Belknap County, NH Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Belknap county new hampshire dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	13,322	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	800	6.0
Kindergarten	706	5.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,457	48.5
High school (grades 9-12)	3,353	25.2
College or graduate school	2,006	15.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	39,260	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,731	4.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,892	9.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	12,809	32.6
Some college, no degree	8,425	21.5
Associate degree	3,263	8.3
Bachelor's degree	6,161	15.7
Graduate or professional degree	2,979	7.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	23.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	45,486	100.0
Never married	9,680	21.3
Now married, except separated	27,003	59.4
Separated	507	1.1
Widowed	2,978	6.5
Female	2,346	5.2
Divorced	5,318	11.7
Female	3,045	6.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	562	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	226	40.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	42,973	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,149	16.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,902	100.0
With a disability	1,011	8.5

Population 21 to 64 years	32,432	100.0
With a disability	5,612	17.3
Percent employed	61.7	(X)
No disability	26,820	82.7
Percent employed	83.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,922	100.0
With a disability	2,904	36.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	53,328	100.0
Same house in 1995	29,798	55.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	23,079	43.3
Same county	11,475	21.5
Different county	11,604	21.8
Same state	6,184	11.6
Different state	5,420	10.2
Elsewhere in 1995	451	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	56,325	100.0
Native	54,903	97.5
Born in United States	54,532	96.8
State of residence	29,954	53.2
Different state	24,578	43.6
Born outside United States	371	0.7
Foreign born	1,422	2.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	423	0.8
Naturalized citizen	778	1.4
Not a citizen	644	1.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,422	100.0
Europe	650	45.7
Asia	276	19.4
Africa	2	0.1
Oceania	33	2.3
Latin America	95	6.7
Northern America	366	25.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	53,328	100.0
English only	50,244	94.2
Language other than English	3,084	5.8
Speak English less than 'very well	935	1.8
Spanish	636	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	244	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	2,176	4.1
Speak English less than "very well"	544	1.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages	215	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	115	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	56,325	100.0
Total ancestries reported	64,463	114.4
Arab	61	0.1
Czech¹	106	0.2
Danish	144	0.3
Dutch	428	0.8
English	11,291	20.0
French (except Basque)¹	8,373	14.9
French Canadian¹	6,302	11.2
German	4,209	7.5
Greek	645	1.1
Hungarian	112	0.2
Irish¹	9,616	17.1
Italian	4,170	7.4
Lithuanian	229	0.4
Norwegian	588	1.0
Polish	1,761	3.1
Portuguese	503	0.9
Russian	463	0.8
Scotch-Irish	1,265	2.2
Scottish	2,692	4.8
Slovak	13	0.0
Subsaharan African	4	0.0
Swedish	1,299	2.3
Swiss	80	0.1
Ukrainian	95	0.2
United States or American	3,945	7.0
Welsh	362	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	5,707	10.1

(X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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