Unemployment Rate in Newport County, RI
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.5%
Rank #2,300/3,222 · #4 in RI
29th
Newport 5.5%
RI 5.8% -5.0%
US 5.3% +3.1%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Newport County's unemployment rate of 5.5% 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 Newport County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,297 | Ford County, IL | 5.5% |
| #2,298 | Greenwood County, SC | 5.5% |
| #2,299 | Madison Parish, LA | 5.5% |
| #2,300 | Newport County, RI | 5.5% |
| #2,301 | Chilton County, AL | 5.5% |
| #2,302 | Meigs County, TN | 5.5% |
| #2,303 | Tipton County, TN | 5.5% |
About Unemployment Rate
Newport County, Rhode Island has a unemployment rate of 5.5%, ranking #2,300 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 3.1% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Rhode Island, it ranks #4 of 5. This places it in the 29th 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.