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People QuickFacts |
Bennington County |
Vermont |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
36,382 | 621,270 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
-1.7% | 2.0% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
36,994 | 608,826 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008 |
5.1% | 5.3% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008 |
20.1% | 20.8% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008 |
18.5% | 13.9% |
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Female persons, percent, 2008 |
51.6% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
97.3% | 96.4% |
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Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.7% | 0.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.3% | 0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.9% | 1.1% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a) |
Z | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008 |
0.9% | 1.2% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) |
1.5% | 1.4% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008 |
95.9% | 95.2% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
61.6% | 59.1% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
2.7% | 3.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
4.4% | 5.9% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
84.9% | 86.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
27.1% | 29.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
6,632 | 97,167 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
19.1 | 21.6 |
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Housing units, 2008 |
20,758 | 312,617 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
71.4% | 70.6% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
19.9% | 23.0% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$115,700 | $111,500 |
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Households, 2000 |
14,846 | 240,634 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.41 | 2.44 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$46,672 | $49,698 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$21,193 | $20,625 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
10.7% | 10.1% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Bennington County |
Vermont |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2007 |
1,559 | 22,3411 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2007 |
16,150 | 268,0861 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2007 |
-5.0% | 5.7%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2007 |
3,965 | 61,465 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
4,995 | 72,321 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.4% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | S |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.6% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
26.6% | 26.3% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
500,861 | 9,660,529 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 5,094,373 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
683,926 | 7,623,872 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$18,424 | $12,366 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
93,328 | 1,154,048 |
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Building permits, 2008 |
98 | 1,444 |
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Federal spending, 2008 |
294,581 | 6,080,0901 |
