# Counties in New Hampshire by poverty rate, 2024

All 10 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People living in families or alone with income below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status can be determined. United States: Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE), all ages.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/official-poverty-rate/new-hampshire-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/official-poverty-rate/new-hampshire-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Coos County | 13.8 |
| 2 | Grafton County | 9.6 |
| 3 | Sullivan County | 8.7 |
| 4 | Strafford County | 8.6 |
| 5 | Belknap County | 8.5 |
| 6 | Cheshire County | 8.2 |
| 7 | Carroll County | 7.9 |
| 8 | Merrimack County | 7.5 |
| 9 | Hillsborough County | 7 |
| 10 | Rockingham County | 5.3 |