† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLaconia, NHNew HampshireUnited States
Irish22.7%20.6%9.4%
English21.3%18.3%9.5%
French13.3%10.5%1.6%
German8.1%8.6%12.5%
Italian7.9%9.8%4.8%
French Canadian7.4%7.2%—
Scottish4.3%2.1%1.3%
American3.9%4.2%5.3%
Puerto Rican0.8%1.4%1.8%
Mexican0.7%0.8%11.3%
Colombian0.2%0.2%0.4%
Spanish0.2%0.2%—
Filipino0.4%0.3%0.9%
Asian Indian0.2%0.7%1.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Laconia, NH
New Hampshire
United States
Median age
48.4
43.5
39.1
Age 18–24
6.4%
8.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.9%
20.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Laconia, NH
New Hampshire
United States
Median household income
$92,783
$99,031
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.5%
7.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
33.6%
40.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Laconia, NH
New Hampshire
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.5%
8.0%
22.3%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.0%
1.2%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Laconia, NH
New Hampshire
United States
Catholic
16.3%
16.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
9.2%
4.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
66.5%
72.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.0%
4.1%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Laconia, NH
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−3.6%
1896
−52.2%
1900
−25.3%
1904
−23.3%
1908
−25.6%
1912
+2.6%
1916
−5.4%
1920
−23.7%
1924
−29.6%
1928
−29.4%
1932
−10.3%
1936
−9.3%
1940
−3.9%
1944
−7.5%
1948
−30.2%
1952
−43.6%
1956
−51.9%
1960
−23.8%
1964
+15.2%
1968
−26.3%
1972
−42.5%
1976
−23.0%
1980
−41.6%
1984
−49.7%
1988
−36.9%
1992
−8.7%
1996
−1.4%
2000
−15.2%
2004
−11.9%
2008
+1.2%
2012
−5.0%
2016
−16.5%
2020
−10.4%
2024
−13.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
42.9%Harris17,469
56.0%Trump22,765
1.1%
R+13.0
R+2.6
R+11.5
40,676
R
43.9%Biden16,894
54.3%Trump20,899
1.8%
R+10.4
D+6.1
R+14.9
38,479
R
38.6%Clinton13,517
55.1%Trump19,315
6.3%
R+16.5
R+11.6
R+18.6
35,045
R
46.9%Obama15,890
51.9%Romney17,571
1.3%
R+5.0
R+6.1
R+8.8
33,887
D
50.2%Obama16,796
49.0%McCain16,402
0.8%
D+1.2
D+13.1
R+6.1
33,465
R
43.6%Kerry14,080
55.5%Bush17,920
0.9%
R+11.9
D+3.3
R+9.4
32,298
R
40.0%Gore10,719
55.2%Bush14,799
4.8%
R+15.2
R+13.8
R+15.7
26,795
R
43.8%Clinton10,345
45.2%Dole10,685
11.0%
R+1.4
D+7.2
R+10.0
23,616
R
33.5%Clinton8,405
42.2%Bush10,578
24.3%
R+8.7
D+28.2
R+14.2
25,090
R
31.0%Dukakis6,603
67.9%Bush14,454
1.0%
R+36.9
D+12.8
R+29.2
21,280
R
24.9%Mondale4,743
74.6%Reagan14,200
0.4%
R+49.7
R+8.1
R+31.5
19,027
R
23.5%Carter4,365
65.1%Reagan12,077
11.3%
R+41.6
R+18.6
R+31.8
18,546
R
37.8%Carter6,143
60.8%Ford9,876
1.4%
R+23.0
D+19.5
R+25.0
16,249
R
28.3%McGovern4,610
70.7%Nixon11,536
1.0%
R+42.5
R+16.2
R+19.3
16,312
R
35.1%Humphrey4,942
61.4%Nixon8,642
3.5%
R+26.3
R+41.5
R+25.6
14,071
D
57.6%Johnson8,024
42.4%Goldwater5,908
0.0%
D+15.2
D+39.0
R+7.4
13,932
R
38.1%Kennedy5,630
61.9%Nixon9,156
0.0%
R+23.8
D+28.1
R+24.0
14,786
R
24.0%Stevenson3,131
75.9%Eisenhower9,902
0.0%
R+51.9
R+8.3
R+36.5
13,038
R
28.2%Stevenson3,755
71.8%Eisenhower9,567
0.0%
R+43.6
R+13.5
R+32.9
13,322
R
34.6%Truman3,822
64.8%Dewey7,152
0.6%
R+30.2
R+22.7
