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Unemployment Rate in New Hampshire, by County

Unemployment Rate for every county in New Hampshire, ranked. The highest is Carroll County at 5.1% and the lowest is Sullivan County at 3.1%.

New Hampshire: 3.3% · United States: 5.2% · median county in New Hampshire: 3.2%

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#County Unemployment Rate
1Carroll County5.1%
2Coos County4.3%
3Rockingham County3.6%
4Strafford County3.5%
5Cheshire County3.3%
6Grafton County3.2%
7Belknap County3.1%
8Hillsborough County3.1%
9Merrimack County3.1%
10Sullivan County3.1%

Small populations produce wide margins: Sullivan County is 3.1% with a margin of error of ±0.9%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of the civilian labour force who are out of work and looking. People not looking for work are excluded from the denominator.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

New Hampshire ranks 48th of 52 states for unemployment rate.

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