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Merrimack, New Hampshire

Score 7.02 / 10· population 157,103

Merrimack County holds Concord, where the state legislature meets, and health care and social assistance employed the most residents, 12,575 in 2020-2024. The typical homeowner paid $6,783 a year in property tax over that span, more than twice the US median of $3,119, though the median home was worth only about a tenth more than the national one. In 2024 the county gave Donald Trump 43,364 of 92,978 presidential votes, 46.6%, against 47.9% statewide.

Sources
  • The General Court of New Hampshire, the state legislature, is at 107 North Main Street, Concord, NH 03301. gc.nh.gov
  • In the New Hampshire Secretary of State's official 2024 general election presidential results, Concord's ten wards are listed under Merrimack County. sos.nh.gov
  • Health care and social assistance was the largest industry for Merrimack County residents, employing 12,575 people (Data USA labels this 2024; it is the 2020-2024 ACS five-year estimate). datausa.io
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year: in Merrimack County the median real estate taxes paid were $6,783 and the median home value was $367,600. api.censusreporter.org
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year: in the United States the median real estate taxes paid were $3,119 and the median home value was $332,700. api.censusreporter.org
  • Computed from the two ACS 2020-2024 rows above: Merrimack County's median tax bill ($6,783) is 2.17 times the US median ($3,119), and its median home value ($367,600) is 10.5% above the US median ($332,700). api.censusreporter.org
  • Official 2024 general election results: Merrimack County cast 48,181 votes for Harris, 43,364 for Trump, 520 for Oliver, 409 for Stein and 504 write-ins, so Trump received 43,364 of 92,978 presidential votes (46.6%). sos.nh.gov
  • Official 2024 general election results: statewide, Trump received 395,523 of 826,189 presidential votes (418,488 Harris, 4,425 Oliver, 3,680 Stein, 4,073 write-ins), or 47.9%. sos.nh.gov

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.3
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President4.7
  4. Sales tax10.0
  5. Property tax1.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.4

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.0
  2. Life expectancy8.9
  3. Government employees6.7
  4. Single-parent households8.2

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