Moderate Unemployment Area
Providence County, RI Current Unemployment - 4.3%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Providence County, RI Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2022
4.8%
4.5%
4.0%
2 / 2022
4.8%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2022
3.2%
3.0%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.0%
2.8%
3.6%
5 / 2022
3.0%
2.7%
3.6%
6 / 2022
3.1%
2.8%
3.6%
7 / 2022
3.4%
3.0%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.3%
3.9%
3.7%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2021
8.8%
8.5%
6.3%
2 / 2021
8.3%
7.9%
6.2%
3 / 2021
7.7%
7.2%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.4%
5.1%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.8%
5.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.8%
5.8%
5.9%
7 / 2021
6.4%
6.3%
5.4%
8 / 2021
6.7%
6.1%
5.2%
9 / 2021
4.9%
4.8%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.7%
4.1%
4.6%
11 / 2021
4.6%
4.0%
4.2%
12 / 2021
3.8%
3.4%
3.9%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2020
4.3%
4.1%
3.6%
2 / 2020
4.2%
4.0%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.3%
5.0%
4.4%
4 / 2020
18.6%
17.8%
14.7%
5 / 2020
17.3%
16.2%
13.3%
6 / 2020
13.5%
12.3%
11.1%
7 / 2020
12.8%
11.5%
10.2%
8 / 2020
14.4%
13.0%
8.4%
9 / 2020
11.3%
10.2%
7.9%
10 / 2020
7.3%
6.5%
6.9%
11 / 2020
8.4%
7.7%
6.7%
12 / 2020
8.2%
7.8%
6.7%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2019
4.8%
4.6%
4.0%
2 / 2019
4.5%
4.3%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.2%
3.9%
3.8%
4 / 2019
3.5%
3.2%
3.6%
5 / 2019
3.6%
3.3%
3.6%
6 / 2019
3.7%
3.3%
3.7%
7 / 2019
4.3%
3.9%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.1%
3.7%
3.7%
9 / 2019
3.5%
3.1%
3.5%
10 / 2019
3.2%
2.9%
3.6%
11 / 2019
3.5%
3.3%
3.5%
12 / 2019
3.4%
3.2%
3.5%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2018
5.5%
5.3%
4.1%
2 / 2018
5.2%
5.0%
4.1%
3 / 2018
4.8%
4.5%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.1%
3.8%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.0%
3.6%
3.8%
6 / 2018
4.0%
3.6%
4.0%
7 / 2018
4.5%
4.1%
3.9%
8 / 2018
4.4%
4.0%
3.8%
9 / 2018
3.8%
3.5%
3.7%
10 / 2018
3.6%
3.3%
3.8%
11 / 2018
3.9%
3.6%
3.7%
12 / 2018
3.7%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2017
5.7%
5.5%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.3%
5.1%
4.7%
3 / 2017
5.0%
4.7%
4.4%
4 / 2017
4.4%
4.0%
4.4%
5 / 2017
4.4%
4.0%
4.4%
6 / 2017
4.5%
4.1%
4.3%
7 / 2017
5.1%
4.6%
4.3%
8 / 2017
4.9%
4.5%
4.4%
9 / 2017
4.4%
4.0%
4.2%
10 / 2017
4.3%
3.9%
4.1%
11 / 2017
4.5%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
4.3%
4.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2016
