What is NH?/Graph of the Month

There are many ways to describe New Hampshire and many ways to understand New Hampshire . By living and working here, we all come to understand the state through direct contact with its people, places, and politics. This package of graphs, tables, and text captures the reality of New Hampshire in a different way: through things that can be measured, compared, and tracked over time. The collection is a reference book that the Center compiled for the 2007 associates of Leadership New Hampshire.

• Correcting Longtime Myths about New Hampshire (04-19-2010)

  Steve Norton’s April 11, 2010 appearance on WMUR’s "New Hampshire's Business" in which he talks about 5 myths of NH. Here are the set of powerpoint slides used in that segment.  Link at: http://bit.ly/aURVli

• Watching the World Change (10-29-2009)

  Steve Norton's presentation to the New Hampshire Coalition on Aging's Annual Meeting. October 29, 2009

• Where goes New Hampshire? NH 2018 (03-17-2008)

  A presentation given by Steve Norton, Executive Director, at the NH 2018 seminar on March 11, 2008, sponsored by BusinessNH Magazine and Leadership New Hampshire.

• What is New Hampshire? 2009 Edition (09-08-2009)

  The question “What is New Hampshire?” has never been more timely than it is right now. Every state across the country has experienced significant economic change, and with it has come serious impacts on the status quo.   The face of New Hampshire is changing considerably, the implications of which are not well understood. Whether looking at demographics, the underlying state economy, the state budget, or politics and place, New Hampshire is a state in flux. Critical policy questions are raised by these changes. 

• Graph of the Month - May 2009 (05-08-2009)

  Parole Violators sent to State Prison by zipcode 2004 to 2008

• Graph of the Month - April 2009 (04-20-2009)

  New Hampshire’s former industrial centers suffer more if they lose Fixed Revenue Sharing aid, than they would if they lost the Meals and Rooms distribution.

• Graph of the Month - March 2009 (03-21-2009)

  American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Is New Hampshire a victim of its own success?

• Graph of the Month - February 2009 (02-11-2009)

  SB2 Dominates Local Spending in New Hampshire (2007)

   

• Graph of the Month - December 2008 (12-29-2008)

  Economic Distress Across New Hampshire

  Comparing initial claims for unemployment compensation to the labor force in each area provides one measure of the level of economic distress in a region and how it is changing. 

• Graph of the Month - November 2008 (11-21-2008)

  State Budget Shortfalls, SFY2009

  This graph describes which states are facing shortfalls or budget gaps where revenues will fall short of the amount needed to fund current services for state fiscal year 2009.  The additional mid-year gap represents shortfalls that states are facing in addition to the shortfalls faced at the time states adopted their SFY2009 budgets. 

  The states which are facing the largest shortfalls, as a percent of total general funds, tend to be the states with the largest amount of economic distress. These are states with high home foreclosure rates, and large increases in unemployment rates and food stamp participation.

• What is New Hampshire? 2008 Edition (10-15-2008)

  The NH Center for Public Policy Studies compiled this collection of graphs and tables for the use of Leadership New Hampshire, a program intended to introduce rising leaders to the people, strengths, and challenges of the Granite State. The Center is grateful for the opportunity to present this material to the Leadership New Hampshire participants and to all others seeking an overview of information about New Hampshire. The Center, not Leadership New Hampshire, determined what to include in this report.

• Graph of the Month - September 2008 (08-18-2008)

  Energy and Health Care as a Percent of GDP

• Graph of the Month - June/July 2008 (06-30-2008)
  Estimated Percent Change in Population 2000-2030 by Northern New England County
  New Hampshire is expected to be the fastest growing state in northern New England from 2000 to 2030, but the growth is not projected to be the same across counties.
  In the last two decades New Hampshire’s southernmost counties (Hillsborough and Rockingham) had seen the greatest population growth, but population growth will shift to the north and west in the future.  Carroll, Belknap and Merrimack counties will see the largest percent increase in population in the next twenty years.  Large increases in population could cause a strain on municipal services in Carroll, Belknap & Merrimack counties, associated with the influx of new residents and new housing.  The Center will be examining this issue in an upcoming paper on the impacts of population change and aging on the State budget. 
  Coos County will be the slowest growing county in New Hampshire.  The map also shows that northwest Vermont and coastal Maine will also see high levels of population growth, while most northern Maine counties will actually lose population between 2000 and 2030.

• Graph of the Month - May 2008 (05-20-2008)

  Percent of Wages Earned in Healthcare Jobs by Labor Market Area

  The Center offers the Graph of the Month from the array of data we use to understand the policy landscape across a wide range of policy issues.

  The Graph of the Month continues our mission to provide new perspectives on available data which will raise new ideas and improve policy debates through quality information and analysis on issues shaping New Hampshire's future.

• Graph of the Month - April 2008 (04-04-2008)

  New Hampshire Governance by Town - 2007

  The Center offers the Graph of the Month from the array of data we use to understand the policy landscape across a wide range of policy issues.

  The Graph of the Month continues our mission to provide new perspectives on available data which will raise new ideas and improve policy debates through quality information and analysis on issues shaping New Hampshire's future.

• What is New Hampshire? 2007 Edition (09-16-2007)

  The NH Center for Public Policy Studies compiled this collection of graphs and tables for the use of Leadership New Hampshire, a program intended to introduce rising leaders to the people, strengths, and challenges of the Granite State. The Center is grateful for the opportunity to present this material to the Leadership New Hampshire participants and to all others seeking an overview of information about New Hampshire. The Center, not Leadership New Hampshire, determined what to include in this report.