A look at New Hampshire, home of the first-in-the-nation primary

NUMBERS

Population: 1,314,895

AGE

Median age: 39.4

Percentage of population 65 and over: 12.5 percent

Percentage of population 85 and over: 1.8 percent

RACE

Race: 96.1 percent white, 1 percent black, 1.7 percent Asian, 2.2 percent Hispanic or Latino origin.

LANGUAGE

Language other than English spoken at home: 8.3 percent

EDUCATION

High school graduate: 87.4 percent

Bachelor's degree: 28.7 percent

Advanced degree: 11.2 percent

MONEY

Median household income: $53,377

Families below poverty level: 4.9 percent

Homeownership rate: 69.7 percent

DELEGATES

22 pledged Democratic, 21 pledged Republican (unofficial totals)

ELECTORAL VOTES

Four

2004 PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS

John Kerry, 50 percent; George W. Bush, 49 percent

REGISTERED VOTERS

Republican, 256,353

Democratic, 221,549

Undeclared, 372,934

WORK FORCE

Professional and related: 21.8 percent.

Service: 14.6 percent.

Management, business and financial: 13.8 percent.

Manufacturing: 13.7 percent.

ECONOMY

Gross state product: $56.3 billion

_ Real estate and rental and leasing: $8.3 billion.

_ Manufacturing: $6.6 billion

_ Government: $5.2 billion.

_ Health care and social assistance: $4.8 billion.

_ Retail Trade: $4.7 billion

_ Finance and insurance: $4.6 billion

_ Professional and technical services: $3.7 billion

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Largest nongovernment employers as of December 2005:

_ Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, DeMoulas & Market Basket, Hannaford Brothers-Shop 'N Save, Fidelity Investments, Shaw's Supermarkets Inc., Dartmouth College, BAE Systems, Liberty Mutual insurance, Home Depot

N.H. QUICK FACTS

_ New Hampshire and Alaska are the only states with neither a general income nor a general sales tax.

_ Fastest-growing state in slow-growing New England.

_ Once known for textile mills and shoe factories, now has second-highest proportion of high-tech workers.

_ Closely tied economically to New England and especially to neighboring Massachusetts.

_ 84 percent forested.

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Sources: 2006 Census QuickFacts est., 2005 Census QuickFacts, 2004 Census QuickFacts, 2000 Census QuickFacts, 2006 Census American Community Survey, New Hampshire Secretary of State figures updated Nov. 1, 2007, federal Bureau of Economic Analysis 2006 statistics, New Hampshire treasurer's report of December 2006.