Unemployment Rate in Kent County, RI

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
4.7% −11.5% vs nat'l
Rank #1,797 of 3,222
44th percentile

How Kent County Compares

Kent County
4.7%
Rhode Island Average
4.7%
Rank #3 of 5 in state
National
5.3%
11.5% below

National Distribution

Where Kent County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.

0.0% 28.6%

■ Kent County: 4.7%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#1,794 Trumbull County, OH 4.7%
#1,795 Pulaski County, AR 4.7%
#1,796 Tarrant County, TX 4.7%
#1,797 Kent County, RI 4.7%
#1,798 Monongalia County, WV 4.7%
#1,799 Pickens County, AL 4.7%
#1,800 Callahan County, TX 4.7%
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Unemployment Rate in Kent County, Rhode Island

Kent County, Rhode Island has a unemployment rate of 4.7%, which ranks #1,797 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 11.5% below the national value of 5.3%.

Within Rhode Island, Kent County ranks #3 of 5 out of 5 counties. This places it in the 44th percentile nationally.

Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.