AFDC

Rhode Island AFDC Cases, June 1987 to June 1993

Percentage Change

June

June

June

June

June

June

June

1992-

1990-

1987-

City/Town

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1993

1993

1993

Barrington

32

32

33

43

43

47

40

-14.9

-7.0

25.0

Bristol

137

121

115

134

171

217

214

-1.4

59.7

56.2

Burrillville

93

79

97

119

122

133

140

5.3

17.6

50.5

Central Falls

754

743

767

936

957

908

911

0.3

-2.7

20.8

Charlestown

52

63

62

69

69

65

68

4.6

-1.4

30.8

Coventry

210

218

196

297

322

360

360

0.0

21.2

71.4

Cranston

645

632

618

717

834

933

1,046

12.1

45.9

62.2

Cumberland

130

105

108

136

162

174

203

16.7

49.3

56.2

E. Greenwich

81

105

108

123

121

114

100

-12.3

-18.7

23.5

E. Providence

504

462

464

574

638

725

773

6.6

34.7

53.4

Exeter

37

33

37

37

30

40

40

0.0

8.1

8.1

Foster

31

36

26

26

33

31

29

-6.5

11.5

-6.5

Glocester

41

35

35

38

48

53

53

0.0

39.5

29.3

Hopkinton

63

71

73

74

92

87

91

4.6

23.0

44.4

Jamestown

16

16

15

8

15

21

12

-42.9

50.0

-25.0

Johnston

253

238

252

271

331

355

352

-0.8

29.9

39.1

Lincoln

98

88

89

107

108

125

134

7.2

25.2

36.7

Little Compton

16

10

11

9

15

15

12

-20.0

33.3

-25.0

Middletown

84

79

92

94

117

119

143

20.2

52.1

70.2

Narragansett

86

91

92

107

110

109

128

17.4

19.6

48.8

Newport

551

539

552

578

647

661

685

3.6

18.5

24.3

New Shoreham

5

2

5

4

3

5

3

-40.0

-25.0

-40.0

N. Kingstown

203

192

185

240

266

278

254

-8.6

5.8

25.1

N. Providence

216

201

197

266

340

375

414

10.4

55.6

91.7

N. Smithfield

27

18

18

24

30

28

23

-17.9

-4.2

-14.8

Pawtucket

1,435

1,266

1,286

1,651

1,788

2,160

2,365

9.5

43.2

64.8

Portsmouth

44

32

49

52

72

77

81

5.2

55.8

84.1

Providence

6,943

6,775

6,795

7,569

8,009

8,472

8,687

2.5

14.8

25.1

Richmond

45

62

59

56

54

68

59

-13.2

5.4

31.1

Scituate

48

33

35

42

46

52

52

0.0

23.8

8.3

Smithfield

78

70

73

89

85

101

102

1.0

14.6

30.8

S. Kingstown

133

136

146

142

182

184

195

6.0

37.3

46.6

Tiverton

81

73

62

87

95

110

124

12.7

42.5

53.1

Warren

108

108

107

126

160

161

177

9.9

40.5

63.9

Warwick

614

584

604

749

815

909

959

5.5

28.0

56.2

Westerly

222

224

262

306

340

393

391

-0.5

27.8

76.1

W. Greenwich

21

24

23

31

36

50

48

-4.0

54.8

128.6

West Warwick

436

411

406

476

556

615

640

4.1

34.5

46.8

Woonsocket

1,036

1,010

1,047

1,315

1,471

1,547

1,669

7.9

26.9

61.1

STATE TOTAL

15,609

15,017

15,201

17,722

19,333

20,877

21,777

4.3

22.9

39.5

Sources: RI Department of Administration, Division of Planning, Housing Data Base, 1992, Table 2.4; 1992 & 1993 data from RI Department of Human Services.

Last Update: 1/9/97 (JDC)