High Unemployment Area
Providence, RI Current Unemployment - 5.0%
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, RI Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2022
5.4%
4.5%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.3%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2022
3.7%
3.0%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.3%
2.8%
3.6%
5 / 2022
3.5%
2.7%
3.6%
6 / 2022
3.5%
2.8%
3.6%
7 / 2022
4.0%
3.0%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.0%
3.9%
3.7%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2021
9.4%
8.5%
6.3%
2 / 2021
9.2%
7.9%
6.2%
3 / 2021
8.6%
7.2%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.9%
5.1%
6.1%
5 / 2021
6.1%
5.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.2%
5.8%
5.9%
7 / 2021
7.3%
6.3%
5.4%
8 / 2021
7.7%
6.1%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.5%
4.8%
4.7%
10 / 2021
5.1%
4.1%
4.6%
11 / 2021
5.1%
4.0%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.6%
3.4%
3.9%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2020
4.7%
4.1%
3.6%
2 / 2020
4.7%
4.0%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.9%
5.0%
4.4%
4 / 2020
19.3%
17.8%
14.7%
5 / 2020
15.8%
16.2%
13.3%
6 / 2020
12.7%
12.3%
11.1%
7 / 2020
17.7%
11.5%
10.2%
8 / 2020
16.2%
13.0%
8.4%
9 / 2020
13.6%
10.2%
7.9%
10 / 2020
8.5%
6.5%
6.9%
11 / 2020
9.3%
7.7%
6.7%
12 / 2020
8.8%
7.8%
6.7%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2019
5.4%
4.6%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.1%
4.3%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.9%
3.9%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.0%
3.2%
3.6%
5 / 2019
4.2%
3.3%
3.6%
6 / 2019
4.3%
3.3%
3.7%
7 / 2019
4.9%
3.9%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.7%
3.7%
3.7%
9 / 2019
4.1%
3.1%
3.5%
10 / 2019
3.6%
2.9%
3.6%
11 / 2019
4.1%
3.3%
3.5%
12 / 2019
3.9%
3.2%
3.5%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2018
6.1%
5.3%
4.1%
2 / 2018
5.9%
5.0%
4.1%
3 / 2018
5.5%
4.5%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.7%
3.8%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.6%
3.6%
3.8%
6 / 2018
4.9%
3.6%
4.0%
7 / 2018
5.4%
4.1%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.1%
4.0%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.5%
3.5%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.2%
3.3%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.6%
3.6%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.1%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2017
6.3%
5.5%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.9%
5.1%
4.7%
3 / 2017
5.7%
4.7%
4.4%
4 / 2017
4.8%
4.0%
4.4%
5 / 2017
4.9%
4.0%
4.4%
6 / 2017
5.3%
4.1%
4.3%
