The One Minute Geographer: All About Rhode Island

Newport from thortonwilder.com

Rhode Island: The smallest state in area and maybe the ‘bluest’ state? Here are a series of five short posts that I’ve organized in sequence in case you missed some.

The One Minute Geographer: About Rhode Island

Population density of Rhode Island (2010 data) from Wikipedia. Names of locations added by the author.

As a rule of thumb, if at least 20% or so of a state’s population resides in one metropolitan area, it is considered a primate city. What percent of Rhode Island’s population lives in metropolitan Providence? 100%. !!!???

The One Minute Geographer: Providence and the Primate City

John F. Kennedy was a Senator from liberal Massachusetts when he ran for president. But he got the highest percentage of his vote from Rhode Island.