According to the federal government’s Recovery.gov database, which tracks how state governments are spending the $787 billion stimulus package approved last year, 92.5% of all New Hampshire jobs “created or saved” by the legislation are concentrated in the State Capital of Concord.
According to the New Hampshire summary page, the government credits the American Relief and Recovery Act with creating or saving 3,528.8 full-time jobs across New Hampshire. 3,264.4 of those jobs are listed under Concord zip codes. Outside of Concord, only a few communities have more than a handful of jobs credited to the stimulus; 37 in Manchester, 25 in Salem, 47 in Portsmouth, and 14 in Durham.

Orville “Bud” Fitch oversees Governor John Lynch’s Office of Economic Stimulus. Last month, he reported that the stimulus had created or saved 3,007 full-time equivilant jobs statewide through September 30, 2009. The federal website relies on reports from individual grant recipients, as well as the state’s report every three months.