Carroll County, New Hampshire

Carroll County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 43,666. Its is.

Carroll County was created in and organized at Ossipee from towns removed from. It was named in honor of, who had died in 1832, the last surviving signer of the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,570 (992 ). 2,419 km² (934 sq mi) of it is land and 151 km² (58 sq mi) of it (5.89%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 43,666 people, 18,351 households, and 12,313 families residing in the county. The was 18/km² (47/sq mi). There were 34,750 housing units at an average density of 14/km² (37/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.22%, 0.17% or , 0.28% , 0.38% , 0.01% , 0.17% from , and 0.77% from two or more races. 0.48% of the population were or  of any race. 96.5% spoke and 1.6%  as their first language.

There were 18,351 households out of which 27.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.30% were living together, 7.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.90% were non-families. 26.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.82.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.60% under the age of 18, 5.30% from 18 to 24, 26.50% from 25 to 44, 27.70% from 45 to 64, and 17.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 96.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $39,990, and the median income for a family was $46,922. Males had a median income of $31,811 versus $23,922 for females. The for the county was $21,931. About 5.50% of families and 7.90% of the population were below the, including 10.00% of those under age 18 and 6.70% of those age 65 or over.

Cities, towns, villages, and unincorporated places*
* '' In New Hampshire, locations, grants, townships (which are different from towns), and purchases are unincorporated portions of a county which are not part on any town and have limited self-government (if any, as many are uninhabited). Villages are census divisions of towns or cities, but have no separate corporate existence from the municipality they are located in.''
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