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New Hampshire
Statistics on children, youth and families in New Hampshire from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and New Futures
Child population by race and ethnicity
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Note: Non-consecutive years appear adjacent in the trend line
because one or more years have been deselected.
because one or more years have been deselected.
Why This Indicator Matters
While New Hampshire has dramatically lower racial diversity than observed across the nation, the trends in New Hampshire mirror those across the United States: the child population is more racially and ethnically diverse than the adult population. The state as a whole was 92.8 percent white in 2021. An estimated 13.87% of children under 5 in New Hampshire were non-white in 2021; 13.72% of children 5 to 9 were non-white, 14% of children 10 to 14 were non-white, and 12.05% of children 15 to 17 were non-white. Seniors over age 65, on the other hand, were just 3.83% non-white.
Racial and ethnic diversity also varies dramatically across the state. The least diverse county in the state in 2021 was Sullivan, where 94.4% of children are white, while in Hillsborough—home of New Hampshire’s two largest cities, Manchester and Nashua—79.7% of children were white in 2021.Definition and Source
PROVIDER
Definition
Child population (aged 17 and under) by race and ethnicity by county.
Data Source
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, Table S0901, 5 year estimates, 2016-2021
Notes
Data updated December 2022.
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Last Updated
February 2023