People QuickFacts	Essex County	Vermont
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	6,226	626,011
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	6,306	625,741
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-1.3%	Z
 	Population, 2010    	6,306	625,741
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	4.5%	5.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	18.4%	20.1%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	19.8%	15.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	49.3%	50.7% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	97.4%	95.5%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.3%	1.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.6%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.3%	1.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.0%	Z
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.3%	1.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	1.1%	1.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	96.5%	94.2% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	91.0%	86.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	4.3%	3.9%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	8.2%	5.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	83.0%	91.0%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	15.2%	33.8%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	791	51,981
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	25.6	21.7 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	5,032	324,389
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	83.2%	71.4%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	6.9%	23.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$126,000	$213,000
 	Households, 2007-2011    	2,808	256,711
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.25	2.34
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$20,641	$28,376
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$37,679	$53,422
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	16.2%	11.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	Essex County	Vermont
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	122	21,190
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	503	264,208
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	7.0%	0.0%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	552	59,945 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	479	78,729
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	S
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	S
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.6%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	23.8%	26.0% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	62,793	10,751,461
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	5,121,694
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	15,031	9,310,119
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$2,325	$15,005
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,090	1,367,630
 	Building permits, 2012    	5	1,301

   	Geography QuickFacts	Essex County	Vermont
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	663.60	9,216.66
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	9.5	67.9
 	FIPS Code    	009	50
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Berlin, NH-VT Micro Area	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts