Demographics Woonsocket, Rhode Island

woonsocket city hall, built in 1856 harris institute edward harris

at 2010 census woonsocket had population of 41,186. population 71.3% non-hispanic white, 14.2% hispanic or latino, 6.4% african american, 5.4% asian, 0.4% native american , 4.3% reporting 2 or more races.

at census of 2000, there 43,224 people, 17,750 households, , 10,774 families residing in city. population density 5,608.8 people per square mile (2,164.6/km²). there 18,757 housing units @ average density of 2,433.9 per square mile (939.3/km²). racial makeup of city 83.14% white, 4.44% african american, 0.32% native american, 4.06% asian, 0.03% pacific islander, 4.86% other races, , 3.14% 2 or more races. hispanic or latino of race 9.32% of population.

woonsocket part of providence metropolitan area, has estimated population of 1,622,520.

there 17,750 households out of 31.2% had children under age of 18 living them, 39.4% married couples living together, 16.2% had female householder no husband present, , 39.3% non-families. 32.7% of households made of individuals , 12.5% had living alone 65 years of age or older. average household size 2.37 , average family size 3.02.

in city, population spread out 25.8% under age of 18, 9.2% 18 24, 30.0% 25 44, 19.7% 45 64, , 15.2% 65 years of age or older. median age 35 years. every 100 females there 91.2 males. every 100 females age 18 , over, there 86.8 males.

the median income household in city $30,819, , median income family $38,353. males had median income of $31,465 versus $24,638 females. per capita income city $16,223. 16.7% of families , 19.4% of population below poverty line, including 31.3% of under age 18 , 14.7% of age 65 or over. in march 2013, washington post reported one-third of woonsocket’s population used food stamps, putting local merchants on boom or bust cycle each month when ebt payments deposited.

at 2000 census, 46.1% of woonsocket’s population identified being of french or french-canadian ethnic heritage. city has referred la ville la plus française aux États-unis—the french city in united states.