7 / 2017
5.8%
4.6%
4.3%
8 / 2017
5.5%
4.5%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.0%
4.0%
4.2%
10 / 2017
4.7%
3.9%
4.1%
11 / 2017
5.0%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
4.7%
4.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2016
7.4%
6.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
7.0%
6.1%
4.9%
3 / 2016
6.8%
5.7%
5.0%
4 / 2016
6.0%
5.0%
5.0%
5 / 2016
6.3%
5.1%
4.8%
6 / 2016
6.4%
5.0%
4.9%
7 / 2016
6.7%
5.5%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.4%
5.3%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.8%
4.8%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.3%
4.5%
4.9%
11 / 2016
5.3%
4.5%
4.7%
12 / 2016
5.0%
4.3%
4.7%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2015
8.4%
7.5%
5.7%
2 / 2015
7.8%
7.2%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.5%
6.8%
5.4%
4 / 2015
6.6%
5.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
7.0%
6.0%
5.6%
6 / 2015
7.1%
5.8%
5.3%
7 / 2015
7.3%
6.1%
5.2%
8 / 2015
7.0%
5.9%
5.1%
9 / 2015
6.5%
5.2%
5.0%
10 / 2015
6.2%
5.1%
5.0%
11 / 2015
6.4%
5.3%
5.1%
12 / 2015
6.2%
5.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2014
11.2%
9.9%
6.6%
2 / 2014
10.5%
9.4%
6.7%
3 / 2014
10.3%
9.0%
6.7%
4 / 2014
9.2%
7.9%
6.2%
5 / 2014
9.1%
7.7%
6.3%
6 / 2014
8.7%
7.3%
6.1%
7 / 2014
9.2%
7.7%
6.2%
8 / 2014
8.9%
7.4%
6.1%
9 / 2014
8.2%
6.8%
5.9%
10 / 2014
7.7%
6.5%
5.7%
11 / 2014
7.6%
6.5%
5.8%
12 / 2014
7.3%
6.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2013
11.8%
10.5%
8.0%
2 / 2013
11.1%
10.0%
7.7%
3 / 2013
11.0%
9.8%
7.5%
4 / 2013
10.3%
9.0%
7.6%
5 / 2013
10.5%
9.0%
7.5%
6 / 2013
10.5%
8.9%
7.5%
7 / 2013
11.1%
9.4%
7.3%
8 / 2013
10.9%
9.3%
7.2%
9 / 2013
10.2%
8.9%
7.2%
10 / 2013
10.1%
8.8%
7.2%
11 / 2013
10.1%
8.8%
6.9%
12 / 2013
10.0%
8.7%
6.7%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2012
13.7%
12.2%
8.3%
2 / 2012
13.1%
11.8%
8.3%
3 / 2012
12.9%
11.4%
8.2%
4 / 2012
12.1%
10.5%
8.2%
5 / 2012
12.0%
10.3%
8.2%
6 / 2012
11.9%
10.1%
8.2%
7 / 2012
12.3%
10.5%
8.2%
8 / 2012
11.9%
10.2%
8.1%
9 / 2012
11.1%
9.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
11.0%
9.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
10.9%
9.5%
7.7%
12 / 2012
10.4%
9.2%
7.9%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2011
13.0%
12.0%
9.1%
2 / 2011
12.6%
11.7%
9.0%
3 / 2011
12.6%
11.5%
9.0%
4 / 2011
12.1%
10.7%
9.1%
5 / 2011
12.3%
10.7%
9.0%
6 / 2011
12.3%
10.5%
9.1%
7 / 2011
13.1%
11.1%
9.0%
8 / 2011
12.8%
11.0%
9.0%
9 / 2011
12.3%
10.6%
9.0%
10 / 2011
12.5%
10.8%
8.8%
11 / 2011
12.6%
10.9%
8.6%
12 / 2011
12.4%
10.9%
8.5%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2010
12.9%
12.1%
9.8%
2 / 2010
12.5%
11.9%
9.8%
3 / 2010
12.4%
11.7%
9.9%
4 / 2010
12.1%
11.2%
9.9%
5 / 2010
12.4%
11.2%
9.6%
6 / 2010
12.2%
10.9%
9.4%
7 / 2010
13.0%
11.4%
9.4%
8 / 2010
12.7%
11.3%
9.5%
9 / 2010
12.1%
10.7%
9.5%
10 / 2010
12.0%
10.6%
9.4%
11 / 2010
12.1%
10.7%
9.8%
12 / 2010
12.0%
10.8%
9.3%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2009
12.5%
11.1%
7.8%
2 / 2009
12.9%
11.3%
8.3%
3 / 2009
13.0%
11.4%
8.7%
4 / 2009
12.9%
11.1%
9.0%
5 / 2009
13.4%
11.0%
9.4%
6 / 2009
13.2%
10.9%
9.5%
7 / 2009
14.2%
11.4%
9.5%
8 / 2009
13.7%
11.2%
9.6%
9 / 2009
13.0%
10.7%
9.8%
10 / 2009
12.7%
10.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
12.5%
10.6%
9.9%
12 / 2009
12.4%
10.7%
9.9%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2008
8.2%
7.2%
5.0%
2 / 2008
8.2%
7.2%
4.9%
3 / 2008
8.4%
7.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
8.2%
6.9%
5.0%
5 / 2008
9.1%
7.1%
5.4%
6 / 2008
9.3%
7.3%
5.6%
7 / 2008
10.3%
8.1%
5.8%
8 / 2008
10.4%
8.2%
6.1%
9 / 2008
9.9%
8.0%
6.1%
10 / 2008
9.9%
8.2%
6.5%
11 / 2008
10.2%
8.7%
6.8%
12 / 2008
10.8%
9.2%
7.3%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2007
6.7%
5.7%
4.6%
2 / 2007
6.1%
5.5%
4.5%
3 / 2007
6.0%
5.2%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.8%
4.7%
4.5%
5 / 2007
6.1%
4.7%
4.4%
6 / 2007
6.3%
4.8%
4.6%
7 / 2007
7.3%
5.5%
4.7%
8 / 2007
7.1%
5.4%
4.6%
9 / 2007
6.5%
5.0%
4.7%
10 / 2007
6.3%
5.0%
4.7%
11 / 2007
6.3%
5.2%
4.7%
12 / 2007
6.6%
5.6%
5.0%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2006
7.3%
6.1%
4.7%
2 / 2006
6.7%
5.8%
4.8%
3 / 2006
6.5%
5.5%
4.7%
4 / 2006
6.0%
4.8%
4.7%
5 / 2006
6.2%
4.8%
4.6%
6 / 2006
6.5%
4.8%
4.6%
7 / 2006
7.1%
5.3%
4.7%
8 / 2006
6.5%
5.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
5.6%
4.4%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.3%
4.2%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.2%
4.3%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.1%
4.3%
4.4%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2005
6.8%
6.0%
5.3%
2 / 2005
6.2%
5.7%
5.4%
3 / 2005
6.2%
5.5%
5.2%
4 / 2005
6.1%
4.8%
5.2%
5 / 2005
6.2%
4.8%
5.1%
6 / 2005
6.4%
4.9%
5.0%
7 / 2005
7.3%
5.4%
5.0%
8 / 2005
6.9%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2005
6.1%
4.6%
5.0%
10 / 2005
5.8%
4.5%
5.0%
11 / 2005
5.8%
4.6%
5.0%
12 / 2005
5.7%
4.7%
4.9%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2004
7.1%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
6.6%
6.0%
5.6%
3 / 2004
6.6%
5.8%
5.8%
4 / 2004
6.3%
5.4%
5.6%
5 / 2004
6.2%
5.0%
5.6%
6 / 2004
6.3%
5.0%
5.6%
7 / 2004
7.2%
5.5%
5.5%
8 / 2004
6.6%
5.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
5.7%
4.5%
5.4%
10 / 2004
5.5%
4.3%
5.5%
11 / 2004
5.4%
4.4%
5.4%
12 / 2004
5.4%
