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New Hampshire

State

State of New Hampshire

Flag

Seal

Nickname(s): 

the Granite State[1]

the White Mountain State[2]

Motto(s): 

"Live Free or Die"

Anthem: "Old New Hampshire"[3]

 Map of the United States with New Hampshire highlighted

Country United States

Before statehood Province of New Hampshire

Admitted to the Union June 21, 1788 (9th)

Capital Concord

Largest city Manchester

Largest metro Manchester–Nashua

Government

 • Governor Chris Sununu (R)

 • Senate President Chuck Morse (R)[4]

Legislature General Court

 • Upper house Senate

 • Lower house House of Representatives

Judiciary New Hampshire Supreme Court

U.S. senators Jeanne Shaheen (D)

Maggie Hassan (D)

U.S. House delegation 1: Chris Pappas (D)

 2: Ann McLane Kuster (D) (list)

Area

 • Total 9,349 sq mi (24,214[5] km2)

Area rank 46th

Dimensions

 • Length 190 mi (305 km)

 • Width 68 mi (110 km)

Elevation 1,000 ft (300 m)

Highest elevation 6,288 ft (1,916.66 m)

 (Mount Washington[6][7][note 1][note

2]
)

Lowest elevation 0 ft (0 m)

 (Atlantic Ocean[7])

Population

 (2020)

 • Total 1,366,275

 • Rank 41st

 • Density 147/sq mi (56.8/km2)

 • Density rank 21st

 • Median household $73,381[8]

income

 • Income rank 7th

Demonym(s) Granite Stater,

 New Hampshirite

Language

 • Official language English[9]

(French allowed for official business with
Quebec)[10]

Time zone UTC−05:00 (Eastern)

 • Summer (DST) UTC−04:00 (EDT)

USPS abbreviation NH

ISO 3166 code US-NH

Traditional abbreviation N.H.

Latitude 42° 42′ N to 45° 18′ N

Longitude 70° 36′ W to 72° 33′ W

Website www.nh.gov

hideNew Hampshire state symbols

Flag of New Hampshire

 Living insignia

Amphibian Red-spotted newt

Notophthalmus viridescens

Bird Purple finch

Haemorhous purpureus

Butterfly Karner Blue

Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Dog breed Chinook

Fish Freshwater: Brook trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Saltwater: Striped bass

Morone saxatilis

Flower Purple lilac

Syringa vulgaris

Insect Ladybug

Coccinellidae

Mammal White-tailed deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Tree White birch

 Betula papyrifera

Inanimate insignia

Food Fruit: Pumpkin

Vegetable: White Potato

Berry: Blackberry[11]

Gemstone Smoky quartz

Mineral Beryl

Rock Granite

Sport Skiing

Tartan New Hampshire state tartan

State route marker

State quarter

Released in 2000

Lists of United States state symbols

New Hampshire (/ˈhæmpʃər/) is a state in the New England region of the United States.

It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and
the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. New
Hampshire is the 5th smallest by area and the 10th least populous U.S.
state. Concord is the state capital, while Manchester is the largest city. New Hampshire
has no general sales tax, nor income tax other than on interest and dividends. The New
Hampshire primary is the first primary in the U.S. presidential election cycle. Its license
plates carry the state motto, "Live Free or Die". The state's nickname,
"The Granite State", refers to its extensive granite formations and quarries.[12]
In January 1776, it became the first of the British North American colonies to establish a
government independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain's authority; it was the first to
establish its own state constitution. Six months later, it became one of the original 13
colonies that signed the United States Declaration of Independence, and in June 1788 it
was the ninth state to ratify the United States Constitution, bringing that document into
effect. Historically, New Hampshire was a major center for textile
manufacturing, shoemaking, and papermaking, with Amoskeag Manufacturing
Company in Manchester at one time being the largest cotton textile plant in the world.
Numerous mills were located along various rivers in the state, especially
the Merrimack and Connecticut rivers. Many French Canadians migrated to New
Hampshire to work the mills in the late 19th and early 20th century; New Hampshire still
ranks second among states by percentage of people claiming French
American ancestry, with 24.5% of the state identifying as such.
Manufacturing centers such as Manchester, Nashua and Berlin were hit hard in the
1930s–1940s as major manufacturing industries left New England and moved to
the Southern United States or overseas, reflecting nationwide trends. In the 1950s and
1960s, defense contractors moved into many of the former mills, such as Sanders
Associates in Nashua; the population of southern New Hampshire surged beginning in
the 1980s as major highways connected the region to Greater Boston and established
several bedroom communities in the state. With some of the highest ski mountains on
the East Coast, New Hampshire's major recreational attractions include skiing,
snowmobiling, and other winter sports, hiking and mountaineering (Mount Monadnock in
the state's southwestern corner is among the most climbed mountains in the
U.S.), observing the fall foliage, summer cottages along many lakes and the seacoast,
motor sports at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and Motorcycle Week, a popular
motorcycle rally held in Weirs Beach in Laconia in June. The White Mountain National
Forest links the Vermont and Maine portions of the Appalachian Trail, and has
the Mount Washington Auto Road, where visitors may drive to the top of 6,288-foot
(1,917 m) Mount Washington.

Contents

 1Etymology
 2Geography
o 2.1Climate
o 2.2Metropolitan areas
 3History
  4Demographics
o 4.1Population
o 4.2Birth data
o 4.3Religion
 5Economy
o 5.1Largest employers
 6Law and government
o 6.1Governing documents
o 6.2Branches of government
o 6.3Local government
o 6.4Politics
 6.4.1New Hampshire primary
 6.4.2Elections
 7Transportation
o 7.1Highways
o 7.2Air
o 7.3Public transportation
o 7.4Freight railways
 8Education
o 8.1High schools
o 8.2Colleges and universities
 9Media
o 9.1Daily newspapers
o 9.2Other publications
o 9.3Radio stations
o 9.4Television stations
 10Sports
 11Culture
o 11.1In fiction
 11.1.1Theater
 11.1.2Comics
 11.1.3Television
 12Notable people
 13New Hampshire firsts
 14Notes
 15References
 16Further reading
 17External links
o 17.1State government
o 17.2U.S. Government
o 17.3Other

Etymology[edit]
The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire by Captain John
Mason.[13]
Geography[edit]
Further information: List of counties in New Hampshire, List of mountains in New
Hampshire, List of lakes in New Hampshire, List of rivers in New Hampshire,
and Geology of New Hampshire

Map of New Hampshire, with roads, rivers and major cities

Shaded relief map of New Hampshire

Mount Adams (5,774 ft or 1,760 m) is part of New Hampshire's Presidential Range.

