Number of Children Under 18 Receiving Public Assistance

by Type, Rhode Island, December 1, 1995

Children

AFDC &

Food Stamps

All with AFDC

As % of All

City/Town

Families

Food Stamps

Only

or Food Stamps

Under 18

Barrington

33

58

17

75

2.0

Bristol

176

318

106

424

9.2

Burrillville

127

227

94

321

7.4

Central Falls

922

1,944

460

2,404

41.5

Charlestown

49

84

55

139

7.7

Coventroy

281

492

98

590

7.9

Cranston

999

1,761

315

2,076

13.5

Cumberland

186

342

139

481

7.5

East Greenwich

96

159

26

185

6.9

East Providence

730

1,273

275

1,548

14.0

Exeter

33

47

9

56

3.8

Foster

22

40

10

50

4.3

Glocester

54

96

64

160

6.6

Hopkinton

64

120

31

151

8.0

Jamestown

14

20

11

31

2.7

Johnston

334

586

172

758

13.3

Lincoln

139

249

92

341

8.6

Little Compton

10

15

16

31

4.2

Middletown

125

239

60

299

6.0

Narragansett

103

180

36

216

7.1

Newport

675

1,306

258

1,564

24.3

New Shoreham

3

4

0

4

1.9

North Kingstown

272

466

80

546

9.0

No. Providence

358

595

168

763

12.6

No. Smithfield

35

63

23

86

4.1

Pawtucket

2,282

4,403

895

5,298

28.5

Portsmouth

72

121

25

146

3.6

Providence

8,293

18,193

2,742

20,935

46.1

Richmond

55

103

16

119

7.5

Scituate

46

86

27

113

4.7

Smithfield

84

137

68

205

5.2

South Kingstown

167

327

48

375

7.6

Tiverton

109

175

60

235

7.7

Warren

151

287

44

331

12.4

Warwick

925

1,522

337

1,859

9.8

Westerly

293

577

116

693

12.6

West Greenwich

34

57

22

79

8.6

West Warwick

535

989

243

1,232

17.1

Woonsocket

1,572

3,128

692

3,820

32.6

Rhode Island

20,458

40,789

7,950

48,739

20.2

Core Cities

13,744

28,974

5,047

34,021

38.7

Remainder of State

6,714

11,815

2,903

14,718

9.6

Source: Rhode Island Department of Human Services, INRHODES Data Tapes, December 1, 1995.

Core Cities: Central Falls, Newport, Pawtucket, Providence, and Woonsocket.

! Estimated Children (1990 population matured to 1995 + (5 times average 1989-91 Births)

Last Update: 1/22/97 (JDC)