4.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2003
7.6%
6.4%
5.8%
2 / 2003
7.1%
6.1%
5.9%
3 / 2003
6.9%
5.9%
5.9%
4 / 2003
6.6%
5.2%
6.0%
5 / 2003
6.9%
5.1%
6.1%
6 / 2003
6.9%
5.2%
6.3%
7 / 2003
7.4%
5.6%
6.2%
8 / 2003
6.9%
5.4%
6.1%
9 / 2003
6.1%
4.8%
6.1%
10 / 2003
5.9%
4.7%
6.0%
11 / 2003
5.9%
4.7%
5.8%
12 / 2003
5.6%
4.8%
5.7%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2002
7.3%
5.9%
5.7%
2 / 2002
6.5%
5.5%
5.7%
3 / 2002
6.4%
5.3%
5.7%
4 / 2002
5.9%
4.7%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.0%
4.7%
5.8%
6 / 2002
6.2%
4.8%
5.8%
7 / 2002
6.8%
5.2%
5.8%
8 / 2002
6.2%
5.1%
5.7%
9 / 2002
5.7%
4.6%
5.7%
10 / 2002
5.4%
4.5%
5.7%
11 / 2002
5.5%
4.6%
5.9%
12 / 2002
5.7%
4.8%
6.0%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2001
6.2%
5.2%
4.2%
2 / 2001
5.8%
4.9%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.0%
4.9%
4.3%
4 / 2001
5.5%
4.2%
4.4%
5 / 2001
6.0%
4.3%
4.3%
6 / 2001
6.3%
4.5%
4.5%
7 / 2001
6.8%
5.0%
4.6%
8 / 2001
6.4%
4.8%
4.9%
9 / 2001
5.7%
4.3%
5.0%
10 / 2001
5.5%
4.2%
5.3%
11 / 2001
5.4%
4.3%
5.5%
12 / 2001
5.4%
4.3%
5.7%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 2000
6.2%
5.2%
4.0%
2 / 2000
5.5%
4.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
5.1%
4.4%
4.0%
4 / 2000
4.6%
3.7%
3.8%
5 / 2000
4.9%
3.9%
4.0%
6 / 2000
5.3%
4.0%
4.0%
7 / 2000
5.8%
4.4%
4.0%
8 / 2000
5.4%
4.2%
4.1%
9 / 2000
4.9%
3.7%
3.9%
10 / 2000
4.7%
3.6%
3.9%
11 / 2000
4.6%
3.6%
3.9%
12 / 2000
4.5%
3.6%
3.9%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1999
6.6%
5.7%
4.3%
2 / 1999
5.9%
5.0%
4.4%
3 / 1999
5.7%
4.6%
4.2%
4 / 1999
5.0%
3.8%
4.3%
5 / 1999
5.2%
3.8%
4.2%
6 / 1999
5.4%
3.9%
4.3%
7 / 1999
5.9%
4.3%
4.3%
8 / 1999
5.5%
4.1%
4.2%
9 / 1999
5.2%
3.8%
4.2%
10 / 1999
4.9%
3.7%
4.1%
11 / 1999
4.7%
3.6%
4.1%
12 / 1999
4.9%
3.6%
4.0%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1998
7.2%
6.1%
4.6%
2 / 1998
6.7%
5.6%
4.6%
3 / 1998
6.6%
5.4%
4.7%
4 / 1998
5.4%
4.6%
4.3%
5 / 1998
5.7%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 1998
5.9%
4.4%
4.5%
7 / 1998
6.2%
4.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
5.7%
4.5%
4.5%
9 / 1998
5.6%
4.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
5.4%
4.0%
4.5%
11 / 1998
5.0%
3.8%
4.4%
12 / 1998
5.3%
3.9%
4.4%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1997
7.7%
6.6%
5.3%
2 / 1997
7.3%
6.2%
5.2%
3 / 1997
6.8%
5.8%
5.2%
4 / 1997
6.0%
5.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
6.4%
4.8%
4.9%
6 / 1997
6.5%
4.9%
5.0%
7 / 1997
7.3%
5.3%
4.9%
8 / 1997
6.6%
5.1%
4.8%
9 / 1997
6.2%
4.7%
4.9%
10 / 1997
6.0%
4.6%
4.7%
11 / 1997
5.6%
4.4%
4.6%
12 / 1997
5.6%
4.5%
4.7%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1996
8.2%
7.1%
