New Hampshire
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| Many New Hampshire Jobs Do Not Pay a Livable Wage As the U.S. economy falters and recession looms, 79 percent of jobs in New Hampshire do not pay a wage sufficient for single-parent families with two children to provide basic needs such as housing, food, transportation, child care, and health care. Carroll County… |
New Hampshire | Employment, Family, New Hampshire, Poverty, Wages |
| A Profile of New Hampshire's Foreign-Born Population At the turn of the 20th century, New Hampshire had over 88,000 foreign-born persons, over 15,000 more than it has today. In 1900, the state's concentration of foreign born (21 percent) was higher than the national average percentage and more than three times the… |
Demography, New Hampshire | Demography, Immigration, New Hampshire |
| The State of Coös County: Local Perspectives on Community and Change Coös County residents are largely optimistic about their future despite significant economic challenges, especially in the Berlin/Gorham area. As part of a three-pronged effort to understand the ongoing changes in New Hampshire's North Country and surrounding… |
New Hampshire | Community, Community Development, Coös Youth Study, Economic Development, New Hampshire, Public Opinion |
| The Changing Faces of New Hampshire New Hampshire, with a total population of 1.3 million, gained 79,000 residents between 2000 and 2006. Most of this growth - 51,000 residents - came from migration. The migration also brought economic gains: New Hampshire gained at least $1.4 billion in income from… |
Demography, New Hampshire | Birth Rates, Demography, Hispanics, Migration, New England, New Hampshire |
| The State of Working New Hampshire 2007 The author of this annual update on the state's workforce finds that wage growth in the state has not kept up with the rising cost of living in New Hampshire. This negative impact exists despite the state's low unemployment rates and high labor force… |
New Hampshire | Economic Development, Employment, New Hampshire, Wages |
| New Faces at the Polls in the New Hampshire Presidential Primary New Hampshire prides itself on its first-in-the-nation status, but with changing demographics and significant migration in and out of the state, the winner of the New Hampshire Primary was anyone's guess.
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New Hampshire | Demography, Migration, New Hampshire, Politics and Elections |
| Children's Health Insurance in New Hampshire: An Analysis of New Hampshire Healthy Kids New Hampshire has been successful in achieving one of the lowest uninsurance rates for children in the country - 6 percent in 2005 (U.S. Census Bureau). The extent to which New Hampshire Healthy Kids has contributed to the state's success in achieving this low… |
Evaluation, New Hampshire | Children, Health, Health Insurance, New Hampshire, Safety Net |
| Low-Income Families in New Hampshire New Hampshire boasts the nation's lowest percentage of people living in poverty and maintains strong national rankings in other quality-of-life measures. But 48,000 New Hampshire families with low incomes struggle to make ends meet, this issue brief finds. The… |
New Hampshire | Family, Low Income, New Hampshire, Poverty |
| The State of Working New Hampshire 2006 While New Hampshire has the highest labor force participation (71 percent) and the second-lowest unemployment and underemployment rates in New England, recent trends in employment and wages point to growing disparities in the state, this issue brief finds. The brief… |
New Hampshire | Employment, New Hampshire, Wages |
| Resident Ownership in New Hampshire's "Mobile Home Parks": A Report on Economic Outcomes (revised 2010) Since 1984, the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund has been helping residents of manufactured home communities purchase the land underneath their homes. Since then, homeowners have purchased 80 manufactured home communities and converted them into Resident Owned… |
Evaluation, New Hampshire | Economic Development, Housing, New Hampshire |
