People QuickFacts Carroll County New Hampshire Population, 2012 estimate 47,567 1,320,718 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 47,820 1,316,469 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.5% 0.3% Population, 2010 47,818 1,316,470 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 3.9% 5.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 18.0% 21.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 21.4% 14.0% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.4% 50.6%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 97.6% 94.6% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 1.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 2.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z Z Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.1% 1.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 1.0% 2.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 96.7% 92.2%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 89.6% 86.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.6% 5.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 2.7% 7.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 91.1% 91.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 29.7% 33.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 5,800 118,313 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 25.1 26.0  Housing units, 2011 40,005 617,704 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 80.5% 72.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 16.2% 25.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $239,200 $250,000 Households, 2007-2011 20,564 514,869 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.29 2.48 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $29,194 $32,357 Median household income, 2007-2011 $50,555 $64,664 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 10.3% 8.0%     Business QuickFacts Carroll County New Hampshire Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 1,879 37,452 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 17,479 562,505 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -9.7 2.9 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 5,540 102,823  Total number of firms, 2007 7,392 137,815 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 0.9% 1.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.4% 1.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 19.6% 25.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 213,380 18,592,406 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 14,564,458 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 889,015 25,353,874 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $18,569 $19,246 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 214,906 2,630,968 Building permits, 2011 160 2,346     Geography QuickFacts Carroll County New Hampshire Land area in square miles, 2010 931.06 8,952.65 Persons per square mile, 2010 51.4 147.0 FIPS Code 003 33 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (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