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail, and the southernmost station on weekends, because the state of Rhode Island only pays for weekday service. ... Location in Bristol County in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country State County Bristol County Settled 1634 Incorporated 1694 (town) Reincorporated 1914 (city) Government - Type Mayor-council city - Mayor Kevin Dumas Area - City 28. ... T. F. Green Airport is an airport in Warwick, Rhode Island, near Providence. ... Warwick is a city in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. ...

Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA), which has its hub in downtown Providence manages local bus transit for the state, serving 38 out of 39 Rhode Island communities, RIPTA has 58 bus lines, 2 tourist trolley lines known as LINK, and a seasonal ferry to Newport.^[7] Ferry services link Block Island, Prudence Island, and Hog Island to the Rhode Island mainland. Woonsocket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. ... The recently renovated Kennedy Plaza in front of the Providence City Hall Kennedy Plaza is a transportation hub in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. ... The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) provides public transportation, primarily buses, in the state of Rhode Island. ... The recently renovated Kennedy Plaza in front of the Providence City Hall Kennedy Plaza is a transportation hub in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. ... Providence neighborhoods with Downtown in red Downtown, also known as Downcity, is the central economic, political, and cultural district of the city of Providence, Rhode Island. ... Newport, Rhode Island Newport is a city in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Providence. ... Southeast Light, a famous Block Island landmark Block Island, shown in red, off the coast of the State of Rhode Island. ... Categories: Stub | Rhode Island geography ... Hog Island is an island in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, USA. It lies at the entrance to the harbor of the town of Bristol, and is part of the town of Portsmouth. ...

The major airport is T. F. Green Airport in Warwick, though Logan International Airport in Boston is also used. The commuter rail is in the process of being extended to the airport, which will link by rail T.F. Green to Providence and Boston. Runway layout at PVD T. F. Green Airport (IATA: PVD, ICAO: KPVD, FAA LID: PVD), also known as Theodore Francis Green State Airport, is a public airport located in Warwick, six miles (10 km) south of Providence, in Kent County, Rhode Island, USA. Dedicated in 1931, the airport was named... Warwick is a city in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. ... For the Logan airport in Billings, Montana, see Billings Logan International Airport. ...

Interstate 95 runs diagonally across the state connecting major population centers, while the auxiliary interstate 295 provides a bypass around Providence. Interstate 95 is 42 miles long in the state of Rhode Island. ... The auxiliary Interstate Highways (also called 3-digit Interstate Highways) is an additional network of freeways of the Interstate Highway System. ... Interstate 295 (abbreviated I-295) is an Interstate highway running a combined 26. ...

Demographics

The Metro Area is marked by large populations of Irish, Italian, and French Canadians throughout the region. The Irish form the largest group in Kent, Newport, and Washington Counties.^{[citation needed]} The Italians in southern Providence County. the french in northern and western providence county. All groups however can be found throughout the region in large numbers. 2000 US Census logo The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...

Also included are very large concentrations of Lusophone populations across the region with the largest density being from East Providence to New Bedford. The two Bristol counties (RI, and MA) are the only two American counties where Portuguese-Americans form a plurality of the Population.^{[citation needed]} Portuguese ( or lÃngua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain) and northern Portugal from the Latin spoken by romanized Celtiberians about 1000 years ago. ...

Pockets of English and Scots-Irish Americans are found in rural areas of the region such as South County, RI where they are known as "Swamp Yankees", and also in towns such as Barrington, East Greenwich, and the East Side of Providence. Other Groups include Poles, Germans, Greeks, Armenians, Jews, and Arabs (Lebanese, and Syrians).^{[citation needed]} Recent Immigrants included continued migration from Cape Verde, Portugal and other Lusophone nations, South East Asia specifically Laos, Cambodia, Hmong (mostly from Vietnam), the Former Soviet Union (primarily Russian Jews), Liberians, Ghanaians. however the largest Immigrant group is Hispanics, the Hispanic population is very diverse with older populations of Puerto Ricans being joined ore recently by Dominicans, Guatemalans, Colombians, And Bolivians.^{[citation needed]}

References

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Encyclopedia > Providence metropolitan area

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Boundaries

Principal Cities

Transportation

Demographics

References