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Public libraries in New Hampshire

203 public libraries in New Hampshire, 14th among the states. Public library systems in the IMLS Public Libraries Survey run by a city, county, library district, school district, tribe or other government (nonprofit association libraries are not included).

Public libraryCityCountyLibrarians (FTE)
Nashua Public LibraryNashuaHillsborough16
Manchester City LibraryManchesterHillsborough15.5
George H. and Ella M. Rodgers Memorial LibraryHudsonHillsborough14.68
Concord Public LibraryConcordMerrimack14.59
Kelley LibrarySalemRockingham12.94
Lebanon Public LibraryLebanonGrafton11.43
Derry Public LibraryDerryRockingham11.29
Keene Public LibraryKeeneCheshire10.18
Portsmouth Public LibraryPortsmouthRockingham10.13
Dover Public LibraryDoverStrafford9.25
Exeter Public LibraryExeterRockingham9
Laconia Public LibraryLaconiaBelknap9
Merrimack Public LibraryMerrimackHillsborough9
Nesmith LibraryWindhamRockingham9
Bedford Public LibraryBedfordHillsborough8.25
Rochester Public LibraryRochesterStrafford8.13
Wiggin Memorial LibraryStrathamRockingham8.1
Howe LibraryHanoverGrafton7.6
Rye Public LibraryRyeRockingham7.25
William Y. Wadleigh Memorial LibraryMilfordHillsborough7.03
Hooksett Public LibraryHooksettMerrimack7
Lane Memorial LibraryHamptonRockingham6.56
Leach LibraryLondonderryRockingham6.45
Peterborough Town LibraryPeterboroughHillsborough6.2
Gilford Public LibraryGilfordBelknap6.08
Goffstown Public LibraryGoffstownHillsborough6
Pelham Public LibraryPelhamHillsborough6
Barrington Public LibraryBarringtonStrafford5.75
Goodwin LibraryFarmingtonStrafford5.7
Hampstead Public LibraryHampsteadRockingham5.63
Conway Public LibraryConwayCarroll5.48
Plaistow Public LibraryPlaistowRockingham5.28
Seabrook LibrarySeabrookRockingham5.05
Amherst Town LibraryAmherstHillsborough5
Fiske Free LibraryClaremontSullivan5
Meredith Public LibraryMeredithBelknap5
Moultonborough Public LibraryMoultonboroughCarroll5
Pease Public LibraryPlymouthGrafton5
Baker Free LibraryBowMerrimack4.74
Abbott LibrarySunapeeSullivan4.63
Tracy Memorial LibraryNew LondonMerrimack4.63
Kimball LibraryAtkinsonRockingham4.48
Weare Public LibraryWeareHillsborough4.4
Newmarket Public LibraryNewmarketRockingham4.25
Mary E. Bartlett LibraryBrentwoodRockingham3.78
Hall Memorial LibraryNorthfieldMerrimack3.65
Littleton Public LibraryLittletonGrafton3.63
Sandown Public LibrarySandownRockingham3.63
Hollis Social LibraryHollisHillsborough3.5
Oscar Foss Memorial LibraryCenter BarnsteadBelknap3.4
Berlin Public LibraryBerlinCoos3.38
North Hampton Public LibraryNorth HamptonRockingham3.38
Chester Public LibraryChesterRockingham3.3
Minot-Sleeper LibraryBristolGrafton3.3
Harvey-Mitchell Memorial LibraryEppingRockingham3.25
Colby Memorial LibraryDanvilleRockingham3.23
Brookline Public LibraryBrooklineHillsborough3.1
Kingston Community LibraryKingstonRockingham3.1
Ingalls Memorial LibraryRindgeCheshire3.08
Lee Public LibraryLeeStrafford3
Richards Free LibraryNewportSullivan3
James A. Tuttle LibraryAntrimHillsborough2.95
Blaisdell Memorial LibraryNottinghamRockingham2.93
Cook Memorial LibraryTamworthCarroll2.9
