New Hampshire state Economy Profile

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New Hampshire state Economy

seventy point five percent of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in New Hampshire. Among them 33.09% are females aged 16 and over. 81.75% of New Hampshire workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. 0.73% use public transportation (including taxicab). Three point nine six percent of New Hampshire residents work at home.

The total population of New Hampshire is 1,235,786 people. The median household income in New Hampshire is forty-nine thousand, four hundred and sixty-seven dollars. Management, professional, and related occupations make up 35.79% of all occupations. 9.37% of New Hampshire population is involved into construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations. 26.62% of population are in sales and office occupations. Production, transportation, and material moving occupations account for 14.77% of occupations.

17.33% of families in New Hampshire have an income from $35,000 to $49,999. 0.0 of families are below poverty level. New Hampshire median household income is forty-nine thousand, four hundred and sixty-seven dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers, receive $39,689, female full-time, year-round workers, are paid twenty-seven thousand, four hundred and eighty-eight dollars.

	New Hampshire	%, New Hampshire	United States
Population 16 years and over	960,498		217,168,077
In labor force	677,190	70.5%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	676,371	70.42%	63.39%
- - Employed	650,871	67.76%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	25,500	2.65%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	3.8		5.8
- Armed Forces	819	0.09%	0.53%
Not in labor force	283,308	29.5%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	493,436	51.37%	51.66%
In labor force	317,874	33.09%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	317,780	33.08%	29.65%
- - Employed	306,287	31.89%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	88,817	9.25%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	56,811		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	638,565		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	522,043	81.75%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	62,763	9.83%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	4,645	0.73%	4.73%
Walked	18,545	2.9%	2.93%
Other means	5,262	0.82%	1.19%
Worked at home	25,307	3.96%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	25.3		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	650,871		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	232,927	35.79%	33.65%
Service occupations	84,618	13.0%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	173,282	26.62%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	2,902	0.45%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	60,988	9.37%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	96,154	14.77%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	5,837	0.9%	1.87%
Construction	44,269	6.8%	6.78%
Manufacturing	117,673	18.08%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	23,426	3.6%	3.6%
Retail trade	89,089	13.69%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	27,006	4.15%	5.2%
Information	17,478	2.69%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	40,731	6.26%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	57,369	8.81%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	130,390	20.03%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	45,001	6.91%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	27,780	4.27%	4.87%
Public administration	24,822	3.81%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	516,575	79.37%	78.47%
Government workers	83,271	12.79%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	49,520	7.61%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	1,505	0.23%	0.31%

	New Hampshire	%, New Hampshire	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	474,750		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	28,808	6.07%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	22,635	4.77%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	51,226	10.79%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	55,301	11.65%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	81,875	17.25%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	109,447	23.05%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	60,009	12.64%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	43,093	9.08%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	12,118	2.55%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	10,238	2.16%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	49,467		41,994
With earnings	397,947	41.43%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	60,079		56,604
With Social Security income	117,266	12.21%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,518		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	14,160	1.47%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,937		6,320
With public assistance income	14,148	1.47%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,609		3,032
With retirement income	78,017	8.12%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,610		17,376
Families	325,581		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	9,076	2.79%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	8,532	2.62%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	25,007	7.68%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	33,215	10.2%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	56,422	17.33%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	86,260	26.49%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	50,886	15.63%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	36,995	11.36%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	10,390	3.19%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	8,798	2.7%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	57,575		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	23,844		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	39,689		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	27,488		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	13,948		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	10,833	77.67%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	5,332	38.23%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	7,237		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	6,656	91.97%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	3,342	46.18%	42.27%
Individuals	78,530		33,899,812
18 years and over	54,895	69.9%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	9,992	12.72%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	22,028	28.05%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	15,234	19.4%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	35,034	44.61%	31.63%

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