{"id":3599,"date":"2011-12-05T10:30:37","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T15:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/?p=3599"},"modified":"2011-12-05T16:50:17","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T21:50:17","slug":"part-2-which-nh-counties-won-and-lost-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2011\/12\/05\/part-2-which-nh-counties-won-and-lost-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 2:  Which NH Counties Won New Residents&#8211;And Lost Old Ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3625\"  class=\"wp-caption module image left\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"We're tallying population wins--and losses--among NH's 10 counties.  Read more to find out which places are more like challengers--or contenders\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/5415099282_32d6c06f37.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3625\" title=\"5415099282_32d6c06f37\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/5415099282_32d6c06f37-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/5415099282_32d6c06f37-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/5415099282_32d6c06f37-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/5415099282_32d6c06f37-140x140.jpg 140w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/5415099282_32d6c06f37-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/5415099282_32d6c06f37-220x220.jpg 220w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/5415099282_32d6c06f37-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/5415099282_32d6c06f37.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Generation Bass \/ Flickr<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">We&#39;re tallying population wins--and losses--among NH&#39;s 10 counties. Read more to find out which places are more like challengers--or contenders<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been thinking a bit more about demographics lately, in light of the <a title=\"Liveblog: New England Economic Forecast For 2012 And Beyond\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2011\/11\/18\/liveblog-new-england-economic-forecast-for-2012-and-beyond\/\" target=\"_blank\">New England Economic Partnership&#8217;s recent Economic Forecast conference<\/a>.\u00a0 The region faces a number of population problems.\u00a0 At the risk of oversimplification, here are the main issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>New England has a high proportion of people who are Baby Boomers and older.\u00a0 Some are already retired, others could retire sooner rather than later.<\/li>\n<li>By comparison, the region doesn&#8217;t have a lot of young, working-age people.<\/li>\n<li>Those young, working-age people aren&#8217;t having a lot of kids.<\/li>\n<li>Young people with kids from outside the region aren&#8217;t moving here in great numbers, either.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The end result?\u00a0 As more people retire, there might not be enough of a labor pool to replace this workforce.\u00a0 And as demand for taxpayer-funded senior services increases over the decades, the region&#8217;s tax base might not be robust enough to take care of all this population&#8217;s needs <em>and <\/em>maintain other basic services, like schools, roads, etc.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Last week, shortly after the Economic Forecast conference, we <a title=\"Mapping Who\u2019s Coming To\u2013And Leaving\u2013New Hampshire\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2011\/11\/21\/mapping-whos-coming-to-and-leaving-new-hampshire\/\" target=\"_blank\">posted a link to a cool map<\/a> created by Jon Bruner of <em>Forbes<\/em>.\u00a0 Bruner tracked down IRS data from 2005-2009, and used those numbers to trace the migration patterns each year for every county in the United States.\u00a0 (You can also check out his map <a title=\"American Migration [Interactive Map]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/special-report\/2011\/migration.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>So, as promised, here\u2019s the continuation of our county-by-county analysis of the data.*\u00a0 Previously, we looked at the North Country, White Mountains, Lakes Region, and part of Dartmouth-Sunapee (you can read that post <a title=\"Part 1: Which NH Counties Won New Residents\u2013And Lost Old Ones\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2011\/11\/22\/part-1-which-nh-counties-won-new-residents-and-lost-old-ones\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>).\u00a0 Today, we&#8217;re going to take a look at two counties, comprising the rest of Dartmouth-Sunapee and the Monadnock Region:\u00a0 Sullivan County and Cheshire County.<\/p>\n<p>And, in our continuing quest to make migration figures <em>fun, <\/em>we&#8217;re looking at this in terms of wins-and-losses for the most recent year, 2009, complete with easy-to-read bullet lists.<\/p>\n<h3>Cheshire County:<\/h3>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_3618\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 216px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"Students attending Keene State College--and graduating--could account for some of the movement into and away from, Cheshire County\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/2658991993_5f94277a7d.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3618\" title=\"Universal Mother With Lively Child [Rhodes Hall, Keene State College]\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/2658991993_5f94277a7d-300x416.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/2658991993_5f94277a7d-300x416.