Bennington County, Vermont Demographics

Bennington County is 50th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Bennington County is 1st in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Female residents

Bennington County is 1st in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Bennington County is 2nd in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Bennington County is 4th in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Retail sales

Bennington County is 5th in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Bennington County is 5th in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Race - White

Bennington County is 6th in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Income below poverty line

Bennington County is 6th in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Income per capita

Bennington County is 6th in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Bennington County is 6th in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Bennington County	Rank	Vermont	US
Current population (2012)	36,697	8th	626,011	313,914,040
Size in square miles	675.0	8th	9,216.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	55	8th	67.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Bennington County	Rank	Vermont	US
Residents younger than 5	4.9%	7th	4.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.8%	7th	19.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.9%	2nd	15.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Bennington County	Rank	Vermont	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.8%	9th	91.0%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	31.8%	7th	33.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Bennington County	Rank	Vermont	US
Race - White	96.7%	5th	95.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.8%	5th	1.1%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	7th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	7th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	11th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	13th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	6th	1.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.4%	8th	94.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Bennington County	Rank	Vermont	US
Female residents	51.5%	1st	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.1%	8th	3.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Bennington County	Rank	Vermont	US
Housing units	20,964	7th	324,389	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	19.5%	7th	23.0%	25.9%
Households	15,512	7th	256,711	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.3%	8th	71.4%	66.1%
Home median value	$204,800	8th	$213,000	$186,200
People per household	2.3	8th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	41	11th	1,301	829,658

Income Demographics
	Bennington County	Rank	Vermont	US
Income per capita	$27,989	6th	$28,376	$27,915
Income per household	$48,083	11th	$53,422	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.3%	6th	11.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Bennington County	Rank	Vermont	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,439	6th	21,190	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	14,433	6th	264,208	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,812	7th	78,729	27,092,908
Retail sales	$833,024	4th	$9,310,119	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$22,861	1st	$15,005	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$106,659	7th	$1,367,630	$613,795,732