AFDC 1987-96

Rhode Island AFDC Cases, June 1987 to June 1996
											Percentage Change
	June	June	June	June	June	June	June	Dec.	Dec.	Dec.	1995-	1990-	1987-
City/Town	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1996	1996	1996
Barrington	32	32	33	43	43	47	40	33	33	24	-27.3	-44.2	-25.0
Bristol	137	121	115	134	171	217	214	185	178	155	-12.9	15.7	13.1
Burrillville	93	79	97	119	122	133	140	130	128	115	-10.2	-3.4	23.7
Central Falls	754	743	767	936	957	908	911	948	931	921	-1.1	-1.6	22.1
Charlestown	52	63	62	69	69	65	68	58	50	53	6.0	-23.2	1.9
Coventry	210	218	196	297	322	360	360	311	284	256	-9.9	-13.8	21.9
Cranston	645	632	618	717	834	933	1,046	1,085	1,014	992	-2.2	38.4	53.8
Cumberland	130	105	108	136	162	174	203	194	188	177	-5.9	30.1	36.2
East Greenwich	81	105	108	123	121	114	100	102	97	81	-16.5	-34.1	0.0
East Providence	504	462	464	574	638	725	773	782	737	687	-6.8	19.7	36.3
Exeter	37	33	37	37	30	40	40	33	33	30	-9.1	-18.9	-18.9
Foster	31	36	26	26	33	31	29	25	23	22	-4.3	-15.4	-29.0
Glocester	41	35	35	38	48	53	53	41	54	36	-33.3	-5.3	-12.2
Hopkinton	63	71	73	74	92	87	91	94	64	65	1.6	-12.2	3.2
Jamestown	16	16	15	8	15	21	12	17	14	11	-21.4	37.5	-31.3
Johnston	253	238	252	271	331	355	352	360	337	318	-5.6	17.3	25.7
Lincoln	98	88	89	107	108	125	134	151	142	134	-5.6	25.2	36.7
Little Compton	16	10	11	9	15	15	12	12	10	10	0.0	11.1	-37.5
Middletown	84	79	92	94	117	119	143	120	126	101	-19.8	7.4	20.2
Narragansett	86	91	92	107	110	109	128	112	105	104	-1.0	-2.8	20.9
Newport	551	539	552	578	647	661	685	700	691	638	-7.7	10.4	15.8
New Shoreham	5	2	5	4	3	5	3	4	3	4	33.3	0.0	-20.0
North Kingstown	203	192	185	240	266	278	254	287	276	241	-12.7	0.4	18.7
North Providence	216	201	197	266	340	375	414	396	363	372	2.5	39.8	72.2
North Smithfield	27	18	18	24	30	28	23	31	35	30	-14.3	25.0	11.1
Pawtucket	1,435	1,266	1,286	1,651	1,788	2,160	2,365	2,396	2,305	2,144	-7.0	29.9	49.4
Portsmouth	44	32	49	52	72	77	81	71	74	73	-1.4	40.4	65.9
Providence	6,943	6,775	6,795	7,569	8,009	8,472	8,687	8,759	8,367	8,084	-3.4	6.8	16.4
Richmond	45	62	59	56	54	68	59	55	56	41	-26.8	-26.8	-8.9
Scituate	48	33	35	42	46	52	52	44	46	41	-10.9	-2.4	-14.6
Smithfield	78	70	73	89	85	101	102	92	85	70	-17.6	-21.3	-10.3
South Kingstown	133	136	146	142	182	184	195	161	167	156	-6.6	9.9	17.3
Tiverton	81	73	62	87	95	110	124	136	111	89	-19.8	2.3	9.9
Warren	108	108	107	126	160	161	177	162	152	129	-15.1	2.4	19.4
Warwick	614	584	604	749	815	909	959	992	935	897	-4.1	19.8	46.1
Westerly	222	224	262	306	340	393	391	314	295	251	-14.9	-18.0	13.1
West Greenwich	21	24	23	31	36	50	48	42	35	22	-37.1	-29.0	4.8
West Warwick	436	411	406	476	556	615	640	594	538	494	-8.2	3.8	13.3
Woonsocket	1,036	1,010	1,047	1,315	1,471	1,547	1,669	1,637	1,585	1,456	-8.1	10.7	40.5
STATE TOTAL	15,609	15,017	15,201	17,722	19,333	20,877	21,777	21,666	20,667	19,524	-5.5	10.2	25.1
Core Cities	10,719	10,333	10,447	12,049	12,872	13,748	14,317	14,440	13,879	13,243	-4.6	9.9	23.5
Remainder of State	4,890	4,684	4,754	5,673	6,461	7,129	7,460	7,226	6,788	6,281	-7.5	10.7	28.4
Sources: RI Department of Administration, Division of Planning, Housing Data Base, 1992, Table 2.4; 1992 & 1993-1996 data from RI Department of Human Services
Core Cities Are: Central Falls, Newport, Pawtucket, Providence, and Woonsocket.

Last Update: 4/8/97 (JDC)