Just the facts

Population by county
	2005	2004
Chittenden	149,613	149,286
Rutland	63,743	63,616
Washington	59,478	59,068
Windsor	58,028	58,023
Franklin	47,914	47,556
Windham	44,143	44,284
Bennington	36,999	36,956
Addison	36,965	36,865
Caledonia	30,440	30,464
Orange	29,287	29,189
Orleans	27,640	27,372
Lamoille	24,495	24,418
Grand Isle	7,703	7,643
Essex	6,602	6,654
Statewide (49th in the United States)	623,050	621,394
Area (43rd in nation)	9,276 square miles
Burlington (largest city)	2005: 38,531
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)
Government
Capital:	Montpelier
Governor:	James Douglas (R)
Legislature:	150 representatives, 30 senators
Non-farm businesses by county
	2004	2003
Addison	1,160	1,111
Bennington	1,538	1,534
Caledonia	951	943
Chittenden	5,461	5,291
Essex	144	130
Franklin	1,104	1,056
Grand Isle	191	166
Lamoille	1,022	954
Orange	840	782
Orleans	873	847
Rutland	2,360	2,314
Washington	2,329	2,248
Windham	1,871	1,824
Windsor	2,252	2,198
Statewide	22,096	21,398
(Private, non-farm establishments with paid employees. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Labor force by county
	2005	2003	Unemp. Rate 2005
Addison	21,550	21,750	3.3%
Bennington	20,150	20,450	3.6
Caledonia	16,800	15,900	3.8
Chittenden	88,750	94,000	3.1
Essex	3,350	2,950	3.7
Franklin	26,250	25,800	3.8
Grand Isle	4,300	4,050	4.9
Lamoille	14,950	13,050	3.8
Orange	16,550	16,650	3.2
Orleans	14,450	13,500	5.0
Rutland	36,250	32,300	3.6
Washington	34,700	34,250	3.6
Windham	25,050	23,300	3.4
Windsor	32,900	32,750	2.9
Statewide	355,900	350,700	3.5
(Not seasonally adjusted. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Vermont Department of Employment & Training)
Per capita income
	2004	2003
Vermont	$31,780	30,146
United States	33,050	31,484
Vermont percentage
of National	96%	96%
(Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis-Estimate)
Per capita income per county
County	2004	2003
Addison	$29,774	$28,410
Bennington	33,027	31,583
Caledonia	26,186	24,930
Chittenden	37,204	35,382
Essex	19,608	18,596
Franklin	27,077	25,846
Grand Isle	30,944	29,630
Lamoille	30,902	29,181
Orange	27,017	25,778
Orleans	25,560	24,324
Rutland	30,638	28,627
Washington	32,768	31,009
Windham	31,521	29,780
Windsor	32,716	30,842
(Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis)