2022 population: 132,275 ( 9,132 from 2010 , 1,380 from 2020)
Land area: 367.5 square miles
Population density: 360.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	118,421	89.53%	3.7%
Black:	1,665	1.26%	45.5%
Indian:	262	0.20%	12.0%
Asian:	5,196	3.93%	61.8%
2+ races:	2,571	1.94%	26.4%
Hispanic:	4,160	3.14%	89.0%

Total non-White:	13,854	10.47%	55.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	2,741	10.5
Deaths:	2,936	11.2
Net Migration:	1,040	4.0
Net Immigration:	442	1.7

Change in White population:	4,211	3.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	4,921	4.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
123,143
114,210	92.75%
1,144	0.93%
234	0.19%
3,212	2.61%
2,034	1.65%
2,201	1.79%
8,933	7.25%

2000
112,233
107,364	95.66%
658	0.59%
207	0.18%
1,574	1.40%
1,162	1.04%
1,155	1.03%
4,869	4.34%

1990
104,233
101,598	97.47%
525	0.50%
239	0.23%
1,117	1.07%
n/a
754	0.72%
2,635	2.53%

1980
85,408
84,177	98.56%
260	0.30%
108	0.13%
384	0.45%
n/a
419	0.49%
1,231	1.44%

1970
70,431
69,799	99.10%
125	0.18%
34	0.05%
130	0.18%
n/a
254	0.36%
632	0.90%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
12,920	11.5
8,040	7.2
6,149	5.5
996	0.9

6,846	6.1
4,064	3.6

Number	Rate
1990's
13,690	13.1
7,724	7.4
1,378	1.3
434	0.4

5,766	5.5
2,234	2.1

Number	Rate
1980's
14,430	16.9
7,045	8.2
11,823	13.8
n/a

17,421	20.4
1,404	1.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
9,465	13.4
n/a

14,378	20.4
599	0.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Strafford County, NH

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.7
23,574	17.8%
108,701	82.2%
20,990	15.9%

50,953
2.40

31,623	62.1%
25,257	79.9%
2,079	6.6%
19,330	37.9%

2010
Number	Percent
36.9
25,420	20.6%
97,723	79.4%
14,645	11.9%

47,100
2.44

29,862	63.4%
22,797	76.3%
2,964	9.9%
17,238	36.6%

2000
Number	Percent
34.4
26,459	23.6%
85,774	76.4%
12,616	11.2%

42,531
2.50

27,840	65.5%
22,092	79.4%
2,826	10.2%
14,691	34.5%

1990
Number	Percent
30.6
24,488	23.5%
79,745	76.5%
11,074	10.6%

37,688
2.60

26,325	69.8%
21,852	83.0%
2,167	8.2%
11,363	30.2%

1980
Number	Percent
27.7
22,385	26.2%
63,023	73.8%
8,771	10.3%

29,069
2.74

21,095	72.6%
17,899	84.8%
1,566	7.4%
7,974	27.4%

2022 Housing Data for Strafford County, NH

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	1,547	3.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,028	4.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,208	2.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,403	2.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,718	3.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,894	3.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,454	2.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,793	3.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,505	3.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	3,233	6.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	4,857	9.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	6,766	13.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	5,514	10.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	4,017	7.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,910	11.6%
$200,000 or more	6,106	12.0%

Median Household Income	83,212
Per Capita Income	43,338

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	95
Compared to U.S.	100

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,810	5.5%
Public Assistance	1,501	2.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	4,274	8.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	65,430	75.7%
Unemployed	2,500	2.9%
In Armed Forces	374	0.4%

Total Labor Force	68,304	79.0%
Not in Labor Force	18,166	21.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	26,389	21,277	55.4%
Non-Profit	2,014	4,834	29.4%
Self-Employed	3,311	2,207	60.0%

Local Government	1,770	3,118	36.2%
State Government	1,685	1,935	46.5%
Federal Government	2,113	848	71.4%

Total Private + Self	29,700	23,484	55.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	7,582	10,735	41.4%
Total	37,282	34,219	52.1%

Pct. Govt.	16.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	11,973	16.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	14,891	20.8%
Professional, Technical	18,596	26.0%
Service Occupations	11,731	16.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	154	0.2%
All others	14,451	20.2%

White Collar		63.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	10,280	14.3%
Retail trade	8,882	12.4%
Health care and social assistance	8,719	12.2%
Educational services	7,571	10.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,883	8.2%
Accommodation and food services	5,576	7.8%
Finance and insurance	4,375	6.1%
Construction	3,370	4.7%
Public administration	3,344	4.7%
Other services	3,067	4.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,532	3.5%
Transportation and warehousing	1,952	2.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,317	1.8%
Information	1,279	1.8%
Utilities	1,045	1.5%
Wholesale trade	953	1.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	770	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	566	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	82	0.1%
Management	79	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,049	0.80%
Puerto Rican	1,248	0.95%
Cuban	211	0.16%
Dominican	302	0.23%

