Cheshire County, NH Census Data

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

New hampshire



Cheshire County, New Hampshire

People QuickFactsCheshire CountyNew Hampshire
Population, 2005 estimate 77,2871,309,940
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 4.7%6.0%
Population, 2000 73,8251,235,786
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 4.8%5.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 20.7%23.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 14.1%12.5%
Female persons, percent, 2005 51.3%50.7%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)97.7%96.1%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.6%1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.3%0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.7%1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.0%0.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 0.7%1.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)1.1%2.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 96.7%94.1%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 57.5%55.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 2.2%4.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 5.0%8.3%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 86.2%87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 26.6%28.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 12,320193,893
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 22.325.3
Housing units, 2005 33,326583,324
Homeownership rate, 2000 70.8%69.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 22.3%26.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $105,300$133,300
Households, 2000 28,299474,606
Persons per household, 2000 2.472.53
Median household income, 2003 $45,094$52,409
Per capita money income, 1999 $20,685$23,844
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 7.2%6.4%
Business QuickFactsCheshire CountyNew Hampshire
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 2,00438,8431
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 30,734551,0011
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 6.2%0.8%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 5,900103,075
Total number of firms, 2002 7,260125,388
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 18.3%24.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 927,01015,235,144
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 379,27113,741,876
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 1,218,20320,830,057
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $16,195$16,330
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 87,8552,082,145
Building permits, 2005 3317,586
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 376,7737,958,5181
Geography QuickFactsCheshire CountyNew Hampshire
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 7078,968
Persons per square mile, 2000 104.4137.8
FIPS Code 00533
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Keene, NH Micro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(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 U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:05:31 EST
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