Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Hillsborough County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 380,841. Its s are and.

History
Hillsborough was one of the five original counties identified for New Hampshire in, and was named for who was   at the time. The county was organized at on,. In a number of towns were removed to become part of. Over several years ending in, county administrative functions were moved from Amherst to the current seats of Manchester and Nashua.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,311 (892 ). 2,270 km² (876 sq mi) of it is land and 41 km² (16 sq mi) of it (1.78%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 380,841 people, 144,455 households, and 98,807 families residing in the county. The was 168/km² (435/sq mi). There were 149,961 housing units at an average density of 66/km² (171/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 93.90%, 1.29% or , 0.25% , 2.00% , 0.03% , 1.31% from , and 1.22% from two or more races. 3.19% of the population were or  of any race. 87.6% spoke, 5.1% and 2.7%  as their first language.

There were 144,455 households out of which 35.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.00% were living together, 9.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.60% were non-families. 24.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.30% under the age of 18, 7.70% from 18 to 24, 32.70% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 10.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $53,384, and the median income for a family was $62,363. Males had a median income of $42,017 versus $29,397 for females. The for the county was $25,198. About 4.30% of families and 6.30% of the population were below the, including 7.60% of those under age 18 and 8.20% of those age 65 or over.

Cities, towns, and villages*
*  Villages are census divisions, but have no separate corporate existence from the towns they are in.
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 *  (a census-designated place in Merrimack, not recognized locally)
 * '' (a census-designated place)
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 *  (a census-designated place in Merrimack, not recognized locally)
 *  (a census-designated place in Merrimack, not recognized locally)
 *  (a census-designated place in Merrimack, not recognized locally)