County profile
Providence County, RI
United States · GDP 2024
#126 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 94% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$46.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
273,731
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
16,414
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$66.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
678,179
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$78.8k±$1.7k
Bachelor's degree+
32.3%±0.8%
Poverty rate
13.4%±0.6%
Business applications
7,724 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,904
28.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1CVS Health Corp.Healthcare$402.1B83B+2United Natural Foods, Inc.Consumer Defensive$31.8B60C3Textron Inc.Industrials$14.8B80B+4Hasbro, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$4.7B55C5Bally's CorporationConsumer Cyclical$2.4B34D6Citizens Financial Group, Inc.Financial Services$1.6B65B7Spectra Systems CorporationTechnology$64.3M80B+8Beeline Holdings Inc.Financial Services$7.8M39D9Capital Properties, Inc.Real Estate$4.8M——10MultiCell Technologies, Inc.Healthcare$49.3k——11Ocean Biomedical, Inc.Healthcare———12Sparx Holdings Group, Inc.Industrials———HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care31%
Food & accommodation16%
Retail trade14%
Education13%
Finance & insurance13%
Manufacturing12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
678,179
residents · 2025 · +2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $61.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−13,198
International migration+27,205
Natural change+4,054
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$37.2B2019
$36.4B2020
$39.2B2021
$42.3B2022
$44.7B2023
$46.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$373.6k±$3.4k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$21/mo
Vacancy rate
6.7%±0.5%
Affordability
5.6× wages
Residential permits
$186.0M
1,028 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
93.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 97Hurricane 92Cold wave 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
6582016
6982017
7492018
7802019
8212020
9352021
10772022
11802023
12852024
13542025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 90% since 20215402021
6402022
4892023
7822024
1,0282025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.2 km
I-295
Nearest freight rail
13.0 km
PW
Nearest port
16.2 km
PROVIDENCE STEAMBOAT CO WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
20.8 km
RHODE ISLAND TF GREEN INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):6,039,050 short tons/yr · Port of Providence, RI
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR9 filings from 4 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$66.7k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Providence?
Providence's economy produced $46.7B in 2024, growing 4.5% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.