Table 7: Number of Children Under 18 Receiving AFDC, Rhode Island, Dember 1, 1996
	1996	AFDC		1996	1995
city/town	Estimated # of Children Under 18	Families	Children	As % of All Children Under 18	As % of All Children Under 18
Barrington	3,782	24	40	1.1	1.5
Bristol	4,648	148	269	5.8	6.9
Burrillville	4,310	100	208	4.8	5.2
Central Falls	5,988	894	1,920	32.1	33.5
Charlestown	1,854	51	95	5.1	4.6
Coventroy	7,483	229	443	5.9	6.6
Cranston	15,553	934	1,747	11.2	11.5
Cumberland	6,415	160	303	4.7	5.3
East Greenwich	2,628	73	140	5.3	5.9
East Providence	11,140	636	1,165	10.5	11.5
Exeter	1,484	22	48	3.2	3.2
Foster	1,159	20	37	3.2	3.4
Glocester	2,376	31	63	2.7	4.0
Hopkinton	1,893	60	120	6.3	6.4
Jamestown	1,161	10	17	1.5	1.7
Johnston	5,810	298	539	9.3	10.3
Lincoln	3,982	125	237	6.0	6.3
Little Compton	740	9	13	1.8	2.0
Middletown	4,976	87	195	3.9	4.8
Narragansett	3,093	93	185	6.0	5.9
Newport	6,539	597	1,257	19.2	20.3
New Shoreham	218	3	6	2.8	1.9
North Kingstown	6,029	217	400	6.6	7.7
No. Providence	6,131	353	608	9.9	9.9
No. Smithfield	2,035	24	53	2.6	3.0
Pawtucket	19,024	2,038	4,153	21.8	23.7
Portsmouth	4,073	67	119	2.9	3.0
Providence	46,902	7,765	17,685	37.7	40.1
Richmond	1,582	36	66	4.2	6.5
Scituate	2,415	35	75	3.1	3.6
Smithfield	3,909	62	105	2.7	3.5
South Kingstown	4,932	142	323	6.5	6.7
Tiverton	3,081	76	144	4.7	5.7
Warren	2,701	124	244	9.0	10.8
Warwick	18,984	812	1,486	7.8	8.1
Westerly	5,580	232	487	8.7	10.5
West Greenwich	924	21	44	4.8	6.2
West Warwick	7,307	451	912	12.5	13.8
Woonsocket	11,961	1,369	2,893	24.2	26.7
Core Cities	90,414	12,663	27,908	30.9	32.9
Remainder of State	154,388	5,765	10,936	7.1	7.7
Rhode Island	244,802	18,428	38,844	15.9	16.9
Source: Rhode Island Department of Human Services, INRHODES Data Tapes, December 1, 1996.
Core Cities: Central Falls, Newport, Pawtucket, Providence, and Woonsocket.
! Estimated Children (1990 population matured to 1996 + (6 times average 1989-91 Births)

Last Update: 4/21/97 by JDC