| | People QuickFacts | Portsmouth | New Hampshire |
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Population, 2011 estimate | 20,848 | 1,317,807 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 20,779 | 1,316,469 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 0.3% | 0.1% |
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Population, 2010 | 20,779 | 1,316,470 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 4.7% | 5.3% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 16.6% | 21.8% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 15.9% | 13.5% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.5% | 50.7% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 91.5% | 93.9% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.7% | 1.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 3.5% | 2.2% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 2.3% | 1.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 2.8% | 2.8% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 89.8% | 92.3% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 80.4% | 86.6% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.2% | 5.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 8.0% | 7.9% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 96.3% | 91.2% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 48.4% | 33.1% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,657 | 118,313 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 20.2 | 26.0 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 10,625 | 614,754 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 53.9% | 72.5% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 48.2% | 25.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $312,600 | $250,000 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 9,992 | 514,869 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.03 | 2.48 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $39,344 | $32,357 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $64,459 | $64,664 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.0% | 8.0% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Portsmouth | New Hampshire |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,588 | 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 | F | 0.4% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.0% | 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 | 0.8% | 1.0% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 29.7% | 25.8% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 570,467 | 18,592,406 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,413,214 | 14,564,458 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,242,064 | 25,353,874 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $60,432 | $19,246 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 179,091 | 2,630,968 |