Lake Winnipesaukee and the Ossipee Mountains

New Hampshire is part of the six-state New England region. It is bounded by Quebec,
Canada, to the north and northwest; Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east;
Massachusetts to the south; and Vermont to the west. New Hampshire's major regions
are the Great North Woods, the White Mountains, the Lakes Region, the Seacoast,
the Merrimack Valley, the Monadnock Region, and the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee area.
New Hampshire has the shortest ocean coastline of any U.S. coastal state, with a
length of 18 miles (29 km),[14] sometimes measured as only 13 miles (21 km).[15]
The White Mountains range in New Hampshire spans the north-central portion of the
state. The range includes Mount Washington, the tallest in the northeastern U.S.—site
of the second-highest wind speed ever recorded— [16]as well as Mount Adams and Mount
Jefferson. With hurricane-force winds every third day on average, more than a hundred
recorded deaths among visitors, and conspicuous krumholtz (dwarf, matted trees much
like a carpet of bonsai trees), the climate on the upper reaches of Mount Washington
has inspired the weather observatory on the peak to claim that the area has the
"World's Worst Weather".[17] The White Mountains were home to the rock formation
called the Old Man of the Mountain, a face-like profile in Franconia Notch, until the
formation disintegrated in May 2003. Even after its loss, the Old Man remains an
enduring symbol for the state, seen on state highway signs, automobile license plates,
and many government and private entities around New Hampshire.
In the flatter southwest corner of New Hampshire, the landmark Mount Monadnock has
given its name to a class of earth-forms—a monadnock—signifying, in geomorphology,
any isolated resistant peak rising from a less resistant eroded plain.
Major rivers include the 110-mile (177 km) Merrimack River, which bisects the lower half
of the state north–south before passing into Massachusetts and reaching the sea
in Newburyport. Its tributaries include the Contoocook River, Pemigewasset River,
and Winnipesaukee River. The 410-mile (660 km) Connecticut River, which starts at
New Hampshire's Connecticut Lakes and flows south to Connecticut, defines the
western border with Vermont. The state border is not in the center of that river, as is
usually the case, but at the low-water mark on the Vermont side; meaning the entire
river along the Vermont border (save for areas where the water level has been raised by
a dam) lies within New Hampshire.[18] Only one town—Pittsburg—shares a land border
with the state of Vermont. The "northwesternmost headwaters" of the Connecticut also
define the part of Canada–U.S. border.
The Piscataqua River and its several tributaries form the state's only significant ocean
port where they flow into the Atlantic at Portsmouth. The Salmon Falls River and the
Piscataqua define the southern portion of the border with Maine. The Piscataqua River
boundary was the subject of a border dispute between New Hampshire and Maine in
2001, with New Hampshire claiming dominion over several islands (primarily Seavey's
Island) that include the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed
the case in 2002, leaving ownership of the island with Maine. New Hampshire still
claims sovereignty of the base, however.[19]
The largest of New Hampshire's lakes is Lake Winnipesaukee, which covers 71 square
miles (184 km2) in the east-central part of New Hampshire. Umbagog Lake along the
Maine border, approximately 12.3 square miles (31.9 km2), is a distant second. Squam
Lake is the second largest lake entirely in New Hampshire.
New Hampshire has the shortest ocean coastline of any state in the United States,
approximately 18 miles (29 km) long.[20] Hampton Beach is a popular local summer
destination. About 7 miles (11 km) offshore are the Isles of Shoals, nine small islands
(four of which are in New Hampshire) known as the site of a 19th-century art colony
founded by poet Celia Thaxter, and the alleged location of one of the buried treasures of
the pirate Blackbeard.
It is the state with the highest percentage of timberland area in the country. [21] New
Hampshire is in the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome. Much of the state, in
particular the White Mountains, is covered by the conifers and northern hardwoods of
the New England-Acadian forests. The southeast corner of the state and parts of the
Connecticut River along the Vermont border are covered by the mixed oaks of
the Northeastern coastal forests.[22] The state's numerous forests are popular among
autumnal leaf peepers seeking the brilliant foliage of the numerous deciduous trees.
The northern third of the state is locally referred to as the "north country" or "north of the
notches", in reference to White Mountain passes that channel traffic. It contains less
than 5% of the state's population, suffers relatively high poverty, and is steadily losing
population as the logging and paper industries decline. However, the tourist industry, in
particular visitors who go to northern New Hampshire
to ski, snowboard, hike and mountain bike, has helped offset economic losses from mill
closures.
Winter season lengths are projected to decline at ski areas across New Hampshire due
to the effects of global warming, which is likely to continue the historic contraction and
consolidation of the ski industry and threaten individual ski businesses and communities
that rely on ski tourism.[23]
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Rivers of New Hampshire by drainage system

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Mountains of New Hampshire

Climate[edit]

Autumn leaves on many hardwood trees in New Hampshire turn colors, attracting many tourists.

New Hampshire experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen climate

classification Dfa in some southern areas, Dfb in most of the state, and Dfc subarctic in
some northern highland areas), with warm, humid summers, and long, cold, and snowy
winters. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed all year. The climate of the southeastern
portion is moderated by the Atlantic Ocean and averages relatively milder winters (for
New Hampshire), while the northern and interior portions experience colder
temperatures and lower humidity. Winters are cold and snowy throughout the state, and
especially severe in the northern and mountainous areas. Average annual snowfall
ranges from 60 inches (150 cm) to over 100 inches (250 cm) across the state.[24]
Average daytime highs are in the mid 70s°F to low 80s°F (24–28°C) throughout the
state in July, with overnight lows in the mid 50s°F to low 60s°F (13–15°C). January
temperatures range from an average high of 34 °F (1 °C) on the coast to overnight lows
below 0 °F (−18 °C) in the far north and at high elevations. Average annual precipitation
statewide is roughly 40 inches (100 cm) with some variation occurring in the White
Mountains due to differences in elevation and annual snowfall. New Hampshire's
highest recorded temperature was 106 °F (41 °C) in Nashua on July 4, 1911, while the
lowest recorded temperature was −47 °F (−44 °C) atop Mount Washington on January
29, 1934. Mount Washington also saw an unofficial −50 °F (−46 °C) reading on January
22, 1885, which, if made official, would tie the all-time record low for New England (also
−50 °F (−46 °C) at Big Black River, Maine, on January 16, 2009, and Bloomfield,
Vermont on December 30, 1933).
Extreme snow is often associated with a nor'easter, such as the Blizzard of '78 and
the Blizzard of 1993, when several feet accumulated across portions of the state over
24 to 48 hours. Lighter snowfalls of several inches occur frequently throughout winter,
often associated with an Alberta Clipper.
New Hampshire, on occasion, is affected by hurricanes and tropical storms although by
the time they reach the state they are often extratropical, with most storms striking the
southern New England coastline and moving inland or passing by offshore in the Gulf of
Maine. Most of New Hampshire averages fewer than 20 days of thunderstorms per year
and an average of two tornadoes occur annually statewide. [25]
The National Arbor Day Foundation plant hardiness zone map depicts zones 3, 4, 5,
and 6 occurring throughout the state[26] and indicates the transition from a relatively
cooler to warmer climate as one travels southward across New Hampshire. The
1990 USDA plant hardiness zones for New Hampshire range from zone 3b in the north
to zone 5b in the south.[27]
Average daily maximum and minimum temperatures for selected cities in New Hampshire [28]
Location July (°F) July (°C) January (°F) January (°C)
Manchester 82/64 28/17 33/15 0/−9
Nashua 82/59 28/15 33/12 0/−11
Concord 82/57 28/14 30/10  −1/−12
Portsmouth 79/61 26/16 32/16 0/−9
Keene 82/56 28/13 31/9  −1/−12
Laconia 81/60 27/16 30/11  −1/−11
Lebanon 82/58 28/14 30/8 −1/−13

Metropolitan areas[edit]
For a more comprehensive list, see List of cities and towns in New Hampshire.

Downtown Manchester
Main Street, Nashua

Metropolitan areas in the New England region are defined by the U.S. Census
Bureau as New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs). The following is a list of
NECTAs fully or partially in New Hampshire:[29][30]

 Berlin
 Boston–Cambridge–Nashua
o Haverhill–Newburyport–Amesbury
Town NECTA Division
o Lawrence–Methuen Town–Salem NECTA
Division
o Lowell–Billerica–Chelmsford NECTA
Division
o Nashua NECTA Division
 Claremont
 Concord
 Dover–Durham
 Franklin
 Keene
 Laconia
 Lebanon
 Manchester
 Portsmouth

History[edit]
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The historical coat of arms of New Hampshire, from 1876

Site of first house in New Hampshire, present mansion constructed in 1750, by Gov. W. B. Wentworth, New
York Public Library

Fort William and Mary in 1705

1922 map of New Hampshire published in the bulletin of the Brown Company in Berlin

Various Algonquian-speaking Abenaki tribes, largely divided between

the Androscoggin and Pennacook nations, inhabited the area before European
settlement.[31] Despite the similar language, they had a very different culture and religion
from other Algonquian peoples. English and French explorers visited New Hampshire in
1600–1605, and David Thompson settled at Odiorne's Point in present-day Rye in
1623. The first permanent settlement was at Hilton's Point (present-day Dover). By
1631, the Upper Plantation comprised modern-day Dover, Durham and Stratham; in
1679, it became the "Royal Province". Father Rale's War was fought between the
colonists and the Wabanaki Confederacy throughout New Hampshire.
New Hampshire was one of the thirteen colonies that rebelled against British rule during
the American Revolution. By the time of the American Revolution, New Hampshire was
a divided province. The economic and social life of the Seacoast region revolved around
sawmills, shipyards, merchants' warehouses, and established village and town centers.
Wealthy merchants built substantial homes, furnished them with the finest luxuries, and
invested their capital in trade and land speculation. At the other end of the social scale,
there developed a permanent class of day laborers, mariners, indentured servants and
even slaves.
The only battle fought in New Hampshire was the raid on Fort William and Mary,
December 14, 1774, in Portsmouth Harbor, which netted the rebellion sizable quantities
of gunpowder, small arms and cannon. (General Sullivan, leader of the raid, described it
as, "remainder of the powder, the small arms, bayonets, and cartouche-boxes, together
with the cannon and ordnance stores") over the course of two nights. This raid was
preceded by a warning to local patriots the previous day, by Paul Revere on December
13, 1774, that the fort was to be reinforced by troops sailing from Boston. According to
unverified accounts, the gunpowder was later used at the Battle of Bunker Hill,
transported there by Major Demerit, who was one of several New Hampshire patriots
who stored the powder in their homes until it was transported elsewhere for use in
revolutionary activities. During the raid, the British soldiers fired upon the rebels with
cannon and muskets. Although there were apparently no casualties, these were among
the first shots in the American Revolutionary period, occurring approximately five
months before the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
The United States Constitution was ratified by New Hampshire on June 21, 1788, when
New Hampshire became the ninth state to do so.[32]
New Hampshire was a Jacksonian stronghold; the state sent Franklin Pierce to the
White House in the election of 1852. Industrialization took the form of numerous textile
mills, which in turn attracted large flows of immigrants from Quebec (the "French
Canadians") and Ireland. The northern parts of the state produced lumber, and the
mountains provided tourist attractions. After 1960, the textile industry collapsed, but the
economy rebounded as a center of high technology and as a service provider.
Starting in 1952, New Hampshire gained national and international attention for
its presidential primary held early in every presidential election year. It immediately
became the most important testing grounds for candidates for the Republican and
Democratic nominations. The media gave New Hampshire and Iowa about half of all the
attention paid to all states in the primary process, magnifying the state's decision
powers and spurring repeated efforts by out-of-state politicians to change the rules.

Demographics[edit]
Historical population

Census Pop. %±

1790 141,885 —

1800 183,858 29.6%

1810 214,460 16.6%

1820 244,155 13.8%

1830 269,328 10.3%

1840 284,574 5.7%

1850 317,976 11.7%

1860 326,073 2.5%

1870 318,300 −2.4%

1880 346,991 9.0%

1890 376,530 8.5%

1900 411,588 9.3%

1910 430,572 4.6%

1920 443,083 2.9%

1930 465,293 5.0%

1940 491,524 5.6%

 1950 533,242 8.5%

1960 606,921 13.8%

1970 737,681 21.5%

1980 920,610 24.8%

1990 1,109,252 20.5%

2000 1,235,786 11.4%

2010 1,316,470 6.5%

2020 (est.) 1,366,275 3.8%

Source: 1910–2010[33]
2018 estimate[34]

Population[edit]

The United States Census Bureau estimates the population of New Hampshire was

1,359,711 on July 1, 2019, a 3.28% increase since the 2010 United States Census.
[34]
 The center of population of New Hampshire is in Merrimack County, in the town
of Pembroke.[35] The center of population has moved south 12 miles (19 km) since 1950,
[36]
 a reflection of the fact the state's fastest growth has been along its southern border,
which is within commuting range of Boston and other Massachusetts cities.
The most densely populated areas generally lie within 50 miles (80 km) of the
Massachusetts border, and are concentrated in two areas: along the Merrimack River
Valley running from Concord to Nashua, and in the Seacoast Region along an axis
stretching from Rochester to Portsmouth. Outside of those two regions, only one
community, the city of Keene, has a population over 20,000. The four counties covering
these two areas account for 72% of the state population, and one (Hillsborough) has
nearly 30% of the state population, as well as the two most populous communities,
Manchester and Nashua. The northern portion of the state is very sparsely populated:
the largest county by area, Coos, covers the northern one-fourth of the state and has
only around 31,000 people, about a third of whom live in a single community (Berlin).
The trends over the past several decades have been for the population to shift
southward, as many northern communities lack the economic base to maintain their
populations, while southern communities have been absorbed by the Greater
Boston metropolis.

