Rhode Island Economy at a Glance

Rhode Island

Data Series	Apr 2004	May 2004	June 2004	July 2004	Aug 2004	Sept 2004
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force ⁽¹⁾	569.8	568.9	569.2	572.6	568.9	567.1
Employment ⁽¹⁾	537.4	536.9	535.9	539.7	537.7	538.8
Unemployment ⁽¹⁾	32.5	31.9	33.3	33.0	31.2	28.2
Unemployment Rate ⁽²⁾	5.7	5.6	5.8	5.8	5.5	5.0
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm ⁽³⁾	486.0	487.5	488.7	490.3	489.2	489.6 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Total Nonfarm	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9 ^(P)
Natural Resources and Mining (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2 ^(P)
12-month % change -- NR & Mining	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0 ^(P)
Construction ⁽³⁾	22.6	22.2	22.1	22.2	22.4	22.5 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Construction	13.0	8.3	6.8	5.2	5.7	5.6 ^(P)
Manufacturing ⁽³⁾	57.6	58.3	58.5	58.7	57.9	57.9 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Manufacturing	-2.9	-1.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.5	-0.5 ^(P)
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities ⁽³⁾	80.5	81.4	82.0	81.6	81.6	81.2 ^(P)
12-month % change -- TTU	0.0	0.6	1.2	1.0	1.0	0.2 ^(P)
Information (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	10.6	10.8	10.7	10.8	10.7	10.6 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Information	-3.6	-1.8	-4.5	-2.7	-3.6	-2.8 ^(P)
Financial Activities (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	33.6	33.5	33.5	33.3	33.3	33.2 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Financial Activities	1.8	0.6	-0.6	-2.1	-2.1	-1.8 ^(P)
Professional & Business Services ⁽³⁾	49.4	49.4	49.8	49.5	48.7	48.7 ^(P)
12-month % change -- PBS	0.4	0.0	0.4	-1.6	-2.8	-2.2 ^(P)
Educational & Health Services (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	93.6	92.8	89.7	89.5	89.5	92.6 ^(P)
12-month % change -- EHS	0.9	0.0	2.3	3.1	3.7	3.5 ^(P)
Leisure & Hospitality ⁽³⁾	49.8	50.5	50.3	51.3	51.2	51.4 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Leisure & Hospitality	2.5	3.1	3.1	3.8	3.2	3.2 ^(P)
Other Services ⁽³⁾
12-month % change -- Other Services
Government ⁽³⁾	66.6	66.6	66.8	66.5	66.5	66.6 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Government	0.9	0.8	-0.3	0.2	-0.2	0.0 ^(P)
Mass layoffs
Layoff events, all industries	8	- ⁽⁵⁾	6	4	- ⁽⁵⁾ ^(P)	- ⁽⁵⁾ ^(P)
12-month net change -- Layoff events, all industries	-1		3	1
12-month % change -- Layoff events, all industries	-11.1		100.0	33.3
Initial claimants, all industries	1,624	- ⁽⁵⁾	992	381	- ⁽⁵⁾ ^(P)	- ⁽⁵⁾ ^(P)
12-month net change -- Initial claimants, all industries	487		588	135
12-month % change -- Initial claimants, all industries	42.8		145.5	54.9

Footnotes:

^(P) Preliminary
⁽¹⁾ Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted
⁽²⁾ Percent
⁽³⁾ Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted
⁽⁴⁾ Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted (see About the data)
⁽⁵⁾ Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.

Data extracted on: October 28, 2004

Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Note: More data series, including additional geographic areas, are available through the "Get Detailed Statistics" link at the top of this page

Rhode Island includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:

Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI

Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

Employment & Unemployment

Prices & Living Conditions

Compensation & Working Conditions

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