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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PROVIDENT FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001010470
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035]
		IRS NUMBER:				330704889
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3756 CENTRAL AVE
		CITY:			RIVERSIDE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92506
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9096866060

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		STREET 1:		3756 CENTRAL AVENUE
		CITY:			RIVERSIDE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92506
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to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Act&#8221;), and the rules and
regulations thereunder, on behalf of our client Provident Financial Holdings,
Inc. (&#8220;Provident&#8221;), we enclose herewith for filing Pre-Effective Amendment No.
Two (the &#8220;Amendment&#8221;) to Provident&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 relating
to Provident&#8217;s proposed offering.</font></div>
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Amendment responds to comments raised by the Staff of the Securities and
Exchange Commission in its letter dated November 19, 2009 (the &#8220;Comment
Letter&#8221;).&#160;&#160;Provident&#8217;s responses to the Staff&#8217;s comments are numbered
to correspond to the numbered comments in the Comment Letter.</font></div>
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2009</font></font></div>
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our letter dated November 2, 2009 and the disclosures that you have included in
your Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. Please include a Risk
Factor in your registration statement to include a </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">discussion of the specific risks
associated with the high percentage of non-traditional </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">loans that are non-performing and
fully amortize between one and five years</font>.</font></div>
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addition, the risk factor entitled &#8220;Our emphasis on non-traditional
single-family residential loans exposes us to increased lending risk&#8221; on page 9
also addresses this comment.</font></div>
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      note your response to comment 12 of our letter dated November 2, 2009. As
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      required by Item 12 of Form S-1, which requires incorporation by reference
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      statements filed </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">pursuant to Section 14 of the
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in response to the Staff&#8217;s request,&#160;Provident acknowledges that (i) it is
responsible for the adequacy of the disclosure in its filings; (ii) Staff
comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments do not foreclose
the Commission from taking any action with respect to&#160;Provident&#8217;s filings;
and (iii) Provident may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding
initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of
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registration statement as soon as the Staff is prepared to receive
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