Largest reported ancestry groups in New Hampshire by town as of 2013. Dark purple indicates Irish, light
purple English, pink French, turquoise French Canadian, dark blue Italian, and light blue German. Gray
indicates townships with no reported data.

As of the 2010 Census, the population of New Hampshire was 1,316,470. The gender
makeup of the state was 49.3% male and 50.7% female. 21.8% of the population were
under the age of 18; 64.6% were between the ages of 18 and 64; and 13.5% were 65
years of age or older.[37]
The racial makeup of New Hampshire as of the 2010 Census was:[37]

 White: 93.9% (92.3% non-Hispanic)

 Black or African American: 1.1%
 American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
 Asian: 2.2%
 Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: approx.
0.0%
 Other race: 0.9%
 Two or more races: 1.6%
 New Hampshire Racial Breakdown of Population hide

Racial composition 1990[38] 2000[39] 2010[37]

White 98.0% 96.0% 93.9%

Black or African American 0.6% 0.7% 1.1%

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%

Asian 0.8% 1.3% 2.2%

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific

– – 0.0%
Islander

Other race 0.3% 0.6% 0.9%

Two or more races – 1.1% 1.6%

Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.8% of the population in 2010: 0.6% were
of Mexican, 0.9% Puerto Rican, 0.1% Cuban, and 1.2% other Hispanic or Latino origin.
According to the 2012–2017 American Community Survey, the largest ancestry groups
in the state
were Irish (20.6%), English (16.5%), French (14.0%), Italian (10.4%), German (9.1%), F
rench Canadian (8.9%), and American (4.8%).[40]
New Hampshire has the highest percentage (22.9%) of residents with French/French-
Canadian/Acadian ancestry of any U.S. state. [41]
According to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey estimates from 2017,
2.1% of the population aged 5 and older speak Spanish at home, while 1.8%
speak French.[42] In Coos County, 9.6% of the population speaks French at home,
[43]
 down from 16% in 2000.[44]
Birth data[edit]
Note: Percentages in table do not add up to 100, because Hispanics are counted both
by their ethnicity and by their race, giving a higher overall number.
 Live Births by Single Race/Ethnicity of Mother

Race 2013[45] 2014[46] 2015[47] 2016[48] 2017[49] 2018[50]

11,570 11,494 11,600

White: ... ... ...
(93.3%) (93.4%) (93.3%)

> Non-
11,064 10,917 10,928 10,641 10,524 10,317
Hispanic
(89.2%) (88.7%) (87.9%) (86.7%) (86.9%) (86.0%)
White

Asian 485 (3.9%) 528 (4.3%) 527 (4.2%) 504 (4.1%) 479 (4.0%) 472 (3.9%)

Black 316 (2.5%) 259 (2.1%) 280 (2.3%) 208 (1.7%) 234 (1.9%) 241 (2.0%)

American
25 (0.2%) 21 (0.2%) 26 (0.2%) 8 (0.0%) 26 (0.2%) 13 (0.1%)
Indian

Hispanic (
of any 513 (4.1%) 591 (4.8%) 638 (5.1%) 697 (5.7%) 673 (5.6%) 745 (6.2%)
race)

Total New
12,396 (100 12,302 (100 12,433 (100 12,267 (100 12,116 (100 11,995 (100
Hampshir
%) %) %) %) %) %)
e

 Since 2016, data for births of White Hispanic origin

are not collected, but included in
one Hispanic group; persons of Hispanic origin may
be of any race.
Religion[edit]
Religion in New Hampshire
Affiliation Percent
Unaffiliated   36%
Protestant   30%
Catholic   26%
Other Christian   2%
Jewish   2%
Mormon   1%

A Pew survey showed that the religious affiliations of the people of New Hampshire was
as follows: Protestant 30%, Catholic 26%, LDS (Mormon) 1%, Jewish 1%, Jehovah's
Witness 2% and non-religious at 36%.[51]
A survey suggests people in New Hampshire and Vermont [note 3] are less likely than other
Americans to attend weekly services and only 54% say they are "absolutely certain
there is a God" compared to 71% in the rest of the nation. [note 4][52] New Hampshire and
Vermont are also at the lowest levels among states in religious commitment. In 2012,
23% of New Hampshire residents in a Gallup poll considered themselves "very
religious", while 52% considered themselves "non-religious". [53] According to
the Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) the largest denominations are
the Catholic Church with 311,028 members; The United Church of Christ with 26,321
members; and the United Methodist Church with 18,029 members.[54]
In 2016, a Gallup Poll found that New Hampshire was the least religious state in the
United States. Only 20% of respondents in New Hampshire categorized themselves as
"very religious", while the nationwide average was 40%. [55]

Economy[edit]
Further information: New Hampshire locations by per capita income

 Total employment (2016): 594,243

 Number of employer establishments: 37,868 [56]

The Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates that New Hampshire's total state product in

2018 was $86 billion, ranking 40th in the United States.[57] Median household income in
2017 was $74,801, the fourth highest in the country (including Washington, DC).[58] Its
agricultural outputs are dairy products, nursery stock, cattle, apples and eggs. Its
industrial outputs are machinery, electric equipment, rubber and plastic products, and
tourism is a major component of the economy. [59]
New Hampshire experienced a major shift in its economic base during the 20th century.
Historically, the base was composed of traditional New England textiles, shoe making,
and small machine shops, drawing upon low-wage labor from nearby small farms and
from parts of Quebec. Today, of the state's total manufacturing dollar value, these
sectors contribute only two percent for textiles, two percent for leather goods, and nine
percent for machining.[60] They experienced a sharp decline due to obsolete plants and
the lure of cheaper wages in the Southern United States.
New Hampshire today has a broad-based and growing economy, with a state GDP
growth rate of 2.2% in 2018.[57] The state's largest economic sectors in 2018, based on
contribution to GDP, are: 15% real estate and rental and leasing; 13% professional
business services; 12% manufacturing; 10% government and government services; and
9% health care and social services.[61]
The state's budget in FY2018 was $5.97 billion, including $1.79 billion in federal funds.
[62]
 The issue of taxation is controversial in New Hampshire, which has a property
tax (subject to municipal control) but no broad sales tax or income tax. The state does
have narrower taxes on meals, lodging, vehicles, business and investment income, and
tolls on state roads.
According to the Energy Information Administration, New Hampshire's energy
consumption and per capita energy consumption are among the lowest in the country.
The Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant, near Portsmouth, is the largest nuclear
reactor in New England and provided 57% of New Hampshire's electricity generation
and 27% of its electricity consumption in 2017. In 2016 and 2017, New Hampshire
obtained more of its electricity generation from wind power than coal-fired power plants.
Approximately 32% of New Hampshire's electricity consumption came from renewable
resources (including nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, and other renewable resources). New
Hampshire was a net exporter of electricity, exporting 63 trillion British thermal
units (18 TWh).[63]
New Hampshire's residential electricity use is low compared with the national average,
in part because demand for air conditioning is low during the generally mild summer
months and because few households use electricity as their primary energy source for
home heating. Nearly half of New Hampshire households use fuel oil for winter heating,
which is one of the largest shares in the United States. New Hampshire has potential for
renewable energies like wind power, hydroelectricity, and wood fuel.[63]
The state has no general sales tax and no personal state income tax (the state does
tax, at a five percent rate, income from dividends and interest), and the legislature has
exercised fiscal restraint. Efforts to diversify the state's general economy have been
ongoing.
New Hampshire's lack of a broad-based tax system has resulted in the state's local
communities having some of the nation's highest property taxes. However, the state's
overall tax burden is relatively low; in 2010 New Hampshire ranked 44th highest among
states in combined average state and local tax burden. [64]
As of February 2010, the state's unemployment rate was 7.1%. [65] By October 2010, the
unemployment rate had dropped to 5.4%. [66] The (preliminary) seasonally unemployment
rate in April 2019 was 2.4% based on a 767,500 person civilian workforce with 749,000
people in employment. New Hampshire's workforce is 90% in nonfarm employment,
with 18% employed in trade, transportation, and utilities; 17% in education and health
care; 12% in government; 11% in professional and business services; and 10% in
leisure and hospitality.[67]
According to a 2013 study by Phoenix Marketing International, New Hampshire had the
eighth-highest percentage of millionaire households in the United States, at 6.48% of all
households.[68] In 2013, New Hampshire also had the nation's lowest poverty rate at just
8.7% of all residents, according to the Census Bureau. [69]
Largest employers[edit]
In March 2018, 86% of New Hampshire's workforce were employed by the private
sector, with 53% of those workers being employed by firms with less than 100
employees. About 14% of private sector employees are employed by firms with more
than 1,000 employees.[70]
According to community surveys by the Economic & Labor Market Information Bureau
of NH Employment Security, the following are the largest private employers in the state:
[71]

Location
Employer Employees
(base)

Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon 7,000

Fidelity Investments Merrimack 6,000

BAE Systems North America Nashua 4,700

Liberty Mutual Dover 3,800

Elliot Hospital Manchester 3,800

Dartmouth College Hanover 3,500

Southern New Hampshire University Manchester 3,200

Capital Regional Health Care Concord 3,000

Catholic Medical Center Manchester 2,300

Southern New Hampshire Health

Nashua 2,200
System

New Hampshire's state government employs approximately 6,100 people. Additionally,

the U.S. Department of State employs approximately 1,600 people at the National Visa
Center in Portsmouth, which processes United States immigrant visa petitions.[71]

Law and government[edit]

Main article: Government of New Hampshire
The New Hampshire State House in Concord

The governor of New Hampshire, since January 5, 2017, is Chris Sununu (Republican).

New Hampshire's two U.S. senators are Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan (both
Democrats), both of whom are former governors. New Hampshire's two U.S.
representatives as of January 2019 are Chris Pappas and Ann McLane Kuster (both
Democrats).
New Hampshire is an alcoholic beverage control state, and through the State Liquor
Commission it takes in $100 million from the sale and distribution of liquor. [72]
New Hampshire is the only state in the U.S. that does not require adults to wear seat
belts in their vehicles. It is one of three states that have no mandatory helmet law.
Governing documents[edit]
Main article: Law of New Hampshire
The New Hampshire State Constitution of 1783 is the supreme law of the state, followed
by the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated and the New Hampshire Code of
Administrative Rules. These are roughly analogous to the federal United States
Constitution, United States Code and Code of Federal Regulations respectively.
Branches of government[edit]
New Hampshire has a bifurcated executive branch, consisting of the governor and a
five-member executive council which votes on state contracts worth more than $5,000
and "advises and consents" to the governor's nominations to major state positions such
as department heads and all judgeships and pardon requests. New Hampshire does not
have a lieutenant governor; the Senate president serves as "acting governor" whenever
the governor is unable to perform the duties.
The legislature is called the General Court. It consists of the House of
Representatives and the Senate. There are 400 representatives, making it one of the
largest elected bodies in the English-speaking world, [73] and 24 senators. Legislators are
paid a nominal salary of $200 per year, the lowest in the U.S. by far, thus most are
effectively volunteers, nearly half of which are retirees. (For details, see the article
on Government of New Hampshire.)
The state's sole appellate court is the New Hampshire Supreme Court. The Superior
Court is the court of general jurisdiction and the only court which provides for jury trials
in civil or criminal cases. The other state courts are the Probate Court, District Court,
and the Family Division.
Local government[edit]
New Hampshire has 10 counties and 234 cities and towns.
New Hampshire is a "Dillon Rule" state, meaning the state retains all powers not
specifically granted to municipalities. Even so, the legislature strongly favors local
control, particularly with regard to land use regulations. New Hampshire municipalities
are classified as towns or cities, which differ primarily by the form of government. Most
towns generally operate on the town meeting form of government, where the registered
voters in the town act as the town legislature, and a board of selectmen acts as the
executive of the town. Larger towns and the state's thirteen cities operate either on
a council–manager or council–mayor form of government. There is no difference, from
the state government's point of view, between towns and cities besides the form of
government. All state-level statutes treat all municipalities identically.
New Hampshire has a small number of unincorporated areas that are titled as grants,
locations, purchases, or townships. These locations have limited to no self-government,
and services are generally provided for them by neighboring towns or the county or
state where needed. As of the 2000 census, there were 25 of these left in New
Hampshire, accounting for a total population of 173 people (as of 2000); several were
entirely depopulated. All but two of these unincorporated areas are in Coos County.
Politics[edit]
Main article: Politics of New Hampshire
The Democratic Party and the Republican Party are the two largest parties in the state.
A plurality of voters are registered as undeclared, and can choose either ballot in the
primary and then regain their undeclared status after voting. [74] The Libertarian Party had
official party status from 1990 to 1996. There is also a program known as the Free State
Project with the goal of turning New Hampshire into a libertarian stronghold by
suggesting that libertarians move there so they can concentrate their power.
The Libertarian Party regained ballot access after the 2016 election because the
gubernatorial candidate received more than four percent of the vote. [75]
As of February 5, 2016, there were 882,959 registered voters, of whom 389,472
(44.1%) did not declare a political party affiliation, 262,111 (29.7%) were Republican,
and 231,376 (26.2%) were Democratic.[76]
New Hampshire primary[edit]

Saint Anselm College has held several national debates on campus.

