Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States. Rhode Island is the smallest in area, the eighth least populous, but the second most densely populated of the 50 US states behind New Jersey. Wikipedia

Santa Maria is a city on the Central Coast, in Santa Barbara County. It is approximately 120 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The 2012 population was 101,459, putting it ahead of Santa Barbara for the first time and making it the most populous city in the county. Wikipedia