R+34.6
11,039
R
46.2%Roosevelt5,325
53.7%Dewey6,188
0.0%
R+7.5
R+3.6
R+15.0
11,515
R
48.0%Roosevelt5,653
52.0%Willkie6,115
0.0%
R+3.9
D+5.4
R+13.9
11,768
R
44.7%Roosevelt5,150
54.0%Landon6,219
1.3%
R+9.3
D+1.1
R+33.5
11,522
R
44.7%Roosevelt4,911
55.0%Hoover6,048
0.3%
R+10.3
D+19.0
R+28.1
10,988
R
35.3%Smith3,689
64.6%Hoover6,762
0.1%
R+29.4
D+0.2
R+11.9
10,462
R
34.2%Davis3,217
63.8%Coolidge5,996
2.0%
R+29.6
R+5.8
R+4.4
9,399
R
38.0%Cox3,464
61.7%Harding5,628
0.3%
R+23.7
R+18.4
D+2.4
9,115
R
46.2%Wilson2,310
51.6%Hughes2,579
2.2%
R+5.4
R+7.9
R+8.5
5,001
D
39.4%Wilson1,862
36.8%Taft1,741
23.8%
D+2.6
D+28.2
R+17.0
4,728
R
35.4%Bryan1,692
61.1%Taft2,916
3.5%
R+25.6
R+2.4
R+16.1
4,775
R
37.0%Parker1,761
60.3%Roosevelt2,867
2.7%
R+23.3
D+2.1
R+3.6
4,754
R
36.0%Bryan1,819
61.3%McKinley3,099
2.7%
R+25.3
D+26.8
R+17.8
5,054
R
20.5%Bryan978
72.7%McKinley3,465
6.8%
R+52.2
R+48.5
R+46.1
4,768
R
46.9%Cleveland2,472
50.6%Harrison2,663
2.5%
R+3.6
—
R+5.3
5,267
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
44.4%13,669
53.9%16,591
30,797
2020
D
49.2%18,704
48.7%18,536
38,051
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+19.9
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+13.0
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 6.9 points more Republican.
46,879 registered voters · 2026
Democratic21.3%Republican41.2%Unaffiliated37.5%
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+415 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +5,609 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Laconia, NH in Laconia, NH: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+135
2012
+137
2013
−147
2014
+143
2015
+198
2016
+491
2017
+348
2018
+498
2019
+432
2021
+1,201
2022
+467
2023
+738
2024
+553
2025
+415
Laconia anchors the Lakes Region, a tourism-driven economy that has trended more Republican than the state median — the 2024 presidential margin of R+14.4 sat roughly 20 points to the right of New Hampshire's overall result.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 15.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 52.2 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.0 points.
A population of 64,659, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $92,783 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Glens Falls, NY and Concord, NH.
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In 2024, Laconia, NH, New Hampshire voted Republican by 13.0 points (R+13.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 40,676 votes cast, 17,469 went Democratic and 22,765 went Republican.
When did Laconia, NH, New Hampshire last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Laconia, NH, New Hampshire voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Laconia, NH, New Hampshire?
Laconia, NH, New Hampshire has a population of 64,659 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Laconia, NH, New Hampshire?
Median household income in Laconia, NH, New Hampshire is $92,783 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Hampshire state median is $99,031.
What is the political history of Laconia, NH, New Hampshire?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Laconia, NH, New Hampshire from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 31 went Republican.
