The Greater Rhode Island Workforce Investment Area (WIA) encompasses all cities and towns in Rhode Island with the exception of Providence and Cranston. The Greater Rhode Island WIA had a combined estimated population of 794,138 in 2010. This represented a 0.2 percent (-1,294) decrease in estimated total population between Census 2000 and Census 2010. In comparison, the state’s population as a whole increased by 4,248 residents (+0.4%) during this period. Approximately 75.4 percent of all Rhode Islanders lived in the Greater Rhode Island WIA in April 2010.

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