Unemployment Rate in Providence County, RI
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Providence County Compares
National Distribution
Where Providence County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Providence County: 6.5%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,698 | Lincoln County, KY | 6.5% |
| #2,699 | Presque Isle County, MI | 6.5% |
| #2,700 | Mineral County, WV | 6.5% |
| #2,701 | Providence County, RI | 6.5% |
| #2,702 | Mason County, WA | 6.5% |
| #2,703 | Cass County, MN | 6.6% |
| #2,704 | Miami County, IN | 6.6% |
Unemployment Rate in Providence County, Rhode Island
Providence County, Rhode Island has a unemployment rate of 6.5%, which ranks #2,701 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 23.5% above the national value of 5.3%.
Within Rhode Island, Providence County ranks #5 of 5 out of 5 counties. This places it in the 16th 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.