U.S. Census: Nearly 75% Jump In Non-White New Hampshire Residents In Last Decade

Newly released census data shows a nearly 75 percent jump in non-white residents in New Hampshire during the last decade.

Non-white residents now make up about 13 percent of the state’s overall population and 20 percent of the state’s under 18 population.

UNH demographer Ken Johnson, who published an analysis of census data this week, found that in the cities of Manchester, the percentage of non-white kids is 43.1 percent. In Nashua, it is 45.4 percent.

“We’re talking about over 40 percent of the children being minority now, in a state that’s been so much non-Hispanic white,” Johnson says. “That’s pretty striking.”

Areas of the Seacoast and Hanover-Lebanon also saw a major increase in diversity among those under age 18.

According to census data, the largest non-white population in New Hampshire is Hispanic, followed by Asian and Black.

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