County Comparisons – Government Employees

by Joe Swyers • 10/12/03

The following tables are the employees in the major sectors and, most importantly, the number or percentages of government employees.

Number of employees (or self-employed) in each sector

County	Total	Pvt for profit	Pvt No profit	Self Empl.	Unpaid family	Local Gov't	State Gov't	Fed Gov't	Total Gov't
Coos	15,686	10,670	1,313	1,116	30	1,466	794	297	2,557
Sullivan	20,483	13,860	1,919	1,974	84	1,854	460	332	2,646
Carroll	21,418	13,874	1,687	3,093	95	1,866	438	365	2,669
Belknap	28,848	19,062	2,239	2,989	154	2,464	1,520	420	4,404
Cheshire	38,065	26,691	3,325	3,268	63	3,036	1,135	547	4,718
Grafton	42,329	25,272	7,193	3,934	104	3,252	1,582	992	5,826
Strafford	59,534	42,674	4,211	3,539	121	4,040	3,128	1,821	8,989
Merrimack	70,851	45,972	7,079	5,437	238	5,526	5,331	1,268	12,125
Rockingham	151,291	112,224	9,402	11,609	321	10,104	3,705	3,926	17,735
Hillsborough	202,366	153,551	14,357	12,561	295	12,999	3,465	5,138	21,602

% of employees (or self-employed) in each sector

COUNTY	Total	Pvt for profit	Pvt No profit	Self Empl.	Unpaid family	Local Gov't	State Gov't	Fed Gov't	Total Gov't
Hillsborough	202,366	75.9%	7.1%	6.2%	0.1%	6.4%	1.7%	2.5%	10.7%
Rockingham	151,291	74.2%	6.2%	7.7%	0.2%	6.7%	2.4%	2.6%	11.7%
Cheshire	38,065	70.1%	8.7%	8.6%	0.2%	8.0%	3.0%	1.4%	12.4%
Carroll	21,418	64.8%	7.9%	14.4%	0.4%	8.7%	2.0%	1.7%	12.5%
Sullivan	20,483	67.7%	9.4%	9.6%	0.4%	9.1%	2.2%	1.6%	12.9%
Grafton	42,329	59.7%	17.0%	9.3%	0.2%	7.7%	3.7%	2.3%	13.8%
Strafford	59,534	71.7%	7.1%	5.9%	0.2%	6.8%	5.3%	3.1%	15.1%
Belknap	28,848	66.1%	7.8%	10.4%	0.5%	8.5%	5.3%	1.5%	15.3%
Coos	15,686	68.0%	8.4%	7.1%	0.2%	9.3%	5.1%	1.9%	16.3%
Merrimack	70,851	64.9%	10.0%	7.7%	0.3%	7.8%	7.5%	1.8%	17.1%

Government Employees