Children in New Hampshire State Fact Sheet

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Children in New Hampshire
January 2011
289,071 children live in New Hampshire:
1,029 are American Indian/Alaska Native
6,800 are two or more races
7,161 are Black
7,341 are Asian/Pacific Islander
13,357 are Hispanic
255,194 are White, non-Hispanic
In New Hampshire:
A child is abused or neglected every 9 hours.
A child dies before his or her first birthday every 5 days.
A child or teen is killed by gunfire every 1 year.
New Hampshire Ranks:*
8th among states in percent of babies born at low birthweight.
Best state is Alaska; worst state is Mississippi
14th among states in per pupil expenditures.
Best state is New Jersey; worst state is Utah
7th among states in its infant mortality rate.
Best state is Washington; worst is the District of Columbia
[*1st represents the best state for children and 51st
represents the worst state for children in the country]

Child Poverty in New Hampshire
Number of poor children (and percent poor) 30,602 (10.8%)
Number of children living in extreme poverty (and percent in extreme poverty) 12,744 (4.5%)
Number of adults and children receiving cash assistance from Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 13,183
Maximum monthly TANF cash assistance for a family of three $625

Child Health in New Hampshire
Number of children without health insurance (and percent uninsured) 15,000 (4.7%)
Number of children enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)* 13,197**
CHIP eligibility: 300 percent of federal poverty ($66,150 for a family of four)
Number of children enrolled in Medicaid 84,890**
Medicaid and CHIP participation rate 85.6%
Children as a percent of total Medicaid enrollment 57.5%
Medicaid expenditures on children as a percent of total Medicaid expenditures 26.4%
Percent of two-year-olds not fully immunized 21.3%
*States may have a different name for CHIP
**The number of enrolled children throughout the year rather than on a given day Child Hunger in New Hampshire
Number of children who receive food stamps 25,913
Percent of eligible persons who receive food stamps 66.0%
Number of children in the School Lunch Program (free and reduced price only) 34,120
Number of children in the Summer Food Service Program 4,706
Number of women and children receiving WIC (Supplemental Nutrition Program
for Women, Infants, and Children) 17,905
Early Childhood Development in New Hampshire
Percent of children under age 6 with all parents in the labor force 69.6%
Number of children served by Head Start 2,056
Number of children served by the Child Care Development Fund/CCDBG 7,200
Average annual cost of child care for a four-year-old in a center $8,035
Percent of 3-year-olds enrolled in state pre-k, Head Start, or special
education programs 8.1%
Percent of 4-year-olds enrolled in state pre-k, Head Start, or special
education programs 11.6%
Education in New Hampshire
Annual expenditure per prisoner $27,806
Annual expenditure per public school pupil $10,396
Percent of public school fourth graders:
unable to read at grade level 59%
unable to do math at grade level 44%
Percent of public school eighth graders:
unable to read at grade level 61%
unable to do math at grade level 57%
Number of high school students who drop out of school annually 2,072
Child Welfare in New Hampshire
Number of children who are victims of abuse and neglect 984
Number of children in foster care 930
Number of children adopted from foster care 135
Number of grandparents raising grandchildren 5,610

Youth at Risk in New Hampshire
Percent of 16- to 19-year-olds not enrolled in school who are not high
school graduates 2.6%
Averaged freshman high school graduation rate 83.4%
Percent of 16- to 19-year-olds unemployed 18.5%
Number of juvenile arrests 7,417
Number of children and teens in juvenile residential facilities 156
Ratio of cost per prisoner to cost per public school pupil 2.7
Number of children and teens killed by firearms: 1
0 homicides; 1 suicide; 0 accidents; and 0 undetermined
Compiled from the most up-to-date data available as of January 2011. For data sources, please visit
www.childrensdefense.org/cits
For more information on the state of America’s children contact:
Children’s Defense Fund
25 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 628-8787
1 (800) 233-1200
www.childrensdefense.org