Observations 



There has been a steady increase in the population of New Hampshire 

 since the turn of the century. The rate of increase has been relatively low 

 when compared with some of the western states and even with the southern 

 New England states. However, the increase continues at rates similar to the 

 neighboring state of Maine. 



The northern counties of New Hampshire have not increased at as great 

 a rate as such southern counties as Strafford and Rockingham. There has 

 evidently been aii emigration from the northern counties. In common with 

 the United States, the rural-farm population of New Hampshire continues to 

 decline. In contrast the rural-nonfarm population is increasing. 



Canada is still the major national origin of foreign-born residents of 

 the state, but the relative number of foreign born to native born has declined 

 steadily for the past four decades. 



The birth rate of New Hampshire residents is increasing and the num- 

 ber of children born to females between the ages of 20 and 34 compares 

 more than favorably with the United States average. Marriage rates were 

 greatly accelerated during the 1940's. 



The education of New Hampshire people, or at least the number of 

 years they have attended school, has increased so that the current proportion 

 of urban and rural dwellers who have attended high school compares very 

 favorably with other states. There is a noticeable increase in the schooling 

 of younger age groups. 



Age-sex pyramids indicate males and females are more evenly distri- 

 buted in the urban population than in the farm population, where there is 

 some preponderance of males. The exodus of both males and females from 

 farms to urban centers occurs at the highest rate around the age of 20. 

 There is a growing proportion of older people in this state, but otherwise 

 the age distribution is not diffexent from the rest of the country. 



A net-cash income from $2,000 to S3,500 is the most common per 

 family in New Hampshire. This includes all earnings of members of each 

 family. There is a somewhat lower proportion in the higher income groups 

 than for the United States, but net-cash incomes below $2,000 per year are 

 less common in New Hampshire than for the nation as a whole. 



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