Jury Pool Profile

Merrimack County, New Hampshire

Democratic +5 (2024)

Population: 155,018
Median household income: $93,944
Unemployment: 2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 141,676 91.4%
Black or African American alone 2,478 1.6%
Asian alone 2,512 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 297 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 43 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,019 0.7%
Two or more races 6,993 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,083 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.6

Under 18 28,829 18.6%
18–24 14,127 9.1%
25–44 39,100 25.2%
45–64 42,987 27.7%
65 and over 29,975 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.8%; -0.4 pp vs. state
County GDP: $13.8B; 11.56% of state
Avg. annual pay: $68,857
Establishments: 5,546

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 18,594 24.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 15,435 20.0%
Public administration 9,345 12.1%
Professional & business services 8,468 11.0%
Leisure & hospitality 7,198 9.3%
Manufacturing 5,577 7.2%
Construction 4,171 5.4%
Financial activities 3,560 4.6%
Other services 3,261 4.2%
Natural resources & mining 708 0.9%
Information 572 0.7%
Unclassified 51 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.5%
Median gross rent: $1,293
Owner-occupied: 44,426
Renter-occupied: 16,019

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 92,475 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,087 1.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,402 0.9%
Other Indo-European 1,174 0.8%
Other 806 0.5%
Slavic languages 796 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 390 0.3%
Tagalog 325 0.2%
German 275 0.2%
Chinese 197 0.1%
Korean 142 0.1%
Arabic 84 0.1%
Vietnamese 74 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 60,445
Family households: 40,359; 66.8% of households
Married w/ children: 32,762
Single-mother households: 2,155
Veterans: 10,261; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

27.5% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.1%
With a disability: 14.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 38.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Hampshire statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 20; 15.85 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 18

NHTSA FARS 2023