Profile
Belknap County, New Hampshire is in New Hampshire, is on the East Coast, is urban high-performing, is better than the nationwide crime averages in both violent crime and homicides, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, homeownership, overcrowding, and internet access, is better than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, job variety, and new-business growth rate, is worse than the nationwide adult-disease averages in both obesity and cancer, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, drinking water, airborne cancer risk, air quality, toxic-chemical exposure, and flood hazard, is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in both heart disease and diabetes, and is better than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of college education, income, poverty, pollution exposure, and premature death.
Numeric values:
- median household income ($62,159)
- public-school spending per student ($17,260)
- average weekly wage ($798.00)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($459.69)
- households with internet access (96.57%)
- youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (93.74%)
- high-school graduation rate (83.33%)
- adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (76.00%)
- homeownership rate (74.9%)
- labor-force participation (64.20%)
- land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (59.66%)
- 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (53.10%)
- population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (40.11%)
- pre-school enrollment (39.25%)
- households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (33.42%)
- population living close to emergency facilities (32.35%)
- adult obesity (31.60%)
- racial integration (31.00%)
- adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (21.20%)
- heart disease among older adults (21.12%)
- older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (17.27%)
- adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (16.15%)
- population without nearby access to a large grocery store (12.68%)
- population without health insurance (11.50%)
- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (10.69%)
- poverty rate (10.46%)
- new-business growth rate (9.16%)
- adult diabetes (8.4%)
- workers who commute 60 minutes or more (8.15%)
- cancer among older adults (7.67%)
- teenage birth rate (7.05%)
- newborns with low birth weight (7.03%)
- households with utility gas or electric for home heating (6.85%)
- unsafe drinking water exposure (6.24%)
- households with no vehicle (5.96%)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (4.56%)
- households that receive public-assistance income (4.36%)
- civilian labor-force unemployment (2.8%)
- youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (2.47%)
- tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (2.32%)
- overcrowded households (1.15%)
- vacant houses (0.94%)
- relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.65%)
- change in median household value (-2.23%)
- affordable housing relative to low-income population (-62.55)
- food environment index (8.4)
- jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (7,394)
- local food outlets per 100,000 in population (35.4)
- natural amenities index (0.80)
- nonprofits per 100,000 population (46.9)
- variety of industries among available jobs (0.88)
- walkability index (6.95)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population (32.46)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (9.43)
- chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (0.77)
- days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.48)
- deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (45.22)
- homicides per 100,000 population (1.300)
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (3,543)
- property crimes per 100,000 population (3,365)
- relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.15)
- relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.43)
- relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (2.36)
- relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.02)
- relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.00)
- risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (1.66)
- very-hot days per year (20)
- violent crimes per 100,000 population (212.81)
- CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (2.38)
- first responders per 1,000 population (0.700)
- population (60,785)
- primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (69.65)