Table 4. Population of New Hampshire and the United States and the 

 Percentage New Hampshire Is of the United States 



POP m 



MSJJ0M3 

 lOO 



900 

 MO 

 MO 



no 



■TOO 

 «30 



uo 



930 



«00 

 MO 



Figure 2. 

 New Hampshire's population increase 

 from 1900 to 1950 relative to the in- 

 crease in the United States as a whole. 



Population by Counties in New Hampshire 



New Hampshire has ten counties of varying sizes. The distribution of 

 the population in these counties is given in Table 5. 



Table 5. Number and Percentage Distribution of People in Each County of New Hampshire 



1950 



County 



Number 



Percent 



Total 



533,242 



100.0 



Hillsborough County, where the cities of Manchester and Nashua are 

 located, has the most people, followed by Rockingham with the city of 

 Portsmouth, and Merrimack which has the capital city of Concord. Carroll 

 County has the smallest population. 



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