Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

2024 results by precinct

31 precincts · 234,443 votes cast

Harris · D+3

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+2.9%	118,777	112,059	234,443
2020	D	+7.6%	122,344	104,625	231,659
2016	R	−0.2%	99,589	100,013	214,157
2012	D	+1.1%	102,303	99,991	205,667
2008	D	+3.7%	104,820	97,178	203,799
2004	R	−2.9%	94,121	99,724	195,247
2000	R	−1.8%	77,625	80,649	165,761
1996	D	+8.1%	71,282	59,441	146,635
1992	R	−2.0%	58,470	61,620	157,840
1988	R	−31.3%	45,799	88,261	135,778
1984	R	−41.8%	33,314	81,462	115,251
1980	R	−32.3%	31,789	68,994	115,304
1976	R	−8.0%	45,544	53,581	100,880
1972	R	−30.1%	34,739	65,274	101,377
1968	D	+3.3%	45,423	42,409	92,169
1964	D	+34.2%	60,236	29,503	89,739
1960	D	+15.1%	52,135	38,430	90,565
1956	R	−11.1%	36,234	45,248	81,528
1952	D	+0.6%	41,802	41,263	83,065
1948	D	+19.1%	41,789	28,257	70,742
1944	D	+24.0%	42,306	25,921	68,236
1940	D	+23.8%	42,580	26,201	68,781
1936	D	+19.1%	34,992	23,293	61,180
1932	D	+16.3%	32,458	23,308	56,161
1928	D	+9.2%	29,457	24,465	54,087
1924	R	−14.3%	16,002	22,098	42,773
1920	R	−10.2%	18,736	23,040	42,322
1916	D	+4.7%	10,939	9,927	21,428
1912	D	+4.0%	8,909	8,007	22,294
1908	R	−17.6%	8,701	12,568	21,938
1904	R	−17.2%	8,831	12,603	21,904
1900	R	−20.0%	8,339	12,653	21,535
1896	R	−42.1%	4,965	13,080	19,293
1892	R	−5.7%	8,785	9,875	18,963
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

2.0%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 41.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.2%

2.2%

75–84

2.8%

5.1%

65–74

5.3%

7.4%

55–64

7.4%

6.5%

45–54

6.4%

6.7%

35–44

6.4%

7.3%

25–34

6.8%

4.2%

18–24

4.0%

7.5%

5–17

7.1%

2.6%

2.5%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$103,545

Hillsborough County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.

Hillsborough County$103,545

New Hampshire$99,031

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

6.7%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

17.2%

Other Christian

6.3%

Mainline Protestant

2.1%

Non-Christian

0.7%

Baptist

0.6%

Methodist

0.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 72.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Manchester and Nashua, Hillsborough County anchors New Hampshire's urban Democratic base while its smaller towns pull the other direction, producing presidential margins that have hovered within single digits for over a decade.

The Democratic margin in Hillsborough County has rarely exceeded thirty-four points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded forty-two points. 2024 delivered the county to the Democratic candidate by three points.

Hillsborough County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 82% non-Hispanic-white share, a 7% poverty rate, and a median household income of $103,545 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rockingham County and Dutchess County.

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