New Hampshire - The White Mountains, No Income Tax, and 1.4 Million Residents
New Hampshire covers 9,350 square miles in northern New England and holds about 1.4 million people. The state has no general sales tax and no wage income tax, an arrangement that has shaped both its political identity and its cross-border economic relationship with Massachusetts. Manchester, along the Merrimack River, is the largest city at roughly 115,000 residents, followed by Nashua near the Massachusetts line. Concord, the capital, has about 45,000 people and sits further north along the same river valley.
The White Mountains dominate the northern half of the state, with Mount Washington rising to 6,288 feet and holding some of the most severe surface weather recorded in the continental United States. The Presidential Range and the surrounding national forest land support a year-round tourism industry built around hiking, skiing, and the Kancamagus Highway. The Lakes Region in the central part of the state is anchored by Lake Winnipesaukee, at 72 square miles the largest lake entirely within New Hampshire.
New Hampshire's Atlantic coastline is only about 18 miles long, the shortest of any coastal state, but it includes the working port of Portsmouth and the beach communities south of it. The state holds the nation's first presidential primary every four years, a status written into state law that every New Hampshire secretary of state has defended against other states' attempts to schedule earlier contests. The University of New Hampshire at Durham is the flagship campus of the state university system, while Dartmouth College in Hanover adds a private Ivy League institution along the Connecticut River.
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New Hampshire covers 9,350 square miles in northern New England and holds about 1.4 million people. The state has no general sales tax and no wage income tax, an arrangement that has shaped both its political identity and its cross-border economic relationship with Massachusetts. Manchester, along the Merrimack River, is the largest city at roughly 115,000 residents, followed by Nashua near the Massachusetts line. Concord, the capital, has about 45,000 people and sits further north along the same river valley.
The White Mountains dominate the northern half of the state, with Mount Washington rising to 6,288 feet and holding some of the most severe surface weather recorded in the continental United States. The Presidential Range and the surrounding national forest land support a year-round tourism industry built around hiking, skiing, and the Kancamagus Highway. The Lakes Region in the central part of the state is anchored by Lake Winnipesaukee, at 72 square miles the largest lake entirely within New Hampshire.
New Hampshire's Atlantic coastline is only about 18 miles long, the shortest of any coastal state, but it includes the working port of Portsmouth and the beach communities south of it. The state holds the nation's first presidential primary every four years, a status written into state law that every New Hampshire secretary of state has defended against other states' attempts to schedule earlier contests. The University of New Hampshire at Durham is the flagship campus of the state university system, while Dartmouth College in Hanover adds a private Ivy League institution along the Connecticut River.
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