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Rhode Island
Motto: "Hope"
Nicknames: Official - "The Ocean State" - "Little Rhody" - "The Smallest State" - "Land of Roger Williams" (founder of Providence Plantation in 1636)
Capital: Providence
Population: 1,076,164 (Estimate by the US Census Bureau 7/01/03); Ranks 43rd in US State Population
Size: 40 miles long and 30 miles wide; covers 1,545 square miles - it is the smallest of the 50 states
State Bird: Rhode Island Red Chicken
State Flower: Violet
This state was named by Dutch explorer Adrian Block. He named it "Roody Eylandt," meaning "red island," which referred to the red clay that lined the shore. The name was later anglicized when the region came under British rule.
Rhode Island became a state on May 29, 1790. It was the 13th state to be admitted to the Union.
People who live in or come from Rhode Island are called "Rhode Islanders."
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