New Hampshire Demographics
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People QuickFacts |
New Hampshire |
USA |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
1,314,895 |
299,398,484 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
6.4% |
6.4% |
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Population, 2000 |
1,235,786 |
281,421,906 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 |
5.6% |
6.8% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 |
22.6% |
24.6% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 |
12.4% |
12.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2006 |
50.7% |
50.7% |
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White persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
95.8% |
80.1% |
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Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
1.1% |
12.8% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.3% |
1.0% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
1.9% |
4.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) |
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0.2% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 |
1.0% |
1.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) |
2.3% |
14.8% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 |
93.8% |
66.4% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
55.4% |
54.1% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
4.4% |
11.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
8.3% |
17.9% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
87.4% |
80.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
28.7% |
24.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
193,893 |
49,746,248 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
25.3 |
25.5 |
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Housing units, 2006 |
589,812 |
126,316,181 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
69.7% |
66.2% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
26.5% |
26.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$133,300 |
$119,600 |
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Households, 2000 |
474,606 |
105,480,101 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.53 |
2.59 |
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Median household income, 2004 |
$53,377 |
$44,334 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$23,844 |
$21,587 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 |
6.6% |
12.7% |
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Business QuickFacts |
New Hampshire |
USA |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 |
39,2241 |
7,499,702 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2005 |
562,3981 |
116,317,003 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 |
2.9%1 |
2.0% |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2005 |
106,642 |
20,392,068 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
125,388 |
22,974,655 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.4% |
5.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.4% |
0.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
1.2% |
4.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.0% |
0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.7% |
6.8% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
24.7% |
28.2% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
15,235,144 |
3,916,136,712 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
13,741,876 |
4,634,755,112 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
20,830,057 |
3,056,421,997 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$16,330 |
$10,615 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
2,082,145 |
449,498,718 |
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Building permits, 2006 |
5,677 |
1,838,903 |
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Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) |
7,958,5181 |
2,143,781,7272 |
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Geography QuickFacts |
New Hampshire |
USA |
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Land area, 2000 (square miles) |
8,968.10 |
3,537,438.44 |
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Persons per square mile, 2000 |
137.8 |
79.6 |
1: Includes data not distributed by county.
2: Includes data not distributed by state.
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
Source http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/33000.html |
