East Providence, Rhode Island

East Providence population, 2020 to 2024

East Providence added 909 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +593. Among 8 Rhode Island places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 6th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Rhode Island has 62,479 people, so East Providence is 77% of it.

East Providence covers 13.28 square miles of land and 3.32 of water, for 3,612 people per square mile of land. The median Rhode Island place of 5,000+ has 4,677, so East Providence is less dense than the typical town.

What county East Providence is in

All of East Providence's residents live in Providence County, which had 675,912 residents in 2024. East Providence holds 7.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in East Providence

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap East Providence by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 02914, 02915, 02916. 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 East Providence is

The Census internal point of East Providence is at 41.800400, -71.359300. Providence, the capital, is 3.6 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Providence, RI (194,706 people), 3.4 miles away.

Daylight in East Providence

At 41.80° N, East Providence 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 East Providence

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Rhode Island, measured between internal points. The closest is Providence, 3.4 miles away, with 194,706 people.