2024 population: 430,462 ( 7,518 from 2020)
Land area: 876.5 square miles
Population density: 491.1 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	348,039	80.85%	0.8%
Black:	12,622	2.93%	13.9%
Indian:	740	0.17%	0.5%
Asian:	21,145	4.91%	10.3%
2+ races:	8,539	1.98%	10.0%
Hispanic:	39,377	9.15%	17.7%

Total non-White:	82,423	19.15%	14.2%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	17,628	10.4
Deaths:	16,832	9.9
Net Migration:	-74	-0.0
Net Immigration:	6,554	3.9

Change in White population:	-2,704	-0.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	10,222	2.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
422,944
350,743	82.93%
11,081	2.62%
744	0.18%
19,167	4.53%
7,765	1.84%
33,444	7.91%
72,201	17.07%

2010
400,721
351,224	87.65%
7,405	1.85%
742	0.19%
12,997	3.24%
6,137	1.53%
21,241	5.30%
49,497	12.35%

2000
380,841
351,337	92.25%
4,493	1.18%
824	0.22%
7,656	2.01%
3,806	1.00%
12,166	3.19%
29,504	7.75%

1990
336,073
322,977	96.10%
2,608	0.78%
710	0.21%
4,088	1.22%
n/a
5,690	1.69%
13,096	3.90%

1980
276,608
271,202	98.05%
1,506	0.54%
250	0.09%
1,131	0.41%
n/a
2,425	0.88%
5,406	1.95%

1970
223,941
221,732	99.01%
598	0.27%
99	0.04%
275	0.12%
n/a
1,066	0.48%
2,209	0.99%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
39,447	9.8
29,574	7.4
-6,897	-1.7
13,569	3.4

-481	-0.1
22,704	5.7

Number	Rate
2000's
46,552	12.2
26,013	6.8
-4,783	-1.3
11,697	3.1

-113	-0.0
19,993	5.2

Number	Rate
1990's
51,067	15.2
25,544	7.6
6,572	2.0
5,103	1.5

28,360	8.4
16,408	4.9

Number	Rate
1980's
49,137	17.8
23,304	8.4
35,597	12.9
n/a

51,775	18.7
7,690	2.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
33,515	15.0
n/a

49,470	22.1
3,197	1.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
40.9
84,377	19.6%
346,085	80.4%
68,925	16.0%

166,344
2.49

107,222	64.5%
83,960	78.3%
7,838	7.3%
59,122	35.5%

2010
Number	Percent
39.3
94,082	23.5%
306,639	76.5%
47,527	11.9%

155,466
2.53

103,959	66.9%
80,219	77.2%
9,825	9.5%
51,507	33.1%

2000
Number	Percent
36.0
100,080	26.3%
280,761	73.7%
40,540	10.6%

144,477
2.58

99,448	68.8%
80,974	81.4%
8,087	8.1%
45,029	31.2%

1990
Number	Percent
32.2
85,969	25.6%
250,104	74.4%
34,382	10.2%

124,692
2.64

89,281	71.6%
75,157	84.2%
5,978	6.7%
35,411	28.4%

1980
Number	Percent
29.8
81,090	29.3%
195,518	70.7%
28,216	10.2%

95,693
2.82

71,608	74.8%
61,246	85.5%
4,953	6.9%
24,085	25.2%

2022 Housing Data for Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	4,315	2.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,785	2.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	3,912	2.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	4,061	2.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	4,195	2.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	4,477	2.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	5,681	3.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	4,571	2.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	5,522	3.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	10,854	6.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	14,017	8.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	21,477	12.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	18,537	11.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	14,517	8.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	20,742	12.5%
$200,000 or more	25,681	15.4%

Median Household Income	95,112
Per Capita Income	49,675

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	105

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	6,490	3.9%
Public Assistance	3,728	2.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	12,429	7.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	204,890	79.2%
Unemployed	7,671	3.0%
In Armed Forces	391	0.2%

Total Labor Force	212,952	82.3%
Not in Labor Force	45,645	17.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		20.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	93,999	73,119	56.2%
Non-Profit	9,217	16,435	35.9%
Self-Employed	11,940	6,168	65.9%

Local Government	5,223	10,213	33.8%
State Government	2,096	2,679	43.9%
Federal Government	3,048	2,026	60.1%

Total Private + Self	105,939	79,287	57.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	19,584	31,353	38.4%
Total	125,523	110,640	53.2%

Pct. Govt.	10.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	43,626	18.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	49,652	21.0%
Professional, Technical	61,594	26.0%
Service Occupations	32,761	13.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	562	0.2%
All others	48,863	20.7%