6.6%
6.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
6.3%
6.1%
4.9%
3 / 2016
6.0%
5.7%
5.0%
4 / 2016
5.4%
5.0%
5.0%
5 / 2016
5.5%
5.1%
4.8%
6 / 2016
5.5%
5.0%
4.9%
7 / 2016
5.9%
5.5%
4.8%
8 / 2016
5.8%
5.3%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.2%
4.8%
5.0%
10 / 2016
4.8%
4.5%
4.9%
11 / 2016
4.9%
4.5%
4.7%
12 / 2016
4.6%
4.3%
4.7%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2015
7.7%
7.5%
5.7%
2 / 2015
7.3%
7.2%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.0%
6.8%
5.4%
4 / 2015
6.2%
5.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
6.4%
6.0%
5.6%
6 / 2015
6.2%
5.8%
5.3%
7 / 2015
6.6%
6.1%
5.2%
8 / 2015
6.4%
5.9%
5.1%
9 / 2015
5.7%
5.2%
5.0%
10 / 2015
5.5%
5.1%
5.0%
11 / 2015
5.7%
5.3%
5.1%
12 / 2015
5.4%
5.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2014
10.4%
9.9%
6.6%
2 / 2014
9.8%
9.4%
6.7%
3 / 2014
9.5%
9.0%
6.7%
4 / 2014
8.4%
7.9%
6.2%
5 / 2014
8.3%
7.7%
6.3%
6 / 2014
7.9%
7.3%
6.1%
7 / 2014
8.3%
7.7%
6.2%
8 / 2014
8.0%
7.4%
6.1%
9 / 2014
7.3%
6.8%
5.9%
10 / 2014
6.9%
6.5%
5.7%
11 / 2014
6.9%
6.5%
5.8%
12 / 2014
6.6%
6.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2013
11.0%
10.5%
8.0%
2 / 2013
10.5%
10.0%
7.7%
3 / 2013
10.3%
9.8%
7.5%
4 / 2013
9.6%
9.0%
7.6%
5 / 2013
9.7%
9.0%
7.5%
6 / 2013
9.5%
8.9%
7.5%
7 / 2013
10.1%
9.4%
7.3%
8 / 2013
10.0%
9.3%
7.2%
9 / 2013
9.5%
8.9%
7.2%
10 / 2013
9.3%
8.8%
7.2%
11 / 2013
9.3%
8.8%
6.9%
12 / 2013
9.2%
8.7%
6.7%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2012
12.8%
12.2%
8.3%
2 / 2012
12.4%
11.8%
8.3%
3 / 2012
12.0%
11.4%
8.2%
4 / 2012
11.1%
10.5%
8.2%
5 / 2012
11.0%
10.3%
8.2%
6 / 2012
10.8%
10.1%
8.2%
7 / 2012
11.2%
10.5%
8.2%
8 / 2012
10.9%
10.2%
8.1%
9 / 2012
10.3%
9.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
10.1%
9.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
10.0%
9.5%
7.7%
12 / 2012
9.7%
9.2%
7.9%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2011
12.5%
12.0%
9.1%
2 / 2011
12.2%
11.7%
9.0%
3 / 2011
12.0%
11.5%
9.0%
4 / 2011
11.3%
10.7%
9.1%
5 / 2011
11.3%
10.7%
9.0%
6 / 2011
11.2%
10.5%
9.1%
7 / 2011
11.9%
11.1%
9.0%
8 / 2011
11.7%
11.0%
9.0%
9 / 2011
11.4%
10.6%
9.0%
10 / 2011
11.5%
10.8%
8.8%
11 / 2011
11.6%
10.9%
8.6%
12 / 2011
11.6%
10.9%
8.5%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2010
12.6%
12.1%
9.8%
2 / 2010
12.4%
11.9%
9.8%
3 / 2010
12.2%
11.7%
9.9%
4 / 2010
11.8%
11.2%
9.9%
5 / 2010
11.8%
11.2%
9.6%
6 / 2010
11.6%
10.9%
9.4%
7 / 2010
12.2%
11.4%
9.4%
8 / 2010
12.0%
11.3%
9.5%
9 / 2010
11.5%
10.7%
9.5%
10 / 2010
11.3%
10.6%
9.4%
11 / 2010
11.4%
10.7%
9.8%
12 / 2010
11.5%
10.8%
