Rhode Island state Economy Profile

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Rhode Island state Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Rhode Island, 23.01% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Eight point six three percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Rhode Island. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Rhode Island is as follows: eight point three percent.

In Rhode Island government workers account for 13.8% of workers. Eighty point six percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Rhode Island is equal to $42,090 while median family income is fifty-two thousand, seven hundred and eighty-one dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Rhode Island are $37,587. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty-seven thousand, three hundred and fifty-eight dollars.

zero of families in Rhode Island are below poverty line (total population in Rhode Island is 1,048,319). There are fourteen thousand, six hundred and eleven families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Rhode Island resident is thirty-six point seven years old.

	Rhode Island	%, Rhode Island	United States
Population 16 years and over	827,797		217,168,077
In labor force	534,353	64.55%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	530,590	64.1%	63.39%
- - Employed	500,731	60.49%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	29,859	3.61%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.6		5.8
- Armed Forces	3,763	0.45%	0.53%
Not in labor force	293,444	35.45%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	438,755	53.0%	51.66%
In labor force	257,341	31.09%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	256,879	31.03%	29.65%
- - Employed	242,491	29.29%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	74,194	8.96%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	45,820		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	490,905		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	393,322	80.12%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	51,004	10.39%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	12,197	2.48%	4.73%
Walked	18,717	3.81%	2.93%
Other means	4,670	0.95%	1.19%
Worked at home	10,995	2.24%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	22.5		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	500,731		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	169,994	33.95%	33.65%
Service occupations	78,539	15.68%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	135,754	27.11%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,715	0.34%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	38,437	7.68%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	76,292	15.24%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	2,396	0.48%	1.87%
Construction	27,242	5.44%	6.78%
Manufacturing	82,260	16.43%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	16,965	3.39%	3.6%
Retail trade	60,426	12.07%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	19,474	3.89%	5.2%
Information	11,346	2.27%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	34,688	6.93%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	41,550	8.3%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	115,236	23.01%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	43,230	8.63%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	23,299	4.65%	4.87%
Public administration	22,619	4.52%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	403,567	80.6%	78.47%
Government workers	69,098	13.8%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	26,974	5.39%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	1,092	0.22%	0.31%

	Rhode Island	%, Rhode Island	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	408,412		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	43,800	10.72%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	28,604	7.0%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	50,524	12.37%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	48,428	11.86%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	64,068	15.69%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	82,350	20.16%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	43,623	10.68%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	31,162	7.63%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,914	1.94%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	7,939	1.94%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	42,090		41,994
With earnings	316,016	38.18%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	55,924		56,604
With Social Security income	113,930	13.76%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,274		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	21,090	2.55%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,518		6,320
With public assistance income	18,584	2.24%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	4,185		3,032
With retirement income	71,153	8.6%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,955		17,376
Families	266,655		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	15,721	5.9%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	11,327	4.25%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	25,834	9.69%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	27,980	10.49%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	43,632	16.36%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	64,147	24.06%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	37,184	13.94%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	27,140	10.18%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,902	2.59%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	6,788	2.55%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	52,781		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	21,688		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	37,587		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	27,358		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	23,608		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	19,142	81.08%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	9,600	40.66%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	14,611		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	13,515	92.5%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	6,821	46.68%	42.27%
Individuals	120,548		33,899,812
18 years and over	79,386	65.85%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	15,153	12.57%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	40,117	33.28%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	28,108	23.32%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	43,786	36.32%	31.63%

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