Merrimack County, New Hampshire

• White (non-Hispanic) 140,561 90.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,277 2.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,471 1.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,358 1.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 5,558 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 78 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 79 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 585 0.4%

• Under 18 28,657 18.4%
• 18–24 13,967 9.0%
• 25–44 39,794 25.5%
• 45–64 42,488 27.2%
• 65 and over 31,061 19.9%

Median household income

$95,305

90% interval $89,854–$100,756

−$5,059 vs NH · 3rd of 10

Below poverty line

7.5%

90% interval 6.1%–8.9%

+0.2 pp vs NH · 8th of 10

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.7%

−0.41 pp vs. state

County GDP

$13.8B

11.56% of state

Avg. annual pay

$71,003

Establishments

5,420

• Education & health services 18,748 24.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 15,262 19.9%
• Public administration 9,234 12.1%
• Professional & business services 8,363 10.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 7,208 9.4%
• Manufacturing 5,384 7.0%
• Construction 4,212 5.5%
• Financial activities 3,472 4.5%
• Other services 3,209 4.2%
• Natural resources & mining 634 0.8%
• Information 554 0.7%
• Unclassified 44 0.1%

Home ownership

73.5%

+0.7 pp vs NH · 6th of 10

Median gross rent

$1,360

−$131 vs NH · 4th of 10

Owner-occupied

44,754

Renter-occupied

16,147

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% 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, $114,976/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $30,214/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 48,181 52.1%
• Republican 43,365 46.9%
• Other / third-party 929 1.0%

• Spanish 2,110 1.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,342 0.9%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 939 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 349 0.2%
• Tagalog 235 0.2%
• Chinese 192 0.1%
• Korean 122 0.1%
• Vietnamese 60 0.0%
• Arabic 42 0.0%

Households

60,901

Family households

40,566

66.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

10,591

26.1% of families

Single-mother families

2,476

6.1% of families

Veterans

10,295

8.1% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 24,135 15.7%
• Mainline Protestant 8,297 5.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 5,682 3.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,777 2.5%
• Orthodox 310 0.2%
• Black Protestant 120 0.1%

Health insured

94.9%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

5.1%

±0.6 pp

9th of 10

With a disability

14.7%

±0.7 pp

5th of 10

Bachelor's or higher

38.9%

±1.3 pp

−1.7 pp vs NH · 5th of 10

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.6%

90% interval 5.9%–7.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Merrimack County Superior Court

Judges

3 (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

Concord

Traffic fatalities

20

15.71 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

20