Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety90#301/3,096
Economy95#152/3,143
Housing20#2,522/3,140
Health91#287/3,144
Healthcare98#65/3,143
Environment76#743/3,108
Education91#288/3,144
Infrastructure91#290/3,144
Community99#32/3,144
Leisure & amenities72#891/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Merrimack County, New Hampshire ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Homicide rate · low1.6 /100k
98/100New Hampshire 1.5 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Poor or fair health · low13.5%
97/100New Hampshire 13.9%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Child poverty rate · low7.0%
97/100New Hampshire 7.0%United States 15.5%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Lack of reliable transportation · low6.1%
97/100New Hampshire 6.1%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Food insecurity · low9.9%
97/100New Hampshire 10.1%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.2 /10k
96/100New Hampshire 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high1.80%
3/100New Hampshire 1.50%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Cost of buying a home today · high41.3%
9/100New Hampshire 36.0%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Comfortable days · low23.0%
11/100New Hampshire 22.2%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Drought exposure · high78%
16/100New Hampshire 63%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Time spent in the emergency room · high176 min
22/100New Hampshire 131 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Home price to income ratio · high3.8×
23/100New Hampshire 4.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
11% (2021) → 78% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+67 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
21.1% (Dec 2021) → 41.3% (Aug 2026)
+20 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
New business applicationsImproving
7.4 /1k (2020) → 11.4 /1k (2025)
+55%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
27.2 /100k (2021) → 14.0 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−49%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
23.0% (2020 & 2021) → 31.9% (2023 & 2024)
+8.9 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
77.3% (2010 & 2021) → 85.4% (2022 & 2024)
+8 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Merrimack County, New Hampshire improved on 11 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 18 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Property tax−0.5 points2.28% → 1.80%
Suicides−50%24.0 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Overdose deaths−50%27.9 /100k → 14.0 /100k
Unemployment−3.1 points5.9% → 2.8%
New businesses+55%7.4 /1k → 11.4 /1k

Declined1

Price / income+0.7×3.1× → 3.8×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Merrimack County, New Hampshire between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.5 /10k2020	6.2 /10k2025	+14%	Within the margin of error	64%
Average commute time	27.1 min2015-2019	26.6 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	69%
Average weekly wage	$1,1322020	$1,3652025	+21%	Improved	27%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%2015-2019	38.9%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Improved	59%
Broadband subscriptions	86.5%2015-2019	92.8%2020-2024	+6.2 points	Improved	17%
Child poverty rate	7.1%2019	7.0%2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Distance to an airport	24 mi2020	24 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	27.9 /100k2020	14.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−50%	Improved	76%
Effective property tax rate	2.28%2015-2019	1.80%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Improved	98%
Firearm deaths	11.0 /100k2020	8.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−19%	Within the margin of error	78%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−7.4%	Within the margin of error	31%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.8 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	+22%	Within the margin of error	73%
High school diploma or higher	93.2%2015-2019	94.5%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	25%
Income adjusted for local prices	$59,1162019	$77,7552024	+32%	Improved	49%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4272015-2019	0.4402020-2024	+0.013	Within the margin of error	31%
Median household income	$75,8002019	$95,3052024	+26%	Improved	54%
New business applications	7.4 /1k2020	11.4 /1k2025	+55%	Improved	64%
Pharmacies	2.8 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	−30%	Within the margin of error	15%
Poverty rate	6.4%2019	7.5%2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Property crime rate	1,034 /100k2020	814 /100k2025	−21%	Improved	28%
Public libraries	2.0 /10k2019	1.9 /10k2024	−3.8%	Within the margin of error	31%
Public transit commuters	0.3%2015-2019	0.2%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent as share of income	28.3%2015-2019	28.4%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Rent-burdened households	45.1%2015-2019	44.8%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Restaurants and bars	7.3 /10k2020	7.7 /10k2025	+6.2%	Within the margin of error	67%
Students per teacher	12.3×2019	11.8×2024	−0.5×	Little change	43%
Suicide rate	24.0 /100k2020	12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−50%	Improved	95%
Traffic deaths	10.9 /100k2015-2019	11.7 /100k2020-2024	+6.9%	Within the margin of error	46%
Unemployment rate	5.9%2020	2.8%2025	−3.1 points	Improved	65%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.3%2019	6.6%2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Violent crime rate	112 /100k2020	124 /100k2025	+11%	Within the margin of error	23%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Merrimack County, New Hampshire five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Merrimack County, New Hampshire in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Merrimack County, New Hampshire itself moved +2.4 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

155,967 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−1.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

155,967 residents

Merrimack County, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

White90%140,561
Black1.6%2,471
Hispanic or Latino2.7%4,277

Education

113,343 residents (±176)

Merrimack County, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

No high school diploma5.5%6,281
High school or GED28%31,773
Some college17%19,234

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

60,901 households (±490)

Merrimack County, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

Under $25k10%6,217
$25k–50k14%8,766
$50k–75k14%8,703
$75k–100k13%7,647
$100k–150k22%13,214
$150k–200k13%7,751
$200k or more14%8,603

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+6.2 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

60,901 households (±490)

