Rockingham County, New Hampshire Demographics

Rockingham County is 1st in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Rockingham County is 1st in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Home median value

Rockingham County is 1st in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Income per capita

Rockingham County is 1st in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Income per household

Rockingham County is 1st in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Rockingham County is 1st in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Rockingham County is 2nd in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Current population (2012)

Rockingham County is 2nd in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Home ownership rate

Rockingham County is 2nd in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Households

Rockingham County is 2nd in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Housing units

Size Demographics
	Rockingham County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Current population (2012)	297,820	2nd	1,320,718	313,914,040
Size in square miles	694.7	7th	8,952.6	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	425	2nd	147	87.4

Age Demographics
	Rockingham County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Residents younger than 5	4.7%	7th	5.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.5%	2nd	20.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.9%	8th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Rockingham County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.9%	1st	91.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	36.8%	1st	33.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Rockingham County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Race - White	95.8%	6th	94.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.8%	5th	1.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	9th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.9%	4th	2.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	3rd	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	9th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2nd	3.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	93.7%	7th	91.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Rockingham County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Female residents	50.6%	6th	50.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.5%	3rd	5.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Rockingham County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Housing units	127,196	2nd	617,704	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	21.8%	5th	25.4%	25.9%
Households	115,105	2nd	514,869	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.4%	2nd	72.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$296,500	1st	$250,000	$186,200
People per household	2.5	2nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	694	1st	2,296	829,658

Income Demographics
	Rockingham County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Income per capita	$37,422	1st	$32,357	$27,915
Income per household	$77,470	1st	$64,664	$52,762
Income below poverty line	4.9%	10th	8.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Rockingham County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Non-farm private establishments	9,322	2nd	37,031	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	124,294	2nd	554,001	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	34,778	2nd	137,815	27,092,908
Retail sales	$6,414,862	2nd	$25,353,874	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$21,603	3rd	$19,246	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$660,746	2nd	$2,630,968	$613,795,732