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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Download a PDF version of this Fact Sheet here. Number of Students in New Hampshire Schools Continues to Decline About 40,300 fewer students were in New Hampshire public schools the last academic year than during 2002-2003. This reduction is driven by long-term demographic changes, as New Hampshire had the largest percentage decline in its child ...
Download a PDF version of this Fact Sheet here. Median Single-Family House Sale Prices and Interest Rates are Rising The median sale price for a single-family house in the Granite State reached $499,000 in June 2023, a 51.2 percent increase from June 2020 and the highest monthly median sale price recorded. Using a 6.64 percent ...
Download a PDF version of this Fact Sheet here. Health Care Costs Remain Significant for Granite State Families The Massachusetts Institute of Technology estimated a family of two adults and one child in New Hampshire would pay about $9,022 annually for medical costs, or about 7.2 percent of median household income for three-person families in ...