Orleans County, VT Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Orleans county vermont dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,344	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	319	5.0
Kindergarten	358	5.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,076	48.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,780	28.1
College or graduate school	811	12.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	17,814	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,720	9.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,156	12.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,260	40.8
Some college, no degree	2,695	15.1
Associate degree	1,111	6.2
Bachelor's degree	1,904	10.7
Graduate or professional degree	968	5.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	20,997	100.0
Never married	4,606	21.9
Now married, except separated	11,989	57.1
Separated	298	1.4
Widowed	1,662	7.9
Female	1,365	6.5
Divorced	2,442	11.6
Female	1,270	6.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	265	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	142	53.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	19,679	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,909	14.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,899	100.0
With a disability	562	9.5

Population 21 to 64 years	14,643	100.0
With a disability	3,119	21.3
Percent employed	51.9	(X)
No disability	11,524	78.7
Percent employed	78.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,629	100.0
With a disability	1,463	40.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	24,813	100.0
Same house in 1995	15,905	64.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,670	34.9
Same county	5,079	20.5
Different county	3,591	14.5
Same state	1,582	6.4
Different state	2,009	8.1
Elsewhere in 1995	238	1.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	26,277	100.0
Native	24,831	94.5
Born in United States	24,659	93.8
State of residence	17,463	66.5
Different state	7,196	27.4
Born outside United States	172	0.7
Foreign born	1,446	5.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	212	0.8
Naturalized citizen	971	3.7
Not a citizen	475	1.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,446	100.0
Europe	185	12.8
Asia	98	6.8
Africa	8	0.6
Oceania	15	1.0
Latin America	38	2.6
Northern America	1,102	76.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	24,813	100.0
English only	22,385	90.2
Language other than English	2,428	9.8
Speak English less than 'very well	554	2.2
Spanish	173	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	31	0.1
Other Indo-European languages	2,168	8.7
Speak English less than "very well"	480	1.9
Asian and Pacific Island languages	77	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	41	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	26,277	100.0
Total ancestries reported	28,804	109.6
Arab	34	0.1
Czech¹	44	0.2
Danish	55	0.2
Dutch	201	0.8
English	4,926	18.7
French (except Basque)¹	5,268	20.0
French Canadian¹	3,425	13.0
German	1,370	5.2
Greek	24	0.1
Hungarian	25	0.1
Irish¹	3,203	12.2
Italian	904	3.4
Lithuanian	53	0.2
Norwegian	58	0.2
Polish	455	1.7
Portuguese	101	0.4
Russian	147	0.6
Scotch-Irish	531	2.0
Scottish	1,199	4.6
Slovak	7	0.0
Subsaharan African	13	0.0
Swedish	314	1.2
Swiss	32	0.1
Ukrainian	56	0.2
United States or American	2,955	11.2
Welsh	162	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	7	0.0
Other ancestries	3,235	12.3

(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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