Rhode Island Blank Map

Five counties of Rhode Island, from Bristol to Washington, on one sheet.

Blank map with borders

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Each county is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a county is answered.

All 5 counties on the diagram

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  1. Bristol County
  2. Kent County
  3. Newport County
  4. Providence County
  5. Washington County

How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-09-26. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf

The drawing: Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_county_500k (scale 1:500,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_county_500k.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_state_500k (scale 1:500,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_state_500k.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 71.4°W, standard parallels 41.3°N and 41.9°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf

How it works

This Rhode Island blank map shows all 5 counties of Rhode Island, from Bristol to Washington, with Providence, the capital, in Providence County; with Borders off it prints the plain outline.

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Blank, numbered or named

Blank prints the 5 shapes with nothing written; Numbered puts 1 on Bristol and 5 on Washington, in alphabetical order; Named prints every name, and Print the answer key gives the list.

Rhode Island on the map

Rhode Island has five counties but no county government: towns and the state do everything. Providence is the largest county and Bristol the smallest. Its neighbors, Connecticut and Massachusetts, are drawn around it without numbers.

  • Five counties fit a first lesson: print Blank and have students write each name, then Named to check.

Questions and answers

How many counties does Rhode Island have?

Five in the Census Bureau count, from Bristol County to Washington County in alphabetical order.

What county is Providence in?

Providence stands in Providence County, which is number 4 on the numbered sheet. Have students find it first and write Providence beside it.

Does Rhode Island have county government?

No. Its five counties are only geography; there has been no county government since 1846.

Which county of Rhode Island has the most people?

Providence County, around Providence, has more people than any other county in Rhode Island, and it holds the capital too.