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People QuickFacts | Cheshire County | New Hampshire
Population, 2013 estimate |  | 1,323,459
Population, 2012 estimate | 76,851 | 1,321,617
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 77,117 | 1,316,469
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 |  | 0.5%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.3% | 0.4%
Population, 2010 | 77,117 | 1,316,470
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 4.8% | 5.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 19.0% | 20.8%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 15.9% | 14.7%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.3% | 50.6%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 96.3% | 94.4%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.7% | 1.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.3% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.3% | 2.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | Z
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.4% | 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 1.6% | 3.0%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 95.0% | 91.9%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 84.3% | 86.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 3.0% | 5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 3.2% | 7.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 91.0% | 91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 30.1% | 33.4%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 7,012 | 115,415
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 21.4 | 26.2
Housing units, 2012 | 34,764 | 617,001
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 71.3% | 72.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 23.2% | 25.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $199,200 | $245,600
Households, 2008-2012 | 30,173 | 516,845
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.39 | 2.47
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $27,936 | $32,758
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $56,062 | $64,925
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 10.6% | 8.4%
Business QuickFacts | Cheshire County | New Hampshire
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 1,907 | 37,031
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 27,870 | 554,001
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -1.3% | -1.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 5,836 | 102,712
Total number of firms, 2007 | 8,144 | 137,815
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.6% | 1.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 22.6% | 25.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,095,187 | 18,592,406
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 14,564,458
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,649,001 | 25,353,874
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $21,293 | $19,246
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 110,289 | 2,630,968
Building permits, 2012 | 93 | 2,296
Geography QuickFacts | Cheshire County | New Hampshire
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 706.66 | 8,952.65
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 109.1 | 147
FIPS Code | 5 | 33
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Keene, NH Micro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts