diff --git a/src/metric.cpp b/src/metric.cpp
index e8a4ca9..b420c80 100644
--- a/src/metric.cpp
+++ b/src/metric.cpp
@@ -342,13 +342,20 @@ struct Gauge::State {
 struct Histogram::State {
   std::span<const double> thresholds; // Bucket boundaries (sorted,
                                       // deduplicated, sizes never change)
-  std::span<uint64_t> counts;         // Count per bucket
-  double sum;                         // Sum of observations
-  uint64_t observations;              // Total observation count
+
+  // Histogram counter data
+  struct Counters {
+    std::span<uint64_t> bucket_counts; // Count per bucket
+    double sum = 0.0;                  // Sum of observations
+    uint64_t observations = 0;         // Total observation count
+  };
+
+  Counters counters; // Main counter data
+
   std::mutex
       mutex; // Per-thread, per-histogram mutex for consistent reads/writes
 
-  State() : sum(0.0), observations(0) {}
+  State() {}
   friend struct Metric;
 };
 
@@ -499,13 +506,16 @@ struct Metric {
             assert(global_state);
 
             // Accumulate bucket counts (mutex already held)
-            for (size_t i = 0; i < instance->counts.size(); ++i) {
-              global_state->counts[i] += instance->counts[i];
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < instance->counters.bucket_counts.size();
+                 ++i) {
+              global_state->counters.bucket_counts[i] +=
+                  instance->counters.bucket_counts[i];
             }
 
             // Accumulate sum and observations
-            global_state->sum += instance->sum;
-            global_state->observations += instance->observations;
+            global_state->counters.sum += instance->counters.sum;
+            global_state->counters.observations +=
+                instance->counters.observations;
           }
           family->per_thread_state.erase(thread_it);
         }
@@ -682,7 +692,8 @@ struct Metric {
       std::memset(counts_data, 0, bucket_count * sizeof(uint64_t));
 
       ptr->thresholds = std::span<const double>(thresholds_data, bucket_count);
-      ptr->counts = std::span<uint64_t>(counts_data, bucket_count);
+      ptr->counters.bucket_counts =
+          std::span<uint64_t>(counts_data, bucket_count);
 
       // Ensure global accumulator exists for this label set
       auto &global_state = family->p->global_accumulated_values[key];
@@ -701,7 +712,7 @@ struct Metric {
 
         global_state->thresholds =
             std::span<const double>(global_thresholds_data, bucket_count);
-        global_state->counts =
+        global_state->counters.bucket_counts =
             std::span<uint64_t>(global_counts_data, bucket_count);
       }
     }
@@ -1128,11 +1139,12 @@ struct Metric {
 
           {
             std::lock_guard lock(instance->mutex);
-            for (size_t i = 0; i < instance->counts.size(); ++i) {
-              counts_snapshot[i] = instance->counts[i];
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < instance->counters.bucket_counts.size();
+                 ++i) {
+              counts_snapshot[i] = instance->counters.bucket_counts[i];
             }
-            sum_snapshot = instance->sum;
-            observations_snapshot = instance->observations;
+            sum_snapshot = instance->counters.sum;
+            observations_snapshot = instance->counters.observations;
           }
 
           for (size_t i = 0; i < bucket_count; ++i) {
@@ -1145,11 +1157,12 @@ struct Metric {
         // Add global accumulated values
         if (instruction.aggregate_histogram.global_state) {
           auto *global_state = instruction.aggregate_histogram.global_state;
-          for (size_t i = 0; i < global_state->counts.size(); ++i) {
-            total_counts[i] += global_state->counts[i];
+          for (size_t i = 0; i < global_state->counters.bucket_counts.size();
+               ++i) {
+            total_counts[i] += global_state->counters.bucket_counts[i];
           }
-          total_sum += global_state->sum;
-          total_observations += global_state->observations;
+          total_sum += global_state->counters.sum;
+          total_observations += global_state->counters.observations;
         }
 
         // Format explicit bucket counts
@@ -1411,16 +1424,16 @@ update_histogram_buckets_simd(std::span<const double> thresholds,
 }
 
 void Histogram::observe(double x) {
-  assert(p->thresholds.size() == p->counts.size());
+  assert(p->thresholds.size() == p->counters.bucket_counts.size());
 
   std::lock_guard lock(p->mutex);
 
   // Update bucket counts using SIMD
-  update_histogram_buckets_simd(p->thresholds, p->counts, x, 0);
+  update_histogram_buckets_simd(p->thresholds, p->counters.bucket_counts, x, 0);
 
   // Update sum and observation count
-  p->sum += x;
-  p->observations++;
+  p->counters.sum += x;
+  p->counters.observations++;
 }
 
 template <> Family<Counter>::Family() = default;