Compare Merrimack County, NH vs New Hampshire (NH) vs United States

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Metric	Merrimack County, NH County	New Hampshire (NH) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	155,967	1,394,868	334,922,499
Rent	$1,360	$1,491	$1,413
Year built	1977	1979	1980
Household income	$97,004	$99,031	$80,734
Per capita income	$49,044	$52,798	$44,673
Poverty rate	7.6%	7.2%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.6%	4.0%
Household size	2.5	2.4	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	42.9%	45.7%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	155,967	1,394,868	334,922,499
Adults over 25	113,343	1,019,229	230,807,303
Total households	60,901	555,822	129,227,496
Household size	2.5	2.4	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$97,004	$99,031	$80,734
Per capita income	$49,044	$52,798	$44,673
Poverty rate	7.6%	7.2%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.6%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	42.9%	45.7%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,360	$1,491	$1,413
Year built	1977	1979	1980
Households that rent	26.5%	27.2%	34.8%
Households that own	73.5%	72.8%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.8	5.6	5.5
Race
White	90.8%	87.9%	61%
Black	1.6%	1.5%	12.2%
Asian	1.5%	2.6%	6%
Two or more races	5%	6.4%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	4.7%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	97.3%	95.3%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	85.6%	83.2%	84.9%
Commute time to work	27.0 min	27.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	14.4%	16.8%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	21.3%	21.5%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	28%	26.8%	26%
Some college or associate degree	11.8%	11.1%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	38.9%	40.6%	35.7%