Table 5:
Child Poverty, Rhode Island Cities and Towns, 1990

 

 

Related Children under 18 years

 

Below Poverty

Families with Children

Children Under 18

Children Under 6

City or Town

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barrington

27

1.3

52

1.3

33

2.6

Bristol

108

4.5

253

5.9

128

8.3

Burrillville

148

6.3

276

6.1

119

8.5

Central Falls

710

28.5

1,576

32.5

749

38.0

Charlestown

68

7.8

145

9.4

39

6.4

Coventry

199

4.7

402

5.3

180

7.3

Cranston

735

8.9

1,378

9.5

562

10.9

Cumberland

145

4.0

302

4.7

151

7.4

East Greenwich

75

4.6

153

5.3

112

13.0

East Providence

499

8.0

904

8.7

355

9.9

Exeter

26

3.3

52

3.6

5

1.0

Foster

34

5.5

88

7.6

0

0.0

Glocester

99

7.2

156

6.5

77

10.0

Hopkinton

40

4.1

75

4.1

9

1.4

Jamestown

59

8.9

92

8.1

45

11.9

Johnston

266

9.0

452

8.4

187

10.6

Lincoln

164

7.2

272

7.0

98

7.2

Little Compton

12

2.6

20

2.7

15

5.1

Middletown

129

5.1

275

6.0

158

9.1

Narragansett

71

4.4

122

4.5

36

3.6

Newport

559

17.7

1,143

20.3

575

27.0

New Shoreham

12

12.4

17

10.1

6

10.0

North Kingston

185

5.4

281

4.7

121

6.1

North Providence

182

5.6

298

5.4

78

4.3

North Smithfeild

23

1.7

37

1.6

19

3.1

Pawtucket

1,255

13.4

2,525

15.5

1,096

17.3

Portsmouth

95

3.8

182

4.4

70

5.2

Providence

5,621

29.2

12,946

34.5

5,531

36.8

Richmond

9

1.1

30

2.0

0

0.0

Sctituate

45

3.3

91

3.7

19

2.3

Smithfeild

75

3.4

155

4.1

61

4.9

South Kingston

134

4.9

350

7.5

133

8.7

Tiverton

109

6.0

200

6.4

81

7.9

Warren

132

9.3

199

8.5

56

6.2

Warwick

519

5.1

1,084

5.9

448

7.2

Westerly

210

7.3

432

8.7

224

12.9

West Greenwich

14

2.9

26

2.9

11

4.2

West Warwick

395

10.7

746

11.8

291

13.0

Woonsocket

1,183

20.0

2,235

21.4

1,034

26.9

Rhode Island

14,371

11.6

30,022

13.5

12,912

16.3

Core Cities

9,328

23.2

20,425

27.3

8,985

30.7

All other Cities

5,043

6.0

9,597

6.5

3,927

7.9

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

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population.STF3A, P123, P126.

Last Update: 4/18/97 by JDC