Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety100#1/51
Economy24#39/51
Housing22#40/51
Health98#2/51
Healthcare98#2/51
Environment100#1/49
Education62#20/51
Infrastructure84#9/51
Community58#22/51
Leisure & amenities90#6/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Rhode Island ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Poor or fair health · low13.1%
100/100United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Traffic deaths · low5.5 /100k
98/100United States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationAggregated from countiesProvisional data
Mammography screening · high56.0%
98/100United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an emergency room · low3.4 mi
98/100United States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Distance to an Amtrak station · low7 mi
98/100United States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Access to exercise opportunities · high96.1%
98/100United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high222 min
4/100United States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Cost of buying a home today · high48.3%
4/100United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
New business applications · low10.6 /1k
4/100United States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
New homes permitted · low2.0 /1k
8/100United States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Job growth · low-0.6%
17/100United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Loneliness · high36.0%
18/100United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 24% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+24 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
32.4% (Dec 2021) → 48.3% (Aug 2026)
+16 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
High ozone daysImproving
6 days (2017) → 1 days (2022)
−77%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Drug overdose deathsImproving
39.8 /100k (2021) → 16.9 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−58%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
3.6 /100k (2021) → 1.6 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−56%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
New homes permittedImproving
1.3 /1k (2021) → 2.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+55%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Rhode Island improved on 9 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 16 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Unemployment−4.7 points9.2% → 4.5%
Overdose deaths−52%34.9 /100k → 16.9 /100k
Bachelor's++3.5 points34.2% → 37.7%
New businesses+29%8.2 /1k → 10.6 /1k
Arts & recreation+15%6.1 /10k → 7.1 /10k

Declined2

Price / income+0.7×3.9× → 4.6×
Transit use−0.8 points2.5% → 1.7%

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Rhode Island between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	6.1 /10k2020	7.1 /10k2025	+15%	Improved	46%
Average commute time	25.2 min2015-2019	25.5 min2020-2024	+0.3 min	Within the margin of error	38%
Average weekly wage	$1,1642020	$1,3682025	+18%	Improved	3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%2015-2019	37.7%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Improved	58%
Broadband subscriptions	84.0%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Improved	36%
Child poverty rate	16.5%2019	15.5%2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Distance to an airport	11 mi2020	11 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	51%
Drug overdose deaths	34.9 /100k2020	16.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−52%	Improved	97%
Effective property tax rate	1.51%2015-2019	1.12%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Little change	97%
Firearm deaths	4.9 /100k2020	4.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−16%	Within the margin of error	79%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+3.4%	Within the margin of error	74%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.8 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+6.8%	Within the margin of error	30%
High school diploma or higher	88.8%2015-2019	89.7%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Home price to income ratio	3.9×2015-2019	4.6×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	30%
Homicide rate	2.6 /100k2020	1.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−38%	Within the margin of error	66%
Income adjusted for local prices	$53,8362019	$69,0482024	+28%	Improved	9%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4702015-2019	0.4612020-2024	−0.009	Little change	97%
Median household income	$70,3832019	$83,2502024	+18%	Improved	5%
New business applications	8.2 /1k2020	10.6 /1k2025	+29%	Improved	46%
Pharmacies	2.6 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	−12%	Within the margin of error	23%
Poverty rate	11.6%2019	12.0%2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−6%	Within the margin of error	23%
Public transit commuters	2.5%2015-2019	1.7%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Declined	36%
Rent as share of income	29.1%2015-2019	29.2%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Rent-burdened households	47.5%2015-2019	48.0%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Restaurants and bars	12.7 /10k2020	12.0 /10k2025	−5.2%	Within the margin of error	15%
Students per teacher	13.5×2019	12.9×2024	−0.6×	Little change	44%
Suicide rate	8.6 /100k2020	10.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+21%	Within the margin of error	1%
Traffic deaths	5.6 /100k2015-2019	5.5 /100k2020-2024	−1%	Within the margin of error	79%
Unemployment rate	9.2%2020	4.5%2025	−4.7 points	Improved	89%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.0%2019	5.3%2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	15%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Rhode Island five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Rhode Island in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Rhode Island itself moved +1.3 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,101,801 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

441,570 households (±1,908)

Rhode Island
United States share

Under $25k15%65,474
$25k–50k14%62,274
$50k–75k15%64,052

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

441,570 households (±1,908)

Rhode Island
United States share

Own64%281,002
Rent36%160,568

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.9 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

547,074 workers (±3,907)

Rhode Island
United States share

Drive alone72%396,290
Carpool7.7%42,211
Public transit1.7%9,405

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Rhode Island employ 98,100 people. 9 pay a median above the US median and 1 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Rhode Island by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Fast Food and Counter Workers13,310 jobs	13,310	$31,490US $31,200	+1%	1.07×
Retail Salespersons12,830 jobs	12,830

