BLS LAUS · August 2026 preliminary · not seasonally adjusted
New Hampshire Unemployment Rate by County
New Hampshire statewide was 2.8% in August 2026, against 3.2% in August 2025; the United States was 4.3% on the same basis. The 10 counties and equivalents below are listed alphabetically, each with its August 2026 rate and the change from August 2025. They are not ranked: county estimates carry model error BLS does not publish, so an order would compare noise.
10 areas · rate August 2026 · change from August 2025
- Belknap County2.5% · −0.5 pts
- Carroll County2.3% · −0.5 pts
- Cheshire County3.0% · −0.2 pts
- Coos County2.7% · −0.3 pts
- Grafton County2.5% · −0.4 pts
- Hillsborough County3.0% · −0.4 pts
- Merrimack County2.5% · −0.4 pts
- Rockingham County2.9% · −0.4 pts
- Strafford County2.6% · −0.3 pts
- Sullivan County2.4% · −0.5 pts