Tiara+Heredia

**INTRODUCTION :**
Pawtucket Is a really small area, Where surprisingly not many people heard of It’s a part of New England, New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Rhode Island, and Connecticut Pawtucket is located in Rhode island. I grew up there since I was baby. So I can confirm the facts about Pawtucket for example on how small it is. Pawtucket is known for two Main high schools Shea high school is one of them.



(One of Shea high schools door entry’s, and Shea high school students in theater class )

**Community background :**
The median household income in Pawtucket is very low at (39,628) and is lower than the state median household income ($55,875) and than US median household income ($52,762) So you can sort of get an idea of how relatively small Pawtucket is. The median family income for Pawtucket is around ($48,985) which is lower than the state median family income ($72,724) the US median family income ($64, 293). The per capita income of Pawtucket ($21,753) which is not as bad since the state per capita is ($29,685) and the US per capita income ($27,915). So its relatively close Pawtucket has 15.8% of families that are under the poverty level. Percentage of families below the poverty level in the state (8.9%) Pawtucket had a high percentage of poverty unfortunately. And the US percentage of families below poverty level (10.5%). Pawtucket has high rate in families with no husband 35.3% of families are husbandless. The percentage of married couples in Pawtucket is around 7.1% which is very low for a town like Pawtucket. Unemployment is a very high in Pawtucket finding a job is a very difficult thing but possible then looking at the data unemployment in Pawtucket is around 10.7%

**Diversity In Pawtucket and In Shea high school .**


** (shea high students in the history debate program;First Picture St ****udents In Shea high school after school elective Student council : second picture )**

Pawtucket is a very Diverse area,

 * || My community ||  ||   ||
 * White || 47215 /66.1% ||  ||   ||
 * Black/ African Americans || 12,475 /17.5% ||  ||   ||
 * Asians || 5437 / 2.0% ||  ||   ||
 * Hispanic || 12,761/17.9% ||  ||   ||
 * American Indian || 138/.2% ||  ||   ||
 * Filipino || 203 /.3% ||  ||   ||
 * Chinese || 117 /.2% ||  ||   ||
 * Chinese || 117 /.2% ||  ||   ||