Coos County, New Hampshire

• White (non-Hispanic) 28,750 91.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 741 2.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 631 2.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 45 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 906 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 46 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 151 0.5%

• Under 18 5,014 16.0%
• 18–24 1,888 6.0%
• 25–44 6,857 21.9%
• 45–64 9,360 29.9%
• 65 and over 8,152 26.1%

Median household income

$59,499

90% interval $54,352–$64,646

−$40,865 vs NH · 10th of 10

Below poverty line

13.8%

90% interval 11.3%–16.3%

+6.5 pp vs NH · 1st of 10

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.05 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.8B

1.52% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,154

Establishments

1,036

• Leisure & hospitality 2,340 19.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,276 19.4%
• Education & health services 1,886 16.1%
• Professional & business services 717 6.1%
• Public administration 642 5.5%
• Financial activities 272 2.3%
• Other services 9 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 69.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.2%

+1.4 pp vs NH · 5th of 10

Median gross rent

$876

−$615 vs NH · 10th of 10

Owner-occupied

10,396

Renter-occupied

3,606

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 55% 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 (Public administration, $91,709/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $33,328/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 9,731 56.5%
• Democratic 7,355 42.7%
• Other / third-party 144 0.8%

• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,508 5.0%
• Spanish 457 1.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 35 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 22 0.1%
• Korean 13 0.0%
• Arabic 9 0.0%
• Chinese 8 0.0%
• Tagalog 4 0.0%
• Vietnamese 1 0.0%

Households

14,002

Family households

8,097

57.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,549

19.1% of families

Single-mother families

541

6.7% of families

Veterans

2,707

10.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 6,133 19.6%
• Mainline Protestant 1,529 4.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,295 4.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,128 3.6%
• Orthodox 20 0.1%

Health insured

92.3%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

7.7%

±1.1 pp

1st of 10

With a disability

21.9%

±1.7 pp

1st of 10

Bachelor's or higher

20.1%

±1.5 pp

−20.5 pp vs NH · 10th of 10

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.3%

90% interval 7.3%–9.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Coos 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

Lancaster

Traffic fatalities

2

7.62 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2