What, exactly, is ´The New Hampshire Advantageˇ?
With its clean air, diverse seasons and geography, good neighbors, and lack of a sales or income tax, the phrase means many things to many people. To the folks at Morgan Quitno Press in Lawrence, Kansas, it means a very specific set of measurable factors.
For the third year in a row, Morgan Quitno named New Hampshire the ´Most Livable Stateˇ in 2006, based on 44 positive and negative factors, ranging from median household income, job growth and percent of population with at least a bachelor˙s degree to unemployment, crime and highway fatality rates.
While no one category paints the entire picture, the amalgam of all 44 has consistently put New Hampshire on or near the top (second in 2002 and 2003), and since 2004 it has been Number 1 each year. And that˙s not to mention the fact that Morgan Quitno also deemed New Hampshire the second-healthiest state in its most recent report.
Among the New Hampshire highlights of the 2006 report:
Third-lowest crime rate
Eighth-best percent of population covered by health insurance
Lowest teenage birth rate
Lowest infant mortality rate
Lowest poverty rate
Highest median household income
Eighth-lowest unemployment rate
Third-highest percent of population with at least a bachelor˙s degree
Fifth-highest percent of eligible population voting
So come see for yourself, and take advantage of all that New Hampshire has to offer.
