Belknap County, New Hampshire Demographics

Belknap County is 2nd in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Belknap County is 3rd in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Female residents

Belknap County is 3rd in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Home ownership rate

Belknap County is 3rd in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Belknap County is 4th in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Income per capita

Belknap County is 4th in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Race - White

Belknap County is 4th in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Belknap County is 4th in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Belknap County is 5th in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Home median value

Belknap County is 5th in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Income per household

Size Demographics
	Belknap County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Current population (2012)	60,327	7th	1,320,718	313,914,040
Size in square miles	400.2	9th	8,952.6	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	150.1	5th	147	87.4

Age Demographics
	Belknap County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Residents younger than 5	4.9%	4th	5.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.1%	5th	20.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.1%	3rd	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Belknap County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.8%	9th	91.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	28.2%	8th	33.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Belknap County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Race - White	96.6%	4th	94.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	7th	1.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	8th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.2%	7th	2.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	10th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	7th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	7th	3.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.3%	4th	91.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Belknap County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Female residents	50.9%	3rd	50.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.0%	8th	5.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Belknap County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Housing units	37,652	7th	617,704	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.2%	9th	25.4%	25.9%
Households	24,645	7th	514,869	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	77.0%	3rd	72.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$228,100	5th	$250,000	$186,200
People per household	2.4	6th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	118	7th	2,296	829,658

Income Demographics
	Belknap County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Income per capita	$29,449	4th	$32,357	$27,915
Income per household	$56,921	5th	$64,664	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.5%	7th	8.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Belknap County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,788	8th	37,031	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	20,765	7th	554,001	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	7,187	8th	137,815	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,348,651	7th	$25,353,874	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$22,099	2nd	$19,246	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$151,572	6th	$2,630,968	$613,795,732