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People QuickFacts | Bennington County | Vermont
Population, 2012 estimate | 36,697 | 626,011
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 37,125 | 625,741
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.2% | Z
Population, 2010 | 37,125 | 625,741
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.0% | 5.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 20.0% | 20.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 19.4% | 15.0%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.5% | 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 96.8% | 95.5%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.9% | 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.7% | 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | Z
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.2% | 1.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 1.5% | 1.6%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 95.6% | 94.2%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 88.1% | 86.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.1% | 3.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 4.3% | 5.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 89.8% | 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 31.8% | 33.8%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,552 | 51,981
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 18.1 | 21.7
Housing units, 2011 | 20,964 | 324,389
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 72.3% | 71.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 19.5% | 23.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $204,800 | $213,000
Households, 2007-2011 | 15,512 | 256,711
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.3 | 2.34
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $27,989 | $28,376
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $48,083 | $53,422
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.3% | 11.3%
Business QuickFacts | Bennington County | Vermont
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 1,483 | 21,451
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 14,767 | 264,099
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -13.1 | 4.2
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 3,710 | 59,945
Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,812 | 78,729
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | S
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | S
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.6% | 0.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.8% | 26.0%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 571,644 | 10,751,461
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 5,121,694
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 833,024 | 9,310,119
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $22,861 | $15,005
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 106,659 | 1,367,630
Building permits, 2011 | 52 | 1,299
Geography QuickFacts | Bennington County | Vermont
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 674.98 | 9,216.66
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 55 | 67.9
FIPS Code | 3 | 50
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Bennington, 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