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Merrimack County Facts

Census Statistics

	Merrimack County	New Hampshire
Population, 2003 estimate	143,622	1,287,687
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	5.4%	4.2%
Population, 2000	136,225	1,235,786
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	13.3%	11.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.0%	6.1%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.9%	25.0%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.4%	12.0%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.8%	50.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	97.1%	96.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.0%	1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.0%	1.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	96.4%	95.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	55.6%	55.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	3.2%	4.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	6.4%	8.3%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	88.2%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	29.1%	28.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	21,217	193,893
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	24.3	25.3?
Housing units, 2002	57,883	561,178
Homeownership rate, 2000	69.5%	69.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	26.6%	26.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$117,900	$133,300?
Households, 2000	51,843	474,606
Persons per household, 2000	2.51	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$48,522	$49,467
Per capita money income, 1999	$23,208	$23,844
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	5.9%	6.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	4,034	37,312
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	56,389	556,877
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.2%	1.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	9,449	88,899
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	1,314,403	19,813,107
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	1,500,710	15,812,027
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$11,856	$13,477
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	1.8%	2.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	24.7%	23.6%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,320	8,708
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	924,731	6,937,058
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	934	8,968
Persons per square mile, 2000	145.8	137.8
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	013	33

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