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12.31.2001
The face may change but the spirit endures
The 2000 Census showed that the growth of the Hispanic population brought the biggest shift in Rhode Island's ethnic mix since 1900.
Up next: More detailed data in 2002
Incomes, employment and property values will be among the figures due for Census Bureau publication next summer.

11.25.2001
In Burrillville, time marches slowly
In Rhode Island, women outnumber men by 41,000, according to the census

10.28.2001
Age-old issue: For older women, fewer men
In Rhode Island, women outnumber men by 41,000, according to the census.

10.14.2001
Leaving Woonsocket
City's population continues its decades-long slide

9.2.2001
Picket fences and gay neighbors
In the 1990 Census, 27 of Rhode Island's cities and towns reported no gay male couples living together. Now, all of those communities have gay couples.

8.6.2001
Grandparents often 'first line of defense'
The Census Bureau is tracking the number of grandparents who step in and take care of their grandchildren in troubled families.

8.1.2001
Claiming their place
Now the state's largest Asian group, Chinese-Americans seek greater cultural recognition, political power, and social programs.

8.5.2001
R.I. ranks 14th in U.S. in state, local taxes
Despite the perception among Rhode Islanders that their taxes are extraordinarily high, other states in the region with higher tax burdens include Maine, New York, Connecticut and Vermont.

7.29.2001
Single Dads:
Juggling jobs, laundry and naptimes, more men than ever are parenting solo
Daniel Gonzalez ranks among an elite group of dads: those who do nails. Not long ago, before his daughter, Christina, bounced off to a middle-school dance, he painted her fingernails electric blue and sculpted her hair with styling gel. "I try to be as funky as possible," Gonzalez says of his still-evolving experiments in cosmetics.

7.1.2001
R.I. blacks migrating away from segregation
Behind the exodus from urban neighborhoods is a mix of forces, including rising incomes and concerns about poor schools.

7.1.2001
Census results push some town libraries onto new page
In towns such as Lincoln, Scituate and Smithfield, population growth means libararies must beef up staffing and hours of operation to meet statewide standards.

6.3.2001
Living longer, living better
With a zest for life's riches, elderly are redefining old age.

5.25.2001
• East Providence: Elderly population holding steady, U.S. Census shows
• West Bay: Census shows age of residents on the rise
• Blackstone Valley: Census shows surge in school-age population

5.24.2001
South County: Number of unwed couples in county up 73% in 10 years

5.23.2001
R.I. older, more diverse, but still strong on family
PROVIDENCE -- Don't count the Rhode Island family out, at least not yet. The family household remains the norm in the Ocean State, according to new figures released today from the 2000 Census.
• Providence: Census snapshot: A young, eclectic city
• East Bay: East Bay towns not as young as they used to be

4.29.2001
With a new wave of immigrants , a storied neighborhood evolves
PROVIDENCE -- Arriving from the countryside near Naples, Italy, 29 years ago, Antonio Fezzuoglio settled in one of Rhode Island's Italian-American strongholds: the Providence neighborhood of Silver Lake.

4.1.2001
Instant neighborhood
In Rhode Island's new suburbia, families find community; towns cope with traffic, crowded schools

3.31.2001
Hispanic leaders: Numbers show our strength
R.I.'s Hispanic population seek to turn Census 2000 figures into progress

3.30.2001
Influx of Hispanics, South County boom highlight changes
• Numbers alter political landscape
• Up and down Broad Street, Latino community thrives
• Providence struggles with bilingualism

3.22.2001
Massachusetts: Population surges in Rte. 495 corridor

3.12.2001
Legislators brace for altered districts in wake of Census
The Rhode Island General Assembly must cut its membership by 25 percent and draw new district lines before the next election

3.7.2001
Census decision considered flawed
Democrats and representatives of minorities criticize the Bush administration's decison to use raw figures as the basis for redistricting.

2.25.2001
The vanishing border
Lured by pay, opportunity, some 66,000 Rhode Islanders travel daily to jobs in the Bay State

1.28.2001
Climbing the ladder
• A new generation of Hispanics finds opportunity, success in R.I.
• Three who are making it
• 'Hispanic' or 'Latino'? Opinions vary widely

12.29.2000
• State's growth prompts applause
• N.E.'s loss in House is a gain for South, West