Table 11: WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN RECEIVING WIC, RHODE ISLAND, DECEMBER, 1996
city/town	ESTIMATED* NUMBER ELIGIBLE	NUMBER PARTICIPATING	% OF ELIGIBLE PARTICIPATING	DECEMBER,1995 % OF ELIGIBLE PARTICIPATING
Barrington	211	34	16%	21%
Bristol	403	197	49%	59%
Burrillville	427	273	64%	67%
Central Falls	1,642	1,322	81%	84%
Charlestown	105	70	67%	72%
Coventry	592	364	61%	54%
Cranston	1,753	964	55%	54%
Cumberland	554	251	45%	42%
E. Greenwich	241	69	29%	27%
E. Providence	1,205	784	65%	66%
Exeter	13	39	100%*	100%*
Foster	10	33	100%*	100%*
Glocester	293	68	23%	18%
Hopkinton	33	83	100%*	100%*
Jamestown	96	23	24%	25%
Johnston	598	315	53%	58%
Lincoln	360	170	47%	45%
Little Compton	63	17	27%	30%
Middletown	694	315	45%	40%
Narragansett	71	110	100%*	100%*
Newport	1,332	681	51%	54%
New Shoreham	39	1	3%	8%
N. Kingstown	370	238	64%	74%
N. Providence	262	437	100%*	100%*
N. Smithfield	59	82	100%*	100%*
Pawtucket	3,198	2,819	88%	86%
Portsmouth	249	109	44%	48%
Providence	11,280	8,717	77%	77%
Richmond	24	88	100%*	100%*
Scituate	75	55	73%	85%
Smithfield	174	93	53%	51%
S. Kingstown	402	251	62%	59%
Tiverton	260	143	55%	52%
Warren	156	150	96%	99%
Warwick	1,613	909	56%	51%
Westerly	648	352	54%	54%
W. Greenwich	38	25	66%	89%
W. Warwick	777	558	72%	79%
Woonsocket	2,566	1,837	72%	73%
Core Cities	20,018	15,376	77%	77%
Remainder of State	12,868	7,670	60%	59%
Rhode Island	32,886	23,046	70%	70%
*Estimates are based on 1990 Census, and do not reflect recent increases in eligible population.
Source: Rhode Island Department of Health, Division of Family Health, WIC Program, December 1996. Core Cities are Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, Newport, and Central Falls.
The denominator is the number of children under age 5 who live in families with an income less than 185% of poverty, according to the 1990 Census of Population. This is an estimate of the eligible population and does not take into account increases in the number of women and children who became income eligible between 1990 and 1996.

Last Update: 5/8/97 by JDC