Pawcatuck, Connecticut
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Pawcatuck (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell) is a village<ref>Principal Communities in Connecticut, Dept. of Economic and Community Development</ref> and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Stonington which is located in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 5,624 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref> It is located across the Pawcatuck River from Downtown Westerly, Rhode Island. The Mechanic Street Historic District of Pawcatuck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and includes sites of shipbuilding, mills, and worker housing in a Template:Convert area.<ref name="nris">Template:NRISref</ref>
Demographics
[edit]The village of Pawcatuck has a total area of Template:Convert<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> bordered to the east by the Pawcatuck River. As of the census<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, there were 5,474 people, 2,427 households, and 1,439 families residing in the village. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 2,598 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup was 93.53% White, 0.75% African American, 0.69% Native American, 2.12% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.69% from other races, and 2.16% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.44% of the population. The median income for a household in Pawcatuck was $39,799, and the median income for a family was $53,087, and 9.3% of the population was below the poverty line.
Education
[edit]The CDP, along with the rest of Stonington Town, is in Stonington School District.<ref>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref>