ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



The Bureau of Census, U. S. Department of Commerce, is recog- 

 nized as the supplier of basic data. Appreciation is also expressed 

 to the Department of Economic Analysis and Planning of the New 

 Hampshire Division of Employment Security, and to the Division 

 of Employment Security, and to the Division of Vital Statistics 

 of the State Department of Health of New Hampshire for additional 

 information provided. 



Acknowledgement is also made to patient and critical colleagues 

 of the Department of Agricultural Economics, to the late Dr. 

 Raymond E. Bassett of the Department of Sociology, and to the 

 clerical staff of the Department of Agricultural Economics for de- 

 tailed statistical work, the preparation of tables, and manuscript 

 revision. 



This bulletin is one of a series on New Hampshire population 

 characteristics and changes which are contributions to the North 

 East Regional Population Research Project, N. E. 31. Dr. J. R. 

 Bowring of the Department of Agricultural Economics initiated the 

 work at this Station on population research and helped develop 

 the research plan of which this bulletin is a part. 



May 1957 



