Carroll County, New Hampshire

Infobox U.S. County
county = Carroll County
state = New Hampshire




map size = 100
founded = 1840
seat = Ossipee | area_total_sq_mi =992
area_land_sq_mi =934
area_water_sq_mi =58
area percentage = 5.89%
census yr = 2000
pop = 43666
density_km2 =18
web =
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Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of 2000, the population was 43,666. Its county seat is OssipeeGR|6.

Carroll County was created in 1840 and organized at Ossipee from towns removed from Strafford County. It was named in honor of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, who had died in 1832, the last surviving signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of convert|992|sqmi|km2|sigfig=3. convert|934|sqmi|km2|abbr=on|sigfig=3 of it is land and convert|58|sqmi|km2|abbr=on|sigfig=3 of it (5.89%) is water.

Adjacent counties

*Coos County (north)
*Oxford County, Maine (northeast)
*York County, Maine (southeast)
*Strafford County (south)
*Belknap County (southwest)
*Grafton County (west)

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 43,666 people, 18,351 households, and 12,313 families residing in the county. The population density was 18/km² (47/sq mi). There were 34,750 housing units at an average density of 14/km² (37/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.22% White, 0.17% Black or African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.17% from other races, and 0.77% from two or more races. 0.48% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 22.5% were of English, 15.6% Irish, 10.5% American, 9.7% French, 6.7% German, 5.8% Italian and 5.2% Scottish ancestry according to Census 2000. 96.5% spoke English and 1.6% French as their first language.

There were 18,351 households out of which 27.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.30% were married couples living together, 7.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.90% were non-families. 26.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.82.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.60% under the age of 18, 5.30% from 18 to 24, 26.50% from 25 to 44, 27.70% from 45 to 64, and 17.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 96.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $39,990, and the median income for a family was $46,922. Males had a median income of $31,811 versus $23,922 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,931. About 5.50% of families and 7.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.00% of those under age 18 and 6.70% of those age 65 or over.

Cities, towns, villages, and unincorporated places*

*Albany
*Bartlett
*Brookfield
*Chatham
*Conway
**North Conway (a village of Conway)
*Eaton
*Effingham
*Freedom
*Hale's Location
*Hart's Location
*Jackson
*Madison
*Moultonborough
*Ossipee
*Sandwich
*Tamworth
*Tuftonboro
**Melvin Village (a village of Tuftonboro)
*Wakefield
*Wolfeboro*" In New Hampshire, locations, grants, townships (which are different from towns), and purchases are unincorporated portions of a county which are not part on any town and have limited self-government (if any, as many are uninhabited). Villages are census divisions of towns or cities, but have no separate corporate existence from the municipality they are located in."

References

External links

* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NH/Carroll/districts.html National Register of Historic Places listing for Carroll Co., New Hampshire]