General Demographic Characteristics

Population: The population count for The City of Pawtucket as of April 1, 2000, was 72,958. This represented a 0.43% increase (314 persons) from the 1990 population of 72,644.

Rank: In 2000 Pawtucket ranks 4th in population among Rhode Island's 39 cities and towns.

Median Age: In 2000 the median age of the population in Pawtucket was 35.4.

Age Distribution: In 2000, 75.1% or 54,807 persons residing in Pawtucket were 18 years of age or older. 52,088 were 21 and over, 12,405 were 62 and over, and 10,828 were 65 and over.

Population Density: The 2000 population density of Pawtucket is 8,351 persons per square mile of land area. Pawtucket contains 8.74 square miles of land area (22,626,731 Sq. meters) (5,591.23 acres) and 0.26 square miles of water area (671,932 square meters) (5,591.23 acres).

Housing Units: The total number of housing units in the The City of Pawtucket as of April 1, 2000, was 31,819. This represented an increase of 204 units from the 31,615 housing units in 1990.
Of the 31,819 housing units 1,772 were vacant. 71 of the vacant units were for seasonal of recreational use.

Households: In 2000, there are 30,047 households in Pawtucket with an average size of 2.41 persons. Of these, 18,520 were family households with an average family size of 3.07 persons.

Race:

Total Population of One Race: 69,059

White: 55,004
Black of African American: 5,334
American Indian and Alaska Native: 217
Asian: 621
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 42
Some Other Race: 7,841

Total Population of two or More Races: 3,899

Hispanic or Latino: In 2000, 10,141 persons of Hispanic origin resided in Pawtucket. This represented 13.9% of the population. An increase of 4,930 or 94.6% from the 1980 Hispanic population of 5,211.

Source: Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) and 2000 U.S. Census

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