People QuickFacts Rochester New Hampshire Population, 2011 estimate 29,935 1,317,807 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 29,752 1,316,469 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.6% 0.1% Population, 2010 29,752 1,316,470 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.0% 5.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 22.0% 21.8% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 14.8% 13.5% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.7% 50.7%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 95.4% 93.9% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.8% 1.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 0.2% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.2% 2.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.7% 1.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 1.8% 2.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 94.3% 92.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 83.5% 86.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.1% 5.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 6.2% 7.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 88.4% 91.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 18.7% 33.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 3,194 118,313 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 25.0 26.0  Housing units, 2010 13,372 614,754 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 70.4% 72.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 28.6% 25.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $189,700 $250,000 Households, 2007-2011 12,357 514,869 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.39 2.48 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $27,902 $32,357 Median household income, 2007-2011 $52,536 $64,664 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 11.9% 8.0%     Business QuickFacts Rochester New Hampshire Total number of firms, 2007 2,325 137,815 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 30.1% 25.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 280,953 18,592,406 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 14,564,458 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 651,628 25,353,874 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $21,273 $19,246 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 43,082 2,630,968     Geography QuickFacts Rochester New Hampshire Land area in square miles, 2010 45.40 8,952.65 Persons per square mile, 2010 655.3 147.0 FIPS Code 65140 33 Counties Strafford 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