2010 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook
2010 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook
2010 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook
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Child Population<br />
DEFINITION<br />
Child population is the total number<br />
of children under age 18 and the<br />
percentage change between 1990 and<br />
2000 in the total number of children<br />
under age 18.<br />
SIGNIFICANCE<br />
According to the American<br />
Community Survey conducted by the<br />
Census Bureau, there were 1,050,788<br />
<strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong> residents in 2008.<br />
Children under age 18 made up 22%<br />
(228,501) of the <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong><br />
population, a decrease of 8% from<br />
2000. 1,2 Between 2006 and 2008 there<br />
were 126,450 households with children<br />
under age 18 in <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong>,<br />
representing almost a third (31%) of<br />
all households. 3 More than a quarter<br />
(26%) of <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong> children were<br />
under age five, 27% were ages five to<br />
nine, 28% were ages 10 to 14, and 19%<br />
were ages 15 to 17. 4<br />
In <strong>Rhode</strong> <strong>Island</strong> between 2006 and<br />
2008, 143,854 (62%) children under<br />
age 18 lived in a married-couple<br />
household with their parents, 67,908<br />
(29%) children lived in a single-parent<br />
household, and 16,474 (7%) children<br />
lived with relatives, including<br />
grandparents and other relatives. A total<br />
of 2,742 (1%) children lived with a<br />
foster family or other non-relative head<br />
of household. There were 815 (
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