New Hampshire is internationally known for the New Hampshire primary, the
first primary in the quadrennial American presidential election cycle. State law requires
that the Secretary of State schedule this election at least one week before any "similar
event". However, the Iowa caucus has preceded the New Hampshire primary. This
primary, as the nation's first contest that uses the same procedure as the general
election, draws more attention than those in other states, and it has been decisive in
shaping the national contest.
State law permits a town with fewer than 100 residents to open its polls at midnight, and
close when all registered citizens have cast their ballots. As such, the communities
of Dixville Notch in Coos County and Hart's Location in Carroll County, among others,
have chosen to implement these provisions. Dixville Notch and Hart's Location are
traditionally the first places in both New Hampshire and the U.S. to vote in presidential
primaries and elections.
Nominations for all other partisan offices are decided in a separate primary election. In
Presidential election cycles, this is the second primary election held in New Hampshire.
Saint Anselm College in Goffstown has become a popular campaign spot for politicians
as well as several national presidential debates because of its proximity to Manchester-
Boston Regional Airport.[77][78][79]
Elections[edit]
Main article: Elections in New Hampshire
Further information: United States presidential elections in New Hampshire

Dartmouth College before a debate in 2008

In the past, New Hampshire has often voted Republican. Between 1856 and 1988, New
Hampshire cast its electoral votes for the Democratic presidential ticket six
times: Woodrow Wilson (twice), Franklin D. Roosevelt (three times), and Lyndon B.
Johnson (once).
Beginning in 1992, New Hampshire became a swing state in national and local
elections, and in that time has supported Democrats in all presidential elections except
2000. It was the only state in the country to switch from supporting Republican George
W. Bush in the 2000 election to supporting his Democratic challenger in the 2004
election, when John Kerry, a senator from neighboring Massachusetts, won the state.
The Democrats dominated elections in New Hampshire in 2006 and 2008. In 2006,
Democrats won both congressional seats (electing Carol Shea-Porter in the first district
and Paul Hodes in the second), re-elected Governor John Lynch, and gained a majority
on the Executive Council and in both houses for the first time since 1911. Democrats
had not held both the legislature and the governorship since 1874. [80] Neither U.S.
Senate seat was up for a vote in 2006. In 2008, Democrats retained their majorities,
governorship, and Congressional seats; and former governor Jeanne Shaheen defeated
incumbent Republican John E. Sununu for the U.S. Senate in a rematch of the 2002
contest.
The 2008 elections resulted in women holding a majority, 13 of the 24 seats, in the New
Hampshire Senate, a first for any legislative body in the United States. [81]
In the 2010 midterm elections, Republicans made historic gains in New Hampshire,
capturing veto-proof majorities in the state legislature, taking all five seats in the
Executive Council, electing a new U.S. senator, Kelly Ayotte, winning both U.S. House
seats, and reducing the margin of victory of incumbent Governor John Lynch compared
to his 2006 and 2008 landslide wins.
In the 2012 state legislative elections, Democrats took back the New Hampshire House
of Representatives and narrowed the Republican majority in the New Hampshire
Senate to 13–11.[82] In 2012, New Hampshire became the first state in U.S. history to
elect an all-female federal delegation: Democratic Congresswomen Carol Shea-
Porter of Congressional District 1 and Ann McLane Kuster of Congressional District
2 accompanied U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte in 2013. Further, the
state elected its second female governor: Democrat Maggie Hassan.
In the 2014 elections, Republicans retook the New Hampshire House of
Representatives with a 239–160 majority and expanded their majority in the New
Hampshire Senate to 14 of the Senate's 24 seats. On the national level, incumbent
Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen defeated her Republican challenger, former
Massachusetts senator Scott Brown. New Hampshire also elected Frank Guinta (R) for
its First Congressional District representative and Ann Kuster (D) for its Second
Congressional District representative.
In the 2016 elections, Republicans held the New Hampshire House of
Representatives with a majority of 220–175, and held onto their 14 seats in the New
Hampshire Senate. In the gubernatorial race, retiring Governor Maggie Hassan was
succeeded by Republican Chris Sununu, who defeated Democratic nominee Colin Van
Ostern. Sununu became the state's first Republican governor since Craig Benson, who
left office in 2005 following defeat by John Lynch. Republicans control the governor's
office and both chambers of the state legislature, a governing trifecta in which the
Republicans have full governing power.[83] In the presidential race, the state voted for the
Democratic nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over the Republican
nominee, Donald Trump, by a margin of 2,736 votes, or 0.3%, one of the closest results
the state has ever seen in a presidential race, while Libertarian nominee Gary
Johnson received 4.12% of the vote. The Democrats also won a competitive race in the
Second Congressional District, as well as a competitive senate race. New Hampshire's
congressional delegation currently consists of exclusively Democrats. In the 116th
United States Congress, it is one of only seven states with an entirely Democratic
delegation, five of which are in New England (the others are Delaware and Hawaii).

Transportation[edit]
Highways[edit]
Main article: New Hampshire Highway System
New Hampshire has a well-maintained, well-signed network of Interstate highways, U.S.
highways, and state highways. State highway markers still depict the Old Man of the
Mountain despite that rock formation's demise in 2003. Several route numbers align
with the same route numbers in neighboring states. State highway numbering is
arbitrary, with no overall system as with U.S. and Interstate systems. Major routes
include:

