THE STATE OF BLACK FAMILIES IN RHODE...
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THE STATE OF BLACK FAMILIESIN RHODE ISLAND
While Rhode Island has made progress in the areas of human rights and equality, far too many African heritage people in Rhode Island are still con�ned to segregated and substandard neighborhoods, and have limited
access to employment, education and affordable healthcare opportunities.
Population and Geography
NativeBorn
Foreign Born,Naturalized Citizen
Foreign Born,Not a U.S. Citizen
46,908
68,243
RHODE ISLAND’S BLACK POPULATIONGREW 45% BETWEEN 2000 AND 2015
NEARLY ONE IN THREE BLACK RHODE ISLANDERS ARE FOREIGN-BORN
More than four in five Black Rhode Islanders live in Providence, Pawtucket, Cranston, Central Falls, East Providence, and North Providence.
68,243Black Rhode Islanders call the Ocean State home; 6.5 percent of the overall population.
Forty-one percent of the growth was due to an increase in the Black foreign-born population.
Population Growth
Income Inequality
BLACKHOUSEHOLDS
WHITEHOUSEHOLDS
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29.4%
For every dollar of income in the median White household, the median Black
household realizes just fifty-seven cents.
Unemployment & Underemployment
Black
White
BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT CONSISTENTLY EXCEEDS WHITE UNEMPLOYMENT
2002 2016
BLACK UNDEREMPLOYMENT* RATE1.7 TIMES GREATER THAN WHITE
UNDEREMPLOYMENT
WHITE BLACK
*The underemployment rate includes those who are unemployed, those working part time for economic reasons, and marginally-attached workers.
Education
Black
White
LARGER SHARE OF BLACK RHODE ISLANDERS LACK HIGH SCHOOLDIPLOMA & SMALLER SHARE HAVEBACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHERCOMPARED TO WHITE RHODE ISLANDERS
less than high school
diploma
High school graduate (includes
equivalency)
Some college or associate’s
degree
Bachelor’s degree or
higher
*Based on share of Population 25 years and older at each level of educational attainment
Black Rhode Island studentsconsistently trail their Whitecounterparts in NationalAssessment of EducationalProgress (NAEP) testing in both4th and 8th grade reading and mathematics.
Criminal Justice
Black Rhode Islanders in Ocean State cities face arrest rates that range from 3.4 to 9.1 times non-Black arrest rates.
Black
White
LARGE DISPARITIES IN ARREST RATES FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA
BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITERESIDENTS OF MA, RI, CT, AND U.S.
MA RI CT US
21%
10%
27% 27%
33%29%
19%
34%
6116
681
201
524
205
716
192
We are grateful to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island for its support of this report.
17.7% 18.1%
7.2%
4.6%
4.1%
8.9%
9.7%
8.6%
14.8%