Census Data for Providence

As far as we can tell, Providence has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Providence, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Marion
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Marion is located in McDowell County
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• Old Fort
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Old Fort is located in McDowell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort
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• Montreat
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Montreat is located in Buncombe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montreat
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• Black Mountain
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Black Mountain is located in Buncombe County
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• Glen Alpine
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Glen Alpine is located in Burke County
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• Lake Lure
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Lure is located in Rutherford County
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Lure <1>
• Chimney Rock
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Chimney Rock is located in Rutherford County
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• Ruth
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Ruth is located in Rutherford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
• Rutherfordton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Rutherfordton is located in Rutherford County
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• Spruce Pine
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Spruce Pine is located in Mitchell County
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• Spindale
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Spindale is located in Rutherford County
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• Morganton
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Morganton is located in Burke County
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  • Bostic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bostic is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bostic
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  • Burnsville
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Burnsville is located in Yancey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
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  • Forest City
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest City is located in Rutherford County
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McDowell County ...

Providence is located in McDowell County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for McDowell County.

Miscellaneous Information for Providence ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either McDowell County or the community of Providence:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Providence:
  • GNIS ID for Providence: 1022092
  • GNIS ID for McDowell County: 1025836
  • GNIS ID for State of North Carolina: 1027616

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 37 (North Carolina)
  • County Code: 111 (McDowell County)
  • Place Code: 54060 (Providence)
  • State & County Code: 37/111 (North Carolina / McDowell County)
  • State & Place Code: 37/54060 (North Carolina / Providence)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Providence is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Providence.