Cheshire County anchor with a long streak of competitive margins
Keene anchors southwestern New Hampshire's only mid-sized urban cluster, where a large student population at Keene State College consistently pulls turnout patterns away from the surrounding rural baseline.
| Group | Keene, NH | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 94.7% | 57.4% |
Multiracial / Other | 2.0% | 4.0% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(14) | 1.6% | 19.3% |
▶Asian(5) | 0.9% | 6.0% |
▶Black / African American(7) | 0.6% | 12.2% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(6) | 0.4% | 0.9% |
Native American / Alaska Native | 0.2% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: +24.5pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Catholic-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Democratic-leaning urban and suburban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.2% | 52.3% | — | — | |
| 5.5% | 23.4% | — | — | |
| 3.6% | 15.5% | — | — | |
| 1.9% | 8.2% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.5% | 2.2% | — | — |
| 0.1% | 0.5% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 76.7% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Keene, NH metro area? 304,616 residents across 4 counties.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Governor | D+9.9 | D+1.7 | 8.2pp |