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State Brief · RI

Rhode Island

Capital: Providence · Latest trade year: 2024

-79%
Exports to Romania
$3.3M

#39 of 51

+74%
Imports from Romania
$14.9M

#35 of 51

Trade balance
-$11.6M

Deficit

Export CAGR
+5.8%

2010 → 2024

Trade history

Goods flow between this state and Romania

Annual goods trade between Rhode Island and Romania, in nominal USD. Data from the US Census Bureau Foreign Trade Division (2008–2024).

Exports vs imports

USD, nominal

Trade balance

Surplus / deficit
Peak imports
$15.2M

in 2020

Import CAGR
+6.9%

2010 → 2024

Exports YoY
-78.7%

2023 → 2024

Trade insights

What flows between Rhode Island and Romania

Petroleum & Coal Products make up 45.5% of what Rhode Island imports from Romania, while computer & electronic products lead the goods Rhode Island sends back.

What Rhode Island imports from Romania

Total$14.2M
  • Petroleum & Coal Products$6.8M46%
  • Computer & Electronic Products$5.2M35%
  • Other Special Classification Provisions$1.6M11%
  • Food & Kindred Products$657K4%

What Rhode Island exports to Romania

Total$1.9M
  • Computer & Electronic Products$1.9M58%

Community

The Romanian-American community

An estimated 1,129 residents of Rhode Island identify as Romanian-American — ranking #37 of 51 nationwide.

Community trends

How the Romanian community in Rhode Island grew

An estimated 155 Romanian-born residents call Rhode Island home.

Top counties

in Rhode Island
  • Providence County41
  • Bristol County10
  • Kent County4
  • Newport County3

Insufficient PUMS sample size for this state. Use national estimates. Showing national Romanian-born trends for context.

Estimated Romanian-born residents in Rhode Island: 155.

Arrivals by decade

Romanian-born residents

Highlighted bar: peak decade. EU accession (2007) and post-2010 Schengen liberalization accelerated arrivals.

  • The 2010s were the biggest immigration decade with 40,047 Romanian-born arrivals — 4x the 2000s
  • 38.6% of Romanian-born US residents have become US citizens
  • Highly educated: 27.2% hold a bachelor's degree or higher — well above the US average of ~35%
  • Strong graduate education: 20.4% hold a master's, professional, or doctoral degree

Faith communities

1 Romanian-affiliated church

The Romanian-American community in Rhode Island sustains 1 registered parish across 1 denomination.

Orthodox (OCA) (1)
View all 1 parish
  • St. John the Baptist ChurchOrthodox (OCA)

    Woonsocket, RI