The greater the difficulty in aligning the identity standard with self-in-situation meanings, the more likely it is that the identity will decrease in salience and result in decreased commitment to the relationships in which the identity is premised upon.
New Hampshire is the 5th smallest by land area, and the 9th least populous of the 50 United States. In January 1776 it became the first of the British North American colonies to establish a government independent of Great Britain 's authority and it was the first to establish its own state constitution.
The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of New Hampshire was 1,330,608 on July 1, 2015, a 1.07% increase since the 2010 United States Census. The center of population of New Hampshire is located in Merrimack County, in the town of Pembroke.