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Rhode Island has 29,510 employer establishments, 268 for every 10,000 residents (1.08× the US rate of 248), with 444,256 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,992. The Census Bureau also counts 98,258 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 29,510; 98,258 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 268; US 248
Paid employees: 444,256
Average annual pay: $61,992; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Rhode Island by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	2,561	23.3	1.27×More than typical	40,595	$26,987	435
Specialty trade contractors	2,277	20.7	1.34×More than typical	14,778	$74,135	5,938
Ambulatory health care services	2,026	18.4	0.88×About typical	30,041	$73,313	4,728
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,208	11	1.63×More than typical	7,473	$49,902	4,565
Construction of buildings	1,155	10.5	1.39×More than typical	5,991	$79,795	2,643
Full-service restaurants	1,153	10.5	1.36×More than typical	22,883	$29,853	187
Lessors of real estate	1,108	10.1	0.82×About typical	4,426	$62,032	10,500
Limited-service restaurants	915	8.3	1.04×About typical	11,093	$24,221	168
Building equipment contractors	910	8.3	1.37×More than typical	7,291	$74,932	1,034
Landscaping services	794	7.2	2.06×More than typical	2,885	$73,447	1,152
Legal services	748	6.8	1.26×More than typical	4,168	$89,271	1,114
Offices of other health practitioners	702	6.4	1.05×About typical	4,030	$56,472	2,663

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,101,183 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $786M on contracts performed in Rhode Island: $705 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $786M; −13% vs FY2025
Per resident: $705; US $1,994
Sole-source: 13%; US 30%
Single offer: 32%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$553.7M70%
Department of Veterans Affairs$53.9M6.9%
Federal Acquisition Service$33.3M4.2%
Department of the Air Force$31.4M4.0%
Defense Logistics Agency$27.8M3.5%
Department of the Army$16.7M2.1%
U.S. Coast Guard$15.5M2.0%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$7.5M1.0%

Top recipients

SEACORP, LLC$109.7M14%
RAYTHEON COMPANY$86.4M11%
RITE-SOLUTIONS, INC.$66.5M8.5%
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$33.1M4.2%
CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$30M3.8%

Spending by fiscal year

636.6MFY2017
726.1MFY2018
751.4MFY2019
1BFY2020
927.8MFY2021
1.2BFY2022
1BFY2023
1.2B

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$279.7M36%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$105.8M13%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$80.4M10%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$47.9M6.1%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$46.4M5.9%

Largest awards

MK54 LWT COMMON PARTS KITS$380.1M
RAYTHEON COMPANY· Newport County, RI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 2, 2017 – Nov 21, 2025· N0002416C6423
BARRACUDA DEVELOPMENT$208M
RAYTHEON COMPANY· Newport County, RI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 17, 2018 – Jun 10, 2026· N0002418C6300
NOAA OMAO SHIP & REPAIR FACILITY$149.7M
SKANSKA USA CIVIL NORTHEAST INC· Newport County, RI· Construction & real property· Dec 5, 2023 – May 19, 2026· N4008524C0002
NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER ENGINEERING AND MODERNIZATION OPERATIONS ANALYSIS FOR NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER, DIVISION NEWPORT

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $14.3B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Rhode Island: $12,839 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $14.3B; +0.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $12,839; US $12,955
Loan face value: $1.1B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$4.5B32%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$2.9B21%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$941.3M6.6%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$618.7M4.3%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$600.1M4.2%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$427.2M3.0%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$348.9M2.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$301M2.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

STATE OF RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION$3.1B21%
PROVIDENCE, RI
RHODE ISLAND DOT$450.5M3.1%
PROVIDENCE, RI
RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$405.8M2.8%
CRANSTON, RI
RI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION$269M1.9%
PROVIDENCE, RI
BROWN UNIVERSITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$5.7B40%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$5.1B36%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$508.9M3.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$440.9M3.1%
Department of Transportation
Food and Nutrition Service

Assistance by fiscal year

14.9BFY2021
12.6BFY2022
13BFY2023
13.3BFY2024
14.2BFY2025
14.3BFY2026

County aggregates

57%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Rhode Island, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Rhode Island
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Rhode Island and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Rhode Island	United States
FY2017	$603	$1,436
FY2018	$685	$1,552
FY2019	$710	$1,654
FY2020	$954	$1,880
FY2021	$845	$1,810
FY2022	$1,108	$1,917
FY2023	$925	$2,079
FY2024	$1,078	$2,047
FY2025	$813	$2,165
FY2026	$705 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Rhode Island and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Rhode Island	United States
FY2017	$73.92	$93.28
FY2018	$69.65	$105
FY2019	$102	$128
FY2020	$108	$145
FY2021	$107	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Rhode Island and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Rhode Island	United States
FY2021	$6,232	$5,748
FY2022	$5,937	$5,221
FY2023	$5,711	$5,364
FY2024	$5,785	$5,501
FY2025	$5,723	$5,732
FY2026	$5,530

