Rhode Island Total Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Amounts By Business County (2020)

Updated on April 22, 2025.

According to data from the Small Businesss Administration (SBA), the SBA, as part of the paycheck protection program (PPP), has provided a total of 33,804 (33.80K) loans totaling $2,877,536,052 ($2.88B) to small businesses in Rhode Island. The total number of jobs saved by these loans was 318,414 (318.41K).

As at April 2025, 30.96K number of loans has been completely forgiven by SBA (91.58% of the total number of loans), and a total of $2.82B has been forgiven (98.01% of the total loan amount). The PPP program was intended to provide incentives for small businesses to keep their workers on payroll.

See information below per county on the the total loan amount given to businesses, the total loan amount forgiven, and the total number of jobs saved by the PPP loan.

Total Loan Amount: In terms of total loan amounts given to businesses per county, Providence received the highest ($1,730,795,248), followed by Kent ($485,973,892), and Washington ($303,324,574).

Number of Loans: For total number of loans given to businesses in each county, Providence received the highest (19,406), followed by Kent (5,236), and Washington (4,406).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount, and the number of loans given to businesses in Rhode Island counties.

Rhode Island Total PPP Loan Amount By Business County
Rhode Island Total Number of PPP Loans and Total Loan Amount By Business County
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County Number of Loans Total Loan Amount ($)
Providence 19406 1730795248
Kent 5236 485973892
Washington 4406 303324574
Newport 3177 251584279
Bristol 1576 105710523
3 147536

Total Loan Amount Forgiven: In terms of total loan amount forgiven per business county, Providence had the highest ($1,693,906,729), followed by Kent ($474,253,106), and Washington ($301,115,980).

Number of Loans Completely Forgiven: For total number of loans that were completely forgiven per business county, Providence had the highest (17,490), followed by Kent (4,850), and Washington (4,173).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount forgiven, and the number of loans which were completely forgiven for Rhode Island counties.

Rhode Island Total PPP Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
Rhode Island Total Number of PPP Loans Completely Forgiven and Total Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
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County Number of Loans Completely Forgiven Total Loan Amount Forgiven ($)
Providence 17490 1693906729
Kent 4850 474253106
Washington 4173 301115980
Newport 2982 246183817
Bristol 1461 104619149
3 149231

Number of Jobs Saved By Loan: In terms of number of jobs saved by the PPP Loan per business county, Providence had the highest (188,370), followed by Kent (51,029), and Washington (36,983).

The chart and table below shows the number of jobs saved by the PPP loan for Rhode Island counties.

Rhode Island Total Number of Jobs Saved by the PPP Loan By Business County
Rhode Island Total Number of Jobs Saved By Business County
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County Number of Jobs Saved
Providence 188370
Kent 51029
Washington 36983
Newport 29911
Bristol 12096
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Data Source: SBA.