New Hampshire - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood Concord June 21, 1788 the 9th state State nickname The Granite State Name for residents New Hampshirites State motto Abbreviation Live free or die NH LAND Total area 24,216 sq km 9,350 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 44th 23,229 sq km 8,969 sq mi Highest point Mount Washington 1,917 m/6,288 ft Forested land as a share of total area 83.9 percent (2002) Federally owned land as a share of land area 14.4 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 1,315,828 (2007 estimate) 41st 11.4 percent (1990-2000) 57 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 147 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population Largest cities (by population) Manchester 59.3 percent (2000) 109,497 (2006) N ashua 87,157 (2006) Concord 42,378 (2006) D erry 34,021 (2000) Rochester 30,117 (2006) Ethnic groups Whites 96 percent (2000) Asians 1.3 percent (2000) Blacks 0.7 percent (2000) Native Americans 0.2 percent (2000) Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 1.7 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 1.7 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 76.7 years (1989-1991) 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 380 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 467 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance Number of students per teacher (K-12) 11.5 percent (2006) 13.7 (2003) Government spending per student (K-12) $9,802 (2002-2003) Share of students attending private school 11.3 percent (1999) Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 89.9 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor John Lynch (term ends January 2009) Legislature Senate, 24 members House of Representatives, 400 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 2 Electoral votes 4 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita $56 billion (2006) $36,676 (2004) GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 0.4 percent (2004) Industry Construction 5.5 percent (2004) Manufacturing 12.5 percent (2004) Mining 0.1 percent (2004) Transportation and utilities 5.2 percent (2004) Services Finance, insurance, and real estate G overnment Information technology 22.4 percent (2004) 9.1 percent (2004) 3 percent (2004) Retail trade 8.9 percent (2004) Wholesale trade 6.4 percent (2004) Other services Employment Number of workers Unemployment rate Share of workers in unions 26.3 percent (2004) 737,000 (2006 estimate) 3.4 percent (2006 estimate) 10.4 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind 4.2 percent (2005 estimate) Share from hydroelectric 4.5 percent (2005 estimate) Share from nuclear 39.8 percent (2005 estimate) Share from thermal 51.5 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people Share of households with Internet access Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 156 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) 65.2 percent (2003 estimate) 7.3 books per person (2002) 25,053 km (2005) 15,567 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 362 km (2005) 225 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 678 km (2004) 421 mi (2004) Airports 3 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
