The state of Rhode Island is in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. Connecticut borders it to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound; and shares a small maritime border with New York, east of Long Island.  Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous.  The state’s population is the second-most densely populated state after New Jersey. The state takes its name from the eponymous island, though most of its land area is on the mainland. Providence is its capital and most populous city.

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island