Counties in New Hampshire by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)

Grafton County had the highest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI) of 10 counties in 2001, at 87.3%. Coos County had the lowest, at 50.5%. The median was 74.2%. Source: EPA.

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Highest87.3Grafton County
Lowest50.5Coos County
Median74.210 counties

Map of counties, 2001

Belknap County: 67.7 %Carroll County: 77.5 %Cheshire County: 71.4 %Coos County: 50.5 %Grafton County: 87.3 %Hillsborough County: 72.3 %Merrimack County: 72.7 %Rockingham County: 77.3 %Strafford County: 81.5 %Sullivan County: 75.6 %
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%, 2001. Source: Invokely calculation with data from EPA. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2001

Grafton County: 87.3 %Grafton County87.3Strafford County: 81.5 %Strafford County81.5Carroll County: 77.5 %Carroll County77.5Rockingham County: 77.3 %Rockingham County77.3Sullivan County: 75.6 %Sullivan County75.6Merrimack County: 72.7 %Merrimack County72.7Hillsborough County: 72.3 %Hillsborough County72.3Cheshire County: 71.4 %Cheshire County71.4Belknap County: 67.7 %Belknap County67.7Coos County: 50.5 %Coos County50.5Grafton County: 87.3 %Grafton County87.3Strafford County: 81.5 %Strafford County81.5Carroll County: 77.5 %Carroll County77.5Rockingham County: 77.3 %Rockingham County77.3Sullivan County: 75.6 %Sullivan County75.6Merrimack County: 72.7 %Merrimack County72.7Hillsborough County: 72.3 %Hillsborough County72.3Cheshire County: 71.4 %Cheshire County71.4Belknap County: 67.7 %Belknap County67.7Coos County: 50.5 %Coos County50.5
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from EPA. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2001 (%)Change on 2000
1Grafton County87.3-8.3 pts
2Strafford County81.5-11.8 pts
3Carroll County77.5-17.8 pts
4Rockingham County77.3-5.1 pts
5Sullivan County75.6-11.1 pts
6Merrimack County72.7-8.6 pts
7Hillsborough County72.3-5.6 pts
8Cheshire County71.4-14.1 pts
9Belknap County67.7+14.4 pts
10Coos County50.5-13.4 pts

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About this ranking

Days with a daily Air Quality Index of 0 to 50 (good) as a percentage of the days of the year with an AQI in a US county. Calculated by Invokely from the day counts in the EPA AirData annual summaries; both counts are stored with each value.

United States counties with air quality monitors only, about 1,000 of some 3,100 in recent years; a county without monitors has no value. The number of days with an AQI differs between counties because some monitors run only in the ozone season.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2026). EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts (Counties in New Hampshire by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2001) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual

MLA 9

EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts, Counties in New Hampshire by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2001. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 13 July 2026, https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/new-hampshire-counties?period=2001. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2026. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. Counties in New Hampshire by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2001. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/new-hampshire-counties?period=2001.

Harvard

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2026) EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts, Counties in New Hampshire by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2001 [Dataset]. Available at: https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/new-hampshire-counties?period=2001 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)?

Grafton County, with 87.3% in 2001, according to EPA.

Which county has the lowest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)?

Coos County, with 50.5% in 2001.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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