Merrimack County, NH Census Data

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

New hampshire



Merrimack County, New Hampshire

People QuickFactsMerrimack CountyNew Hampshire
Population, 2005 estimate 146,8811,309,940
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 7.8%6.0%
Population, 2000 136,2251,235,786
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 5.3%5.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 22.6%23.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 12.4%12.5%
Female persons, percent, 2005 50.7%50.7%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)96.8%96.1%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.7%1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.3%0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.2%1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.0%0.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 1.0%1.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)1.3%2.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 95.7%94.1%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 55.6%55.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 3.2%4.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 6.4%8.3%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 88.2%87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 29.1%28.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 21,217193,893
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 24.325.3
Housing units, 2005 60,571583,324
Homeownership rate, 2000 69.5%69.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 26.6%26.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $117,900$133,300
Households, 2000 51,843474,606
Persons per household, 2000 2.512.53
Median household income, 2003 $51,446$52,409
Per capita money income, 1999 $23,208$23,844
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 6.3%6.4%
Business QuickFactsMerrimack CountyNew Hampshire
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 4,24338,8431
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 56,829551,0011
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 2.0%0.8%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 11,269103,075
Total number of firms, 2002 13,782125,388
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.6%1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 26.3%24.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 1,282,48715,235,144
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 2,197,83313,741,876
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 2,056,72020,830,057
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $14,503$16,330
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 172,7952,082,145
Building permits, 2005 8317,586
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 1,026,5377,958,5181
Geography QuickFactsMerrimack CountyNew Hampshire
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 9348,968
Persons per square mile, 2000 145.9137.8
FIPS Code 01333
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Concord, NH Micro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:05:31 EST
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