Tag: Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area
Providence metro construction employment grows 4% in Feb.
PROVIDENCE – Construction employment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area increased 4 percent year over year in February, an 800-worker increase to 21,100 workers,...
Providence metro unemployment ticks down, payrolls up in Feb.
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area declined 0.1 percentage points year over year, not seasonally adjusted, to 5.3 percent in February,...
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CoreLogic: Providence-Warwick mortgage delinquency down in Nov.
PROVIDENCE – The percentage of mortgages delinquent for more than 30 days in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area declined 0.7 percentage points year over...
Report: Providence metro ranks No. 49 for older millennial college graduates
PROVIDENCE – The Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area ranked No. 49 among the largest metropolitan areas in the nation for percentage of millennials age 25-34,...
Report: Providence ranks poorly for income inequality
PROVIDENCE – In 2016, Providence ranked No. 3 for highest income inequality among the most populous cities in the largest 100 metropolitan areas in...
Providence metro unemployment ticked down in Dec.
PROVIDENCE – The non-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area declined 0.1 percentage points year over year to 4.1 percent in December,...
Mortgage delinquencies in Providence metro continue decline in Oct.
PROVIDENCE – Mortgage delinquencies in the Providence metropolitan area declined 0.7 percentage points to 5.5 percent in October, according to a CoreLogic report issued...
Providence metro Nov. unemployment ticks down while labor force grows
PROVIDENCE - The civilian labor force in the Providence metropolitan area grew year over year in November while the unemployment rate ticked down, according...
Providence metro’s unemployment rate falls to 4.8% in March
PROVIDENCE – The Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was among 336 metropolitan areas with unemployment rates lower in March than they were in March 2016,...


















