Providence/Cranston Workforce Investment Area
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The Providence/Cranston Workforce Investment Area (WIA) includes the capital city of Providence and the state’s third largest city, Cranston. Together, these two cities had a combined estimated population of 256,734 in July 2006. This represented a 1.3 percent (+3,383) increase in estimated total population between July 2000 and July 2006. In comparison, the state’s population as a whole grew by an estimated 1.6 percent during this period. Approximately 24.0 percent of all Rhode Islanders lived in the Providence/Cranston WIA in July 2006.

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Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training
Labor Market Information
1511 Pontiac Avenue
Cranston, RI 02920-4407
Sandra M. Powell, Director

Phone: (401) 462-8740
Fax: (401) 462-8766
TDD: (401) 462-8006
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