Chesley Memorial LibraryNorthwoodRockingham2.88
Durham Public LibraryDurhamStrafford2.81
Fuller Public LibraryHillsboroHillsborough2.75
Hopkinton Town LibraryContoocookMerrimack2.7
Daland Memorial LibraryMont VernonHillsborough2.68
Dunbar Free LibraryGranthamSullivan2.68
Elkins Public LibraryCanterburyMerrimack2.68
Ossipee Public LibraryCenter OssipeeCarroll2.63
Wolfeboro Public LibraryWolfeboroCarroll2.63
Langdon LibraryNewingtonRockingham2.6
Gilman LibraryAltonBelknap2.55
Dudley-Tucker LibraryRaymondRockingham2.5
Hampton Falls Free LibraryHampton FallsRockingham2.5
Walpole Town LibraryWalpoleCheshire2.5
Pillsbury Free LibraryWarnerMerrimack2.43
Aaron Cutler Memorial LibraryLitchfieldHillsborough2.4
Chesterfield Public LibraryChesterfieldCheshire2.4
Maxfield Public LibraryLoudonMerrimack2.4
Newbury Public LibraryNewburyMerrimack2.33
Chamberlin Free Public LibraryGreenvilleHillsborough2.3
Fitzwilliam Town LibraryFitzwilliamCheshire2.25
Sanbornton Public LibrarySanborntonBelknap2.25
Samuel H. Wentworth LibraryCenter SandwichCarroll2.2
Canaan Town LibraryCanaanGrafton2.13
Mt. Caesar Union LibrarySwanzeyCheshire2.1
Dublin Public LibraryDublinCheshire2
East Kingston Public LibraryEast KingstonRockingham2
Enfield Public LibraryEnfieldGrafton2
Holderness LibraryHoldernessGrafton2
Philbrick-James LibraryDeerfieldRockingham2
Somersworth Public LibrarySomersworthStrafford2
Weeks Public LibraryGreenlandRockingham2
G.E.P. Dodge LibraryBenningtonHillsborough1.93
Hill LibraryStraffordStrafford1.9
Griffin Free Public LibraryAuburnRockingham1.88
Kensington Social & Public LibraryKensingtonRockingham1.88
Pembroke Town LibraryPembrokeMerrimack1.88
Bethlehem Public LibraryBethlehemGrafton1.85
Freedom Public LibraryFreedomCarroll1.84
Belmont Public LibraryBelmontBelknap1.8
Boscawen Public LibraryBoscawenMerrimack1.8
Gorham Public LibraryGorhamCoos1.8
Tuftonboro Free LibraryCtr. TuftonboroCarroll1.8
William D. Weeks Memorial LibraryLancasterCoos1.8
Epsom Public LibraryEpsomMerrimack1.75
Hancock Town LibraryHancockHillsborough1.75
Silsby Free Public LibraryCharlestownSullivan1.75
Taylor LibraryEast DerryRockingham1.75
Whitefield Public LibraryWhitefieldCoos1.75
Chichester Town LibraryChichesterMerrimack1.61
Paul Memorial LibraryNewfieldsRockingham1.6
Converse Free LibraryLymeGrafton1.55
Fremont Public LibraryFremontRockingham1.5
Gay-Kimball LibraryTroyCheshire1.5
Wilton Public & Gregg Free LibraryWiltonHillsborough1.5
George Holmes Bixby Memorial LibraryFrancestownHillsborough1.45
Ashland Town LibraryAshlandGrafton1.43
Gale LibraryNewtonRockingham1.38
Sutton Free LibrarySutton MillsMerrimack1.38
Madison LibraryMadisonCarroll1.33
Mansfield Public LibraryTempleHillsborough1.3
Josiah Carpenter LibraryPittsfieldMerrimack1.25
Smyth Public LibraryCandiaRockingham1.25
Hanover Town LibraryEtnaGrafton1.18
Gilmanton Year-Round Library AssociationGilmantonBelknap1.15
Madbury Public LibraryMadburyStrafford1.08
Bath Public LibraryBathGrafton1.05
Milton Free Public LibraryMilton MillsStrafford1.03
Byron G. Merrill LibraryRumneyGrafton1
Colebrook Public LibraryColebrookCoos1
Franklin Public LibraryFranklinMerrimack1
Frost Free LibraryMarlboroughCheshire1
J.A. Tarbell LibraryLyndeboroughHillsborough1
