Orleans County, Vermont Demographics

Orleans County is 2nd in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Income below poverty line

Orleans County is 2nd in Vermont out of 14 other counties in People per household

Orleans County is 3rd in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Orleans County is 3rd in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Foreign born residents

Orleans County is 4th in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Home ownership rate

Orleans County is 4th in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Orleans County is 4th in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Race - White

Orleans County is 4th in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Orleans County is 4th in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Orleans County is 4th in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Size Demographics
	Orleans County	Rank	Vermont	US
Current population (2012)	27,109	11th	626,011	313,914,040
Size in square miles	693.3	5th	9,216.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	39.3	13th	67.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Orleans County	Rank	Vermont	US
Residents younger than 5	4.9%	5th	4.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.6%	4th	19.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.1%	4th	15.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Orleans County	Rank	Vermont	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.9%	13th	91.0%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.7%	13th	33.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Orleans County	Rank	Vermont	US
Race - White	96.9%	4th	95.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.7%	6th	1.1%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	5th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	12th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	4th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	11th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	12th	1.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.9%	4th	94.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Orleans County	Rank	Vermont	US
Female residents	49.8%	13th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.2%	3rd	3.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Orleans County	Rank	Vermont	US
Housing units	16,255	9th	324,389	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.1%	10th	23.0%	25.9%
Households	10,745	11th	256,711	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.1%	4th	71.4%	66.1%
Home median value	$153,000	13th	$213,000	$186,200
People per household	2.5	2nd	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	127	3rd	1,301	829,658

Income Demographics
	Orleans County	Rank	Vermont	US
Income per capita	$21,000	13th	$28,376	$27,915
Income per household	$40,929	13th	$53,422	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.0%	2nd	11.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Orleans County	Rank	Vermont	US
Non-farm private establishments	813	11th	21,190	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	7,744	11th	264,208	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,431	12th	78,729	27,092,908
Retail sales	$324,145	10th	$9,310,119	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,858	10th	$15,005	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$36,307	10th	$1,367,630	$613,795,732