South County Times

Charlestown ranked 20th in Rhode Island for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

There were 54 Charlestown households (7.4 percent) who received food stamps. Charlestown's population was 1,392 in 2020.

The city with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Foster Center, which had 48 of 116 households receiving food stamps, 34 percent more than Charlestown. In 2020 the population of Foster Center was 291.

The city with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Kingston, which had four of 537 households receiving food stamps, 6.7 percent less than Charlestown. In 2020 the population of Kingston was 6,407.

See the cities with the highest percentage of households receiving food stamps below.

Rank	City	Total Households	Total households receiving food stamps	Percentage of households receiving food stamps
1	Foster Center	116	48	41.4
2	Central Falls	6,086	2,302	37.8
3	Providence	64,190	20,330	31.7
4	Hopkinton	279	87	31.2
5	Bradford	530	152	28.7
6	Woonsocket	16,515	4,683	28.4
7	Pawtucket	27,903	6,324	22.7
8	Pascoag	1,776	298	16.8
9	Newport	10,065	1,539	15.3
9	Quonochontaug	190	29	15.3
11	East Providence	19,988	2,749	13.8
12	Valley Falls	4,527	610	13.5
13	Warwick	35,465	4,468	12.6
14	Chepachet	649	78	12
15	Cranston	31,362	3,719	11.9
16	Hope Valley	665	74	11.1
17	Tiverton	3,345	335	10
18	Newport East	5,081	485	9.5
19	Cumberland Hill	3,102	234	7.5
20	Charlestown	734	54	7.4
21	Westerly	8,316	558	6.7
22	Harmony	408	26	6.4
23	Misquamicut	207	13	6.3
24	Greene	342	21	6.1
25	Harrisville	658	37	5.6
26	Narragansett Pier	1,689	91	5.4
27	Melville	581	30	5.2
28	Greenville	3,661	177	4.8
29	Kingston	537	4	0.7