An average of 5.5 percent of New Hampshire’s population was enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during any given month during State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2024, from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. Enrollment varied based on municipality, with larger numbers of residents enrolled in the Granite State’s southeastern counties due to larger population sizes.
Despite the relatively lower percentages of their populations enrolled in Medicaid, the state’s four southeasternmost counties had larger numbers of Medicaid enrollees due to their higher population sizes. Cities also had larger populations of Medicaid enrollees, even where lower percentages of the population were enrolled.
Cities and towns in New Hampshire received a combined total of $198.2 million in 2021 and 2022. About $31.0 million (16 percent) of the funds required some action to obligate or spend those dollars in the final nine months before the deadline to avoid recoupment by the federal government.
New Hampshire’s fastest-growing communities between 2020 and 2023 were a combination of communities near amenity-rich areas in the Lakes Region, close to the White Mountains, and in or near hubs of economic activity.
New Hampshire’s workforce is expected to grow by 5.8 percent between 2022 and 2032, from an estimated 719,305 employees to a projected 761,332 employees. The health care and social assistance industry is expected to experience the largest growth, in terms of the total number of jobs, between 2022 and 2032 relative to all other industries.
The median price for a single-family house in New Hampshire rose from $283,000 in 2018 to $470,000 in 2023, a 66 percent increase in five years. Between 2013 and 2023, the median price increased 114 percent, starting at $220,000 in 2013.