5.6%
2 / 1996
7.8%
6.8%
5.5%
3 / 1996
7.4%
6.3%
5.5%
4 / 1996
6.7%
5.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
6.9%
5.1%
5.6%
6 / 1996
7.1%
5.1%
5.3%
7 / 1996
7.7%
5.4%
5.5%
8 / 1996
6.7%
5.2%
5.1%
9 / 1996
6.4%
4.9%
5.2%
10 / 1996
6.2%
4.8%
5.2%
11 / 1996
5.7%
4.7%
5.4%
12 / 1996
5.9%
4.8%
5.4%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1995
9.1%
7.9%
5.6%
2 / 1995
8.3%
7.6%
5.4%
3 / 1995
8.1%
7.2%
5.4%
4 / 1995
7.9%
6.4%
5.8%
5 / 1995
7.8%
6.2%
5.6%
6 / 1995
8.0%
6.2%
5.6%
7 / 1995
8.3%
6.4%
5.7%
8 / 1995
7.4%
6.1%
5.7%
9 / 1995
7.2%
5.8%
5.6%
10 / 1995
6.8%
5.5%
5.5%
11 / 1995
6.5%
5.3%
5.6%
12 / 1995
6.6%
5.3%
5.6%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1994
9.3%
8.7%
6.6%
2 / 1994
8.5%
8.2%
6.6%
3 / 1994
8.1%
7.9%
6.5%
4 / 1994
7.7%
6.9%
6.4%
5 / 1994
8.2%
6.6%
6.1%
6 / 1994
8.3%
6.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
8.9%
6.9%
6.1%
8 / 1994
8.2%
6.6%
6.0%
9 / 1994
8.0%
6.3%
5.9%
10 / 1994
7.6%
6.2%
5.8%
11 / 1994
7.0%
6.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
7.1%
5.9%
5.5%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1993
9.9%
9.4%
7.3%
2 / 1993
9.5%
9.0%
7.1%
3 / 1993
8.9%
8.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
8.6%
7.9%
7.1%
5 / 1993
8.7%
7.5%
7.1%
6 / 1993
8.8%
7.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
8.9%
7.4%
6.9%
8 / 1993
8.6%
7.3%
6.8%
9 / 1993
8.5%
7.2%
6.7%
10 / 1993
8.3%
7.2%
6.8%
11 / 1993
8.4%
7.0%
6.6%
12 / 1993
8.0%
6.9%
6.5%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1992
11.0%
10.2%
7.3%
2 / 1992
10.7%
10.1%
7.4%
3 / 1992
10.4%
9.8%
7.4%
4 / 1992
9.9%
8.9%
7.4%
5 / 1992
9.6%
8.7%
7.6%
6 / 1992
10.2%
8.7%
7.8%
7 / 1992
10.3%
8.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
9.7%
8.6%
7.6%
9 / 1992
9.7%
8.6%
7.6%
10 / 1992
9.0%
8.3%
7.3%
11 / 1992
8.6%
8.0%
7.4%
12 / 1992
8.3%
7.9%
7.4%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1991
9.3%
9.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
9.3%
9.2%
6.6%
3 / 1991
9.2%
9.2%
6.8%
4 / 1991
8.9%
8.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
9.4%
8.3%
6.9%
6 / 1991
9.5%
8.3%
6.9%
7 / 1991
10.0%
8.4%
6.8%
8 / 1991
9.5%
8.4%
6.9%
9 / 1991
9.6%
8.4%
6.9%
10 / 1991
9.7%
8.4%
7.0%
11 / 1991
9.2%
8.3%
7.0%
12 / 1991
9.5%
8.5%
7.3%
Month/Year
Providence, RI%
Rhode-Island%
National %
1 / 1990
7.1%
6.6%
5.4%
2 / 1990
6.8%
6.5%
5.3%
3 / 1990
6.0%
5.6%
5.2%
4 / 1990
6.7%
5.8%
5.4%
5 / 1990
7.0%
5.8%
5.4%
6 / 1990
7.3%
6.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
7.8%
6.4%
5.5%
8 / 1990
7.2%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 1990
7.5%
6.6%
5.9%
10 / 1990
7.4%
6.7%
5.9%
11 / 1990
7.2%
6.8%
6.2%
12 / 1990
7.4%
7.0%
6.3%