Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Cheshire County population, land area and income

Cheshire County had 78,078 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 706.7 square miles of land. It ranks 6th of 10 in New Hampshire by population and 6th by land area. That works out to 110.5 people per square mile, near the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in New Hampshire has 85,562 residents, about the same as Cheshire County.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $84,008 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Cheshire County's population changed since 2020

Cheshire County gained 1,536 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 2.0%. That ranks 8th of 10 in New Hampshire for growth. The median New Hampshire county changed by +2.3%, and the state as a whole by +2.2%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Cheshire County recorded 2,722 births and 3,649 deaths, a natural change of -927. Net international migration added +242 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +2,250. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 2,250 people.

Where Cheshire County is

The Census internal point of Cheshire County is at 42.925500, -72.248200. It sits in UTM zone 18N. The map shades New Hampshire's 10 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Cheshire County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Cheshire County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Cheshire County, 23,036 people together, or 30% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Cheshire County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Keene with 23,036.

Counties bordering Cheshire County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Cheshire County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Worcester County, MA, with 881,248 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• MA

  Worcester County, MA

  881,248 people

  45 mi SSE

• Hillsborough County

  430,462 people

  27 mi E

• MA

  Franklin County, MA

  70,871 people

  29 mi SW

• VT

  Windham County, VT

  45,627 people

  24 mi WNW

• Sullivan County

  44,012 people

  30 mi N

Distance to Concord and the nearest big city

Concord is 40.8 miles ENE of Cheshire County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Manchester, NH (population 116,386), 40.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Keene, NH (population 23,036), 3.5 miles away.

Cheshire County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Cheshire County is 33005: state code 33 for New Hampshire plus county code 005. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $84,008.