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Job creation rate in Rhode Island

Job creation rate in Rhode Island was 11.59% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 3.72 pts from 2022. That is the 49th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202311.59%
Change on 2022-3.72 pts
Rank49th of 51US states ranked
Series high19.6511978
Series low8.642021

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Job creation rate in Rhode Island, 1978 to 2023

7.51012.51517.52019781985199219992006201320231978: 19.651 %1979: 16.919 %1980: 13.147 %1981: 14.169 %1982: 13.483 %1983: 13.566 %1984: 17.272 %1985: 15.342 %1986: 16.933 %1987: 18.07 %1988: 16.907 %1989: 15.799 %1990: 13.414 %1991: 13.186 %1992: 15.297 %1993: 15.007 %1994: 15.255 %1995: 14.257 %1996: 13.22 %1997: 15.552 %1998: 15.059 %1999: 13.526 %2000: 14.857 %2001: 12.501 %2002: 15.716 %2003: 14.137 %2004: 14.497 %2005: 12.222 %2006: 13.926 %2007: 14.057 %2008: 11.555 %2009: 10.2 %2010: 10.517 %2011: 12.247 %2012: 11.551 %2013: 11.131 %2014: 12.32 %2015: 10.923 %2016: 11.722 %2017: 11.936 %2018: 12.376 %2019: 9.624 %2020: 11.066 %2021: 8.64 %2022: 15.31 %2023: 11.59 %
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Period%
202311.59
202215.31
20218.64
202011.066
20199.624
201812.376
201711.936
201611.722
201510.923
201412.32
201311.131
201211.551
201112.247
201010.517
200910.2
200811.555
200714.057
200613.926
200512.222
200414.497
200314.137
200215.716
200112.501
200014.857
199913.526
199815.059
199715.552
199613.22
199514.257
199415.255
199315.007
199215.297
199113.186
199013.414
198915.799
198816.907
198718.07
198616.933
198515.342
198417.272
198313.566
198213.483
198114.169
198013.147
197916.919
197819.651

Compared with United States

Place2023
Rhode Island11.59
United States13.592

Rankings

Definition

Jobs added at opening and expanding establishments during the year, as a percentage of average employment in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.

A gross flow: jobs lost elsewhere are not subtracted, so the net change is this rate minus job_destruction_rate. Not the same as payroll job growth from the monthly employment surveys. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Job creation rate, Rhode Island, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job creation rate, Rhode Island, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/rhode-island. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Job creation rate, Rhode Island, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/rhode-island.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Job creation rate, Rhode Island, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/job-creation-rate/rhode-island (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the job creation rate in Rhode Island?

Job creation rate in Rhode Island was 11.59% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 3.72 pts from 2022. That is the 49th highest of 51 states in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest job creation rate in Rhode Island?

19.651% in 1978, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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