9.3%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2009
11.6%
11.1%
7.8%
2 / 2009
11.9%
11.3%
8.3%
3 / 2009
12.2%
11.4%
8.7%
4 / 2009
12.0%
11.1%
9.0%
5 / 2009
12.1%
11.0%
9.4%
6 / 2009
11.9%
10.9%
9.5%
7 / 2009
12.5%
11.4%
9.5%
8 / 2009
12.2%
11.2%
9.6%
9 / 2009
11.7%
10.7%
9.8%
10 / 2009
11.5%
10.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
11.4%
10.6%
9.9%
12 / 2009
11.3%
10.7%
9.9%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2008
7.5%
7.2%
5.0%
2 / 2008
7.5%
7.2%
4.9%
3 / 2008
7.7%
7.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
7.4%
6.9%
5.0%
5 / 2008
7.8%
7.1%
5.4%
6 / 2008
8.0%
7.3%
5.6%
7 / 2008
8.9%
8.1%
5.8%
8 / 2008
9.0%
8.2%
6.1%
9 / 2008
8.7%
8.0%
6.1%
10 / 2008
8.9%
8.2%
6.5%
11 / 2008
9.3%
8.7%
6.8%
12 / 2008
9.8%
9.2%
7.3%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2007
5.9%
5.7%
4.6%
2 / 2007
5.7%
5.5%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.5%
5.2%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.1%
4.7%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.2%
4.7%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.2%
4.8%
4.6%
7 / 2007
6.0%
5.5%
4.7%
8 / 2007
6.0%
5.4%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.5%
5.0%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.5%
5.0%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.6%
5.2%
4.7%
12 / 2007
5.9%
5.6%
5.0%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2006
6.4%
6.1%
4.7%
2 / 2006
6.0%
5.8%
4.8%
3 / 2006
5.8%
5.5%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.2%
4.8%
4.7%
5 / 2006
5.3%
4.8%
4.6%
6 / 2006
5.3%
4.8%
4.6%
7 / 2006
5.8%
5.3%
4.7%
8 / 2006
5.4%
5.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
4.8%
4.4%
4.5%
10 / 2006
4.6%
4.2%
4.4%
11 / 2006
4.6%
4.3%
4.5%
12 / 2006
4.6%
4.3%
4.4%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2005
6.2%
6.0%
5.3%
2 / 2005
5.9%
5.7%
5.4%
3 / 2005
5.8%
5.5%
5.2%
4 / 2005
5.3%
4.8%
5.2%
5 / 2005
5.3%
4.8%
5.1%
6 / 2005
5.4%
4.9%
5.0%
7 / 2005
5.9%
5.4%
5.0%
8 / 2005
5.6%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2005
5.1%
4.6%
5.0%
10 / 2005
5.0%
4.5%
5.0%
11 / 2005
4.9%
4.6%
5.0%
12 / 2005
5.0%
4.7%
4.9%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2004
6.6%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
6.3%
6.0%
5.6%
3 / 2004
6.2%
5.8%
5.8%
4 / 2004
5.8%
5.4%
5.6%
5 / 2004
5.5%
5.0%
5.6%
6 / 2004
5.5%
5.0%
5.6%
7 / 2004
6.0%
5.5%
5.5%
8 / 2004
5.7%
5.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
5.0%
4.5%
5.4%
10 / 2004
4.8%
4.3%
5.5%
11 / 2004
4.7%
4.4%
5.4%
12 / 2004
4.9%
4.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2003
6.9%
6.4%
5.8%
