Cheshire County, New Hampshire Demographics

Cheshire County is 2nd in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Female residents

Cheshire County is 4th in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Cheshire County is 4th in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Cheshire County is 5th in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in People per household

Cheshire County is 5th in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Race - White

Cheshire County is 5th in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Cheshire County is 5th in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Cheshire County is 6th in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Current population (2012)

Cheshire County is 6th in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Foreign born residents

Cheshire County is 6th in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Households

Size Demographics
	Cheshire County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Current population (2012)	76,851	6th	1,320,718	313,914,040
Size in square miles	706.7	6th	8,952.6	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	109.1	6th	147	87.4

Age Demographics
	Cheshire County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Residents younger than 5	4.8%	6th	5.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.0%	7th	20.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.9%	6th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Cheshire County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.0%	8th	91.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	30.2%	5th	33.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Cheshire County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Race - White	96.3%	5th	94.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.7%	6th	1.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	6th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.3%	6th	2.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	7th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	6th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	6th	3.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.0%	5th	91.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Cheshire County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Female residents	51.3%	2nd	50.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.1%	6th	5.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Cheshire County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Housing units	34,901	8th	617,704	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	23.4%	4th	25.4%	25.9%
Households	30,141	6th	514,869	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.8%	7th	72.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$202,600	8th	$250,000	$186,200
People per household	2.4	5th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	93	8th	2,296	829,658

Income Demographics
	Cheshire County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Income per capita	$27,459	8th	$32,357	$27,915
Income per household	$55,241	6th	$64,664	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.9%	6th	8.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Cheshire County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,907	6th	37,031	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	27,870	6th	554,001	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	8,144	6th	137,815	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,649,001	6th	$25,353,874	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$21,293	4th	$19,246	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$110,289	8th	$2,630,968	$613,795,732