DEMOGRAPHICS / AT A GLANCE

Population
1,377,529

Total Area
9351 square miles

Land Area
8969 square miles

Water Area
382 square miles

Coastline
13 miles

Shoreline
131 miles

Highest Point
Mount Washington 6,288 feet

Lowest Point
Sea level at the Atlantic Coast

Border States 
Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont

Capital City
Concord

Largest Cities
Manchester, Nashua, Concord, Derry, Rochester, Salem, Dover, Merrimack, Londonderry, Hudson

Topography
Low rolling coast followed by countless hills and mountains rising out of a central plateau.

Statehood
June 21, 1788

State Bird
Purple Finch

State Flower
Purple lilac

State Motto
Live free of die

State Nickname
Granite State

State Song
Old New Hampshire

State Tree
Paper Birch