2 / 2003
6.5%
6.1%
5.9%
3 / 2003
6.4%
5.9%
5.9%
4 / 2003
5.7%
5.2%
6.0%
5 / 2003
5.8%
5.1%
6.1%
6 / 2003
5.8%
5.2%
6.3%
7 / 2003
6.3%
5.6%
6.2%
8 / 2003
6.0%
5.4%
6.1%
9 / 2003
5.5%
4.8%
6.1%
10 / 2003
5.3%
4.7%
6.0%
11 / 2003
5.2%
4.7%
5.8%
12 / 2003
5.2%
4.8%
5.7%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2002
6.4%
5.9%
5.7%
2 / 2002
5.9%
5.5%
5.7%
3 / 2002
5.7%
5.3%
5.7%
4 / 2002
5.2%
4.7%
5.9%
5 / 2002
5.2%
4.7%
5.8%
6 / 2002
5.3%
4.8%
5.8%
7 / 2002
5.8%
5.2%
5.8%
8 / 2002
5.6%
5.1%
5.7%
9 / 2002
5.1%
4.6%
5.7%
10 / 2002
5.0%
4.5%
5.7%
11 / 2002
5.0%
4.6%
5.9%
12 / 2002
5.3%
4.8%
6.0%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2001
5.5%
5.2%
4.2%
2 / 2001
5.2%
4.9%
4.2%
3 / 2001
5.3%
4.9%
4.3%
4 / 2001
4.7%
4.2%
4.4%
5 / 2001
4.9%
4.3%
4.3%
6 / 2001
5.1%
4.5%
4.5%
7 / 2001
5.6%
5.0%
4.6%
8 / 2001
5.4%
4.8%
4.9%
9 / 2001
4.9%
4.3%
5.0%
10 / 2001
4.8%
4.2%
5.3%
11 / 2001
4.7%
4.3%
5.5%
12 / 2001
4.7%
4.3%
5.7%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2000
5.5%
5.2%
4.0%
2 / 2000
5.1%
4.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
4.6%
4.4%
4.0%
4 / 2000
4.1%
3.7%
3.8%
5 / 2000
4.3%
3.9%
4.0%
6 / 2000
4.4%
4.0%
4.0%
7 / 2000
4.9%
4.4%
4.0%
8 / 2000
4.6%
4.2%
4.1%
9 / 2000
4.1%
3.7%
3.9%
10 / 2000
3.9%
3.6%
3.9%
11 / 2000
3.8%
3.6%
3.9%
12 / 2000
3.9%
3.6%
3.9%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1999
6.0%
5.7%
4.3%
2 / 1999
5.3%
5.0%
4.4%
3 / 1999
4.9%
4.6%
4.2%
4 / 1999
4.3%
3.8%
4.3%
5 / 1999
4.3%
3.8%
4.2%
6 / 1999
4.6%
3.9%
4.3%
7 / 1999
5.0%
4.3%
4.3%
8 / 1999
4.6%
4.1%
4.2%
9 / 1999
4.3%
3.8%
4.2%
10 / 1999
4.0%
3.7%
4.1%
11 / 1999
3.9%
3.6%
4.1%
12 / 1999
3.9%
3.6%
4.0%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1998
6.4%
6.1%
4.6%
2 / 1998
5.9%
5.6%
4.6%
3 / 1998
5.8%
5.4%
4.7%
4 / 1998
5.1%
4.6%
4.3%
5 / 1998
4.9%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 1998
5.0%
4.4%
4.5%
7 / 1998
5.2%
4.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
5.0%
4.5%
4.5%
9 / 1998
4.7%
4.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
4.5%
4.0%
4.5%
11 / 1998
4.2%
3.8%
4.4%
12 / 1998
4.2%
3.9%
4.4%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1997
6.9%
6.6%
5.3%
2 / 1997
6.5%
6.2%
5.2%
3 / 1997
6.2%
5.8%
5.2%
4 / 1997
5.4%
5.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
5.4%
4.8%
4.9%
6 / 1997
5.5%
4.9%
5.0%
7 / 1997
6.0%
5.3%
4.9%
8 / 1997
5.6%
5.1%
4.8%
9 / 1997
5.2%
4.7%
4.9%
10 / 1997
5.1%
4.6%
4.7%
11 / 1997
4.8%
4.4%
4.6%
12 / 1997
4.8%
4.5%
4.7%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1996
7.5%
7.1%
5.6%
2 / 1996
7.0%
6.8%
5.5%
3 / 1996
6.6%
6.3%
5.5%
4 / 1996
5.8%
