Coos County, New Hampshire (NH)

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• • 29,35893.3%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6962.2%Two or more races
  • 6372.0%Hispanic or Latino
  • 5371.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1610.5%Asian alone
  • 590.2%Some other race alone
  • 40.01%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $241,655

Here:	$241,655
State:	$491,479

Townhouses or other attached units: $431,348

Here:	$431,348
State:	$361,001

In 2-unit structures: $202,937

Here:	$202,937
State:	$368,847

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $301,182

Here:	$301,182
State:	$575,942

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $411,054

Here:	$411,054
State:	$274,068

Mobile homes: $86,091

Here:	$86,091
State:	$124,817

Health of residents in Coos County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2021:

Health of residents in Coos County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $3,391 (1.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $3,180 (1.7%)

Area name: Coos County, NH
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Coos County is $447 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $525 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $737 a month.

Cities in this county include: Berlin, Northumberland, Colebrook, Gorham, Lancaster, Milan, Groveton, Whitefield, Stewartstown, Jefferson.

2023 air pollution in Coos County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.041 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Above U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Oxford County, Maine , Day County, South Dakota .

Current college students: 932
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 933 (54.9% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1952010 or later
• 1392000 to 2009
• 791990 to 1999
• 1141980 to 1989
• 1121970 to 1979
• 904Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 96.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 14,397
• One, attached: 330
• Two: 1,273
• 3 or 4: 1,164
• 5 to 9: 709
• 10 to 19: 279
• 20 to 49: 367
• 50 or more: 77
• Mobile homes: 1,972
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 17

Housing units in Coos County with a mortgage: 4,232 (356 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 301 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 217

Religion statistics for Coos County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Coos County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• New Hampshire Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4516-NH: April 3, 2020, FEMA Id: 4516, Natural disaster type: Other
• New Hampshire Severe Storm And Flooding, Incident Period: October 29, 2017 - November 1, 2017, FEMA Id: 4355, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New Hampshire Severe Storms And Flooding, Incident Period: July 1, 2017 - July 2, 2017, FEMA Id: 4329, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New Hampshire Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to October 31, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3360: October 30, 2012, FEMA Id: 3360, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New Hampshire Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4095: November 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 4095, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New Hampshire Severe Storm, Incident Period: October 29, 2011 to October 30, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3344: November 01, 2011, FEMA Id: 3344, Natural disaster type: Storm
• New Hampshire Tropical Storm Irene, Incident Period: August 26, 2011 to September 06, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4026: September 03, 2011, FEMA Id: 4026, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• New Hampshire Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 26, 2011 to May 30, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4006: July 22, 2011, FEMA Id: 4006, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New Hampshire Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 11, 2008 to December 23, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1812: January 02, 2009, FEMA Id: 1812, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• New Hampshire Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 11, 2008 to December 23, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3297: December 13, 2008, FEMA Id: 3297, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 12 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.68% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($68,110 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.21% relocated from other counties in New Hampshire ($23,175 average AGI)
4.47% relocated from other states ($44,936 average AGI)

Coos County:	4.47%
New Hampshire average:	4.81%

from Grafton County, NH	0.96% ($44,872 average AGI)
from Hillsborough County, NH	0.66% ($50,326)
from Rockingham County, NH	0.46% ($87,667)
from Merrimack County, NH	0.37% ($57,708)
from Middlesex County, MA	0.28% ($91,649)
from Carroll County, NH	0.26% ($38,118)
from Essex County, VT	0.22% ($39,862)

5.52% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($64,721 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.02% relocated to other counties in New Hampshire ($26,926 average AGI)
3.50% relocated to other states ($37,795 average AGI)

Coos County:	3.50%
New Hampshire average:	3.93%

to Grafton County, NH	0.78% ($39,909 average AGI)
to Hillsborough County, NH	0.31% ($39,667)
to Merrimack County, NH	0.27% ($49,912)
to Essex County, VT	0.24% ($55,467)
to Caledonia County, VT	0.20% ($56,960)
to Carroll County, NH	0.18% ($41,087)
to Rockingham County, NH	0.17% ($38,524)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 12.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 13.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.0

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Coos County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 6,740 (2,254 living alone), Female householders: 7,184 (2,450 living alone)

• 6,278 spouses (6,146 opposite-sex spouses), 1,639 unmarried partners, (1,590 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 6,286 children (5,675 natural, 75 adopted, 553 stepchildren), 589 grandchildren, 162 brothers or sisters, 213 parents, 3 foster children, 264 other relatives, 572 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,865

Size of family households: 4,542 2-persons, 1,865 3-persons, 1,179 4-persons, 443 5-persons, 56 6-persons, 98 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,711 1-person, 995 2-persons, 53 3-persons, 1 4-persons, 5 5-persons.

2,707 married couples with children.
1,429 single-parent households (439 men, 990 women).

91.4% of residents of Coos speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
6.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $242,890,000 ($7,248 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $12,040,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $109,367,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $53,508,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $223,000
Federal grants: $62,810,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,920,000 ($220,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $15,063,000 ($7,017,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,860,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $14,587,000
Federal Government insurance: $16,790,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.79 millions of gallons per day (28% from ground, 72% from surface)

• Year house built in Coos County, New Hampshire
• 392020 or later
• 8732010 to 2019
• 2,2612000 to 2009
• 1,8921990 to 1999
• 2,5701980 to 1989
• 2,4291970 to 1979
• 1,2631960 to 1969
• 1,9051950 to 1959
• 1,0201940 to 1949
• 6,1861939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Coos County, New Hampshire

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Coos County, New Hampshire
• 601 room
• 642 rooms
• 6543 rooms
• 1,1854 rooms
• 2,4475 rooms
• 2,2376 rooms
• 1,3337 rooms
• 1,0158 rooms
• 1,2679+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Coos County, New Hampshire
• 1091 room
• 3132 rooms
• 8603 rooms
• 1,0234 rooms
• 7065 rooms
• 4016 rooms
• 1267 rooms
• 828 rooms
• 979+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Coos County, New Hampshire

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Coos County, New Hampshire
• 85no bedroom
• 5071 bedroom
• 2,8152 bedrooms
• 4,9783 bedrooms
• 1,4284 bedrooms
• 4165+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Coos County, New Hampshire
• 115no bedroom
• 1,3121 bedroom
• 1,4102 bedrooms
• 7153 bedrooms
• 1474 bedrooms
• 335+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Coos County, New Hampshire in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Coos County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 438no vehicle
• 3,1341 vehicle
• 4,6302 vehicles
• 1,4373 vehicles
• 4964 vehicles
• 1385+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Coos County in renter-occupied apartments
• 626no vehicle
• 2,1761 vehicle
• 7932 vehicles
• 1433 vehicles
• 24 vehicles
• 55+ vehicles

88.2% of Coos County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in New Hampshire.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 17,743
• Other state: 12,799
• Northeast: 9,711
• Midwest: 853
• South: 1,469
• West: 786

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 796
• Number of aged recipients: 38
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 758
• Number of recipients under 18: 83
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 607
• Number of recipients older than 64: 106
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 326
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 350

Coos County on our top lists:

• #7 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #26 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #30 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"
• #69 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the worst general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #75 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"