Kids Count reveals increase in Hispanic students - Rhode Island

CENTRAL FALLS — Hispanic children outnumber white children by a nearly 2-1 margin, 56.4 percent to 28.4 percent, while in Pawtucket, white children outnumber Hispanics 55.6 percent to 21 percent, according to a new report issued Monday by RI Kids Count called Central Falls and Pawtucket Data in Your Backyard.
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In Rhode Island, 36 percent of Hispanic and black children live in poverty, compared with only 9 percent of white children.”*

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