White Collar		65.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	35,174	14.9%
Health care and social assistance	33,054	14.0%
Retail trade	29,959	12.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	21,385	9.0%
Educational services	21,018	8.9%
Construction	16,340	6.9%
Accommodation and food services	13,025	5.5%
Finance and insurance	11,733	5.0%
Other services	9,669	4.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	9,368	4.0%
Transportation and warehousing	8,204	3.5%
Public administration	6,917	2.9%
Information	5,376	2.3%
Wholesale trade	5,047	2.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,782	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,398	1.4%
Utilities	1,640	0.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,049	0.4%
Management	272	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	86	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	4,488	1.06%
Puerto Rican	11,293	2.67%
Cuban	741	0.18%
Dominican	7,354	1.74%

Total Central American	4,407	1.04%
Costa Rican	45	0.01%
Guatemalan	896	0.21%
Honduran	1,678	0.40%
Nicaraguan	377	0.09%
Panamanian	66	0.02%
Salvadoran	1,345	0.32%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	2,701	0.64%
Argentinean	199	0.05%
Bolivian	9	0.00%
Chilean	128	0.03%
Colombian	1,459	0.35%
Ecuadorian	88	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	513	0.12%
Uruguayan	164	0.04%
Venezuelan	124	0.03%
Other South American	17	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,574	0.37%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	6,055	1.43%
Chinese	2,203	0.52%
Vietnamese	1,816	0.43%
Filipino	1,209	0.29%
Korean	1,072	0.25%
Cambodian	832	0.20%
Bhutanese	494	0.12%
Japanese	298	0.07%
Burmese	222	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	345,963	86.2%
Spanish	20,899	5.2%
Other Indo-European	11,222	2.8%
French, Haitian, Cajun	7,279	1.8%
Other Asian	4,162	1.0%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	2,945	0.7%
Other	2,354	0.6%
Chinese	1,680	0.4%
Vietnamese	1,572	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	86,031	20.4%
English	59,858	14.2%
French	47,931	11.3%
Italian	41,283	9.8%
French Canadian	38,614	9.1%
German	34,273	8.1%
Polish	17,080	4.0%
American	14,342	3.4%
Scottish	13,472	3.2%
Greek	8,225	1.9%
Portuguese	6,938	1.6%
European	5,978	1.4%
Swedish	5,943	1.4%
Canadian	4,468	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	3,761	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	404,424	95.7%
Not a citizen	18,309	4.3%

Native	380,340	90.0%
Foreign-born	42,393	10.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
7,949	2.6%	13,204	4.4%	77,448	25.7%	81,881	27.1%	76,111	25.2%	45,280	15.0%
Average years of education: 14.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	7,949	2.6%
9-12 Years	13,204	4.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	77,448	25.7%
Some College	81,881	27.1%
Bach. Degree	76,111	25.2%
Grad Degree	45,280	15.0%
Average years of education: 14.0

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	398,182	378,076	20,106	5.0%
1991	383,106	357,752	25,354	6.6%
1992	382,406	354,374	28,032	7.3%
1993	381,808	357,768	24,040	6.3%
1994	378,392	360,046	18,346	4.8%
1995	383,982	368,490	15,492	4.0%
1996	387,952	374,168	13,784	3.6%
1997	401,308	389,282	12,026	3.0%
1998	406,508	395,856	10,652	2.6%
1999	412,456	401,072	11,384	2.8%

2000	423,848	413,064	10,784	2.5%
2001	428,904	414,024	14,880	3.5%
2002	432,302	411,476	20,826	4.8%
2003	440,240	419,522	20,718	4.7%
2004	445,958	428,530	17,428	3.9%
2005	452,540	435,750	16,790	3.7%
2006	453,426	436,916	16,510	3.6%
2007	456,422	440,270	16,152	3.5%
2008	458,056	440,916	17,140	3.7%
2009	456,644	427,550	29,094	6.4%

2010	453,028	423,864	29,164	6.4%
2011	450,462	424,722	25,740	5.7%
2012	453,626	427,624	26,002	5.7%
2013	456,656	431,364	25,292	5.5%
2014	458,414	437,686	20,728	4.5%
2015	460,244	443,636	16,608	3.6%
2016	464,614	450,542	14,072	3.0%
2017	468,496	454,586	13,910	3.0%
2018	477,320	464,216	13,104	2.7%
2019	485,516	472,498	13,018	2.7%

2020	480,270	446,686	33,584	7.0%
2021	474,792	458,204	16,588	3.5%
2022	482,594	470,154	12,440	2.6%
2023	478,242	467,220	11,022	2.3%
2024	482,720	469,244	13,476	2.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	175,630
Median Value	$356,200

Occupied	166,344	94.7%
Vacant	9,286	5.3%

Owned	111,661	67.1%
Rented	54,683	32.9%
Median Rent	$1,444

Single-Family Units	109,860	62.6%
Detached	99,797	56.8%
Attached	10,063	5.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	37,109	21.1%
Mobile Homes	3,550	2.0%

Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area