People QuickFacts Rockingham County New Hampshire Population, 2012 estimate 297,820 1,320,718 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 295,223 1,316,469 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.9% 0.3% Population, 2010 295,223 1,316,470 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 4.8% 5.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.1% 21.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 13.2% 14.0% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.6% 50.6%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 95.9% 94.6% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 1.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.8% 2.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z Z Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.3% 1.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.2% 2.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 94.0% 92.2%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 90.0% 86.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 4.5% 5.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 6.3% 7.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 93.9% 91.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 36.8% 33.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 24,827 118,313 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 28.9 26.0  Housing units, 2011 127,196 617,704 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 78.4% 72.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 21.8% 25.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $296,500 $250,000 Households, 2007-2011 115,105 514,869 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.54 2.48 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $37,422 $32,357 Median household income, 2007-2011 $77,470 $64,664 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 4.9% 8.0%     Business QuickFacts Rockingham County New Hampshire Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 9,453 37,452 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 125,033 562,505 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -0.2 2.9 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 25,475 102,823  Total number of firms, 2007 34,778 137,815 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.5% 0.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.4% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.5% 1.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.9% 1.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 27.8% 25.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 3,912,579 18,592,406 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 5,844,817 14,564,458 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 6,414,862 25,353,874 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $21,603 $19,246 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 660,746 2,630,968 Building permits, 2011 510 2,346     Geography QuickFacts Rockingham County New Hampshire Land area in square miles, 2010 694.72 8,952.65 Persons per square mile, 2010 425.0 147.0 FIPS Code 015 33 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metro 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