New Hampshire

Key Details

• With around 1,380,000 residents, New Hampshire is the eleventh least populated state in the US.
• In 2024, there were 638,795 residential units in New Hampshire; 14.1% of those were said to be vacant. There were 2.44 households on average.
• 27.1% of New Hampshirites over 25 have a high school diploma or an equivalent degree, while 41.3% have a bachelor's degree or above.
• Republican Chris Sununu is the governor of New Hampshire in 2024.
• New Hampshire has a higher median household income than the national average, at $89,992.
• The average lifespan in New Hampshire is 79 years.

New Hampshire Population Demographics

Around 10,000 more people live in New Hampshire than in neighboring Maine, making the Granite State the tenth least populated state in the union. White people make up the bulk of the state's population, accounting for 88.3% of the total population.

Residents of mixed races make up 3.11% of the population, followed by Asians (2.6%), Blacks (1.34%), and other races. As the third least racially diverse state, New Hampshire has a Diversity Index of 23.6%.

The gender distribution in the state is 50.1% female and 49.9% male. The male population starts to decline significantly more with age at the 70–74 year milestone.

With just 6.2% of the US population being immigrants, New Hampshire also has the 22nd lowest immigrant population.

Elections and Voting

Historically, Republicans have had a huge success with winning the governorship seat of New Hampshire. Compared to Republican regimes, there have only been a few Democrats in office. The last Democratic governor left office in 2017, the same year Chris Sununu, the incumbent, took office.

Regarding the legislative arm of government, New Hampshire boasts a Republican-dominated legislature. The state legislature's chambers and the governorship are within the Republican Party's jurisdiction.

Two US Representatives and two Democratic senators represent New Hampshire at the federal level; all four are Democrats.

New Hampshire's popular vote for the US 2020 presidential election went to the Democratic Party with 52.7% of the vote. With 45.4% of the vote, the Republican Party trailed behind. The Libertarian Party received just 1.64% of the vote.

Housing, Income, and Employment

A significant portion of New Hampshire's 638,795 residential units have one, two, or three bedrooms, while just 19.2% of houses have four bedrooms or more.

Expensive homes abound in New Hampshire. 81.6% of all residences fall into the $200,000–$999,999 value bracket. Therefore, it should not be shocking that in 2021, 27.4% of people moved into rental properties while only 8.3% moved into their own homes.

The employment rate in New Hampshire was 64% in 2021, higher than the 60.3% national average.

New Hampshire Crime Rates

The crime rate in New Hampshire is substantially lower than the national average. While the national average for violent crime was 380.7 per 100,000 people, the state had a rate of 125.6 per 100,000 population.

Property crime is a concern in New Hampshire; 14,105 occurrences were reported in 2023. The state records 1011 property crimes for every 100,000 residents. Specifically, there were 1,025 break-ins, 12,152 thefts, and 928 auto thefts.

With 412 violent offenses committed for every 100,000 people, Manchester is regarded as the most dangerous city in New Hampshire. On the flip side, its safest city, Sandown, had only 30 violent offenses per 100,000 residents.

How to Find People in New Hampshire

People can be easily located thanks to social media and public records. To uncover a person's basic information, search engines like Google search through billions of official documents, professional profiles, Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, and more.

These technologies allow address histories to be retrieved and a map of an individual's previous locations to be created. Finding a long-lost relative, former roommate, classmate or childhood buddy is no longer difficult. It's also a great method for finding people who are running from the law or using legal services.

But finding out someone's address is just the beginning of discovering more about them. There is also a list of their professional and social media accounts. You can contact them via chat, email, or phone to find out more.

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