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Portsmouth, New Hampshire QuickFacts

	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	United States
Total population	20,784	281,421,906
State	New Hampshire
City	portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire Population

	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	%, Portsmouth, New Hampshire	United States
Male	10,099	48.59%	49.06%
Female	10,685	51.41%	50.94%
Median age (years)	38.5		35.3

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	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	%, Portsmouth, New Hampshire	United States
18 years and over	17,219	82.85%	74.31%
21 years and over	16,769	80.68%	69.97%
62 years and over	3,893	18.73%	14.66%
65 years and over	3,384	16.28%	12.43%

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	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	%, Portsmouth, New Hampshire	United States
White	19,443	93.55%	75.14%
Black or African American	442	2.13%	12.32%
Asian	508	2.44%	3.64%
Some other race	108	0.52%	5.46%
Two or more races	283	1.36%	2.43%

Portsmouth, New Hampshire Housing

	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	%, Portsmouth, New Hampshire	United States
Total households	9,875		105,480,101
Family households (families)	4,862	49.24%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	5,013	50.76%	31.94%

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	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	%, Portsmouth, New Hampshire	United States
Total housing units	10,183		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	311	3.05%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	9,875	96.98%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	4,936	48.47%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	4,939	48.5%	30.77%

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	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	6	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	246	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,111	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,093	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	800	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	434	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	23	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	6	0.57%
Median (dollars)	168,600	119,600

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	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	%, Portsmouth, New Hampshire	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	2,335	23.65%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	3,189	32.29%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	1,429	14.47%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	1,330	13.47%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	809	8.19%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	782	7.92%	9.65%

Portsmouth, New Hampshire Education

	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	%, Portsmouth, New Hampshire	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,963		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	316	7.97%	6.47%
Kindergarten	209	5.27%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,553	39.19%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	882	22.26%	21.38%
College or graduate school	1,003	25.31%	22.81%

Portsmouth, New Hampshire Economy

	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	%, Portsmouth, New Hampshire	United States
Population 16 years and over	17,592		217,168,077
In labor force	12,296	69.9%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	12,235	69.55%	63.39%
- - Employed	11,877	67.51%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	358	2.04%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	2.9		5.8
- Armed Forces	61	0.35%	0.53%
Not in labor force	5,296	30.1%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	9,164	52.09%	51.66%
In labor force	5,742	32.64%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	5,742	32.64%	29.65%
- - Employed	5,594	31.8%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	1,173	6.67%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	695		12,787,501

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	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	%, Portsmouth, New Hampshire	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	9,933		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	899	9.05%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	574	5.78%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	1,105	11.12%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	1,140	11.48%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,629	16.4%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	2,174	21.89%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,177	11.85%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	822	8.28%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	256	2.58%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	157	1.58%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	45,195		41,994

	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	%, Portsmouth, New Hampshire	United States
With earnings	7,974	45.33%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	55,391		56,604
With Social Security income	2,602	14.79%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	9,909		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	299	1.7%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,444		6,320
With public assistance income	337	1.92%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,486		3,032
With retirement income	1,939	11.02%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,041		17,376

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