Most densely populated in New Hampshire

New Hampshire counties and cities ranked by population density.

This page ranks the counties and cities of New Hampshire by population density — which have the most people per square mile, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Hillsborough County leads at 485/sq mi.

Among cities & places, Durham leads at 3,496/sq mi.

Counties

#	Name	People / sq mi
1	Hillsborough County	485/sq mi
2	Rockingham County	456/sq mi
3	Strafford County	359/sq mi
4	Merrimack County	166/sq mi
5	Belknap County	160/sq mi
6	Cheshire County	109/sq mi
7	Sullivan County	81/sq mi
8	Carroll County	55/sq mi
9	Grafton County	54/sq mi
10	Coos County	17/sq mi

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	People / sq mi
1	Durham	3,496/sq mi
2	Manchester	3,490/sq mi
3	Nashua	2,956/sq mi
4	Pinardville	2,756/sq mi
5	Newmarket	2,545/sq mi
6	Hudson	2,311/sq mi
7	Exeter	2,255/sq mi
8	Henniker	2,033/sq mi
9	Hampton Beach	2,031/sq mi
10	Hanover	1,884/sq mi
11	Hampton	1,829/sq mi
12	Milford	1,559/sq mi
13	East Merrimack	1,443/sq mi
14	Portsmouth	1,426/sq mi
15	Suncook	1,364/sq mi
16	Derry	1,352/sq mi
17	New London	1,259/sq mi
18	Dover	1,237/sq mi
19	Somersworth	1,230/sq mi
20	Gorham	1,214/sq mi
21	Union	1,139/sq mi
22	Pittsfield	1,119/sq mi
23	Ashland	1,064/sq mi
24	Amherst	1,041/sq mi
25	Tilton Northfield	1,011/sq mi
26	Londonderry	1,007/sq mi
27	Belmont	999/sq mi
28	Hooksett	993/sq mi
29	Meredith	990/sq mi
30	Goffstown	987/sq mi
31	Charlestown	923/sq mi
32	Whitefield	902/sq mi
33	Alton	889/sq mi
34	North Walpole	876/sq mi
35	Seabrook Beach	868/sq mi
36	South Hooksett	861/sq mi
37	Laconia	856/sq mi
38	Troy	851/sq mi
39	Jaffrey	848/sq mi
40	Plymouth	830/sq mi
41	Hillsborough	813/sq mi
42	Newfields	800/sq mi
43	Lancaster	761/sq mi
44	Sanbornville	759/sq mi
45	Woodsville	750/sq mi
46	Enfield	744/sq mi
47	Rochester	730/sq mi
48	Concord	691/sq mi
49	Wilton	685/sq mi
50	Bethlehem	671/sq mi
51	Epping	653/sq mi
52	Keene	618/sq mi
53	Farmington	600/sq mi
54	Raymond	599/sq mi
55	Contoocook	595/sq mi
56	Hinsdale	595/sq mi
57	West Stewartstown	594/sq mi
58	Bennington	557/sq mi
59	Marlborough	548/sq mi
60	Conway	544/sq mi
61	Bristol	538/sq mi
62	Bradford	502/sq mi
63	Center Ossipee	502/sq mi
64	Littleton	498/sq mi
65	Peterborough	491/sq mi
66	Hancock	480/sq mi
67	West Swanzey	476/sq mi
68	Milton	473/sq mi
69	Winchester	468/sq mi
70	Colebrook	437/sq mi
71	Warner	425/sq mi
72	Groveton	423/sq mi
73	Plainfield	410/sq mi
74	New Boston	382/sq mi
75	Newport	368/sq mi
76	Walpole	367/sq mi
77	Lebanon	366/sq mi
78	Loudon	358/sq mi
79	Blodgett Landing	351/sq mi
80	Lincoln	348/sq mi
81	North Conway	335/sq mi
82	Greenville	322/sq mi
83	Franklin	319/sq mi
84	North Woodstock	319/sq mi
85	Wolfeboro	308/sq mi
86	Claremont	303/sq mi
87	Canaan	300/sq mi
88	Antrim	284/sq mi
89	Lisbon	250/sq mi
90	Klondike Corner	236/sq mi
91	New Hampton	224/sq mi
92	Center Sandwich	215/sq mi
93	Suissevale	209/sq mi
94	North Haverhill	206/sq mi
95	Melvin Village	199/sq mi
96	Berlin	154/sq mi
97	Milton Mills	146/sq mi
98	Francestown	146/sq mi
99	Bartlett	146/sq mi
100	Mountain Lakes	142/sq mi

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