Coos County, New Hampshire Demographics

Coos County is 1st in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Income below poverty line

Coos County is 1st in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Coos County is 1st in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Size in square miles

Coos County is 2nd in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Race - White

Coos County is 2nd in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Coos County is 2nd in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Coos County is 5th in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Race - Two or More

Coos County is 6th in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Home ownership rate

Coos County is 6th in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Coos County is 6th in New Hampshire out of 10 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	Coos County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Current population (2012)	32,096	10th	1,320,718	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,794.7	1st	8,952.6	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	18.4	10th	147	87.4

Age Demographics
	Coos County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Residents younger than 5	4.2%	9th	5.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	17.9%	8th	20.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.8%	2nd	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Coos County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.5%	10th	91.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.4%	10th	33.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Coos County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Race - White	97.1%	2nd	94.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	8th	1.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	1st	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	9th	2.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	6th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	5th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	8th	3.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.0%	2nd	91.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Coos County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Female residents	48.9%	10th	50.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.1%	7th	5.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Coos County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Housing units	21,443	10th	617,704	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	21.6%	6th	25.4%	25.9%
Households	14,860	10th	514,869	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.8%	6th	72.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$133,200	10th	$250,000	$186,200
People per household	2.2	10th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	70	9th	2,296	829,658

Income Demographics
	Coos County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Income per capita	$23,580	10th	$32,357	$27,915
Income per household	$41,087	10th	$64,664	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.0%	1st	8.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Coos County	Rank	New Hampshire	US
Non-farm private establishments	891	10th	37,031	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	9,606	10th	554,001	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,470	10th	137,815	27,092,908
Retail sales	$602,906	9th	$25,353,874	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,656	6th	$19,246	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$85,674	9th	$2,630,968	$613,795,732