Prevalence of Poverty Among Granite Staters and New Hampshire Counties From 2018 To 2022

Estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual American Community Survey provide insights into the economic conditions facing, and resources available to, New Hampshire residents. Data averaging responses over the five-year period from 2018 to 2022, published in December 2023, allows for more statistical certainty for measurements among smaller population groups than the annual data.

Construction and Homebuilding in New Hampshire

The construction of new housing units in New Hampshire is critical to the growth of the state’s workforce.1 Residential building construction and specialty trade contractors, which may subcontract with residential construction firms, employed a combined average of approximately 24,500 private-sector workers in New Hampshire throughout 2022.2

Child Care Funding in New Hampshire and One-Time Federal Investments

Since State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2016, over $555 million in federal and State funding has been, or is currently being, deployed by New Hampshire to support the child care sector. Of those funds, $145.9 million (26 percent) are one-time federal relief dollars associated with the COVID-19 pandemic that have either already expired or will expire ...

Limited State Public Higher Education Funding Likely Limits Workforce Growth

Three of the five occupations with the largest projected ten-year growth in New Hampshire are in fields that require college degrees, including registered nurses, general and operations managers, and software developers. Given the need for workers in jobs that require college degrees, access to public higher education for Granite Staters is key, as is its ...

Child Care in New Hampshire: High Price, Low Supply

Download a PDF version of this Fact Sheet here. Child Care is Unaffordable for Most Granite State Families In 2022, the average annual price for an infant in center-based child care in New Hampshire was $15,340, and $10,140 annually for family child care. The average annual price for both an infant and a four-year old ...