Jaffrey Public LibraryJaffreyCheshire1
Lincoln Public LibraryLincolnGrafton1
New Durham Public LibraryNew DurhamStrafford1
Stephenson Memorial LibraryGreenfieldHillsborough1
Thornton Public LibraryThorntonGrafton1
Tucker Free LibraryHennikerMerrimack1
Whipple Free LibraryNew BostonHillsborough1
Shedd-Porter Memorial LibraryAlsteadCheshire0.98
Hinsdale Public LibraryHinsdaleCheshire0.93
Shedd Free LibraryWashingtonSullivan0.93
Philip Read Memorial LibraryPlainfieldSullivan0.9
Abbie Greenleaf LibraryFranconiaGrafton0.88
Dunbarton Public LibraryDunbartonMerrimack0.88
Effingham Public LibraryEffinghamCarroll0.88
Jackson Public LibraryJacksonCarroll0.88
New Castle Public LibraryNew CastleRockingham0.88
Westmoreland Public LibraryWestmorelandCheshire0.86
Wilmot Public LibraryWilmotMerrimack0.81
Bartlett Public LibraryBartlettCarroll0.8
Brown Memorial LibraryBradfordMerrimack0.8
Hill Public LibraryHillMerrimack0.8
Lisbon Public LibraryLisbonGrafton0.8
Stratton Free LibraryWest SwanzeyCheshire0.8
Davis Public LibraryStoddardCheshire0.75
James E. Nichols Memorial LibraryCenter HarborBelknap0.75
Monroe Public LibraryMonroeGrafton0.75
Harrisville Public LibraryHarrisvilleCheshire0.73
Moosilauke Public LibraryWoodstockGrafton0.73
Mason Public LibraryMasonHillsborough0.7
Piermont Public LibraryPiermontGrafton0.68
Webster Memorial LibraryWentworthGrafton0.67
New Ipswich LibraryNew IpswichHillsborough0.63
Acworth Silsby Public LibraryAcworthSullivan0.6
Rollinsford Public LibraryRollinsfordStrafford0.6
Campton Public LibraryCamptonGrafton0.58
Richmond Public LibraryRichmondCheshire0.58
South Hampton Free Public LibrarySouth HamptonRockingham0.58
Webster Free Public LibraryWebsterMerrimack0.58
Allenstown Public LibraryAllenstownMerrimack0.55
Olivia Rodham Memorial LibraryNelsonCheshire0.55
Andover Public LibraryAndoverMerrimack0.53
Stratford Public LibraryStratfordCoos0.53
Haverhill Library AssociationHaverhillGrafton0.5
Joseph Patch LibraryWarrenGrafton0.5
Libbie A. Cass Memorial LibrarySpringfieldSullivan0.5
Northumberland Public LibraryGrovetonCoos0.5
Richardson Memorial LibrarySugar HillGrafton0.5
Salisbury Free LibrarySalisburyMerrimack0.48
Errol Public LibraryErrolCoos0.45
Hebron Public LibraryHebronGrafton0.45
Marc A. Hurzeler, M.D. LibraryJeffersonCoos0.45
Randolph Public LibraryRandolphCoos0.45
Sullivan Public LibrarySullivanCheshire0.43
Milan Public LibraryMilanCoos0.4
Thayer Public LibraryAshuelotCheshire0.4
Twin Mountain Public LibraryTwin MountainCoos0.4
George H. Stowell Free LibraryCornish FlatSullivan0.38
Gilsum Public LibraryGilsumCheshire0.38
Woodsville Free Public LibraryWoodsvilleGrafton0.38
Dalton Public LibraryDaltonCoos0.36
Marlow Town LibraryMarlowCheshire0.35
William Adams Bachelder LibraryEast AndoverMerrimack0.35
Orford Free LibraryOrfordGrafton0.34
Miner Memorial LibraryLempsterSullivan0.3
George Gamble LibraryDanburyMerrimack0.25
Dummer Public LibraryDummerCoos0.15

Largest first by librarians (FTE), as each employer reports it to its federal registry.

Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, Fiscal Year 2024. Data captured October 2, 2026.

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