Unemployment Rate in Newport County, RI
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Newport County Compares
National Distribution
Where Newport County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Newport County: 5.5%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,297 | Ford County, IL | 5.5% |
| #2,298 | Greenwood County, SC | 5.5% |
| #2,299 | Madison Parish, LA | 5.5% |
| #2,300 | Newport County, RI | 5.5% |
| #2,301 | Chilton County, AL | 5.5% |
| #2,302 | Meigs County, TN | 5.5% |
| #2,303 | Tipton County, TN | 5.5% |
Unemployment Rate in Newport County, Rhode Island
Newport County, Rhode Island has a unemployment rate of 5.5%, which ranks #2,300 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 3.1% above the national value of 5.3%.
Within Rhode Island, Newport County ranks #4 of 5 out of 5 counties. This places it in the 29th 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.