Rhode Island · Census place 4454640
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Pawtucket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island with an estimated 76,996 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 4th largest of 8 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 76,996
- #4 of 8 in Rhode Island
- Change since 2020
- +2.0%
- +1,508 people
- Land area
- 8.7 sq mi
- + 0.30 sq mi water
- Density
- 8,881 / sq mi
- State median 4,677
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Pawtucket population, 2020 to 2024
Pawtucket added 1,508 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +899. Among 8 Rhode Island places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Rhode Island has 62,479 people, so Pawtucket is 1.2 times that size.
Pawtucket covers 8.67 square miles of land and 0.30 of water, for 8,881 people per square mile of land. The median Rhode Island place of 5,000+ has 4,677, so Pawtucket is denser than the typical town.
What county Pawtucket is in
All of Pawtucket's residents live in Providence County, which had 675,912 residents in 2024. Pawtucket holds 11.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Pawtucket
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Pawtucket by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 02860, 02861. 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 Pawtucket is
The Census internal point of Pawtucket is at 41.874800, -71.373300. Providence, the capital, is 3.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Providence, RI (194,706 people), 4.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.874800, -71.373300
- DMS
- 41°52'29.28"N 71°22'23.88"W
- UTM
- 19N 303057.9E 4638599.1N
- Geohash
- drmnpz5d3
- Plus code
- 87HCVJFG+WM
Daylight in Pawtucket
At 41.87° N, Pawtucket gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Pawtucket
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Rhode Island, measured between internal points. The closest is Central Falls, 1.5 miles away, with 23,034 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Pawtucket, RI?
76,996 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,508 (2.0%) from 75,488 in July 2020.
What county is Pawtucket in?
Providence County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Pawtucket?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 02860, 02861.
How far is Pawtucket from Providence?
3.7 miles (6.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Pawtucket.
What is the nearest larger city to Pawtucket?
Providence, RI, with 194,706 residents, 4.3 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.