People QuickFacts
New Hampshire
USA
Population, 2005 estimate
1,309,940
296,410,404
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005
6.0%
5.3%
Population, 2000
1,235,786
281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005
5.6%
6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005
23.1%
24.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005
12.5%
12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2005
50.7%
50.7%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)
96.1%
80.2%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)
1.0%
12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)
0.2%
1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)
1.7%
4.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)
0.0%
0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005
1.0%
1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)
2.2%
14.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005
94.1%
66.9%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
55.4%
54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000
4.4%
11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
8.3%
17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000
87.4%
80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000
28.7%
24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000
193,893
49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
25.3
25.5
Housing units, 2005
583,324
124,521,886
Homeownership rate, 2000
69.7%
66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000
26.5%
26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000
$133,300
$119,600
Households, 2000
474,606
105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000
2.53
2.59
Median household income, 2003
$52,409
$43,318
Per capita money income, 1999
$23,844
$21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003
6.4%
12.5%
Business QuickFacts
New Hampshire
USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004
38,8431
7,387,724
Private nonfarm employment, 2004
551,0011
115,074,924
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004
0.8%1
0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2004
103,075
19,523,741
Total number of firms, 2002
125,388
22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002
0.4%
5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002
0.4%
0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002
1.2%
4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002
0.0%
0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002
0.7%
6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002
24.7%
28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)
15,235,144
3,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)
13,741,876
4,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
20,830,057
3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002
$16,330
$10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)
2,082,145
449,498,718
Building permits, 2005
7,586
2,155,316
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)
7,958,5181
2,143,781,7272
Geography QuickFacts
New Hampshire
USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles)
8,968
3,537,438
Persons per square mile, 2000
137.8
79.6
FIPS Code
33
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(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms
Data Quality StatementWhat do you think of QuickFacts?Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:06:14 EST
