Tri-County Community Action Program, Inc.
Helping people, changing lives... in the North Country of New Hampshire

The North Country of NH
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Most Tri-County CAP programs operate in the northern three

counties of New Hampshire, Carroll, Coös and Grafton.

 

 Guardianship Services and our Alcohol and Other Drug Projects

serve NH residents statewide.

 

The chart below (updated 12/06 with the most current US Census

Bureau data available) gives an overview of Northern NH.

For additional County-by-County information, as well as

information for specific cities and towns, visit the US Census

web pages for Carroll County, Coös County, or Grafton County.

  Area in Square Miles Population (2005 est.) Pop. per Square Mile Median Household Money Income (2003) Percent of Population (2000)
Below Poverty Level (2003)

Under Age 18

(2004)

Over Age 65

(2004)

Over Age 25 With
No High School Diploma Bachelor Degree
Carroll 934 47,439 51 $ 43,159 7.3 20.5 17.9 11.8 26.5
Coös 1,800 33,511 19 $ 33,593 9.7 20.5 18.0 23.1 11.9
Grafton 1,713 84,169 49 $ 41,962 7.2 20.0 13.8 12.3 32.7
NH State 8,968 1,299,500 144 $ 49,467 6.4 23.5 12.1 12.6 28.7

 

The 3 northern counties of NH include 4,447 sq. miles, 49.6 % of the state's area.

They are home to 165,119 people, 12.7% of the state's population.

A more detailed look at demographic information pertaining to the northern
3 counties of NH is available in Adobe Reader (.PDF) format* here (12/06 edition).

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