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1876–2024
Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Rockingham County·New Hampshire

Rockingham County votes the way the country votes.

Once reliably red, now a single-digit swing county on the Seacoast

18762024·38 elections
Rockingham County, New Hampshire · Carol M. Highsmith · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+2
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
319,082
2024 ACS
Most similar
Carroll County
NH · similarity 0.94
37 precincts · 202,929 votes cast
Trump · R+2
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−2.4%
97,615102,542202,929
2020D
+2.1%
100,06495,858199,342
2016R
−5.8%
79,99490,447181,434
2012R
−4.6%
80,14287,921170,423
2008D
+1.1%
83,72381,917167,093
2004R
−4.2%
75,43782,069158,816
2000R
−3.2%
61,62865,860134,173
1996D
+6.6%
53,64446,201113,248
1992R
−2.5%
44,31747,353123,806
1988R
−27.9%
35,77564,034101,405
1984R
−38.4%
25,55757,58683,440
1980R
−30.5%
21,71245,96079,474
1976R
−9.8%
30,05136,73868,130
1972R
−27.3%
21,99838,82561,541
1968R
−14.6%
21,19528,84252,456
1964D
+16.6%
27,25619,49846,754
1960R
−24.3%
17,06328,03245,095
1956R
−46.9%
10,19828,22638,442
1952R
−37.2%
12,04026,28038,320
1948R
−22.3%
11,93718,89031,128
1944R
−13.1%
13,17017,14430,316
1940R
−7.4%
14,00116,22330,224
1936R
−11.5%
12,20715,46628,249
1932R
−13.4%
11,36314,90226,405
1928R
−38.6%
7,78217,59025,425
1924R
−39.8%
6,07314,53021,237
1920R
−35.2%
6,58213,81120,525
1916R
−2.0%
5,6375,86611,665
1912D
+0.7%
4,3064,23111,270
1908R
−23.9%
4,1186,81411,293
1904R
−24.5%
4,3207,21611,835
1900R
−21.3%
4,7197,36312,419
1896R
−43.0%
2,9927,88111,369
1892R
−3.3%
5,9616,38012,571
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%
English
0.9%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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.
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
19.1%
Other Christian
3.7%
Mainline Protestant
2.5%
Baptist
1.1%
Methodist
1.0%
Non-Christian
0.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Rockingham's mix of affluent coastal towns and fast-growing suburban commuter corridors has compressed its Republican margins steadily over two decades, making it a bellwether for statewide outcomes in New Hampshire.

The Democratic margin in Rockingham County has rarely exceeded seventeen points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded forty-seven points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by two points.

Rockingham County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 91% non-Hispanic-white share, a 5% poverty rate, and a median household income of $118,331 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Carroll County and Hillsborough County.