New Population Projections to the Year 2030
Press Release
January 2, 2007
NH Office of Energy and Planning
57 Regional Drive
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 271-2155
The New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning has just released new population projections to the year 2030 for the State and its counties. If the projections’ assumptions prove accurate, about 250,000 people will be added by that year, for a total state population of 1,564,000. The projections depict the ageing of the population through the projection period. Currently 12% of the state’s population is 65 or older. The projections show that by 2020, the percentage 65 or older may be 21% and by 2030 perhaps 28%.
The updated projections reflect population trends since 2000. The projections assume slower growth than the projections previously prepared by OEP in 2004. The new projections’ total for the population in 2025 is 73,000 fewer than that of the 2004 projection. Since 2000, the state’s growth has slowed from 19,000 persons per year to about 11,000 new persons per year. The slower growth is due to incremental increases in the state’s out-migration since 2000, that is, the number of people moving out of state is increasing, while the in-migration rate remains essentially unchanged. Even with this reduced rate of growth, New Hampshire is likely to remain the fastest growing state in the Northeast.
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