2000 vs. 2016 Total Employment Growth and Change
Rhode Island Employment Growth by County
2000 vs. 2016, Net Percent Change
Rhode Island Employment Growth by County
Washington County 2000 vs. 2016
Net Percent Change = 25.61%
Rank = #1
Kent County 2000 vs. 2016
Net Percent Change = 5.00%
Rank = #5
Employment Growth by County
2000 vs. 2016, Net Percent Change
Employment Growth by County
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Employment Growth, 2000 vs. 2016
More
than
20%
20%
to
10%
10%
to
0%
0%
or
Below
Total
2000 vs. 2016
1
2
2
0
5
 
     
Employment by County, 2016
Employment by County, 2016
Providence County 2016
Employment = 372,888
Percent of State = 58.87%
Rank = #1
Bristol County 2016
Employment = 23,300
Percent of State = 3.68%
Rank = #5
Washington County 2016
Employment = 79,522
Percent of State = 12.55%
Rank = #3
Again highlighting Washington County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2016 employment statewide (633,419).

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Statewide Snippets:
  • Ranked #1, Providence County's 2016 employment totaled 372,888, equating to 58.87% of the statewide total.
  • Ranked last (#5), Bristol County's employment of 23,300 in 2016 comprised just 3.68% of the total statewide. Bristol County's employment in 2016 equates to just 6.2% to that of Providence County's.
  • Providence County's 2016 employment (372,888) exceeded the combined employment (260,531) of Rhode Island's four smallest counties.
Washington County Snippets:
  • Washington County's employment in 2016 ranked #3, amounting to 12.55% of the statewide total.
  • Washington County's employment of 79,522 placed below that of Kent County's (99,684, #2), and just above that of Newport County's (58,025, #4).
Employment by County, 2016
Employment by County, 2016
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Employment, 2016
More
than
300,000
300,000
to
200,000
200,000
to
100,000
100,000
or
Below
Total
2016
1
0
0
4
5
 
     

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Rhode Island Employment by County:
2000 vs. 2016
 
2000
 
2016
 
2000 - 2016
 
 
 
 
20,132
3.46
 
23,300
3.68
 
15.74
3,168
6.23
0.22
 
94,938
16.30
 
99,684
15.74
 
5.00
4,746
9.34
-0.56
 
52,262
8.97
 
58,025
9.16
 
11.03
5,763
11.34
0.19
 
351,950
60.41
 
372,888
58.87
 
5.95
20,938
41.19
-1.54
 
63,307
10.87
 
79,522
12.55
 
25.61
16,215
31.90
1.69
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
582,589
100.00
 
633,419
100.00
 
8.72
50,830
100.00
0.00
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
165,370,800
 
193,425,900
 
16.96
28,055,100
 
142,396,424
 
169,971,911
 
19.37
27,575,487
 
22,974,376
 
23,453,989
 
2.09
479,613
Source: Calculations by the Rhode Island Regional Economic Analysis Project (RI-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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