Belknap County, New Hampshire

• White (non-Hispanic) 59,943 92.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,467 2.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 294 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 744 1.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,827 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 20 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 18 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 346 0.5%

• Under 18 11,189 17.3%
• 18–24 4,111 6.4%
• 25–44 14,570 22.5%
• 45–64 19,297 29.8%
• 65 and over 15,492 24.0%

Median household income

$88,870

90% interval $80,315–$97,425

−$11,494 vs NH · 5th of 10

Below poverty line

8.5%

90% interval 6.8%–10.2%

+1.2 pp vs NH · 5th of 10

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.9%

−0.22 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.3B

3.6% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,397

Establishments

2,207

• Trade, transportation & utilities 6,246 24.1%
• Education & health services 5,280 20.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,599 17.7%
• Professional & business services 2,219 8.6%
• Manufacturing 1,991 7.7%
• Public administration 1,274 4.9%
• Other services 910 3.5%
• Financial activities 644 2.5%
• Construction 56 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 89.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.1%

+7.3 pp vs NH · 2nd of 10

Median gross rent

$1,167

−$324 vs NH · 9th of 10

Owner-occupied

21,097

Renter-occupied

5,240

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $89,101/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $31,847/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 22,765 56.1%
• Democratic 17,469 43.1%
• Other / third-party 316 0.8%

• French, Haitian, or Cajun 625 1.0%
• Spanish 525 0.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 205 0.3%
• Tagalog 138 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 117 0.2%
• Vietnamese 47 0.1%
• Korean 43 0.1%

Households

26,337

Family households

17,709

67.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,900

22.0% of families

Single-mother families

1,001

5.7% of families

Veterans

5,191

9.7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 10,353 16.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 6,080 9.5%
• Mainline Protestant 3,851 6.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 968 1.5%
• Orthodox 35 0.1%

Health insured

94.1%

±1 pp

Uninsured

5.9%

±1 pp

5th of 10

With a disability

15.0%

±1.3 pp

4th of 10

Bachelor's or higher

33.6%

±1.7 pp

−7.0 pp vs NH · 8th of 10

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.4%

90% interval 5.7%–7.1% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Belknap County Superior Court

Judges

1 (New Hampshire Superior Court Justice, approximate primary/resident assignment per county branch. NH has ~24 Justices statewide who rotate assignments among the 10 county branches under a unified bench (RSA § 491), so any given trial day's working bench may differ from this count. Hillsborough County uniquely operates two branches (Manchester / North and Nashua / South). Vintage 2026 courts.nh.gov roster.)

Court seats

Laconia

Traffic fatalities

14

26.18 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

12