Rhode Island — Config Review
Profile config
Judicial Regions4
School Districts36
Concepts (10)
Rhode Island
Local NameRhode Island
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameGeneral Assembly
Executive TitleGovernor
SubdivisionsTowns
Additional Subdivisions
Major CitiesProvidence, Cranston, Warwick, Pawtucket
County
Local NameCounty
Has Active GovernmentNo
SubdivisionsNo
City
Local NameCity
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameCity Council
Executive TitleMayor
Governancecouncil-manager, strong-mayor
Governance Exceptions
Strong-MayorProvidence, Cranston, Warwick
SubdivisionsNo
Town
Local NameTown
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameTown Council
Governancecouncil-manager
SubdivisionsNo
School District
Local NameSchool District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameSchool Committee
House District
Local NameHouse District
Local AbbrevHD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Senate District
Local NameSenate District
Local AbbrevSD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Congressional District
Local NameCongressional District
Local AbbrevCD
Has Active GovernmentNo
District Court Division
Local NameDistrict Court Division
Has Active GovernmentNo
Special District
Local NameSpecial District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Governance (2)
Council-Manager
Legislative CommitteesNo
Legislative DistrictsNo
Strong-Mayor
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
Sources (5)
Counties
Urlhttps://risegis.ri.gov/hosting/rest/services/Statewide/TownsCounties/MapServer/1
ProviderRIDOT MIS/GIS Section (RIGIS)
TypeArcGIS REST MapServer
Noteverified — multiple disjoint polygons per county name, confirming RI's counties are purely geographic (no government), consistent with the note above.
Municipalities
Urlhttps://risegis.ri.gov/hosting/rest/services/Statewide/TownsCounties/MapServer/2
Providersame RIGIS host, layer "39 Towns"
TypeArcGIS REST MapServer
Noteverified exactly 39, matching the 8 cities + 31 towns total precisely.
School Districts
Statusno RIDE or RIGIS live API/ArcGIS service found (checked all RIGIS service folders — E911, Hosted [token-gated], RIDEM, RIDOA, RIDOH, RIDOT, RIEMA, RISOS, Statewide, Utilities — none contain schools/districts)
FallbackCensus TIGER Unified School Districts for RI (www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2024/UNSD/tl_2024_44_unsd.zip, confirmed present) — won't carry RIDE's own 32-municipal/4-regional administrative classification, which has no located machine-readable source.
Educational Region
Statusconfirmed none — no RIGIS/RIDE service layer or folder reflects any BOCES-equivalent overlay.
Population
Statusnot yet ingested
Recommended SourceUS Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) — https://api.census.gov/data/{year}/pep/population.