Providence, Rhode Island Economy Profile

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Providence, Rhode Island Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Providence, Rhode Island, 28.29% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Nine point seven eight percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Providence, Rhode Island. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Providence, Rhode Island is as follows: nine point two six percent.

In Providence, Rhode Island government workers account for 11.59% of workers. Eighty-three point eight five percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Providence, Rhode Island is equal to $26,867 while median family income is thirty-two thousand, fifty-eight dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Providence, Rhode Island are $28,894. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty-three thousand, four hundred and seventy-two dollars.

zero of families in Providence, Rhode Island are below poverty line (total population in Providence, Rhode Island is 173,618). There are five thousand, seven hundred and forty-seven families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Providence, Rhode Island resident is twenty-eight point one years old.

	Providence, Rhode Island	%, Providence, Rhode Island	United States
Population 16 years and over	133,072		217,168,077
In labor force	76,833	57.74%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	76,727	57.66%	63.39%
- - Employed	69,570	52.28%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	7,157	5.38%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	9.3		5.8
- Armed Forces	106	0.08%	0.53%
Not in labor force	56,239	42.26%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	71,167	53.48%	51.66%
In labor force	37,410	28.11%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	37,410	28.11%	29.65%
- - Employed	33,679	25.31%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	13,786	10.36%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	7,083		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	67,169		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	40,632	60.49%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	10,360	15.42%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	4,898	7.29%	4.73%
Walked	8,227	12.25%	2.93%
Other means	1,399	2.08%	1.19%
Worked at home	1,653	2.46%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	20.2	0.03%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	69,570		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	22,908	32.93%	33.65%
Service occupations	12,349	17.75%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	16,479	23.69%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	140	0.2%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	3,649	5.25%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	14,045	20.19%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	163	0.23%	1.87%
Construction	2,118	3.04%	6.78%
Manufacturing	12,759	18.34%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	1,911	2.75%	3.6%
Retail trade	6,399	9.2%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	1,772	2.55%	5.2%
Information	1,962	2.82%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	3,917	5.63%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	6,441	9.26%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	19,684	28.29%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	6,801	9.78%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	3,180	4.57%	4.87%
Public administration	2,463	3.54%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	58,335	83.85%	78.47%
Government workers	8,060	11.59%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	2,929	4.21%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	246	0.35%	0.31%

	Providence, Rhode Island	%, Providence, Rhode Island	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	62,327		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	13,430	21.55%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	6,173	9.9%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	9,749	15.64%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	7,842	12.58%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	8,704	13.97%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	8,143	13.06%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	3,917	6.28%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	2,312	3.71%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	861	1.38%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	1,196	1.92%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	26,867		41,994
With earnings	46,259	34.76%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	43,604		56,604
With Social Security income	13,907	10.45%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	9,693		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	6,158	4.63%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,384		6,320
With public assistance income	6,364	4.78%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	4,470		3,032
With retirement income	6,623	4.98%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,830		17,376
Families	36,187		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	5,419	14.97%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,423	9.46%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	5,702	15.76%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	4,553	12.58%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	5,481	15.15%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	5,429	15.0%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	2,792	7.72%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,757	4.86%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	664	1.83%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	967	2.67%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	32,058		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	15,525		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	28,894		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	23,472		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	8,642		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	7,651	88.53%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	3,821	44.21%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	5,747		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	5,361	93.28%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	2,751	47.87%	42.27%
Individuals	46,688		33,899,812
18 years and over	28,643	61.35%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	3,271	7.01%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	17,714	37.94%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	12,788	27.39%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	15,264	32.69%	31.63%

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