People QuickFacts	Belknap County	New Hampshire
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	60,327	1,320,718
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	60,088	1,316,469
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	0.4%	0.3%
 	Population, 2010    	60,088	1,316,470
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.0%	5.1%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	20.3%	21.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	17.2%	14.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.8%	50.6% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	96.7%	94.6%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.6%	1.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.2%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	1.2%	2.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	Z
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.2%	1.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	1.3%	2.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	95.5%	92.2% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	89.1%	86.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.0%	5.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	4.4%	7.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	89.8%	91.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	28.2%	33.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	6,472	118,313
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	24.7	26.0 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	37,652	617,704
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	77.0%	72.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	17.2%	25.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$228,100	$250,000
 	Households, 2007-2011    	24,645	514,869
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.39	2.48
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$29,449	$32,357
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$56,921	$64,664
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	8.5%	8.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Belknap County	New Hampshire
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	1,831	37,452
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	20,825	562,505
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-6.1	2.9
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	5,609	102,823 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	7,187	137,815
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.4%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.8%	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	1.0%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	23.7%	25.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	687,068	18,592,406
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	14,564,458
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,348,651	25,353,874
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$22,099	$19,246
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	151,572	2,630,968
 	Building permits, 2011     	144	2,346

   	Geography QuickFacts	Belknap County	New Hampshire
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	400.23	8,952.65
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	150.1	147.0
 	FIPS Code    	001	33
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Laconia, NH Micro Area	 

(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

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts