Coos County, New Hampshire: Heartland Swing county. In 2024, voted R+14%. Republican peak: R+43 in 1984.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+14MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Heartland SwingAkashic typology
- Population
- 31,2712024 5-year
- Median household income
- $57,6772024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+42 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+43 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Cortland County, NY · similarity 0.95
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Coos CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Coos County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +4.3% |
| 1896 | −35.8% |
| 1900 | −16.1% |
| 1904 | −19.5% |
| 1908 | −19.1% |
| 1912 | +5.3% |
| 1916 | +7.8% |
| 1920 | −10.1% |
| 1924 | −13.0% |
| 1928 | −13.5% |
| 1932 | +4.9% |
| 1936 | +12.7% |
| 1940 | +20.6% |
| 1944 | +16.8% |
| 1948 | +6.1% |
| 1952 | −11.9% |
| 1956 | −32.3% |
| 1960 | +14.6% |
| 1964 | +42.2% |
| 1968 | +9.3% |
| 1972 | −23.4% |
| 1976 | +2.0% |
| 1980 | −27.4% |
| 1984 | −42.7% |
| 1988 | −27.3% |
| 1992 | +8.1% |
| 1996 | +17.6% |
| 2000 | −5.2% |
| 2004 | +2.6% |
| 2008 | +18.3% |
| 2012 | +17.5% |
| 2016 | −8.9% |
| 2020 | −5.9% |
| 2024 | −13.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 7,367 | 9,734 | 17,322 | ||
| R | 7,640 | 8,617 | 16,544 | ||
| R | 6,563 | 7,952 | 15,627 | ||
| D | 9,095 | 6,342 | 15,699 | ||
| D | 9,532 | 6,558 | 16,259 | ||
| D | 8,585 | 8,143 | 16,925 | ||
| R | 6,570 | 7,329 | 14,600 | ||
| D | 7,191 | 4,703 | 14,137 | ||
| D | 6,559 | 5,271 | 15,804 | ||
| R | 4,981 | 8,763 | 13,840 | ||
| R | 4,004 | 10,013 | 14,057 | ||
| R | 4,749 | 8,724 | 14,520 | ||
| D | 7,385 | 7,094 | 14,638 | ||
| R | 5,829 | 9,468 | 15,563 | ||
| D | 8,261 | 6,822 | 15,497 | ||
| D | 11,956 | 4,863 | 16,819 | ||
| D | 10,455 | 7,797 | 18,252 | ||
| R | 5,871 | 11,465 | 17,338 | ||
| R | 7,848 | 9,975 | 17,823 | ||
| D | 7,930 | 7,005 | 15,165 | ||
| D | 8,709 | 6,209 | 14,922 | ||
| D | 10,100 | 6,650 | 16,750 | ||
| D | 8,737 | 6,737 | 15,694 | ||
| D | 7,928 | 7,189 | 15,205 | ||
| R | 6,006 | 7,891 | 13,931 | ||
| R | 4,620 | 6,137 | 11,651 | ||
| R | 4,985 | 6,114 | 11,228 | ||
| D | 3,247 | 2,762 | 6,246 | ||
| D | 2,229 | 1,938 | 5,501 | ||
| R | 2,216 | 3,294 | 5,646 | ||
| R | 2,241 | 3,343 | 5,659 | ||
| R | 2,436 | 3,383 | 5,894 | ||
| R | 1,489 | 3,253 | 4,928 | ||
| D | 2,639 | 2,419 | 5,108 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
French
16.5%
English
15.9%
Irish
13.9%
American
6.4%
German
6.0%
Italian
5.6%
Scottish
3.6%
African American
1.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 50.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$57,677
Coos County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Coos County$57,677
New Hampshire$99,031
United States$80,734
Coos County ranks near the middle of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.3%
Working age (18–64)12.9%
Seniors (65+)10.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.4%
speak English only
Other Indo-European5.8%
Spanish1.5%
Other languages0.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Once a Democratic stronghold anchored by paper-mill towns, Coos County has moved consistently toward Republican presidential candidates since 2000, reflecting broader working-class realignment in rural New England's most sparsely populated corner.
The Democratic margin here peaked at forty-two points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved eight points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fourteen points.
A population of 31,271, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,677 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cortland County and Isabella County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Coos County, New Hampshire vote in 2024?
In 2024, Coos County, New Hampshire voted Republican by 13.7 points (R+14), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 17,322 votes cast, 7,367 went Democratic and 9,734 went Republican.
What is Coos County, New Hampshire's political typology?
Akashic places Coos County, New Hampshire in the "Heartland Swing" typology — Industrial Midwest swing counties drifting steadily toward the Republican Party. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 17 times, and other 0 times.
When did Coos County, New Hampshire last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Coos County, New Hampshire voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Coos County, New Hampshire?
Coos County, New Hampshire has a population of 31,271 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Coos County, New Hampshire?
Median household income in Coos County, New Hampshire is $57,677 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Hampshire state median is $99,031.
What is the political history of Coos County, New Hampshire?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Coos County, New Hampshire from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The county's typology — "Heartland Swing" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.