The sixth Kids Count publication from New Hampshire, this report departs from past work in that, in addition to updating state data on child health and well-being, it looks at that information in relation to data on the New Hampshire economy. Through detailed statistical analysis, the report explains how the status of children in New Hampshire directly affects the bottom line for government, businesses, and individuals in the state. The report introduces a Child Potential Index for over 200 New Hampshire communities, summarizing the degree to which risk factors that limit children from realizing their full potential are present in each community. The index combines seven community-level measures of child risk known to be highly correlated with poor outcomes for children: (1) teen births as a percentage of all births; (2) percentage of mothers who smoked during pregnancy; (3) percentage of births to single mothers; (4) percentage of births to mothers with less than 12 years of education; (5) percentage of children receiving free or reduced lunch; (6) percentage of births to mothers not receiving prenatal care; and (7) unemployment rate. Appended are: How Child Potential Index Scores are Derived; and Child Potential Index Scores for NH Cities and Towns. (Contains 47 endnotes.) (EV)