New Hampshire
New Hampshire: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
state · population 1,377,529 (registry) · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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New Hampshire at a glance
Rolled up from the 11 regions inside New Hampshire on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Who leads New Hampshire, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-10 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
- Population
- 1,415,342 persons (2025) ↗
- GDP
- 128,278.6 USD millions (current dollars, annual, NSA; BEA) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 2.6 % (seasonally adjusted, BLS) (2026-09) ↗
- Median household income
- 96,800 USD (2023) ↗
- Debt per person with a credit report
- 66,500 USD per resident with a credit report (NY Fed CMD data via USAFacts) (2025) ↗
Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire (statewide) ↗ | 576,000 USD | median sale (single-family, NHAR) | 2026-05 |
| Manchester (city) ↗ | 461,750 USD | median sale (single-family, NHAR) | 2026-05 |
| Hillsborough County (Manchester–Nashua) ↗ | 575,000 USD | median sale (single-family, NHAR) | 2026-05 |
| Rockingham County (Seacoast/Portsmouth–Derry) ↗ | 717,500 USD | median sale (single-family, NHAR) | 2026-05 |
| Merrimack County (Concord) ↗ | 505,000 USD | median sale (single-family, NHAR) | 2026-05 |
| Grafton County (Lebanon–Hanover) ↗ | 580,000 USD | median sale (single-family, NHAR) | 2026-05 |
Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
Largest companies in New Hampshire
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| C&S Wholesale Grocers (Keene; private) ↗ | revenue | 30 USD billions | 2017 |
| Planet Fitness (Hampton) ↗ | revenue | 1.18 USD billions | 2024 |
| Albany International (Rochester) ↗ | revenue | 0.864 USD billions (net sales) | 2017 |
| Unitil Corporation (Hampton) ↗ | revenue | 0.367 USD billions | 2013 |
Worth knowing
- 2026-11Kelly Ayotte (R) won re-election as governor on Nov 3, 2026 over Cinde Warmington (D): 324,934 (51.38%) to 297,834 (47.10%) per the Wikipedia infobox; NH governors serve two-year terms. ↗
- 2025New Hampshire has no broad income tax and no sales, capital gains or inheritance tax. ↗
- 2026-05Statewide single-family median sale price hit a record $576,000 in May 2026, up 6.7% from $540,000 a year earlier (NHAR). ↗
- 2026-09Unemployment was 2.6% in September 2026, down 0.2 points on the month and below the US rate. ↗
- 2025Average debt per resident with a credit report was $66,500 in 2025, about $3,300 above the US average; mortgages made up about 68.7% of household debt. ↗
- 1952New Hampshire has held the first US presidential primary of each cycle since 1952. ↗
Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
- Spanish35,239 · 2.5%
- Other Indo-European languages18,881 · 1.4%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun16,199 · 1.2%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages7,445 · 0.5%
- Other and unspecified languages5,671 · 0.4%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages5,669 · 0.4%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)4,999 · 0.4%
- German or other West Germanic languages4,321 · 0.3%
Largest places in New Hampshire
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Manchester, NH full115,644
- 2.Nashua, NH full91,322
- 3.Concord, NH full43,976
- 4.Keene, NH23,047
- 5.Portsmouth, New Hampshire full21,956
- 6.Lebanon, New Hampshire full14,282
- 7.Hanover, New Hampshire full11,870
- 8.Plymouth, New Hampshire6,682
- 9.Wolfeboro, New Hampshire6,416
- 10.North Conway, New Hampshire full2,116
- 11.Washington, NH1,192
Inside New Hampshire
11 regions have New Hampshire as their parent.
Companies based in New Hampshire
12 companies in the Research Upon directory have their headquarters somewhere in New Hampshire. Search them by name or industry.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of New Hampshire are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.