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New Hampshire At A Glance
Last Updated July 5, 2005
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The State:
- Profile: Click here for political history and analysis.
- Size: 9,350 square miles
- Population in 2000: 1,235,786; 59.2% urban; 40.8% rural
- Population in 1990: 1,109,252
- Population Change: Up
11.4% 1990-2000; Up
20.5% 1980-1990
- Population Rank: 41st of 50; 0.4% of total U.S. population
- Most Populous Cities:
Manchester (108,871);
Nashua (87,285);
Concord (41,823);
Rochester (29,654);
Dover (28,216)
- Registered Voters:
228,395 D
(26.7%);
267,141 R
(31.2%);
360,325 unaffiliated and minor parties
(42.1%)
- Presidential Votes: Click here for analysis and past returns.
- Congressional Redistricting: Click here for additional details. An expanded
map of the current lines is also available.
- State
Senate: 16 R 8 D
- State House: 253 R 147 D
- State Legislative Term Limits: No
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The People:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2006 Guide to Usage.
- Race/Ethnic Origin:
1,175,252 (95.1%) white;
8,354 (0.7%) black;
15,803 (1.3%) Asian;
2,698 (0.2%) American Indian;
330 (0.0%) Pacific islander/Hawaiian;
11,606 (0.9%) two-plus races;
1,254 (0.1%) other;
20,489 (1.7%) Hispanic origin
- Ancestry:
13.8% Irish,
12.8% English,
10.4% French,
7.3% Fr.Canadian,
6.1% German
- State Natives: 43.3% of residents were born in-state.
- Non-Citizens: 2.3% of residents are foreign-born and not U.S. citizens
- Language Spoken, by Household: 87.4% English;
9.0% Other Eur.;
2.3% Spanish
- Education:
87.4% high school graduates;
28.7% college graduates
- Military Veterans:
139,038 (15.0%);
WWII: (18.4%);
Korea: (13.6%);
Vietnam: (33.6%);
First Gulf War: (8.2%)
The Economy:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2006 Guide to Usage.
- Industry:
0.9% agriculture;
6.8% construction;
6.3% finance;
2.7% information;
22.2% manufacturing;
28.8% professional;
3.8% public administration;
17.3% trade;
11.2% other
- Work Force: 24.1% blue collar; 62.4% white collar; 13.4% gray collar
- Work Sector: 79.4% private; 12.8% government; 7.6% self-employed; 0.2% unpaid family workers
- Unemployment: 0.2% unemployed
- Median Household Income:
$49,467
- 6.5% are below the poverty line
- 10.8% less than $15,000
- 22.4% $15-35,000
- 17.2% $35-50,000
- 35.7% $50-100,000
- 9.1% $100-150,000
- 4.7% more than $150,000
Median Home Value: $127,500
- 7.7% less than $50,000
- 24.8% $50-100,000
- 49.3% $100-200,000
- 12.2% $200-300,000
- 4.5% $300-500,000
- 1.4% more than $500,000
Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005
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