New Hampshire · Census place 3350260

Nashua, New Hampshire

Nashua is a city in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire with an estimated 91,851 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 2nd largest of 13 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
91,851
#2 of 13 in New Hampshire
Change since 2020
+0.7%
+654 people
Land area
30.8 sq mi
+ 0.90 sq mi water
Density
2,979 / sq mi
State median 746
Orange pin: Nashua. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Concord.

Nashua population, 2020 to 2024

Nashua added 654 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +723. Among 13 New Hampshire places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 11th; the median place changed by +1.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Hampshire has 22,938 people, so Nashua is 4.0 times that size.

91.2k202091.3k202191.1k202291.1k202391.9k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 91,331. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Nashua covers 30.83 square miles of land and 0.90 of water, for 2,979 people per square mile of land. The median New Hampshire place of 5,000+ has 746, so Nashua is denser than the typical town.

What county Nashua is in

All of Nashua's residents live in Hillsborough County, which had 430,462 residents in 2024. Nashua holds 21.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Nashua

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Nashua by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 03060, 03062, 03063, 03064. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Nashua is

The Census internal point of Nashua is at 42.749100, -71.490500. Concord, the capital, is 31.7 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lowell, MA (120,418 people), 11.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.749100, -71.490500
DMS
42°44'56.76"N 71°29'25.80"W
UTM
19N 296174.3E 4735961.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
87JCPGX5+JR

Daylight in Nashua

At 42.75° N, Nashua gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Nashua

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Hampshire, measured between internal points. The closest is Manchester, 16.5 miles away, with 116,386 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Nashua, NH?

91,851 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 654 (0.7%) from 91,197 in July 2020.

What county is Nashua in?

Hillsborough County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Nashua?

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 03060, 03062, 03063, 03064.

How far is Nashua from Concord?

31.7 miles (51.1 km) in a straight line, heading N from Nashua.

What is the nearest larger city to Nashua?

Lowell, MA, with 120,418 residents, 11.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.