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Merrimack County
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county in New Hampshire, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Hampshire
- Named after
- Merrimack River
- Seat
- Concord
- Largest city
- Concord
- Total
- 955.0 sq mi (2,473 km )
- Land
- 932.9 sq mi (2,416 km )
- Water
- 22.1 sq mi (57 km ) 2.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 158,078
- Density
- 169.2/sq mi (65.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 1st , 2nd
- Website
- www .merrimackcounty .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Merrimack River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- New Hampshire
- Contains
- Northfield
- Capital
- Concord
- Population
- 153808
- Area
- 2477
- Shares border with
- Belknap County
- Official website
- www.merrimackcounty.net
- Image
- ConcordNH MerrimackCountyCourthouse 02.jpg
- Households
- 59209
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- Commons category
- Merrimack County, New Hampshire
- topic's main category
- Category:Merrimack County, New Hampshire
- inception
- 1823-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Merrimack County, New Hampshire
- different from
- Merrick County
- water as percent of area
- 2.3
- native label
- Merrimack County
- per capita income
- 38213
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Encyclopedic overview
Merrimack County is a county in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 153,808, making it the third most populous county in New Hampshire. Its county seat is Concord, the state capital. The county was organized in 1823 from parts of Hillsborough and Rockingham counties, and is named for the Merrimack River. Merrimack County comprises the Concord, NH Micropolitan Statistical Area, which in turn constitutes a portion of the Boston–Worcester–Providence, MA–RI–NH–CT Combined Statistical Area. In 2010, the center of population of New Hampshire was located in Merrimack County, in the town of Pembroke.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Merrimack County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.