Providence metropolitan area

Providence Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Providence–Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan Statistical Area
The skyline of Providence, Rhode Island
The skyline of Providence, Rhode Island
Map
Map of Greater Providence–Warwick, RI–MA MSA
Country United States
State Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Largest cityProvidence, RI
Other cities - New Bedford, MA
 - Fall River, MA
 - Warwick, RI
 - Pawtucket, RI
 - Cranston, RI
Area
 • Total1,635.76 sq mi (4,236.6 km2)
Highest elevation
812 ft (247.5 m)
Lowest elevation
0 ft (0 m)
Population
 (2005 est.)
 • Total1,612,989
 • Rank38th in the U.S.
 • Density1,006.21/sq mi (380.78/km2)
GDP
[1]
 • MSA$105.561 billion (2022)
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)

The Providence metropolitan area (Providence MSA) is a region extending into eight counties in two states. Its core is in the states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts;[2][3] its largest city is Providence, Rhode Island. With an estimated population of 1,622,520, exceeding that of Rhode Island by slightly over 60%, the Providence MSA is the 38th largest metropolitan area in the United States.[4][5] The MSA covers all of Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts, with an average population density of 2300 per mi2 (888 per km2).[6][7][8]

The region's Gross Metropolitan Product is the country's 42nd largest at $64.7 billion, just above the Gross State Product of the entire state of Hawaii.[9] Since 2006, the Providence metropolitan area has been officially included in the Greater Boston Combined Statistical Area (CSA), the sixth-largest CSA in the country, with over eight million residents.[4]

  1. ^ "Total Gross Domestic Product for Providence-Warwick, RI-MA (MSA)". Federal Reserve Economic Data. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
  2. ^ "2020 Census Urban Areas of the United States and Puerto Rico" (PDF). US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  3. ^ "Federal Register/Vol. 75, No. 123/Monday, June 28, 2010/Notices" (PDF). US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Update of Statistical area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses" (PDF). whitehouse.gov. pp. 52, 108, 150. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2007. Retrieved June 11, 2007.
  5. ^ "Providence Metropolitan Area:2000–2005 Population & Migration". demographia.com. Retrieved June 11, 2007.
  6. ^ "July 1, 2005 Population Estimates". US Census Bureau. Retrieved March 22, 2007.
  7. ^ Wendell Cox. "Providence: Least Sprawling Metropolitan Area: Colorado Springs Sprawls less than Portland" (PDF). publicpurpose.com. Retrieved June 11, 2007.
  8. ^ "May 2006 OEC Metropolitan Statistical Area definitions". stats.bls.gov. Retrieved June 9, 2007.
  9. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2008. Retrieved September 15, 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) pages 15 and 40