Essex County, Vermont
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| Essex County, Vermont | |
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 Location in the state of Vermont |
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 Vermont's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1792 |
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| Seat | Guildhall |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
674 sq mi (1,746 km²) 665 sq mi (1,722 km²) 9 sq mi (23 km²), 1.27% |
| Population - (2000) - Density |
6,459 10/sq mi (4/km²) |
Essex County is the county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Vermont. As of 2000, the population is 6,459. Its shire town is Guildhall[1].
Essex County is part of the Berlin, NH–VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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[edit] Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 674 square miles (1,745 km²), of which, 665 square miles (1,723 km²) of it is land and 9 square miles (22 km²) of it (1.27%) is water.
[edit] Adjacent counties
- Coos County, New Hampshire - east
- Grafton County, New Hampshire - south
- Caledonia County, Vermont - southwest
- Orleans County, Vermont - west
- Coaticook Regional County Municipality, Quebec - north
[edit] Politics
In 2004 Essex was the only county in Vermont to vote for the Republican candidate for president, George W. Bush.[2]
[edit] Government
[edit] Legislators
The Essex-Orleans District includes all of Essex County, all of Orleans County, the Franklin County towns of Montgomery and Richford, and the Lamoille County towns of Eden and Wolcott. Senators are Vincent Illuzzi, Republican and Robert A. Starr, Democrat.
- Further information: Essex-Orleans Vermont Senate District, 2002-2012
[edit] Demographics
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 6,459 people, 2,602 households, and 1,805 families residing in the county. The population density was 10 people per square mile (4/km²). There were 4,762 housing units at an average density of 7 per square mile (3/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 96.56% White, 0.17% Black or African American, 0.63% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.23% from other races, and 2.14% from two or more races. 0.50% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 28.1% were of French, 23.1% English, 10.5% American, 8.8% Irish and 5.7% French Canadian ancestry according to Census 2000. 8.87% of the population speak French at home.[1]
There were 2,602 households out of which 31.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.10% were married couples living together, 8.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.60% were non-families. 24.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.92.
In the county, the population was spread out with 25.60% under the age of 18, 6.50% from 18 to 24, 27.20% from 25 to 44, 25.50% from 45 to 64, and 15.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 100.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.00 males.
[edit] Economy
[edit] Personal income
The median income for a household in the county was $30,490, and the median income for a family was $34,984. Males had a median income of $27,929 versus $20,583 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,388. About 9.90% of families and 13.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.30% of those under age 18 and 12.90% of those age 65 or over.
The median wage is the lowest in the state. That position is expected to continue through 2010.[4]
[edit] Housing
In 2007, Essex was the only county in the state to have a positive affordability index on housing. That is, the average household can afford to buy the average house. That said, both figures are the lowest in the state.[5]
[edit] Cities, towns, villages, and unincorporated places*
There are seventeen towns and two gores in the county:
- Averill
- Avery's Gore*
- Bloomfield
- Brighton
- Island Pond (an unincorporated community of Brighton)
- Brunswick
- Canaan
- Beecher Falls, a village in Canaan
- Concord
- East Haven
- Ferdinand
- Granby
- Guildhall
- Lemington
- Lewis
- Lunenburg
- Maidstone
- Norton
- Victory
- Warner's Grant
- Warren Gore*
* In Vermont, gores and grants are unincorporated portions of a county which are not part on any town and have limited self-government (if any, as many are uninhabited). Villages are census divisions of towns or cities, but have no separate corporate existence from the municipality they are located in.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Find a County. National Association of Counties. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ 2004 Presidential General Election Results - Vermont
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ Vermont Department of Housing and Community Affairs. Vermont Statewide Trends. Retrieved on 2007-01-05.
- ^ Braithwaite, Chris (December 19, 2007). Vermont law prohibits pre-payment penalties. the Chronicle.
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