5.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
5.7%
5.1%
5.6%
6 / 1996
5.7%
5.1%
5.3%
7 / 1996
6.0%
5.4%
5.5%
8 / 1996
5.7%
5.2%
5.1%
9 / 1996
5.5%
4.9%
5.2%
10 / 1996
5.2%
4.8%
5.2%
11 / 1996
5.0%
4.7%
5.4%
12 / 1996
5.1%
4.8%
5.4%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1995
8.3%
7.9%
5.6%
2 / 1995
7.9%
7.6%
5.4%
3 / 1995
7.6%
7.2%
5.4%
4 / 1995
6.9%
6.4%
5.8%
5 / 1995
6.8%
6.2%
5.6%
6 / 1995
6.8%
6.2%
5.6%
7 / 1995
7.2%
6.4%
5.7%
8 / 1995
6.6%
6.1%
5.7%
9 / 1995
6.3%
5.8%
5.6%
10 / 1995
5.9%
5.5%
5.5%
11 / 1995
5.6%
5.3%
5.6%
12 / 1995
5.7%
5.3%
5.6%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1994
8.8%
8.7%
6.6%
2 / 1994
8.4%
8.2%
6.6%
3 / 1994
8.0%
7.9%
6.5%
4 / 1994
7.1%
6.9%
6.4%
5 / 1994
7.1%
6.6%
6.1%
6 / 1994
7.2%
6.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
7.6%
6.9%
6.1%
8 / 1994
7.2%
6.6%
6.0%
9 / 1994
7.0%
6.3%
5.9%
10 / 1994
6.7%
6.2%
5.8%
11 / 1994
6.3%
6.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
6.3%
5.9%
5.5%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1993
9.6%
9.4%
7.3%
2 / 1993
9.2%
9.0%
7.1%
3 / 1993
8.7%
8.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
8.3%
7.9%
7.1%
5 / 1993
8.0%
7.5%
7.1%
6 / 1993
8.0%
7.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
8.1%
7.4%
6.9%
8 / 1993
7.8%
7.3%
6.8%
9 / 1993
7.8%
7.2%
6.7%
10 / 1993
7.7%
7.2%
6.8%
11 / 1993
7.4%
7.0%
6.6%
12 / 1993
7.2%
6.9%
6.5%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1992
10.6%
10.2%
7.3%
2 / 1992
10.5%
10.1%
7.4%
3 / 1992
10.2%
9.8%
7.4%
4 / 1992
9.5%
8.9%
7.4%
5 / 1992
9.4%
8.7%
7.6%
6 / 1992
9.4%
8.7%
7.8%
7 / 1992
9.4%
8.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
9.1%
8.6%
7.6%
9 / 1992
9.2%
8.6%
7.6%
10 / 1992
8.7%
8.3%
7.3%
11 / 1992
8.2%
8.0%
7.4%
12 / 1992
8.3%
7.9%
7.4%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1991
9.5%
9.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
9.5%
9.2%
6.6%
3 / 1991
9.5%
9.2%
6.8%
4 / 1991
8.8%
8.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
8.9%
8.3%
6.9%
6 / 1991
8.9%
8.3%
6.9%
7 / 1991
9.1%
8.4%
6.8%
8 / 1991
9.0%
8.4%
6.9%
9 / 1991
9.2%
8.4%
6.9%
10 / 1991
9.1%
8.4%
7.0%
11 / 1991
8.8%
8.3%
7.0%
12 / 1991
8.9%
8.5%
7.3%
Month/Year
Providence County, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1990
7.0%
6.6%
5.4%
2 / 1990
6.9%
6.5%
5.3%
3 / 1990
6.1%
5.6%
5.2%
4 / 1990
6.2%
5.8%
5.4%
5 / 1990
6.3%
5.8%
5.4%
6 / 1990
6.6%
6.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
7.2%
6.4%
5.5%
8 / 1990
6.9%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 1990
7.2%
6.6%
5.9%
10 / 1990
7.2%
6.7%
5.9%
11 / 1990
7.1%
6.8%
6.2%
12 / 1990
7.4%
7.0%
6.3%