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Table 8: Number of Children Under 18 Receiving Food Stamps, Rhode Island, Dec. 1,1996
City/Town	Estimated Number Eligible	Number of Eligible Participants	% of Eligible Participating
Barrington	89	56	63
Bristol	NA	364	NA
Burrillville	535	294	55
Central Falls	4,962	2,360	48
Charlestown	NA	143	NA
Coventry	913	541	59
Cranston	2,853	2,018	71
Cumberland	601	393	65
East Greenwich	220	165	75
East Providence	2,539	1,384	55
Exeter	NA	53	NA
Foster	138	45	33
Glocester	292	118	40
Hopkinton	NA	133	NA
Jamestown	71	22	31
Johnston	763	699	92
Lincoln	339	332	98
Little Compton	71	32	45
Middletown	730	287	39
Narragansett	403	209	52
Newport	2,321	1,513	65
New Shoreham	4	6	100
North Kingstown	648	435	67
No. Providence	926	764	83
No. Smithfield	154	69	45
Pawtucket	9,410	4,981	53
Portsmouth	215	161	75
Providence	35,108	20,250	58
Richmond	NA	81	NA
Scituate	158	93	59
Smithfield	223	143	64
South Kingstown	491	334	68
Tiverton	377	177	47
Warren	NA	315	NA
Warwick	2,866	1,686	59
Westerly	875	574	66
West Greenwich	NA	52	NA
West Warwick	2,023	1,078	53
Woonsocket	6,192	3,470	56
Core Cities	58,161	32,574	56
Remainder of State	20,728	13,256	64
Rhode Island	72,077	45,830	64
Estimated number eligible is based on the total number of children ages birth to 18 (projected from the 1990 Census) multiplied by % of students eligible for free School Lunch in each community. Families with incomes less than 130% of poverty are eligible for free School Lunch and for food stamps (the Food Stamp program also has an assets limitation as part of eligibility determination). Free lunch percentages are from the Rhode Island department of Education, October 1995..
Food Stamp program participation data are from the Rhode Island department of Human services, INRHODES Databse, December 1, 1996.
NA: Number are not available as community has a regional school district.
Core cities are Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, Newpoart, and Central Falls.

Last Update: 4/21/97 by JDC.