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/2658991993_5f94277a7d-220x305.jpg 220w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/2658991993_5f94277a7d.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Lorianne DiSabato \/ Flickr<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students attending Keene State College--and graduating--could account for some of the movement into and away from, Cheshire County<\/p><\/div><strong>The Overarching Story: <\/strong>In 2005 and 2006, people moving to the area slightly outpaced those leaving.\u00a0 By 2007, however, they&#8217;d pulled even, and in 2008 and 2009, more people left the county than could be replaced.\u00a0 Of course, it could be that like Dartmouth in Grafton County, at least some changes in migration patterns could be due to the comings and goings of students at Keene State College.\u00a0 Although a few people came and went from Cheshire County from farther afield, most movement was concentrated between New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biggest Wins:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>465 from Hillsborough County<\/li>\n<li>262 from Windham County, Vermont<\/li>\n<li>154 from Worcester County, Mass.<\/li>\n<li>58 from Franklin County, Mass.<\/li>\n<li>44 from Hampden County (Springfield), Mass.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Biggest Losses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>130 to Sullivan County<\/li>\n<li>89 to Rockingham County<\/li>\n<li>80 to Merrimack County<\/li>\n<li>43 to Hartford County, Connecticut<\/li>\n<li>41 to Strafford County<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Farthest Out-Of-State Losses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>King County (Seattle), Washington<\/li>\n<li>Maricopa County (Phoenix), Arizona<\/li>\n<li>Los Angeles County, California<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_3622\"  class=\"wp-caption module image left\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"Sullivan County's saw out-migration gradually overtake in-migration between 2005 and 2009\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/3317204159_2bd5ebff18.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3622\" title=\"Main Street, Claremont, NH\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/3317204159_2bd5ebff18-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/3317204159_2bd5ebff18-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/3317204159_2bd5ebff18-220x165.jpg 220w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/3317204159_2bd5ebff18-138x103.jpg 138w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/3317204159_2bd5ebff18.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">pattyvern \/ Flickr<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sullivan County&#39;s saw out-migration gradually overtake in-migration between 2005 and 2009<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Sullivan County:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>The Overarching Story: <\/strong>Sullivan County is similar to Coos County in that its migratory reach didn&#8217;t extend that far beyond New Hampshire in 2009&#8211;and not outside of New England at all. Migration-wise, Sullivan has seen a very similar pattern to neighboring Cheshire County.\u00a0 In 2005 and 2006, the number of people moving into the area was well ahead of those leaving.\u00a0 In 2007 and 2008 there were just barely more residents moving in than moving out.\u00a0 And by 2009, out-migration had outpaced in-migration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biggest Wins:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>292 from Grafton County<\/li>\n<li>231 from Windsor County, Vermont<\/li>\n<li>130 from Cheshire County<\/li>\n<li>102 from Hillsborough County<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Biggest Losses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>201 to Merrimack County<\/li>\n<li>43 to Windham County, Vermont<\/li>\n<li>36 to Rockingham County<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Farthest Out-Of-State Losses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Chittenden County (Burlington), Vermont<\/li>\n<li>Orange County (Newbury), Vermont<\/li>\n<li>Worcester County, Mass.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In later posts, we&#8217;ll be looking at the state&#8217;s major population centers: the Seacoast (and Strafford County), Merrimack, and Hillsborough Counties.\u00a0 So keep checking back!<br \/>\n<em>*The Forbes map doesn\u2019t break down migratory patterns by age.\u00a0 Some of the people moving to the South, for example, could very well be retirees who are tired of New Hampshire winters.\u00a0 But it does provide a good starting point.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s also important to note that in some cases, whether one county gained or lost people to another is sometimes determined by a small handful of mobile residents\u2013and sometimes, even just one person.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been thinking a bit more about demographics lately, in light of the New England Economic Partnership&#8217;s recent Economic Forecast conference.\u00a0 The region faces a number of population problems.\u00a0 At the risk of oversimplification, here are the main issues: New England has a high proportion of people who are Baby Boomers and older.\u00a0 Some are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[60,536,546,509],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3599"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3628,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3599\/revisions\/3628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}