| | People QuickFacts | Belknap County | New Hampshire |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 60,327 | 1,320,718 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 60,088 | 1,316,469 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.4% | 0.3% |
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Population, 2010 | 60,088 | 1,316,470 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.0% | 5.1% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 20.3% | 21.2% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 17.2% | 14.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.8% | 50.6% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 96.7% | 94.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.6% | 1.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.2% | 2.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.2% | 1.5% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 1.3% | 2.9% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 95.5% | 92.2% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 89.1% | 86.6% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.0% | 5.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 4.4% | 7.9% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 89.8% | 91.2% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 28.2% | 33.1% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 6,472 | 118,313 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 24.7 | 26.0 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 37,652 | 617,704 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 77.0% | 72.5% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 17.2% | 25.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $228,100 | $250,000 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 24,645 | 514,869 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.39 | 2.48 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $29,449 | $32,357 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $56,921 | $64,664 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.5% | 8.0% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Belknap County | New Hampshire |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 1,831 | 37,4521 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 20,825 | 562,5051 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -6.1 | 2.91 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 5,609 | 102,823 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 7,187 | 137,815 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.4% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.8% | 1.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.0% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 23.7% | 25.8% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 687,068 | 18,592,406 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 14,564,458 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,348,651 | 25,353,874 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $22,099 | $19,246 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 151,572 | 2,630,968 |
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Building permits, 2011 | 144 | 2,346 |