RI · Pop. 1,095,962 · Capital: Providence
Rhode Island is fundamentally incompatible with homesteading. As the nation's most densely populated state with illegal off-grid living, it's a place for apartment gardening, not self-sufficient farming.
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International Building Code adopted; strict enforcement; environmental restrictions
Natural Disaster Risk
What You Can Grow
Vegetables, berries, greenhouse crops, limited orchard, turf farms
Moderate; urban areas higher
Racial Composition
Southern most rural region
Western interior towns
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