Rhode Island · Census place 4419180
Cranston, Rhode Island
Cranston is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island with an estimated 84,448 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 2nd largest of 8 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 84,448
- #2 of 8 in Rhode Island
- Change since 2020
- +2.0%
- +1,676 people
- Land area
- 28.4 sq mi
- + 1.67 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,979 / sq mi
- State median 4,677
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Cranston population, 2020 to 2024
Cranston added 1,676 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +1,036. Among 8 Rhode Island places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 4th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Rhode Island has 62,479 people, so Cranston is 1.4 times that size.
Cranston covers 28.35 square miles of land and 1.67 of water, for 2,979 people per square mile of land. The median Rhode Island place of 5,000+ has 4,677, so Cranston is less dense than the typical town.
What county Cranston is in
All of Cranston's residents live in Providence County, which had 675,912 residents in 2024. Cranston holds 12.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Cranston
6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Cranston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 02823, 02831, 02905, 02910, 02920, 02921. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Cranston is
The Census internal point of Cranston is at 41.769700, -71.485000. Providence, the capital, is 5.6 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Providence, RI (194,706 people), 5.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.769700, -71.485000
- DMS
- 41°46'10.92"N 71°29'6.00"W
- UTM
- 19N 293450.4E 4627191.5N
- Geohash
- drmjt7fnn
- Plus code
- 87HCQG97+VX
Daylight in Cranston
At 41.77° N, Cranston gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Cranston
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Rhode Island, measured between internal points. The closest is Providence, 5.0 miles away, with 194,706 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Cranston, RI?
84,448 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,676 (2.0%) from 82,772 in July 2020.
What county is Cranston in?
Providence County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Cranston?
6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 02823, 02831, 02905, 02910, 02920, 02921.
How far is Cranston from Providence?
5.6 miles (9.0 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Cranston.
What is the nearest larger city to Cranston?
Providence, RI, with 194,706 residents, 5.0 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.