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New Hampshire Fun Facts

Capital: Concord

State abbreviation/Postal code: N.H./NH

Governor: John Lynch, D (to Jan. 2013)

Senators: Kelly Ayotte, R (to Jan. 2017); Jeanne Shaheen, D (to Jan. 2013)

U.S. Representatives: 2

Historical biographies of Congressional members

Entered Union (rank): June 21, 1788 (9)

Present constitution adopted: 1784

Motto: Live free or die

State symbols:

flower	purple lilac (1919)
tree	white birch (1947)
animal	white-tailed deer (1983)
insect	ladybug (1977)
saltwater fish	striped bass (1994)
freshwater fish	brook trout (1995)
amphibian	spotted newt (1985)
butterfly	karner blue (1992)
bird	purple finch (1957)
songs	“Old New Hampshire” (1949) and “New Hampshire, My New Hampshire” (1963)

Nickname: Granite State

Origin of name: From the English county of Hampshire

10 largest cities (2005 est.): Manchester, 109,691; Nashua, 87,321; Concord, 42,336; Rochester, 30,004; Dover, 28,486; Keene, 22,778; Portsmouth, 20,674; Laconia, 17,060; Claremont, 13, 388; Lebanon, 12,606

Land area: 8,968 sq mi. (23,227 sq km)

Geographic center: In Belknap Co., 3 mi. E of Ashland

Number of counties: 10

Largest county by population and area: Hillsborough, 401,291 (2005); Coos, 1,801 sq mi.

State parks: 72

Residents: New Hampshirite

2005 resident population est.: 1,309,940

2000 resident census population (rank): 1,235,786 (41). Male: 607,687 (49.2%); Female: 628,099 (50.8%). White: 1,186,851 (96.0%); Black: 9,035 (0.7%); American Indian: 2,964 (0.2%); Asian: 15,931 (1.3%); Other race: 7,420 (0.6%); Two or more races: 13,214 (1.1%); Hispanic/Latino: 20,489 (1.7%). 2000 percent population 18 and over: 75.0; 65 and over: 12.0; median age: 37.1.

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