Rhode Island County Map
Labeled county boundary map and complete directory of all 5 counties in Rhode Island (RI, State FIPS 44). View 5-digit FIPS codes, county seats, land area in square miles, and official county government websites below.
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Rhode Island County Statistics & Summary
Total Counties
5
Largest by Land Area
Providence County
Smallest by Land Area
Bristol County
All 5 Counties in Rhode Island (FIPS, County Seat & Official Website)
| County Name | 5-Digit FIPS | Seat / Administrative Center | Land Area (sq mi) | Coordinates | Official Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol County | 44001 | Bristol | 24.1 | 41.707°, -71.287° | — |
| Kent County | 44003 | East Greenwich | 168.6 | 41.675°, -71.580° | — |
| Newport County | 44005 | Newport | 102.4 | 41.501°, -71.283° | — |
| Providence County | 44007 | Providence | 409.5 | 41.869°, -71.578° | — |
| Washington County | 44009 | South Kingstown | 329.3 | 41.397°, -71.620° | — |
How Rhode Island Counties and 5-Digit FIPS Codes Work
In U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line geography, Rhode Island (RI) is assigned the 2-digit state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code 44 and covers 1,034 square miles of land area across 5 counties in the Eastern Time (ET) zone (with Providence as the state capital). Every county in the directory above carries a unique 5-digit GEOID formed by combining state prefix 44 with a 3-digit county code (ranging alphabetically from Bristol County at 44001 to Washington County at 44009).
Because U.S. Postal Service 5-digit ZIP Codes follow mail carrier delivery routes rather than local government borders, many postal addresses in Rhode Island carry a neighboring city’s mailing name or sit inside a multi-county ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA). Property tax assessments, deed recording, circuit and county court venue, voter registration precincts, sheriff jurisdiction, and county sales tax rates in Rhode Island are determined by the legal county boundary shown on the map above rather than the postal city name on an envelope.
Land area figures in square miles and internal centroid coordinates (INTPTLAT, INTPTLON) come directly from the U.S. Census Bureau’s current TIGERweb State_County benchmark, while 5 administrative seats and 0 verified official government websites are cross-referenced from Wikidata (CC0). Need a clean outline worksheet without county labels, or want to verify which Rhode Island county a specific home or business address sits in? Open the Blank Map of Rhode Island, run a street-segment check on Address to County Lookup, check multi-county postal overlap on ZIP Code to County Lookup, or browse all 50 states on the National U.S. County Map.
Adjacent State County Maps
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