New Hampshire Bank Stress by County

Bank stress across New Hampshire is among the most pressured in the country: counties average 68/100, 3rd of 52 states.

44 banks lend across 10 New Hampshire counties.

8 of New Hampshire's 10 counties score 65+, peaking at 96/100.

Most stressed in New Hampshire: Cheshire County 74/100, Strafford County 73/100, Merrimack County 71/100, Grafton County 70/100, Belknap County 70/100.

17 banks are chartered in New Hampshire with $16.8 billion in New Hampshire assets; 1 New Hampshire banks reported a net loss (New Hampshire) on the latest call report; 13 banks on New Hampshire alerts score 70 or higher; 15 New Hampshire counties carry a bank area-distress alert.

Largest New Hampshire-chartered banks by assets: Mascoma Bank $3.0 billion (stress 86); Bank Of New Hampshire $2.8 billion (stress 63); Bank Of New England $1.8 billion (stress 24) in New Hampshire; Meredith Village Sb $1.6 billion (stress 81); Merrimack County Sb $1.4 billion (stress 85).

Reading the New Hampshire bank figures: a New Hampshire bank's stress score comes from its own New Hampshire FDIC call report (capital, earnings, New Hampshire real-estate loan concentration), so 1 loss-making New Hampshire charters and 13 New Hampshire banks at 70 or higher are read from New Hampshire filings directly; the New Hampshire county pages map each lender's New Hampshire branches to the New Hampshire counties it exposes.