Manchester-Nashua, NH

1950‑1959:		Manchester, NH SMA
1959‑1983:		Manchester, NH SMSA
1983‑1992:		Manchester, NH MSA
1992‑1993:		Not defined
1993‑2003:		Manchester, NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
2003‑2006:		Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area in Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Hillsborough County, NH	156,987	178,161	223,941	276,608	336,073	380,841	400,516

Bedford town, NH	2,176	3,636	5,859	9,481	12,563	18,274	20,732

Goffstown town, NH	5,638	7,230	9,284	11,315	14,621	16,929	17,687

Manchester city, NH	82,732	88,282	87,754	90,936	99,567	107,006	109,691

Weare town, NH	1,345	1,420	1,851	3,232	6,193	7,776	8,730

Allenstown town, NH	1,540	1,789	2,732	4,398	4,649	4,843	4,969

Hooksett town, NH	2,792	3,713	5,564	7,303	8,767	11,721	13,279

Pembroke town, NH	3,094	3,514	4,261	4,861	6,561	6,897	7,366

Auburn town, NH	1,158	1,292	2,035	2,883	4,085	4,682	5,122

Candia town, NH	1,243	1,490	1,997	2,989	3,557	3,911	4,165

Derry town, NH	5,826	6,987	11,712	18,875	29,603	34,021	34,290

Londonderry town, NH	1,640	2,457	5,346	13,598	19,781	23,236	24,837



Total	88,370	95,512	108,461	160,767	147,809	198,378	400,516
Percent Change	-	8.1%	13.6%	48.2%	-8.1%	34.2%	101.9%



Total (as currently defined)	156,987	178,161	223,941	276,608	336,073	380,841	400,516
Percent Change	-	13.5%	25.7%	23.5%	21.5%	13.3%	5.2%

Timeline

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1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

Component

Hillsborough County, NH

Bedford town, NH

Goffstown town, NH

Manchester city, NH

Weare town, NH

Allenstown town, NH

Hooksett town, NH

Pembroke town, NH

Auburn town, NH

Candia town, NH

Derry town, NH

Londonderry town, NH

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Manchester, NH	82,732	*	88,282	*	87,754	*	90,936	*	99,567	*	107,006	*	109,691	*

Nashua, NH	34,669		39,096		55,820		67,865		79,662		86,605		87,321	*



Total	82,732		88,282		87,754		90,936		99,567		107,006		197,012
Metro	88,370		95,512		108,461		160,767		147,809		198,378		400,516
Percent	93.6%		92.4%		80.9%		56.6%		67.4%		53.9%		49.2%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

City

Manchester, NH

Nashua, NH

Urban/Rural Population

Urban/rural figures are not available for New England metro areas before 2000


2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			297,551	78.1%
		UA Population		291,070	76.4%
	Rural Population			83,290	21.9%

	Inside Principal Cities			193,611	50.8%
	Outside Principal Cities			187,230	49.2%

	Total Metro Area Population			380,841	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Boston, MA-NH-RI		4,032,484	8,894	0.2%
	Manchester, NH		143,549	134,320	93.6%
	Nashua, NH-MA		197,155	147,856	75.0%

	Total			291,070


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Manchester, NH SMA
-		Goffstown town (in Hillsborough County, NH) included as original SMA component
-		Manchester city (in Hillsborough County, NH) included as original SMA component
-		Manchester, NH designated as original central city of new SMA


Oct 1963



-		Bedford town (in Hillsborough County, NH) added
-		Hooksett town (in Merrimack County, NH) added


Feb 1971



-		Nashua, NH designated as original central city of new Nashua, NH SMSA


Apr 1973



-		Allenstown town (in Merrimack County, NH) added
-		Pembroke town (in Merrimack County, NH) added
-		Derry town (in Rockingham County, NH) added
-		Londonderry town (in Rockingham County, NH) added


Jun 1983



-		Pembroke town (in Merrimack County, NH) deleted, reverted to nonmetro status
-		Auburn town (in Rockingham County, NH) added
-		Candia town (in Rockingham County, NH) added
-		Derry town (in Rockingham County, NH) transferred to Lawrence-Haverhill, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH CMSA
-		Londonderry town (in Rockingham County, NH) transferred to Nashua, NH PMSA in Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH CMSA


Dec 1992



-		Manchester, NH transferred to Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA, designated as central city of PMSA
-		Manchester, NH MSA abolished
-		Bedford town (in Hillsborough County, NH) transferred to Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
-		Goffstown town (in Hillsborough County, NH) transferred to Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
-		Manchester city (in Hillsborough County, NH) transferred to Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
-		Weare town (in Hillsborough County, NH) added to Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
-		Allenstown town (in Merrimack County, NH) transferred to Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
-		Hooksett town (in Merrimack County, NH) transferred to Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
-		Auburn town (in Rockingham County, NH) transferred to Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
-		Candia town (in Rockingham County, NH) transferred to Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
-		Derry town (in Rockingham County, NH) added to Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA, transferred from Lawrence-Haverhill, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH CMSA
-		Londonderry town (in Rockingham County, NH) added to Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA, transferred from Nashua, NH PMSA in Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH CMSA


Jun 1993



-		PMSA reestablished: Manchester, NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
-		Bedford town (in Hillsborough County, NH) included as original component of reestablished PMSA, transferred from Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
-		Goffstown town (in Hillsborough County, NH) included as original component of reestablished PMSA, transferred from Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
-		Manchester city (in Hillsborough County, NH) included as original component of reestablished PMSA, transferred from Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
-		Weare town (in Hillsborough County, NH) included as original component of reestablished PMSA, transferred from Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
-		Allenstown town (in Merrimack County, NH) included as original component of reestablished PMSA, transferred from Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
-		Hooksett town (in Merrimack County, NH) included as original component of reestablished PMSA, transferred from Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
-		Auburn town (in Rockingham County, NH) included as original component of reestablished PMSA, transferred from Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
-		Candia town (in Rockingham County, NH) included as original component of reestablished PMSA, transferred from Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
-		Derry town (in Rockingham County, NH) included as original component of reestablished Lawrence, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA, transferred from Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
-		Londonderry town (in Rockingham County, NH) included as original component of reestablished PMSA, transferred from Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA
-		Manchester, NH designated as original central city of reestablished PMSA, transferred from Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA


Jun 2003



-		Counties instead of cities and towns became the basic geographic unit of core based statistical areas in New England
-		Manchester, NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA became Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area in Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA
-		Hillsborough County, NH included as original county component of Metro Area
-		Nashua, NH designated as principal city of Metro Area, transferred from Nashua, NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA

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