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State Fact Sheets: New Hampshire

• Population, Income, Education, and Employment
• Farm Characteristics
• Farm Financial Indicators
• Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
• About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated July 2, 2008

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Population, Income, Education, and Employment

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Population
Year
1980	368,249	552,361	920,610
1990	423,101	686,151	1,109,252
2000	465,353	770,433	1,235,786
2007 (latest estimates)	495,402	820,426	1,315,828
More information on New Hampshire population • County-level Population Data • Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room • Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Income
Per-capita income (2006 dollars)
2005	35,869	40,525	38,768
2006	37,035	41,397	39,753
Percent change	3.3	2.2	2.5

Earnings per job (2006 dollars)
2005	39,612	48,107	44,785
2006	39,612	47,797	44,593
Percent change	0.0	-0.6	-0.4

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	10.0	7.4	8.5
1989	7.7	5.7	6.4
1999	7.4	6.0	6.5
2005 (latest model-based estimates)	8.5	7.1	7.6
More information on New Hampshire poverty rates • County-level Poverty Data • Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room • See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates • Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Education (Persons 25 and older)
Percent not completing high school
1980	29.0	26.9	27.7
1990	19.7	16.7	17.8
2000	13.8	11.8	12.6

Percent completing high school only
1980	37.0	37.2	37.2
1990	34.2	30.1	31.7
2000	32.9	28.3	30.1

Percent completing some college
1980	16.2	17.4	16.9
1990	23.6	27.6	26.1
2000	27.0	29.7	28.7

Percent completing college
1980	17.7	18.6	18.2
1990	22.5	25.5	24.4
2000	26.2	30.2	28.7
More information on New Hampshire education • County-level Education Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Employment
Total number of jobs
2005	329,626	513,147	842,773
2006	337,041	524,012	861,053

Unemployment rate (percent)
2006		3.7	3.5
2007		3.6	3.6
More information on New Hampshire unemployment rates • County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429

Percent employment change
2004-2005	1.2	1.3	1.3
2005-2006	2.2	0.9	1.3
2006-2007	0.1	1.3	0.9

Percent of 2002 employment in farm and farm-related jobs
Total	13.3	12.6	12.9
Production	1.0	0.4	0.6
Farm inputs	0.1	0.0	0.0
Processing & marketing	0.6	1.0	0.9
Wholesale & retail trade	10.7	10.5	10.6
More information on farm employment • Farm and Farm-Related Employment data • Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435

* Urban and rural (metro and nonmetro) defintions are based on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) June 2003 classification. See Measuring Rurality: New Definitions in 2003 for more information.

More information on socioeconomic conditions • Rural Emphasis Page • Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.

Farm Characteristics

	1992	1997	2002
1992, 1997 and 2002 Census of Agriculture

Total land area (million acres)	5.74	5.74	5.74
Total farmland (million acres)	0.39	0.46	0.44
Percent of total land area	6.7	8.1	7.8

Cropland (million acres)	0.14	0.15	0.13
Percent of total farmland	35.1	31.9	29.1
Percent in pasture	19.5	17.5	15.4
Percent irrigated	1.3	1.8	1.7

Harvested Cropland (million acres)	0.10	0.11	0.10

Woodland (million acres)	0.22	0.27	0.27
Percent of total farmland	56.7	57.4	59.9
Percent in pasture	12.0	8.4	8.2

Pastureland (million acres)	0.01	0.02	0.02
Percent of total farmland	2.5	3.7	4.5

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (million acres)	0.02	0.03	0.03
Percent of total farmland	5.6	7.1	6.6

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (million acres)	0.00	0.00	0.00
Percent of total farmland	0.2	0.8	0.3

Average farm size (acres)	158	118	132

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	54.8	65.5	64.4
100 to 499 acres	38.6	30.7	30.4
500 to 999 acres	5.4	3.0	4.0
1000 to 1,999 acres	1.1	0.6	0.7
2,000 or more acres	0.1	0.2	0.5

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	65.3	72.5	73.8
$10,000 to $49,999	18.0	16.0	14.8
$50,000 to $99,999	5.8	4.0	3.9
$100,000 to $499,999	9.6	6.1	6.1
More than $500,000	1.3	1.1	1.4

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	1,642	2,705	2,474
Percent of total	67.2	68.9	73.6

Part owner (farms)	664	980	767
Percent of total	27.2	24.9	22.8

Tenant owner (farms)	139	243	122
Percent of total	5.7	6.2	3.6

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	2,136	3,445	2,917
Percent of total	87.4	87.7	86.7

Family-held corporations (farms)	120	186	142
Percent of total	4.9	4.7	4.2

Partnerships (farms)	147	219	206
Percent of total	6.0	5.6	6.1

Non-family corporations (farms)	13	18	15
Percent of total	0.5	0.5	0.4

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	29	60	83
Percent of total	1.2	1.5	2.5

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	53.4	53.6	54.1
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	49.2	40.2	48.6
Men (persons)	2,043	3,128	2,525
Women (persons)	402	800	838

More information on farm characteristics • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540. Data from the 1992 Census of Agriculture is not adjusted for coverage. See Coverage Adjustment from NASS.

Farm Financial Indicators

	2005	2006
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	3,400	3,400

	Thousands $
Final crop output	92,229	99,300
+ Final animal output	69,102	59,352
+ Services and forestry	45,311	42,663
= Final agricultural sector output	206,641	201,315

- Intermediate consumption outlays	80,341	82,142
+ Net government transactions	-8,456	-10,336
= Gross value added	117,844	108,837

- Capital consumption	28,667	29,934

= Net value added	89,177	78,903

- Factor payments	34,923	36,335
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	30,623	31,490
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	-3,704	-4,226
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	8,004	9,071

= Net farm income	54,254	42,568

More information on farm income • Farm Income Data • Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

Farm balance sheet

• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.

Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties

	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2006
1. Greenhouse/nursery	62,130	38.4	0.4
2. Dairy products	41,038	25.4	0.2
3. Cattle and calves	10,515	6.5	0.0
4. Apples	7,634	4.7	0.4
5. Hay	6,277	3.9	0.1

All commodities	161,804		0.1

More information on New Hampshire's top agriculture commodities • Leading commodities for cash receipts in Excel • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

	Rank among states	Value million $
Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2007
1. Other	38	13.7
2. Fruits and preparations	29	2.2
3. Seeds	46	1.1
4. Feeds and fodders	47	0.5
5. Live animals and meat	47	0.4

Overall rank	48	18.5

More information on agricultural exports • State Export Data • Agricultural Trade Briefing Room • Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.

	Percent of state total receipts	Million $
Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2002
1. Merrimack County	28.4	41.2
2. Grafton County	13.7	19.8
3. Rockingham County	11.7	17.0
4. Hillsborough County	10.2	14.8
5. Cheshire County	8.5	12.3

State total		144.8

More information on agricultural sales • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.

Data Sources

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Regional Economic Information System, April 2006, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room, Economic Research Service, USDA.
Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker

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Updated date: July 2, 2008