Destination
Rhode Island

 
eneral Information
 
Nickname

Ocean State.

 
State bird

Rhode Island Red.

 
State flower

Violet.

 
Capital

Providence.

 
Date of admission to the Union

29 May 1790 (original 13 States; date of ratification of the Constitution).

 
Population

1.08 million (official estimate 2005).

 
Population density

26.9 per sq km.

 
2004 total overseas arrivals

72,000/34.