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The Port of Providence is the capital of the State of Rhode Island in the United States. The Port of Providence lies on the Providence River at the head of Narragansett Bay in east central Rhode Island. The heart of a large metropolitan area, the Port of Providence is a commercial and industrial center and seaport. In 2000, over 173 thousand people lived in the Port of Providence, and more than 1.5 million lived in the metropolitan area that includes Providence and New Bedford and Fall River in Massachusetts.
One of the oldest cities in the United States, the Port of Providence is the third largest city in New England. It was also an early industrial city. By 1830, it already had manufacturing factories. Today, services are the mainstays of the local economy, with the healthcare, education, finance, and government sectors dominating the job market.