People QuickFacts Orleans County Vermont Population, 2012 estimate 27,109 626,011 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 27,231 625,741 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.4% Z Population, 2010 27,231 625,741 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.1% 5.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 20.7% 20.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 18.3% 15.0% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.8% 50.7%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 96.9% 95.5% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 1.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 0.4% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 1.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z Z Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.5% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 1.2% 1.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 95.9% 94.2%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 89.2% 86.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 4.2% 3.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 6.5% 5.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 84.9% 91.0% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 19.7% 33.8% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,373 51,981 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.9 21.7  Housing units, 2011 16,255 324,389 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 76.1% 71.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 14.1% 23.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $153,000 $213,000 Households, 2007-2011 10,745 256,711 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.47 2.34 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $21,000 $28,376 Median household income, 2007-2011 $40,929 $53,422 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 16.0% 11.3%     Business QuickFacts Orleans County Vermont Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 831 21,451 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 7,733 264,099 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 6.2 4.2 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,575 59,945  Total number of firms, 2007 3,431 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 18.2% 26.0%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 10,751,461 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 73,373 5,121,694 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 324,145 9,310,119 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,858 $15,005 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 36,307 1,367,630 Building permits, 2011 105 1,299     Geography QuickFacts Orleans County Vermont Land area in square miles, 2010 693.27 9,216.66 Persons per square mile, 2010 39.3 67.9 FIPS Code 019 50 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (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