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Rhode Island (/ËroÊd ËaÉªlÉnd/), officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Rhode Island is the smallest in area, the eighth least populous, and the second most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states, following New Jersey.
Rhode Island. Rhode Island's official name is the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. It comes from the names of the colony's two most important original settlements. Providence Plantations was founded in 1636 by the English clergyman Roger Williams. He sought a place where one could worship God freely.