Total Central American	205	0.16%
Costa Rican	59	0.05%
Guatemalan	102	0.08%
Honduran	25	0.02%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	19	0.01%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	282	0.22%
Argentinean	10	0.01%
Bolivian	10	0.01%
Chilean	28	0.02%
Colombian	70	0.05%
Ecuadorian	125	0.10%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	9	0.01%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	30	0.02%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	493	0.38%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	1,055	0.81%
Chinese	696	0.53%
Vietnamese	528	0.40%
Filipino	382	0.29%
Indonesian	304	0.23%
Korean	244	0.19%
Japanese	146	0.11%
Laotian	113	0.09%
Thai	110	0.08%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	118,486	94.7%
Spanish	1,366	1.1%
Other Asian	1,267	1.0%
Other Indo-European	1,038	0.8%
French, Haitian, Cajun	745	0.6%
Chinese	600	0.5%
Other	406	0.3%
German, other Germanic	362	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	225	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	27,648	21.1%
English	25,817	19.7%
French	14,847	11.3%
German	12,265	9.4%
Italian	11,722	9.0%
French Canadian	10,683	8.2%
American	5,455	4.2%
Polish	4,971	3.8%
Scottish	4,596	3.5%
Swedish	2,802	2.1%
European	1,975	1.5%
Scotch-Irish	1,767	1.3%
Greek	1,593	1.2%
Norwegian	1,225	0.9%
Portuguese	1,206	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	128,634	98.2%
Not a citizen	2,331	1.8%

Native	125,624	95.9%
Foreign-born	5,341	4.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
1,793	2.0%	3,084	3.5%	22,860	26.0%	26,096	29.7%	21,650	24.6%	12,369	14.1%
Average years of education: 14.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	1,793	2.0%
9-12 Years	3,084	3.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	22,860	26.0%
Some College	26,096	29.7%
Bach. Degree	21,650	24.6%
Grad Degree	12,369	14.1%
Average years of education: 14.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	57,397	54,238	3,159	5.5%	5.3%
1991	58,592	54,544	4,048	6.9%	6.8%
1992	57,149	53,076	4,073	7.1%	7.3%
1993	57,625	54,389	3,236	5.6%	6.1%
1994	56,992	54,814	2,178	3.8%	4.5%
1995	56,939	54,832	2,107	3.7%	3.8%
1996	56,984	54,775	2,209	3.9%	3.8%
1997	58,193	56,199	1,994	3.4%	3.4%
1998	57,658	56,065	1,593	2.8%	2.8%
1999	57,733	56,318	1,415	2.5%	2.7%

2000	61,624	59,975	1,649	2.7%	2.7%
2001	62,018	60,017	2,001	3.2%	3.4%
2002	63,350	60,574	2,776	4.4%	4.5%
2003	65,020	62,362	2,658	4.1%	4.4%
2004	65,888	63,650	2,238	3.4%	3.8%
2005	66,533	64,239	2,294	3.4%	3.6%
2006	66,896	64,730	2,166	3.2%	3.5%
2007	68,206	65,983	2,223	3.3%	3.5%
2008	69,689	67,240	2,449	3.5%	3.7%
2009	69,326	65,101	4,225	6.1%	6.1%

2010	69,669	65,535	4,134	5.9%	6.1%
2011	69,659	65,933	3,726	5.3%	5.5%
2012	70,029	66,274	3,755	5.4%	5.4%
2013	70,313	66,775	3,538	5.0%	5.3%
2014	70,787	67,940	2,847	4.0%	4.3%
2015	71,357	69,107	2,250	3.2%	3.4%
2016	72,510	70,662	1,848	2.5%	2.9%
2017	72,573	70,758	1,815	2.5%	2.8%
2018	73,734	71,970	1,764	2.4%	2.6%
2019	74,513	72,725	1,788	2.4%	2.6%

2020	73,223	68,613	4,610	6.3%	6.7%
2021	73,061	70,730	2,331	3.2%	3.4%
2022	74,084	72,366	1,718	2.3%	2.5%
2023	72,663	71,171	1,492	2.1%	2.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	55,672
Median Value	$300,200

Occupied	50,953	91.5%
Vacant	4,719	8.5%

Owned	34,187	67.1%
Rented	16,766	32.9%
Median Rent	$1,308

Single-Family Units	33,183	59.6%
Detached	30,820	55.4%
Attached	2,363	4.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	9,651	17.3%
Mobile Homes	4,904	8.8%

Strafford County, NH

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Strafford County, NH

2022 Housing Data for Strafford County, NH

2022 Income & Employment Data for Strafford County, NH

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Strafford County, NH

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Strafford County, NH

Historical Labor Force Data for Strafford County, NH