City profile · Mid-size City
Providence, Rhode Island
Verified Oct 25, 2026Who leads Providence, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Brett Smiley
- Role
- Mayor
- Party
- Democrat
- Population
- 190,934
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 25, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 25, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourceprovidenceri.gov/mayors-office ↗
- Official leadership pageprovidenceri.gov/mayors-office ↗
- City websiteprovidenceri.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Brett Smiley CurrentMayor · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 25, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 190,934
- Median household income
- $61,365
- Median age
- 32.3
- Land area
- 18.41 sq mi
- Population density
- 10,371.2 per sq mi
- County
- Providence County
- Metro area
- Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$668M
- City hall phone
- (401) 680-5000
- Official website
- providenceri.gov ↗
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