Bennington County, VT Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,380	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	667	7.1
Kindergarten	474	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,299	45.8
High school (grades 9-12)	2,124	22.6
College or graduate school	1,816	19.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	25,311	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,332	5.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,490	9.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,382	33.1
Some college, no degree	4,561	18.0
Associate degree	1,690	6.7
Bachelor's degree	4,278	16.9
Graduate or professional degree	2,578	10.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	84.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	27.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	29,871	100.0
Never married	7,149	23.9
Now married, except separated	16,861	56.4
Separated	427	1.4
Widowed	2,327	7.8
Female	1,969	6.6
Divorced	3,107	10.4
Female	1,792	6.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	295	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	150	50.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	28,188	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,746	16.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,215	100.0
With a disability	624	7.6

Population 21 to 64 years	20,619	100.0
With a disability	3,967	19.2
Percent employed	64.2	(X)
No disability	16,652	80.8
Percent employed	82.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,548	100.0
With a disability	2,041	36.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	35,005	100.0
Same house in 1995	21,559	61.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	13,161	37.6
Same county	7,583	21.7
Different county	5,578	15.9
Same state	1,001	2.9
Different state	4,577	13.1
Elsewhere in 1995	285	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	36,994	100.0
Native	36,000	97.3
Born in United States	35,826	96.8
State of residence	17,766	48.0
Different state	18,060	48.8
Born outside United States	174	0.5
Foreign born	994	2.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	247	0.7
Naturalized citizen	577	1.6
Not a citizen	417	1.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	994	100.0
Europe	522	52.5
Asia	138	13.9
Africa	25	2.5
Oceania	7	0.7
Latin America	89	9.0
Northern America	213	21.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	35,005	100.0
English only	33,464	95.6
Language other than English	1,541	4.4
Speak English less than 'very well	361	1.0
Spanish	433	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	117	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	965	2.8
Speak English less than "very well"	199	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	85	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	38	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	36,994	100.0
Total ancestries reported	41,941	113.4
Arab	113	0.3
Czech¹	212	0.6
Danish	214	0.6
Dutch	926	2.5
English	6,599	17.8
French (except Basque)¹	4,549	12.3
French Canadian¹	2,152	5.8
German	4,355	11.8
Greek	93	0.3
Hungarian	152	0.4
Irish¹	7,083	19.1
Italian	3,223	8.7
Lithuanian	171	0.5
Norwegian	275	0.7
Polish	1,525	4.1
Portuguese	90	0.2
Russian	365	1.0
Scotch-Irish	694	1.9
Scottish	1,426	3.9
Slovak	41	0.1
Subsaharan African	39	0.1
Swedish	502	1.4
Swiss	101	0.3
Ukrainian	116	0.3
United States or American	2,614	7.1
Welsh	388	1.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	13	0.0
Other ancestries	3,910	10.6

(X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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