RHODE ISLAND RHODE ISLAND U.S POPULATION INDUSTRY NATURAL RESOURCES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION YEAR OF ADMISSION 1790 ORDER OF ADMISSION 13TH DATE OF CURRENT STATE CONSTITUTION 1843 CAPITAL PROVIDENCE POPULATION 987000 1997 LAND AREA 1045 SQ MI POPULATION DENSITY 947.2 PEOPLE PER SQ MI NICKNAME LITTLE RHODY OCEAN STATE MOTTO HOPE GOVERNMENT CONFIGURATION BICAMERAL HOUSES 2 NUMBER OF STATE SENATORS 50 NUMBER OF STATE REPRESENTATIVES 100 NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES IN U.S CONGRESS 2 MAIN INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING MACHINERY TEXTILES ELECTRONICS MAJOR NATURAL RESOURCES WESTERLY GRANITE SAND GRAVEL