  Interstate 89 runs northwest from

near Concord to Lebanon on the Vermont border.
  Interstate 93 is the main Interstate highway in
New Hampshire and runs north from Salem (on the
Massachusetts border) to Littleton (on the Vermont
border). I-93 connects the more densely populated
southern part of the state to the Lakes Region and
the White Mountains further to the north.
  Interstate 95 runs north–south briefly along New
Hampshire's seacoast to serve the city
of Portsmouth, before entering Maine
  U.S. Route 1 runs north–south briefly along New
Hampshire's seacoast to the east of and paralleling
I-95.
  U.S. Route 2 runs east–west through Coos
County from Maine, intersecting Route 16, skirting
the White Mountain National Forest passing
through Jefferson and into Vermont.
  U.S. Route 3 is the longest numbered route in
the state, and the only one to run completely through
the state from the Massachusetts border to the
Canada–U.S. border. It generally parallels Interstate
93. South of Manchester, it takes a more westerly
route through Nashua. North of Franconia Notch,
U.S. 3 takes a more easterly route, before
terminating at the Canada–U.S. border.
  U.S. Route 4 terminates at the Portsmouth
Traffic Circle and runs east–west across the
southern part of the state connecting Durham,
Concord, Boscawen and Lebanon.
  New Hampshire Route 16 is a major north–south
highway in the eastern part of the state that
generally parallels the border with Maine, eventually
entering Maine as Maine Route 16. The
 southernmost portion of NH 16 is a four-lane
freeway, co-signed with U.S. Route 4.
  New Hampshire Route 101 is a major east–west
highway in the southern part of the state that
connects Keene with Manchester and the Seacoast
region. East of Manchester, NH 101 is a four-lane,
limited access highway that runs to Hampton
Beach and I-95.
Air[edit]
For a more comprehensive list, see List of airports in New Hampshire.
New Hampshire has 25 public-use airports, three with some scheduled commercial
passenger service. The busiest airport by number of passengers handled
is Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Manchester and Londonderry, which serves
the Greater Boston metropolitan area.
Public transportation[edit]
Long-distance intercity passenger rail service is provided
by Amtrak's Vermonter and Downeaster lines.
Greyhound, Concord Coach, Vermont Translines and Dartmouth Coach all provide
intercity bus connections to and from points in New Hampshire and to long-distance
points beyond and in between.
As of 2013, Boston-centered MBTA Commuter Rail services reach only as far as
northern Massachusetts. The New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority is working to
extend "Capital Corridor" service from Lowell, Massachusetts, to Nashua, Concord, and
Manchester, including Manchester-Boston Regional Airport; and "Coastal Corridor"
service from Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Plaistow, New Hampshire.[84][85] Legislation in
2007 created the New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority (NHRTA) with the goal of
overseeing the development of commuter rail in the state of New Hampshire. In 2011,
Governor John Lynch vetoed HB 218, a bill passed by Republican lawmakers, which
would have drastically curtailed the powers and responsibilities of NHRTA. [86][87] The I-93
Corridor transit study suggested a rail alternative along the Manchester and Lawrence
branch line which could provide freight and passenger service. [88] This rail corridor would
also have access to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.
Eleven public transit authorities operate local and regional bus services around the
state, and eight private carriers operate express bus services which link with the
national intercity bus network.[89] The New Hampshire Department of
Transportation operates a statewide ride-sharing match service, in addition to
independent ride matching and guaranteed ride home programs. [89]
Tourist railroads include the Conway Scenic Railroad, Hobo-Winnipesaukee Railroad,
and the Mount Washington Cog Railway.
Freight railways[edit]
For a more comprehensive list, see List of New Hampshire railroads.
Freight railways in New Hampshire include Claremont & Concord Railroad (CCRR), Pan
Am Railways via subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway (ST), the New England Central
Railroad (NHCR), the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (SLR), and New Hampshire
Northcoast Corporation (NHN).

Education[edit]

Dartmouth College's Baker Library

Thompson Hall, at UNH, was built in 1892.

High schools[edit]
For a more comprehensive list, see List of high schools in New Hampshire.
The first public high schools in the state were the Boys' High School and the Girls' High
School of Portsmouth, established either in 1827 or 1830 depending on the source. [90][91][92]
New Hampshire has more than 80 public high schools, many of which serve more than
one town. The largest is Pinkerton Academy in Derry, which is owned by a private non-
profit organization and serves as the public high school of a number of neighboring
towns. There are at least 30 private high schools in the state.
New Hampshire is also the home of several prestigious university-preparatory schools,
such as Phillips Exeter Academy, St. Paul's School, Proctor Academy, Brewster
Academy, and Kimball Union Academy.
In 2008 the state tied with Massachusetts as having the highest scores on the SAT and
ACT standardized tests given to high school students. [93]
Colleges and universities[edit]
For a more comprehensive list, see List of colleges and universities in New Hampshire.

 Antioch University New England

 Colby-Sawyer College
 Community College System of New Hampshire:
o Great Bay Community College
o Lakes Region Community College
o Manchester Community College
o Nashua Community College
o NHTI, Concord's Community College
o River Valley Community College
o White Mountains Community College
 Dartmouth College
o Tuck School of Business
o Geisel School of Medicine
o Thayer School of Engineering
 Franklin Pierce University
 Hellenic American University
 Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts
 MCPHS University
 New England College
 New Hampshire Institute of Art
 Rivier University
 Saint Anselm College
 Southern New Hampshire University
 Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
  University System of New Hampshire:
o University of New Hampshire
 University of New Hampshire
School of Law
 University of New Hampshire at
Manchester
o Granite State College
o Keene State College
o Plymouth State University

Media[edit]
Daily newspapers[edit]
For a more comprehensive list, see List of newspapers in New Hampshire.

 Berlin Daily Sun

 Concord Monitor
 Conway Daily Sun
 The Dartmouth of Dartmouth College/Hanover
 Eagle Times of Claremont
 Eagle Tribune (Lawrence, Massachusetts area,
including parts of southern New Hampshire)
 Foster's Daily Democrat of Dover
 Keene Sentinel
 Laconia Citizen
 Laconia Daily Sun
 New Hampshire Union Leader of Manchester,
formerly known as the Manchester Union-Leader
 The Portsmouth Herald
 The Telegraph of Nashua
 The Sun (Lowell, Massachusetts area, including
parts of southern New Hampshire)
 Valley News of Lebanon
Other publications[edit]

 Area News Group

 Business New Hampshire Magazine
 The Cabinet Press
o Milford Cabinet
o Bedford Journal
o Hollis/Brookline Journal
o Merrimack Journal
  Carriage Towne News (covering Kingston and
surrounding towns)
 The Exeter News-Letter
 The Hampton Union
 Hippo Press (covering Manchester, Nashua and
Concord)
 Manchester Express
 Manchester Ink Link[94]
 The New Hampshire (University of New Hampshire
student newspaper)
 New Hampshire Business Review
 New Hampshire Free Press
 The New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth
alternative biweekly)
 NH Living Magazine[95]
 NH Rocks[96]
 Salmon Press Newspapers (family of weekly
newspapers covering Lakes Region & North
Country)
Radio stations[edit]
For a more comprehensive list, see List of radio stations in New Hampshire.
Television stations[edit]
For a more comprehensive list, see List of television stations in New Hampshire.

