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

The American Community Survey has provided a 2007 Strafford County population estimate of 121,581.

Source: 2000 Census

 

According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released August 27, 2008, New Hampshire has the lowest percentage of people living in poverty in the nation.

More than 90,200 New Hampshire residents lived below the poverty line in 2007, representing about 7.1 percent of the state population.

New Hampshire also has the lowest number of children living below the poverty line.

New Hampshire also has the sixth highest median household income in the country with residents earning a median salary of more than $62,000.

But Strafford County's poverty population exceeds that of the statewide average.

Not all geographic areas covered by the American Community Survey at this time.

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

 

 

 

Projections released by the N.H. Office of Energy and Planning predict a statewide population increase of 15% by 2015, but the projected increase is 88% among people age 55 and older.

 

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 Implementation 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.

 

Source: NH Center for Public Policy Studies, Watching the World Change, October 2009