Rhode Island

Rhode Island
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2009

Labor Force Data

  

Civilian Labor Force (1)

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 566.0 564.4 (6) 563.6 (6) 566.4 (6) 569.9 (P) (6) 573.6

Employment (1)

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 506.6 504.9 (6) 500.7 (6) 497.6 (6) 499.1 (P) (6) 500.8

Unemployment (1)

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 59.4 59.6 (6) 62.9 (6) 68.8 (6) 70.9 (P) (6) 72.8

Unemployment Rate (2)

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 10.5 10.6 (6) 11.2 (6) 12.1 (6) 12.4 (P) (6) 12.7

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

  

Total Nonfarm (3)

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 467.2 465.0 464.6 463.8 463.0 (P) 463.9

12-month % change
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 -4.3 -4.6 -4.2 -4.2 -4.1 (P) -3.6

Mining and Logging (4)

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 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 (P) 0.2

12-month % change
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 0.0 0.0 0.0 -33.3 0.0 (P) -33.3

Construction (3)

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 17.9 17.6 17.8 18.1 17.8 (P) 18.3

12-month % change
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 -16.0 -17.4 -13.6 -12.1 -13.2 (P) -11.2

Manufacturing (3)

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 44.3 44.1 43.7 43.4 43.0 (P) 43.5

12-month % change
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 -9.8 -10.2 -10.5 -10.5 -11.0 (P) -9.4

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3)

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 74.1 73.9 73.7 73.3 73.6 (P) 73.8

12-month % change
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 -5.7 -5.9 -5.5 -5.8 -5.3 (P) -4.9

Information (4)

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 10.3 10.2 10.2 10.1 10.0 (P) 9.8

12-month % change
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 -5.5 -6.4 -5.6 -4.7 -7.4 (P) -5.8

Financial Activities (3)

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 32.5 32.3 32.2 32.3 32.5 (P) 32.7

12-month % change
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 -4.4 -4.2 -3.9 -3.3 -2.7 (P) -2.1

Professional & Business Services (3)

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 52.1 51.9 52.1 51.9 52.1 (P) 52.4

12-month % change
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 -6.1 -6.1 -5.4 -5.3 -4.9 (P) -4.6

Education & Health Services (3)

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 100.4 99.9 99.8 99.7 99.9 (P) 99.5

12-month % change
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 0.4 -0.1 0.2 -0.1 0.1 (P) 0.0

Leisure & Hospitality (3)

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 50.7 50.7 50.0 50.7 50.1 (P) 50.3

12-month % change
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 -1.7 -1.2 -2.5 -1.7 -1.6 (P) 0.0

Government (3)

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 62.4 62.1 62.6 62.1 61.6 (P) 61.3

12-month % change
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 -2.2 -3.1 -2.2 -3.0 -3.1 (P) -3.6

Mass layoffs

  

Layoff events, all industries (5)

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 9 9 8 7 10 10

Initial claimants, all industries (5)

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 1,291 889 1,649 563 1,377 965

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) See About the data.
(6) Corrected.
(P) Preliminary

Data extracted on: August 25, 2009

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Rhode Island includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:

 

Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

Employment & Unemployment

Prices & Living Conditions

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