Hudson is a

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(CDP) and the urban center of the

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Hudson Hudson may refer to: People * Hudson (given name) * Hudson (surname) * Henry Hudson, English explorer * Hudson (footballer, born 1986), Hudson Fernando Tobias de Carvalho, Brazilian football right-back * Hudson (footballer, born 1988), Hudso ...

in Hillsborough County,

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, United States. The population of the CDP was 7,534 at the 2020 census, out of 25,394 in the entire town.

Geography

The CDP occupies the center part of the west side of the town of Hudson, along the east side of the

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, which also forms the

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city line. The CDP includes all of Hudson village, as well as a small portion of Hudson Center. The CDP extends north to a line running between Federal Street and Garrison Farm Road, then runs east so that it passes north of Elmwood Drive and Megan Drive. The northern border then runs south of Wagner Way, Joel Path, and Bonnie Lane, and north of Monroe Drive and Jackson Drive, until it reaches Greeley Street, the eastern extent of the CDP. The border runs south on Greeley Street, then west on

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, then south on Belknap Road and Melendy Road. The border turns west to follow Pelham Road, then turns south on

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(Lowell Road) to Third Brook, which it follows west to the Merrimack. Route 111 is the main east-west road through the CDP, leading west across the Merrimack River into Nashua and east to

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in Windham. Route 3A runs north from Hudson to

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and southeast to

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begins in Hudson and leads northeast to

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. According to the

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, the Hudson CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 5.57%, are water. Besides the Merrimack River, the CDP contains Ottarnic Pond in the east.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 7,336 people, 2,924 households, and 1,968 families residing in the CDP. There were 3,055 housing units, of which 131, or 4.3%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the CDP was 93.8%

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, 1.5%

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, 0.1% Native American, 1.6%

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n, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.3% some other race, and 1.6% from two or more races. 3.9% of the population were

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of any race. Of the 2,924 households in the CDP, 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% were headed by

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living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51, and the average family size was 3.01. 22.2% of residents in the CDP were under the age of 18, 8.1% were from age 18 to 24, 28.6% were from 25 to 44, 29.1% were from 45 to 64, and 12.1% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.6 males. For the period 2011-15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $66,368, and the median income for a family was $72,879. Male full-time workers had a median income of $50,469 versus $39,980 for females. The

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for the CDP was $31,650. 8.2% of the population and 4.7% of families were below the poverty line, along with 15.8% of people under the age of 18 and 6.3% of people 65 or older.

References

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