Essex County, Vermont Demographics

Essex County is 1st in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Home ownership rate

Essex County is 1st in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Income below poverty line

Essex County is 1st in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Essex County is 2nd in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Foreign born residents

Essex County is 2nd in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Race - White

Essex County is 2nd in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Essex County is 3rd in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Essex County is 8th in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Essex County is 9th in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Race - Two or More

Essex County is 9th in Vermont out of 14 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Essex County	Rank	Vermont	US
Current population (2012)	6,226	14th	626,011	313,914,040
Size in square miles	663.6	9th	9,216.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	9.5	14th	67.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Essex County	Rank	Vermont	US
Residents younger than 5	4.6%	12th	4.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.1%	14th	19.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	21.3%	1st	15.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Essex County	Rank	Vermont	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.0%	14th	91.0%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.2%	14th	33.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Essex County	Rank	Vermont	US
Race - White	97.2%	2nd	95.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	14th	1.1%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	3rd	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	14th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	8th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	9th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	14th	1.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.2%	2nd	94.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Essex County	Rank	Vermont	US
Female residents	49.4%	14th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.3%	2nd	3.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Essex County	Rank	Vermont	US
Housing units	5,032	14th	324,389	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.9%	13th	23.0%	25.9%
Households	2,808	14th	256,711	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	83.2%	1st	71.4%	66.1%
Home median value	$126,000	14th	$213,000	$186,200
People per household	2.2	11th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	5	14th	1,301	829,658

Income Demographics
	Essex County	Rank	Vermont	US
Income per capita	$20,641	14th	$28,376	$27,915
Income per household	$37,679	14th	$53,422	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.2%	1st	11.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Essex County	Rank	Vermont	US
Non-farm private establishments	122	14th	21,190	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	503	14th	264,208	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	479	14th	78,729	27,092,908
Retail sales	$15,031	14th	$9,310,119	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$2,325	14th	$15,005	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$3,090	14th	$1,367,630	$613,795,732