NEW HAMPSHIRE QUICK FACTS Name New Hampshire is named for the southern English county of Hampshire State Capital Concord population 42,444 Date of Statehood June 21 1788 9th state Population 1,330,608 41st-most populous state Area Total Land and Water 9,349 square miles 24,214 sq km 46th-largest state Largest City Manchester population 110,448 Nickname The Granite State Motto Live Free or Die State Bird Purple Finch State Flower Purple Lilac 6 NEW HAMPSHIRE
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA State Rock Granite State Tree White Birch State Song Old New Hampshire Highest Point Mount Washington 6,288 feet 1,917 m Lowest Point Atlantic Ocean 0 feet 0 m Average July High Temperature 79 F 26 C Record High Temperature 106 F 41 C in Nashua on July 4 1911 Average January Low Temperature 8 F 13 C Record Low Temperature 50 F 46 C on Mount Washington on January 22 1885 Average Annual Precipitation 47 inches 119 cm Number of U S Senators 2 Number of U S Representatives 2 Franklin Pierce U S Presidents Born in New Hampshire Franklin Pierce 1804-1869 U S Postal Service Abbreviation NH QUICK FACTS 7
NEW HAMPSHIRE GEOGRAPHY New New Hampshire is part of a six-state region called New England which is in the northeastern part of the United States It is a small state measuring 9,349 square miles 24,214 sq km It ranks just 46th in size among the states New Hampshire is shaped like a long triangle pointed northward The Connecticut River forms a long border with the state of Vermont to the west To the south is Massachusetts To the north is the Canadian province of Quebec Maine is to the east plus an 18-mile 29-km section of Atlantic Ocean coastline It is the shortest ocean coastline of all the coastal states The Connecticut River forms a border between New Hampshire and Vermont 8 NEW HAMPSHIRE
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA QUÉBEC CANADA N 0 0 20 km 20 miles Connecticut River Mt Washington 93 VERMONT WHITE MAINE Mountains NEW HAMPSHIRE Lake Winnipesaukee 89 Manchester Dover Connecticut River Concord Portsmouth Mt Monadnock Nashua 93 ATLANTIC OCEAN MASSACHUSETTS New Hampshire’s total land and water area is 9,349 square miles 24,214 sq km It is the 46th-largest state The state capital is Concord GEOGRAPHY 9