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Rhode Island and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Rhode Island	United States
FY2021	$528	$298
FY2022	$566	$357
FY2023	$513	$301
FY2024	$600	$319
FY2025	$966	$360
FY2026	$502

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Rhode Island and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Rhode Island	United States
FY2021	$406	$239
FY2022	$401	$185
FY2023	$489	$229
FY2024	$488	$229
FY2025	$467	$249
FY2026	$431

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Rhode Island and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Rhode Island	United States
FY2021	$3,040	$2,304
FY2022	$3,052	$2,197
FY2023	$3,066	$2,274
FY2024	$2,918	$2,267
FY2025	$3,053	$2,397
FY2026	$3,532

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Rhode Island and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Rhode Island	United States
FY2021	$1,174	$1,186
FY2022	$376	$465
FY2023	$44.54	$76.52
FY2024	$109	$120
FY2025	$105	$148
FY2026	$61.37

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Rhode Island
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Rhode Island and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Rhode Island	United States
2014	1.6%	2.0%
2015	1.4%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Rhode Island whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Newport County, RIConstruction contracts · FY2024$3,266 (3.9×)
Newport County, RITransportation grants · FY2024$723 (2.7×)
Kent County, RITransportation grants · FY2024$645 (2.6×)
Washington County, RITransportation grants · FY2023$556 (2.5×)

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/44

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Rhode Island is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Senate

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Counties of Rhode Island

All 5 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Rhode Island

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Rhode Island, largest first.

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA801,708,161

Largest cities and towns in Rhode Island

By population.

All 36 cities and towns in Rhode Island

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/44

Calendar years	Rhode Island	United States
2014	−4.1%	−4.2%
2015	−1.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.7%	+3.3%
2018	+4.4%	+6.8%
2019	+6.8%	+10.5%
2020	+17.7%	+19.4%
2021	+21.1%	+26.1%
2022	+25.4%	+30.6%
2023	+28.6%	+35.0%
2024	+32.8%	+41.0%
2025	+38.3%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Rhode Island	United States
2014	−3.9%	−5.5%
2015	−1.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.9%	+4.1%
2018	+7.5%	+8.9%
2019	+13.6%	+13.5%
2020	+22.2%	+20.8%
2021	+30.1%	+32.1%
2022	+32.9%	+35.4%
2023	+39.7%	+42.9%
2024	+45.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Rhode Island	United States
2014	0.9/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.9/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.3/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	1.2/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.6/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Rhode Island	United States
2014	−8.7%	−6.9%
2015	−4.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.8%	+4.7%
2018	+6.2%	+7.5%
2019	+17.2%	+14.0%
2020	+23.1%	+16.9%
2021	+22.1%	+21.0%
2022	+34.7%	+29.7%
2023	+39.1%	+34.9%
2024	+38.6%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Rhode Island	United States
2014	−10.5% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−5.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+13.7% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+17.7% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+30.3% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+48.5% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+63.0% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+75.1% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+87.6% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+92.7% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Rhode Island	United States
2014	7.8%	6.2%
2015	6.0%	5.3%
2016	5.2%	4.9%
2017	4.5%	4.4%
2018	4.0%	3.9%
2019	3.5%	3.7%
2020	9.2%	8.1%
2021	5.6%	5.4%
2022	3.2%	3.7%
2023	3.0%	3.6%
2024	4.2%	4.0%
2025	4.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Rhode Island	United States
2014	14.8%	15.5%
2015	14.1%	14.7%
2016	13.3%	14.0%
2017	12.3%	13.4%
2018	12.8%	13.1%
2019	11.6%	12.3%
2020	10.6%	11.9%
2021	12.1%	12.8%
2022	11.2%	12.6%
2023	11.4%	12.5%
2024	12.0%	12.1%

Calendar years	Rhode Island	United States
2014	8.6%	13.5%
2015	6.7%	10.9%
2016	5.1%	10.0%
2017	5.4%	10.2%
2018	4.8%	10.4%
2019	5.0%	10.8%
2020	4.6%	10.4%
2021	4.9%	10.2%
2022	5.2%	9.5%
2023	5.3%	9.5%
2024	5.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Rhode Island	United States
2014	6.2/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.3/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.4/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.8/1k	9.8/1k
2018	9.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.2/1k	13.1/1k
2021	10.4/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.9/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.6/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	10.6/1k	16.6/1k

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