Woonsocket is a medium-sized city located in the state of Rhode Island. With a population of 42,942 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Woonsocket is the sixth largest community in Rhode Island. Woonsocket has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Woonsocket is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Woonsocket is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Woonsocket who work in office and administrative support (12.94%), sales jobs (9.22%), and management occupations (6.92%). Also of interest is that Woonsocket has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. In terms of college education, Woonsocket is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.88% of adults 25 and older in Woonsocket have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Woonsocket in 2022 was $29,142, which is low income relative to Rhode Island, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,568 for a family of four. However, Woonsocket contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Woonsocket is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Woonsocket home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Woonsocket residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Woonsocket also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.09% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Woonsocket include French Canadian, French, Irish, English, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Woonsocket is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
