Table 2:
Child's Living Arrangements, 1990

 

 

Total

Number of Own children under 18 years

 

Family Housholds

Two-Parent Family

Single-Parent Family

 

with own children

N

%

N

%

 

<18

 

 

 

 

Barrington

2,035

3,514

94.4

207

5.6

Bristol

2,300

3,660

88.9

457

11.1

Burrillville

2,314

3,824

87.2

560

12.8

Central Falls

2,373

2,859

61.7

1,778

38.3

Charlestown

833

1,244

83.0

254

17.0

Coventry

3,979

6,290

87.2

920

12.8

Cranston

7,911

11,360

81.2

2,622

18.8

Cumberland

3,491

5,551

90.2

604

9.8

East Greenwich

1,609

2,521

88.3

335

11.7

East Providence

5,766

7,950

81.7

1,776

18.3

Exeter

768

1,278

90.6

132

9.4

Foster

591

988

88.2

132

11.8

Glocester

1,320

2,036

88.6

261

11.4

Hopkinton

930

1,557

90.2

170

9.8

Jamestown

623

907

83.4

181

16.6

Johnston

2,851

4,229

81.7

945

18.3

Lincoln

2,181

3,210

86.1

518

13.9

Little Compton

420

612

89.7

70

10.3

Middletown

2,429

3,774

85.1

659

14.9

Narragansett

1,551

2,227

85.2

387

14.8

New Shoreham

97

149

88.7

19

11.3

Newport

3,086

3569

65.0

1,920

35.0

North Kingstown

3,299

4,943

85.1

864

14.9

North Providence

3,115

4,563

86.6

706

13.4

North Smithfield

1,284

1,935

91.1

188

8.9

Pawtucket

8,957

11,266

73.9

3,976

26.1

Portsmouth

2,429

3,749

91.7

339

8.3

Providence

17,948

19,292

56.2

15,054

43.8

Richmond

791

1,344

94.9

72

5.1

Scituate

1,275

2,079

90.1

228

9.9

Smithfield

2,095

3,324

91.0

330

9.0

South Kingstown

2,603

3,681

81.8

819

18.2

Tiverton

1,727

2,477

84.0

472

16.0

Warren

1,356

1,880

83.8

364

16.2

Warwick

9,505

14,477

83.6

2,835

16.4

West Greenwich

464

715

86.0

116

14.0

West Warwick

3,529

4711

77.3

1,386

22.7

Westerly

2,746

4,071

85.7

680

14.3

Woonsocket

5,650

6,850

68.6

3,140

31.4

Rhode Island

118,231

164,666

78.0

46,476

22.0

Core Cities

38,014

43,836

62.9

25,868

37.1

Remainder of State

80,217

120,830

85.4

20,608

14.6

 

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population.Tables P022 and P023 (STF3A).

* Core Cities are Central Falls, Newport, Pawtucket, Providence, and Woonsocket

The denominator is the number of children under age 18 according to the 1990 Census of Population.

Last Update: 4/18/97 by JDC