People QuickFacts	Laconia	New Hampshire
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	15,986	1,317,807
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	15,951	1,316,469
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.2%	0.1%
 	Population, 2010    	15,951	1,316,470
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.5%	5.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	20.4%	21.8%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	18.1%	13.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.3%	50.7% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	94.5%	93.9%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.9%	1.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.5%	2.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.5%	1.6%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	1.6%	2.8%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	93.5%	92.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	82.5%	86.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.5%	5.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	6.1%	7.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	86.7%	91.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	22.6%	33.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,865	118,313
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	18.8	26.0 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	9,879	614,754
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	61.3%	72.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	39.9%	25.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$199,000	$250,000
 	Households, 2007-2011    	6,878	514,869
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.25	2.48
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$27,711	$32,357
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$48,517	$64,664
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	11.8%	8.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Laconia	New Hampshire
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,817	137,815
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.4%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.0%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	29.6%	25.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	259,721	18,592,406
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	70,025	14,564,458
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	296,132	25,353,874
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$17,387	$19,246
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	45,983	2,630,968

   	Geography QuickFacts	Laconia	New Hampshire
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	20.06	8,952.65
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	795.3	147.0
 	FIPS Code    	40180	33
 	Counties    	Belknap County
 	

(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