Bennington County

Bennington County Courthouse in Manchester
administration
US state :	Vermont
Administrative headquarters :	Bennington Manchester
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 207 South Street Bennington, VT 05201-2247
Foundation :	1777
Area code :	001 802
Demographics
Residents :	37,125  (2010)
Population density :	21.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1755 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Bennington County is a county in the state of Vermont in the United States . Bennington and Manchester share the county seat .

geography

The county borders Massachusetts to the south and New York to the west and has an area of ​​1,755 square kilometers, of which 4 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Rutland County , Windsor County , Windham County , Franklin County, Massachusetts, Berkshire County (Massachusetts), Rensselaer County (New York), and Washington County (New York).

history

Bennington County was one of Vermont's two founding counties in 1777.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1790	12.206		-
1800	14,617		19.8%
1810	15,893		8.7%
1820	16,125		1.5%
1830	17,468		8.3%
1840	16,872		-3.4%
1850	18,589		10.2%
1860	19,436		4.6%
1870	21,325		9.7%
1880	21,950		2.9%
1890	20,448		-6.8%
1900	21,705		6.1%
1910	21,378		-1.5%
1920	21,577		0.9%
1930	21,655		0.4%
1940	22,286		2.9%
1950	24,115		8.2%
1960	25,088		4%
1970	29,282		16.7%
1980	33,345		13.9%
1990	35,845		7.5%
2000	36,994		3.2%
2010	37,125		0.4%
1790-1890, 1900-1990, 2000

The county had 36,994 people as of the 2000 census . There were 14,846 households and 9,917 families. The population density was 21 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.75% white, 0.42% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.62% Asian, 0.01% residents from the Pacific island area and 0.21% from others ethnic groups; 0.80% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.93% of the population.

Of the 14,846 households, 30.50% had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 53.10% were married couples living together, 10.10% were single mothers. 33.20% were not families. 26.80% were single households and 11.60% had someone living there who was 65 years of age or over. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.91 people.

Bennington County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.70% residents under 18 years of age, 7.70% between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.30% between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.70% between 45 and 64 years of age 16.70% were 65 years of age or over. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 92.20 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 87.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 39,926 , and the median income for a family is $ 46,565. Males had a median income of $ 31,982 versus $ 23,632 for females. The per capita income was $ 21,193. 10.00% of the population and 7.00% of families are below the poverty line. 13.40% of them were under 18 years of age and 7.90% were 65 years of age or older.

cities and communes

In addition to the self-governing parishes that appear in the list, there are three separate, privately owned villages in the county that are co-managed by the higher-level towns: Manchester Village , North Bennington, and Old Bennington . There are also six census-designated placees for statistical purposes : Arlington, Bennington, Dorset, Manchester Center, Readsboro, South Shaftsbury and the Unincorporated Village Bondville.

Locality	status	Population (2010)	Total area [km²]	Land area [km²]	Population density [inhabitants / km²]	founding	Specialty
Arlington	town	2,317	109.9	109.9	21.1	July 28, 1761
Bennington	town	15,764	110.1	109.9	143.4	0Jan. 3, 1749	1. County Seat
Dorset	town	2,031	123.9	123.8	16.4	Aug 20, 1761
Glastenbury	town	8th	115.2	115.2	0.1	Aug 20, 1761
Landgrove	town	158	23.6	23.6	6.7	0Nov 9, 1780
Manchester	town	4,391	109.5	109.4	40.1	Aug 11, 1761	2. County Seat
Peru	town	375	96.8	96.7	3.9	Oct 13, 1761
Pownal	town	3,527	121.0	120.3	29.3	0Jan. 8, 1760
Readsboro	town	763	94.5	94.2	8.1	Apr 24, 1770
Rupert	town	714	115.5	115.5	6.2	Aug 20, 1761
Sandgate	town	405	109.3	109.2	3.7	Aug 11, 1761
Searsburg	town	109	55.9	55.8	2.0	23 Feb 1781
Shaftsbury	town	3,590	111.8	111.6	32.2	Aug 20, 1761
Stamford	town	824	102.6	102.4	8.0	03rd Mar 1753
Sunderland	town	956	118.2	117.6	8.1	June 29, 1761
Winhall	town	769	114.0	113.1	6.8	Sep 15 1761
Woodford	town	424	123.3	122.9	3.4	06th Mar 1753

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bennington County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ Preparation of historical data from the University of Virginia
3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
4. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ^ Bennington County, Vermont , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .
6. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
7. ↑ All founding dates of the table according to the corresponding individual entries on VirtualVermont.com ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

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Coordinates: 43 ° 2 ′  N , 73 ° 7 ′  W