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DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data
Geographic Area: Merrimack County, New Hampshire

NOTE: For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf1u.htm.

Subject	Number	Percent

Total population	136,225	100.0

SEX AND AGE
Male	67,074	49.2
Female	69,151	50.8

Under 5 years	8,112	6.0
5 to 9 years	9,621	7.1
10 to 14 years	10,374	7.6
15 to 19 years	9,670	7.1
20 to 24 years	7,220	5.3
25 to 34 years	16,902	12.4
35 to 44 years	24,771	18.2
45 to 54 years	20,800	15.3
55 to 59 years	6,847	5.0
60 to 64 years	4,985	3.7
65 to 74 years	8,547	6.3
75 to 84 years	5,852	4.3
85 years and over	2,524	1.9

Median age (years)	37.7	(X)

18 years and over	102,285	75.1
Male	49,467	36.3
Female	52,818	38.8
21 years and over	96,675	71.0
62 years and over	19,776	14.5
65 years and over	16,923	12.4
Male	6,827	5.0
Female	10,096	7.4

RACE
One race	134,810	99.0
White	132,254	97.1
Black or African American	730	0.5
American Indian and Alaska Native	311	0.2
Asian	1,171	0.9
Asian Indian	242	0.2
Chinese	244	0.2
Filipino	132	0.1
Japanese	117	0.1
Korean	215	0.2
Vietnamese	49	0.0
Other Asian ¹	172	0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	29	0.0
Native Hawaiian	12	0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro	2	0.0
Samoan	2	0.0
Other Pacific Islander ²	13	0.0
Some other race	315	0.2
Two or more races	1,415	1.0

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races ³
White	133,572	98.1
Black or African American	1,052	0.8
American Indian and Alaska Native	959	0.7
Asian	1,484	1.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	68	0.0
Some other race	602	0.4

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	136,225	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	1,362	1.0
Mexican	258	0.2
Puerto Rican	449	0.3
Cuban	69	0.1
Other Hispanic or Latino	586	0.4
Not Hispanic or Latino	134,863	99.0
White alone	131,343	96.4

RELATIONSHIP
Total population	136,225	100.0
In households	129,932	95.4
Householder	51,843	38.1
Spouse	28,446	20.9
Child	38,522	28.3
Own child under 18 years	31,579	23.2
Other relatives	3,847	2.8
Under 18 years	1,349	1.0
Nonrelatives	7,274	5.3
Unmarried partner	3,748	2.8
In group quarters	6,293	4.6
Institutionalized population	3,672	2.7
Noninstitutionalized population	2,621	1.9

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	51,843	100.0
Family households (families)	35,473	68.4
With own children under 18 years	17,579	33.9
Married-couple family	28,446	54.9
With own children under 18 years	12,962	25.0
Female householder, no husband present	5,060	9.8
With own children under 18 years	3,372	6.5
Nonfamily households	16,370	31.6
Householder living alone	12,769	24.6
Householder 65 years and over	4,641	9.0

Households with individuals under 18 years	18,677	36.0
Households with individuals 65 years and over	11,309	21.8

Average household size	2.51	(X)
Average family size	3.00	(X)

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	56,244	100.0
Occupied housing units	51,843	92.2
Vacant housing units	4,401	7.8
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	2,892	5.1

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.9	(X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	2.8	(X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	51,843	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	36,019	69.5
Renter-occupied housing units	15,824	30.5

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.69	(X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.08	(X)

Subject	Number	Percent

(X) Not applicable
¹ Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
² Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
³ In combination with one or more other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1, Matrices P1, P3, P4, P8, P9, P12, P13, P,17, P18, P19, P20, P23, P27, P28, P33, PCT5, PCT8, PCT11, PCT15, H1, H3, H4, H5, H11, and H12.