Placed on a white field is a circle of thirteen gold stars representing the first thirteen states. The stars surround a gold ship's anchor. The state's motto "Hope" is on a blue ribbon below the anchor.

Population, 2006 estimate 1,067,610, White persons 88.9%, Black persons 6.2%, American Indian and Alaska Native persons 0.6%, Asian persons 2.7%, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.1%, Persons reporting two or more races 1.5%, Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin 10.5%.

Famous People: Harry Anderson actor, Newport George M. Cohan actor, dramatist, Providence Eddie Dowling actor, stage producer, Woonscocket Nelson Eddy baritone, actor, Providence Peter Farrelly writer, director, Cumberland Jabez Gorham silversmith, Providence Robert Gray sea captain, Tiverton Spalding Gray writer, performance artist, Barrington Bobby Hackett trumpeter, Providence David Hartman TV newscaster, Pawtucket Ruth Hussey actress, Providence Thomas H. Ince film producer, Newport Van Johnson actor, Newport Galway Kinnell poet, Providence Irving R. Levine news correspondent, Pawtucket H. P. Lovecraft author, Providence Ida Lewis lighthouse keeper, Newport Dana C. Munro educator, historian Matthew C. Perry naval officer, Newport Oliver Hazard Perry naval officer, South Kingstown Gilbert Stuart painter, North Kingstown Stephen Wilcox inventor, Westerly Jemima Wilkinson religious leader, Cumberland Leonard Woodcock labor union official, Providence