STRAFFORD COUNTY COMMUNITY NEEDS

POPULATION

Total Total
One
Race
White Black or
African
American
American
Indian or
Alaskan
Native
Asian Native
Hawaiian
or Pacific
Islander
Other Two or
More
Races

Barrington

7,475

7,415

7,334

19

10

31

4

17

60

Dover

26,884

26,493

25,396

301

53

635

15

93

391

Durham

12,664

12,541

11,974

98

27

392

16

34

123

Farmington

5,774

5,716

5,670

2

25

7

0

12

58

Lee

4,145

4,101

3,980

23

9

65

8

16

44

Madbury

1,509

1,493

1,458

6

4

19

0

6

16

Middleton

1,440

1,432

1,419

2

3

8

0

0

8

Milton

3,910

3,859

3,826

8

12

10

0

3

51

New Durham

2,220

2,206

2,179

5

4

12

0

6

14

Rochester

28,461

28,182

27,640

149

62

248

9

74

279

Rollinsford

2,648

2,625

2,589

18

2

14

0

2

23

Somersworth

11,477

11,304

11,037

66

22

110

1

68

173

Strafford

3,626

3,592

3,571

5

5

9

0

2

34

Strafford County

112,233

110,959

108,073

702

238

1,560

53

333

1,274

% of Total  

98.9

96.3

.63

.21

1.4

.05

.25

1.1

Source: 2000 Census

FLASH!

The N.H. Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau has provided a 2004 Strafford County population estimate of 118,217.

Source: 2000 Census

Source: N.H. Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau

 

 

 

 

 

Source: U.S. Census

 

Strafford Regional Planning Commission
Regional Master Plan: Toward the Year 2020 - Planning Background Report
Regional Housing Needs Assessment: Toward Housing Policies and Implemention Strategies

For the period between 2001-2020 the SRPC region is projected to be growing at a rate of 22.9% or 30,343 over the twenty-year period. Middleton has the smallest growth rates in terms of absolute nurnbers, along with Madbury and New Durham. Communities with the largest increases in population are projected to be Rochester, Dover, and Somersworth. Towns with smallest growth rates in terms of percentages are Durham 9.7%, Middleton 10.9%, Barrington 13.8%, and Strafford 17.0%. If these projections hold true, the smaller communities already experiencing an affordable housing crisis will encounter a larger population already burdened by not being able to find affordable housing.