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

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.