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Capital:
Concord
State
abbreviation/Postal code: N.H./NH
Governor: John
Lynch, D (to Jan. 2009)
Senators: Judd
Gregg, R (to Jan. 2011); John E. Sununu,
R (to Jan. 2009)
U.S. Representatives:
2
Historical biographies of Congressional members
Treasurer: Michael
Ablowich, R (to Dec. 2008)
Secy. of State: William
M. Gardner, D (to Dec. 2008)
Atty. General: Kelly
Ayotte, R (to March 2009)
Entered Union (rank):
June 21, 1788 (9)
Present constitution
adopted: 1784
Motto: Live free
or die
State symbols:
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flower |
purple lilac
(1919) |
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tree |
white birch
(1947) |
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animal |
white-tailed
deer (1983) |
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insect |
ladybug (1977) |
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saltwater
fish |
striped bass
(1994) |
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freshwater
fish |
brook trout
(1995) |
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amphibian |
spotted newt
(1985) |
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butterfly |
karner blue
(1992) |
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bird |
purple finch
(1957) |
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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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