2010 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook

Women and Children Participating in WIC
Table 14.
Women, Infants and Children Participating in WIC, Rhode Island, September 30, 2009
ESTIMATED NUMBER % OF ELIGIBLE
CITY/TOWN NUMBER ELIGIBLE PARTICIPATING PARTICIPATING
Barrington 86 43 50%
Bristol 321 261 81%
Burrillville 299 228 76%
Central Falls 2,019 1,555 77%
Charlestown 127 66 52%
Coventry 649 476 73%
Cranston 2,062 1,539 75%
Cumberland 489 314 64%
East Greenwich 147 66 45%
East Providence 1,288 1,073 83%
Exeter 70 51 73%
Foster 77 54 70%
Glocester 105 77 73%
Hopkinton 177 139 79%
Jamestown 39 16 41%
Johnston 648 517 80%
Lincoln 324 246 76%
Little Compton 44 17 39%
Middletown 315 279 89%
Narragansett 154 98 64%
New Shoreham 11 8 73%
Newport 802 633 79%
North Kingstown 475 272 57%
North Providence 666 569 85%
North Smithfield 120 100 83%
Pawtucket 4,195 3,258 78%
Portsmouth 211 127 60%
Providence 13,241 10,659 80%
Richmond 130 80 62%
Scituate 107 62 58%
Smithfield 162 97 60%
South Kingstown 339 259 76%
Tiverton 181 151 83%
Warren 221 192 87%
Warwick 1,690 1,145 68%
West Greenwich 50 48 96%
West Warwick 1,092 763 70%
Westerly 600 431 72%
Woonsocket 2,639 2,299 87%
Unknown 425 0 NA
Core Cities 23,988 19,167 80%
Remainder of State 12,384 9,101 73%
Rhode Island 36,797 28,268 77%
Source of Data for Table/Methodology
Rhode Island Department of Health, Center for Health
Data and Analysis, WIC Program, September 30,
2009.
Core cities are Central Falls, Newport, Pawtucket,
Providence, West Warwick and Woonsocket.
Note: Due to a change in methodology, WIC
participation rates in this Factbook cannot be
compared with Factbooks prior to 2007. "Estimated
number eligible" is based on calculations done by the
Rhode Island Department of Health to determine
the number of pregnant and postpartum women,
infants and children under age five who live in
families with an income less than 185% of poverty.
In past years, the “estimated number eligible” was
based on 2000 Census data (2005 and 2006
Factbooks) and 1990 Census data (all Factbooks
prior to 2005).
References
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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition
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6
The National Women’s Health Information Center.
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Rhode Island Department of Health, Division of
Family Health, WIC Program, Federal Fiscal Years
2008 and 2009.
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