People QuickFacts Nashua New Hampshire Population, 2011 estimate 86,704 1,317,807 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 86,494 1,316,469 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.2% 0.1% Population, 2010 86,494 1,316,470 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.3% 5.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 22.1% 21.8% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 12.7% 13.5% Female persons, percent, 2010 50.7% 50.7%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 83.4% 93.9% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.7% 1.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 0.2% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 6.5% 2.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.5% 1.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 9.8% 2.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 79.0% 92.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 83.9% 86.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 12.7% 5.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 19.8% 7.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 89.0% 91.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 34.8% 33.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 7,375 118,313 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 25.3 26.0  Housing units, 2010 37,168 614,754 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 58.9% 72.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 46.3% 25.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $253,900 $250,000 Households, 2007-2011 35,220 514,869 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.43 2.48 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $33,032 $32,357 Median household income, 2007-2011 $66,074 $64,664 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 7.9% 8.0%     Business QuickFacts Nashua New Hampshire Total number of firms, 2007 7,521 137,815 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.1% 0.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.4% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.9% 1.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.3% 1.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.1% 25.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 2,693,464 18,592,406 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,250,059 14,564,458 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,925,213 25,353,874 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $33,660 $19,246 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 231,746 2,630,968     Geography QuickFacts Nashua New Hampshire Land area in square miles, 2010 30.85 8,952.65 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,803.7 147.0 FIPS Code 50260 33 Counties Hillsborough 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