Size is not all that matters. But still, we would love to know how big Central Falls in Rhode Island is. Here is the answer:
Central Falls, Rhode Island covers an area of 3.3 square kilometers (1.27 square miles).
With 19,328 people living in Central Falls that comes to a population density of 5856.97 inhabitants per square kilometer (15218.9 / sq mi)
As a reference: The 8,398,748 people living in New York City are crammed onto 1214 sq km (468.73 sq mi), which results into a population density of 6918 inhabitants per square kilometer (17918 / sq mi).

Central Falls is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 19,376 at the 2010 census. With an area of only 1.29 square miles (3.3 km2), it is the smallest and most densely populated city in the smallest state, and the 27th most densely populated incorporated place in the United States. It is also one of only four incorporated places in New England that have a higher population density than the city of Boston (ranking fourth, behind the Massachusetts cities of Somerville, Chelsea and Cambridge, all inner suburbs of Boston). The city takes its name from a waterfall on the Blackstone River.In May 2010, Central Falls went into receivership, then filed for bankruptcy August 1, 2011.
Cities with a similar size as Central Falls
If you want to check which cities have a similar size as Central Falls, Rhode Island, here you go:
- Canby, Oregon with a size of 3.79 square kilometers (3.79 sq mi), population: 15,829
- Maywood, California with a size of 3.05 square kilometers (3.05 sq mi), population: 27,395
- Hermosa Beach, California with a size of 3.69 square kilometers (3.69 sq mi), population: 18,566
- Nanticoke, Pennsylvania with a size of 3.54 square kilometers (3.54 sq mi), population: 10,465
- Union City, New Jersey with a size of 3.33 square kilometers (3.33 sq mi), population: 66,455
- East Wenatchee, Washington with a size of 4.10 square kilometers (4.10 sq mi), population: 13,190
- Gloucester City, New Jersey with a size of 2.78 square kilometers (2.78 sq mi), population: 11,456
- Cudahy, California with a size of 3.18 square kilometers (3.18 sq mi), population: 23,805
- Northlake, Illinois with a size of 3.17 square kilometers (3.17 sq mi), population: 12,323
- New Carrollton, Maryland with a size of 4.12 square kilometers (4.12 sq mi), population: 12,135
Cities with a similar population density as Central Falls
Other cities that have a similar population density as Central Falls, Rhode Island are:
- Paterson, New Jersey with a population density of 6,483 people per sq km (16,785 / sq mi).
- Lynwood, California with a population density of 5,566 people per sq km (14,416 / sq mi).
- Berwyn, Illinois with a population density of 5,617 people per sq km (14,564 / sq mi).
- New York City, New York with a population density of 6,918 people per sq km (17,918 / sq mi).
- Bell Gardens, California with a population density of 6,595 people per sq km (17,102 / sq mi).
- Mission Viejo, California with a population density of 5,149 people per sq km (13,329 / sq mi).
- Somerville, Massachusetts with a population density of 6,926 people per sq km (17,951 / sq mi).
- Cambridge, Massachusetts with a population density of 5,825 people per sq km (15,090 / sq mi).
- Chelsea, Massachusetts with a population density of 6,095 people per sq km (15,797 / sq mi).
- Watervliet, New York with a population density of 6,928 people per sq km (17,989 / sq mi).
Cities with a similar population size as Central Falls
Here a list of cities that have a similar number of inhabitants like Central Falls, Rhode Island:
- Jacksonville Beach, Florida with a population of 21,362 people
- Shelbyville, Tennessee with a population of 20,335 people
- Dickinson, North Dakota with a population of 17,787 people
- Klamath Falls, Oregon with a population of 20,840 people
- Cudahy, Wisconsin with a population of 18,429 people
- Lumberton, North Carolina with a population of 21,924 people
- Mill Creek, Washington with a population of 18,828 people
- Watertown, Wisconsin with a population of 23,861 people
- Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina with a population of 16,957 people
- Portsmouth, Ohio with a population of 20,909 people
