Hooksett, New Hampshire Hooksett, New Hampshire Official seal of Hooksett, New Hampshire Location in Merrimack County and the state of New Hampshire Location in Merrimack County and the state of New Hampshire Hooksett is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.

The populace was 13,451 at the 2010 census. The town is positioned between Manchester, the state's biggest city, and Concord, the state capital.

The central village in town, where 4,147 citizens resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Hooksett census-designated place and is positioned at a bridge crossing of the Merrimack River.

The town also contains the census-designated place of South Hooksett.

First known as Chester Woods and Rowe's Corner, this town was called Hooksett for nearly fifty years before being incorporated.

Hooksett is situated on the Merrimack River in south-central New Hampshire.

Hooksett lies fully inside the Merrimack River watershed. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 37.5 square miles (97.1 km2), of which 36.4 square miles (94.4 km2) is territory and 1.0 square mile (2.7 km2) is water, comprising 2.76% of the town. Hooksett village, a census-designated place in the northern part of town, has a total region of 5.2 square miles (13.4 km2), of which 4.8 square miles (12.4 km2) is territory and 0.39 square miles (1.0 km2), or 7.43%, is water. The highest point in Hooksett is Quimby Mountain, at 902 feet (275 m) above sea level, near the town's border.

As of the census of 2010, there were 13,451 citizens , 4,926 homeholds, and 3,533 families residing in the town.

The ethnic makeup of the town was 94.6% White, 1.0% African American, 0.2% Native American, 2.0% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.7% some other race, and 1.5% from two or more competitions.

In the town, the populace was spread out with 22.4% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 30.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older.

The Hooksett census-designated place (CDP) comprises the village of Hooksett, positioned on both sides of the Merrimack River in the northern part of the town.

The CDP extends north to the Bow and Allenstown town lines and south to a point south of Meadowcrest Road on the west side of the Merrimack and to Peters Brook, just south of Hunt Street, on the east side of the Merrimack. In the CDP, the populace was spread out with 19.7% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 30.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older.

For demographic data on the South Hooksett CDP in the southern part of the town, see South Hooksett, New Hampshire.

Hooksett is part of School Administrative Unit 15, along with the neighboring suburbs of Auburn and Candia.

Hooksett Memorial School (upper elementary, grades 3 5) SAU-15 has no high school; students from Hooksett attend high school in neighboring school districts.

As of 2014, Hooksett has contracted with Pinkerton Academy for the majority of its high school students (about 650), while a lesser number of students attend either Bow High School (about 40 students) or Londonderry High School (about 160 students).

Prior to 2014, Hooksett students attended high school at one of the three high schools in the town/city of Manchester. One four-year university, Southern New Hampshire University, lies partially inside Hooksett, and partially in neighboring Manchester.

United States Enumeration Bureau, American Fact - Finder, 2010 Enumeration figures.

"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001) - Hooksett town, Merrimack County, New Hampshire".

"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001) - Hooksett CDP, New Hampshire".

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (DP-1) - Hooksett town, Merrimack County, New Hampshire".

"Selected Economic Characteristics: 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (DP03) - Hooksett town, Merrimack County, New Hampshire".

"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (DP-1) - Hooksett CDP, New Hampshire".

"Selected Economic Characteristics: 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (DP03) - Hooksett CDP, New Hampshire".

"Hooksett students could attend high school in Bow, Londonderry".

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