Portsmouth, New Hampshire Demographics

Portsmouth is 1st in New Hampshire out of 24 other cities in Income per capita

Portsmouth is 2nd in New Hampshire out of 13 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Portsmouth is 3rd in New Hampshire out of 13 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Portsmouth is 3rd in New Hampshire out of 24 other cities in Home median value

Portsmouth is 3rd in New Hampshire out of 24 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Portsmouth is 4th in New Hampshire out of 13 other cities in Retail sales

Portsmouth is 4th in New Hampshire out of 13 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Portsmouth is 4th in New Hampshire out of 24 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Portsmouth is 4th in New Hampshire out of 24 other cities in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Portsmouth is 5th in New Hampshire out of 24 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Size Demographics
	Portsmouth	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Current population (2012)	21,379	7th	1,320,718	313,914,040
Size in square miles	15.6	12th	8,952.6	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,329	12th	147	87.4

Age Demographics
	Portsmouth	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Residents younger than 5	4.7%	17th	5.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	16.6%	21st	20.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.9%	4th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Portsmouth	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	96.3%	4th	91.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	48.4%	3rd	33.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Portsmouth	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Race - White	91.5%	17th	94.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.7%	5th	1.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	19th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.5%	9th	2.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	17th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	5th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	8th	3.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	89.8%	17th	91.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Portsmouth	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Female residents	51.5%	12th	50.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.2%	10th	5.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Portsmouth	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Housing units	10,625	6th	617,704	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	48.2%	5th	25.4%	25.9%
Households	9,992	6th	514,869	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	53.9%	17th	72.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$312,600	3rd	$250,000	$186,200
People per household	2.0	24th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Portsmouth	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Income per capita	$39,344	1st	$32,357	$27,915
Income per household	$64,459	6th	$64,664	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.0%	17th	8.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Portsmouth	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,588	4th	137,815	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,242,064	4th	$25,353,874	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$60,432	2nd	$19,246	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$179,091	3rd	$2,630,968	$613,795,732