A new NHFPI analysis finds that business tax rate reductions have cost New Hampshire approximately $1 billion in forgone revenue since 2015.
As the House Finance Committee holds its first public hearing on the State Budget, NHFPI is releasing a detailed, data-driven analysis of the Governor’s State Budget Proposal for Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027. This report offers essential context for the budget’s priorities, trade-offs, and potential impacts on New Hampshire’s fiscal future.
A new analysis from NHFPI’s Jessica Williams examines who in New Hampshire is most affected by poverty—and how trends are shifting. While the state’s overall poverty rate has remained steady, the data reveals significant changes in who is experiencing financial hardship.
NHFPI estimated how many parents may be affected by N.H.'s child care shortage, and the resulting effects on family incomes, businesses, and tax revenue.
During the past decade, New Hampshire has experienced several ongoing trends in terms of its population size and changing demographics. Population growth has been largely influenced by both international and domestic migration, rather than births in the state. While statewide population has increased, particularly during the current decade, counties have experienced population changes differently, with ...
The child care industry provides well-established economic and child development benefits. When parents cannot work due to unmet child care needs, the size of the potential workforce declines, and local and state economies suffer. U.S. Census Bureau survey data collected between March 2023 and March 2024 suggest that, on average, nearly 15,500 New Hampshire residents ...
