ECONOMIC DEVEIDPMENT 



13, POPULATION 



Narragansett Bay lies in one of the most densely populated areas 

 of the country. In density of pop'xLation, Rhode Island ranks first 

 and Massachusetts third in the United States, The population of the 

 Narragansett Bay area is more than 725,000 (1?50 census), including 

 586,000 in the Rhode Island portion and 139,000 in the Massachusetts 

 portion. Approximately 85 percent of this population is urban* 

 Populations by towns are given in Table 1 and the distribution of the 

 popialation is shown in Figure 1. 



TABLE 1 



POPULATION OF CITIES ATTD TOWNS 

 NARRAGANSETT BAY AREA 



(1950 Census) 



City or Town Population 



ProAH-dence, R.I 2U8,67U 



Fall River, Mass 111,963 



Pawtucket, R,1 8l,L36 



Cranston, R.I 55,060 



V'arwick, R.I U3,028 



Newport, R.I. ...; 37,56h 



East Providence, R.I. 35,671 



North Kingstown, R.I. 114,610 



Bristol, H.I 12,320 



South Kingstown, R.I 10, lU8 



Somerset, Mass. 6,566 



Warren, R.I 6,513 



■ Barrington, R,I 6,2U6 



Middletown, R.I 7,382 



Portsmouth, R.I 6,578 



Swansea, Mass. 6,129 



Seekonk, Mass 6,10h 



Tiverton, R.I 5,659 



East Greenwich, R.I ii,923 



Dighton, Mass 2,950 



Narran;ansett, R.I 2,288 



Freetown, "ass 2,101; 



