Merrimack County, New Hampshire

Merrimack County is a in the  of. In the population was 136,225. Its is. The of New Hampshire is located in Merrimack County, in the town of.

Merrimack County was organized at in, and is named for the. It was formed by removing towns from northern and. In its original scope was somewhat reduced by the creation of.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,477 (956 ). 2,420 km² (934 sq mi) of it is land and 57 km² (22 sq mi) of it (2.31%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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 * (south)
 * (west)
 * (northwest)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 136,225 people, 51,843 households, and 35,460 families residing in the county. The was 56/km² (146/sq mi). There were 56,244 housing units at an average density of 23/km² (60/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.08%, 0.54% or , 0.23% , 0.86% , 0.02% , 0.23% from , and 1.04% from two or more races. 1.00% of the population were or  of any race. 94.2% spoke, 2.9% and 1.1%  as their first language.

There were 51,843 households out of which 33.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.90% were living together, 9.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.60% were non-families. 24.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.90% under the age of 18, 8.10% from 18 to 24, 30.60% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 12.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 97.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $48,522, and the median income for a family was $56,842. Males had a median income of $37,722 versus $27,207 for females. The for the county was $23,208. About 4.10% of families and 5.90% of the population were below the, including 6.60% of those under age 18 and 5.70% of those age 65 or over.

Cities, towns, and villages*
*  Villages are census divisions, but have no separate corporate existence from the towns they are in.
 *  (a village of Concord)
 *  (a village of Hooksett)
 *  (a village of Hopkinton)
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 *  (a village of Pembroke)
 *  (a village of Concord)
 *  (a village of Hooksett)
 *  (a village of Hopkinton)
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 *  (a village of Pembroke)
 *  (a village of Hooksett)
 *  (a village of Hopkinton)
 * See also: 
 *  (a village of Pembroke)
 *  (a village of Hooksett)
 *  (a village of Hopkinton)
 * See also: 
 *  (a village of Pembroke)
 *  (a village of Hopkinton)
 * See also: 
 *  (a village of Pembroke)
 * See also: 
 *  (a village of Pembroke)
 *  (a village of Pembroke)
 *  (a village of Pembroke)