Merrimack County, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

Own73%44,754
Rent27%16,147

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

15,634 households (±679)

Merrimack County, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

Under $75014%2,140
$750–1,00011%1,764
$1,000–1,50036%5,603

Home values

44,754 homes (±759)

Merrimack County, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

Under $150k10%4,496
$150k–250k14%6,235
$250k–400k34%15,030

Age of homes

66,497 homes (±92)

Merrimack County, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

2010 or later7.6%5,079
2000–200912%8,073
1980–199926%17,535

Size of homes

66,497 homes (±92)

Merrimack County, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

Studio2.2%1,454
1 bedroom11%7,488
2 bedrooms29%18,989

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

79,894 workers (±1,217)

Merrimack County, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

Drive alone73%58,441
Carpool8.2%6,544
Public transit0.2%†177
Walk2.8%2,268
Bike0.2%†178
Work from home14%11,508
Other1.0%778

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−7.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

68,386 workers (±1,291)

Merrimack County, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

Under 15 min25%17,400
15–29 min37%25,011
30–44 min22%14,871

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Concord, NH

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Merrimack County has 4,213 employer establishments, 269 for every 10,000 residents (1.08× the US rate of 248; 0.96× New Hampshire's), with 62,841 paid employees at an average annual pay of $60,356. The Census Bureau also counts 12,691 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,213; 12,691 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 269; US 248 · New Hampshire 280
Paid employees: 62,841
Average annual pay: $60,356; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Merrimack County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	388	24.7	1.60×More than typical	2,500	$76,259	1,208
Restaurants and other eating places	289	18.4	1.00×About typical	4,926	$25,417	56
Ambulatory health care services	250	15.9	0.76×Fewer than typical	4,271	$84,746	594
Building equipment contractors	188	12	1.99×More than typical	1,223	$75,863	241
Services to buildings and dwellings	165	10.5	1.56×More than typical	1,291	$55,726	581
Automotive repair and maintenance	131	8.4	1.66×More than typical	588	$55,796	162
Construction of buildings	127	8.1	1.07×About typical	791	$93,370	518
Full-service restaurants	124	7.9	1.03×About typical	2,444	$28,860	18
Lessors of real estate	116	7.4	0.60×Fewer than typical	777	$61,656	1,406
Landscaping services	115	7.3	2.09×More than typical	896	$62,127	210
Limited-service restaurants	107	6.8	0.85×About typical	1,699	$23,942	33
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	99	6.3	1.91×More than typical	823	$79,521	120

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 156,883 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $36.3M on contracts performed in Merrimack County, New Hampshire: $230 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $36.3M; −67% vs FY2025
Per resident: $230; US $2,007
Sole-source: 32%; US 30%
Single offer: 41%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Marshals Service$12.7M35%
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division$5M14%
Public Buildings Service$4.8M13%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$3.3M9.0%
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office$2.8M7.6%
Defense Logistics Agency$1.2M3.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1.2M3.3%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$910K2.5%

Top recipients

MERCHANTS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, LLC$12.5M34%
HADRON INDUSTRIES, INC.$8.3M23%
PRENAX INC$4.1M11%
DAE SUNG LLC$2.6M7.2%
SCHROEDER CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT INC$1.9M5.2%

Spending by fiscal year

41MFY2017
42.8MFY2018
39MFY2019
107.2MFY2020
64.7MFY2021
25.7MFY2022
44.2MFY2023
18.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Automotive repair and maintenance · 8111$12.5M34%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$8.5M23%
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services · 5192$3.4M9.3%
Facilities support services · 5612$2.6M7.3%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$2.2M6.1%
Scientific research and development services · 5417

Largest awards

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO CREATE A SINGULAR ENVIRONMENT FOR THE IRS TO DESIGN, BUILD, MODIFY, LOG, TEST, AND DEPLOY SOFTWARE, USING INFRASTRUCTURE-AS-CODE TOOLS AND PRACTICES.$49.7M
HADRON INDUSTRIES, INC.· Merrimack County, NH· IT & telecom· Mar 31, 2025 – Jul 2, 2026· 2032H525F00081
LWW BMJ SUBSCRIPTION ACCESS$18.6M
PRENAX INC· Merrimack County, NH· Professional services· Sep 20, 2022 – Aug 5, 2026· 36C77622C0133
MISSION CRITICAL NATIONAL VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SERVICE CONTRACT BPA CALL$13.1M
MERCHANTS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, LLC· Merrimack County, NH· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 25, 2025 – Sep 21, 2026· 15M10326FA4700015

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

Explore contracts in Merrimack County, New Hampshire

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.7B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Merrimack County, New Hampshire: $10,443 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.7B; +3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $10,443; US $12,975
Loan face value: $58.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$795.7M48%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$540M33%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$95.7M5.8%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$82.3M5.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$51.9M3.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$13.9M0.8%
84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$13.2M0.8%
14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$11.2M0.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY$549.4M33%
HOOKSETT, NH
CONCORD HOUSING AUTHORITY$5.5M0.3%
CONCORD, NH
COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM BELKNAP-MERRIMACK COUNTIES, INC.$5.1M0.3%
CONCORD, NH
THE CARD SAYS MOOPS LLC$4.1M0.2%
CONCORD, NH
NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE$3M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$957.2M58%
Department of Education$558.4M34%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$95.2M5.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner$12M0.7%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

