The state takes its name from the eponymous island, though nearly all its land area is on the mainland.
state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020 but Rhode Island has grown at every decennial count since 1790 and is the second-most densely populated state, after New Jersey. Rhode Island ( / ˌ r oʊ d-/ ⓘ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