 ABC affiliate WMUR, Channel 9, Manchester

 PBS affiliate Channel 11, Durham (New Hampshire
Public Television); repeater stations in Keene and
Littleton
 True Crime Network affiliate WWJE, Channel 50,
Derry/Manchester
 Ion Television station WPXG, Channel 21, Concord
(satellite of WBPX in Boston)

Sports[edit]
The following sports teams are based in New Hampshire:

Club Sport Venue League Level notes

Amoskeag Rugby Northeast Athletic New England Amateur

Rugby Club Union Club, Pembroke Rugby
Football
 Union

Futures
Nashua Collegiate
Holman Stadium, Collegiate
Silver Baseball summer
Nashua Baseball
Knights baseball
League

New Northeast Delta

Eastern Double-A affiliate of
Hampshire Baseball Dental Stadium, Professional
League the Toronto Blue Jays
Fisher Cats Manchester

Based in Portsmouth,
Seacoast
Amesbury Sports USL League Semi- plays home games in
United Soccer
Park Two professional nearby Amesbury,
Phantoms
Massachusetts

The New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon is an oval track and road course which
has been visited by national motorsport championship series such as the NASCAR Cup
Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series,
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, American Canadian Tour (ACT), the Champ Car and
the IndyCar Series. Other motor racing venues include Star Speedway and New
England Dragway in Epping, Lee Speedway in Lee, Twin State Speedway in Claremont,
Monadnock Speedway in Winchester and Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan.
New Hampshire has two universities competing at the NCAA Division I in all collegiate
sports: the Dartmouth Big Green (Ivy League) and the New Hampshire
Wildcats (America East Conference), as well as three NCAA Division II teams: Franklin
Pierce Ravens, Saint Anselm Hawks and Southern New Hampshire Penmen
(Northeast-10 Conference). Most other schools compete in NCAA Division III or
the NAIA.
Annually since 2002, high-school statewide all-stars compete against Vermont in ten
sports during "Twin State" playoffs.[97]

Culture[edit]
In the spring, New Hampshire's many sap houses hold sugaring-off open houses. In
summer and early autumn, New Hampshire is home to many county fairs, the largest
being the Hopkinton State Fair, in Contoocook. New Hampshire's Lakes Region is
home to many summer camps, especially around Lake Winnipesaukee, and is a
popular tourist destination. The Peterborough Players have performed every summer
in Peterborough since 1933. The Barnstormers Theatre in Tamworth, founded in 1931,
is one of the longest-running professional summer theaters in the United States. [98]
In September, New Hampshire is host to the New Hampshire Highland Games. New
Hampshire has also registered an official tartan with the proper authorities in Scotland,
used to make kilts worn by the Lincoln Police Department while its officers serve during
the games. The fall foliage peaks in mid-October. In the winter, New Hampshire's ski
areas and snowmobile trails attract visitors from a wide area.[99] After the lakes freeze
over they become dotted with ice fishing ice houses, known locally as bobhouses.
Funspot, the world's largest video arcade[100] (now termed a museum), is in Laconia.
In fiction[edit]
Theater[edit]

 The fictional New Hampshire town of Grover's

Corners serves as the setting of the Thornton
Wilder play Our Town. Grover's Corners is based, in
part, on the real town of Peterborough. Several local
landmarks and nearby towns are mentioned in the
text of the play, and Wilder himself spent some time
in Peterborough at the MacDowell Colony, writing at
least some of the play while in residence there.[101]
Comics[edit]

 Al Capp, creator of the comic strip Li'l Abner, used to

joke that Dogpatch, the setting for the strip, was
based on Seabrook, where he would vacation with
his wife.[102]
Television[edit]

 In the penultimate episode of the AMC

drama Breaking Bad ("Granite State"[103]) series
lead Walter White escapes to a cabin in a fictional
county in northern New Hampshire. ("Granite State"
is a nickname for New Hampshire.) Additionally, the
first episode of Season 5 ("Live Free or Die") has a
non-linear opening that takes place immediately
after the events of "Granite State".[103] "Live Free or
Die" is the state motto of New Hampshire and
features on New Hampshire number plates, notably
on the number plate of the car that Walter White
steals in New Hampshire to make his journey back
to New Mexico.

Notable people[edit]
For a more comprehensive list, see List of people from New Hampshire.
Prominent individuals from New Hampshire include founding father Nicholas Gilman,
Senator Daniel Webster, Revolutionary War hero John Stark, editor Horace Greeley,
founder of the Christian Science religion Mary Baker Eddy, poet Robert Frost,
astronaut Alan Shepard, rock musician Ronnie James Dio, author Dan Brown,
actor Adam Sandler, inventor Dean Kamen, comedians Sarah Silverman and Seth
Meyers, restaurateurs Richard and Maurice McDonald, President of the United
States Franklin Pierce, and Twitch streamer Ludwig Ahgren.

New Hampshire firsts[edit]

 On January 5, 1776 at Exeter, the Provincial
Congress of New Hampshire ratified the first
independent constitution in the Americas, free of
British rule.[104]
 On June 12, 1800, Fernald's Island in
the Piscataqua River became the first government-
sanctioned U.S. Navy shipyard.
 Started in 1822, Dublin's Juvenile Library was the
first free public library.
 In 1828, the first women's strike in the nation took
place at Dover's Cocheco Mills.
 Founded in 1833, the Peterborough Town Library
was the first public library, supported with public
funds, in the world.[105]
 On August 3, 1852, Center Harbor was the site of
the first intercollegiate athletic
event. Harvard defeated Yale in a 2-mile (3.2 km)
rowing race on Lake Winnipesaukee, the first
meeting in a rivalry that continues to this day.
 Finished on June 27, 1874, the first trans-Atlantic
telecommunications cable between Europe and
America stretched from Balinskelligs Bay, Ireland,
to Rye, New Hampshire.
 On February 6, 1901, a group of nine
conservationists founded the Society for the
Protection of New Hampshire Forests, the first
forest-conservation advocacy group in the U.S.
 In 1908, Monsignor Pierre Hevey organized the
nation's first credit union, "La Caisse Populaire, Ste-
Marie" (The People's Bank) in Manchester, to help
mill workers save and borrow money, which is now
St. Mary's Bank.[106]
 In 1933, the League of New Hampshire
Craftsmen held the first crafts fair in the nation.[107]
  In July 1944, the Bretton Woods Agreement, the first
fully negotiated system intended to govern monetary
relations among independent nation-states, was
signed at the Mount Washington Hotel.
 On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard of Derry rode a
Mercury spacecraft and became the first American
in space.
 In 1963, New Hampshire's legislature approved the
nation's first modern state lottery, which began play
in 1964.
 In 1966, Ralph Baer of Sanders Associates, Inc.,
Nashua, recruited engineers to develop the first
home video game.
 In January 1974 the first municipal recycling center
in the US opened in Nottingham.[108]
 Christa McAuliffe of Concord became the first
private citizen selected to venture into space. She
perished with her six Challenger crewmates on
January 28, 1986.
 On May 17, 1996, New Hampshire became the first
state in the country to install a green LED traffic
light. New Hampshire was selected because it was
the first state to install the red and yellow variety
statewide.[109]
 On May 31, 2007, New Hampshire became the first
state to recognize same-sex unions "without a court
order or the threat of one".[110]

Notes[edit]
1. ^ Elevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of
1988.
2. ^ The summit of Mount Washington is the highest point in
northeastern North America.
3. ^ which were polled jointly
4. ^ 86% in Alabama and South Carolina

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Further reading[edit]
  Sletcher, Michael (2004).  New England. Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press.  ISBN  978-0-313-32753-7.
 Land Use in Cornish, N.H., a 2006 documentary presentation by
James M. Patterson of the Valley News, depicts various aspects of
the societal and cultural environment of northern New Hampshire.

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