1.2BFY2021
1.1BFY2022
1.4BFY2023
1.5BFY2024
1.6BFY2025
1.7BFY2026

County aggregates

64%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Explore grants in Merrimack County, New Hampshire

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Merrimack County, New Hampshire compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Merrimack County, New Hampshire
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Merrimack County, New Hampshire and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	United States
FY2017	$273	$1,436
FY2018	$284	$1,552
FY2019	$257	$1,654
FY2020	$696	$1,880
FY2021	$418	$1,810
FY2022	$165	$1,917
FY2023	$282	$2,079
FY2024	$116	$2,047
FY2025	$692	$2,165
FY2026	$230 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Merrimack County, New Hampshire and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	United States
FY2017	$50.26	$93.28
FY2018	$44.92	$105
FY2019	$32.77	$128
FY2020	-$10.04	$145
FY2021	$37.02	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Merrimack County, New Hampshire and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	United States
FY2021	$1,374	$5,748
FY2022	$426	$5,221
FY2023	$1,101	$5,364
FY2024	$741	$5,501
FY2025	$1,233	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Merrimack County, New Hampshire and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	United States
FY2021	$0	$298
FY2022	$0	$357
FY2023	$0	$301
FY2024	$0.51	$319
FY2025	-$0.51	$360
FY2026	$0

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Merrimack County, New Hampshire and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	United States
FY2021	$107	$239
FY2022	$111	$185
FY2023	$136	$229
FY2024	$142	$229
FY2025	$396	$249
FY2026	$122

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Merrimack County, New Hampshire and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	United States
FY2021	$75.85	$2,304
FY2022	$76.28	$2,197
FY2023	$78.08	$2,274
FY2024	$119	$2,267
FY2025	$69.03	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Merrimack County, New Hampshire and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	United States
FY2021	$1,096	$1,186
FY2022	$329	$465
FY2023	$16.13	$76.52
FY2024	$75.97	$120
FY2025	$116	$148
FY2026	$113

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Merrimack County, New Hampshire
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Merrimack County, New Hampshire and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	United States
2014	1.9%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/33013

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Merrimack County, New Hampshire is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Merrimack County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Concord, NH99Central county

Cities and towns in Merrimack County

Places whose residents live mostly in Merrimack County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-09
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	United States
2014	−5.7%	−4.2%
2015	−1.8%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.6%	+3.3%
2018	+7.0%	+6.8%
2019	+9.7%	+10.5%
2020	+19.7%	+19.4%
2021	+23.5%	+26.1%
2022	+32.2%	+30.6%
2023	+33.9%	+35.0%
2024	+40.0%	+41.0%
2025	+44.3%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	United States
2014	−4.0%	−5.5%
2015	−4.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.7%	+4.1%
2018	+5.9%	+8.9%
2019	+11.9%	+13.5%
2020	+19.4%	+20.8%
2021	+26.1%	+32.1%
2022	+31.8%	+35.4%
2023	+39.6%	+42.9%
2024	+46.7%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	United States
2014	2.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.9/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.9/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.4/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.3/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.8/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	United States
2014	−9.9%	−6.9%
2015	−1.7%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.6%	+4.7%
2018	+7.3%	+7.5%
2019	+9.3%	+14.0%
2020	+17.0%	+16.9%
2021	+16.6%	+21.0%
2022	+22.5%	+29.7%
2023	+31.8%	+34.9%
2024	+37.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	United States
2014	−7.1% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.1% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+13.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+19.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+35.4% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+55.9% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+77.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+90.9% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+103.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+110.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	United States
2014	3.8%	6.2%
2015	3.1%	5.3%
2016	2.6%	4.9%
2017	2.5%	4.4%
2018	2.3%	3.9%
2019	2.3%	3.7%
2020	5.9%	8.1%
2021	3.2%	5.4%
2022	2.2%	3.7%
2023	2.0%	3.6%
2024	2.3%	4.0%
2025	2.8%	4.3%

Calendar years	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	United States
2014	9.5%	15.5%
2015	8.3%	14.7%
2016	7.4%	14.0%
2017	7.3%	13.4%
2018	7.0%	13.1%
2019	6.4%	12.3%
2020	6.7%	11.9%
2021	8.7%	12.8%
2022	7.4%	12.6%
2023	7.7%	12.5%
2024	7.5%	12.1%

Calendar years	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	—	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	— (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	United States
2014	10.6%	13.5%
2015	7.5%	10.9%
2016	7.1%	10.0%
2017	7.5%	10.2%
2018	6.9%	10.4%
2019	7.3%	10.8%
2020	8.0%	10.4%
2021	6.4%	10.2%
2022	6.9%	9.5%
2023	5.7%	9.5%
2024	6.6%	9.8%

Calendar years	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	United States
2014	5.3/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.5/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	9.3/1k	9.8/1k
2018	12.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.4/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.0/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.8/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	11.4/1k	16.6/1k

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