Unemployment Rate in Kent County, RI
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.7%
Rank #1,797/3,222 · #3 in RI
44th
Kent 4.7%
RI 5.8% -18.4%
US 5.3% -11.5%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Kent County's unemployment rate of 4.7% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Kent County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,794 | Trumbull County, OH | 4.7% |
| #1,795 | Pulaski County, AR | 4.7% |
| #1,796 | Tarrant County, TX | 4.7% |
| #1,797 | Kent County, RI | 4.7% |
| #1,798 | Monongalia County, WV | 4.7% |
| #1,799 | Pickens County, AL | 4.7% |
| #1,800 | Callahan County, TX | 4.7% |
About Unemployment Rate
Kent County, Rhode Island has a unemployment rate of 4.7%, ranking #1,797 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 11.5% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Rhode Island, it ranks #3 of 5. This places it in the 44th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.