Pawtucket is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Rhode Island. With a population of 72,958 people and 23 constituent neighborhoods, Pawtucket is the fourth largest community in Rhode Island. Much of the housing stock in Pawtucket was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pawtucket is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pawtucket is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pawtucket who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.64%), sales jobs (9.97%), and management occupations (5.29%).

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Pawtucket are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

Pawtucket Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Pawtucket is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 14.96%: 14.28% of adults 25 and older in Pawtucket have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Pawtucket in 2000 was $17,008, which is low income relative to Rhode Island, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $68,032 for a family of four.

Pawtucket is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pawtucket home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Pawtucket is White, followed by African-American. Pawtucket also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.93% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Pawtucket include Portuguese, Irish, French, Cape Verdean, French Canadian, Italian, English, and Polish.

Pawtucket also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 23.35%.

The languages spoken by people in Pawtucket are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Pawtucket is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Portuguese, French Creole, and French.