Coastal Demographics
Of the total population of 1.3 million in New Hampshire, approximately 424,300 live in coastal portions of the state.
Coastal Economy
Coastal New Hampshire employs 197,000 people annually, earning a total of almost $10.5 billion. This equates to almost $25 billion in gross domestic product.
Natural Hazards
One billion-dollar weather disaster affected New Hampshire in 2018—and a total of 5 affected the state between 2010 and 2018. The most expensive and devastating of these was Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, which, in total, caused $72.8 billion in damage to 13 states throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
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