2022 population: 29,846 ( 910 from 2010 , 557 from 2020)
Land area: 687.2 square miles
Population density: 43.4 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	28,425	95.24%	1.9%
Black:	207	0.69%	93.5%
Indian:	116	0.39%	48.7%
Asian:	182	0.61%	30.0%
2+ races:	447	1.50%	10.1%
Hispanic:	469	1.57%	66.3%

Total non-White:	1,421	4.76%	36.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	502	8.6
Deaths:	664	11.3
Net Migration:	692	11.8
Net Immigration:	29	0.5

Change in White population:	527	1.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	383	1.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
28,936
27,898	96.41%
107	0.37%
78	0.27%
140	0.48%
406	1.40%
282	0.97%
1,038	3.59%

2000
28,226
27,533	97.54%
64	0.23%
71	0.25%
104	0.37%
264	0.94%
165	0.58%
693	2.46%

1990
26,149
25,852	98.86%
39	0.15%
87	0.33%
68	0.26%
n/a
103	0.39%
297	1.14%

1980
22,739
22,511	99.00%
21	0.09%
35	0.15%
43	0.19%
n/a
126	0.55%
228	1.00%

1970
17,676
17,418	98.54%
24	0.14%
5	0.03%
7	0.04%
n/a
205	1.16%
258	1.46%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
2,677	9.5
2,152	7.6
274	1.0
21	0.1

365	1.3
345	1.2

Number	Rate
1990's
3,125	12.0
2,227	8.5
941	3.6
48	0.2

1,681	6.4
396	1.5

Number	Rate
1980's
3,774	16.6
1,996	8.8
1,780	7.8
n/a

3,341	14.7
69	0.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
3,420	19.3
n/a

5,093	28.8
-30	-0.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Orange County, VT

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
46.6
5,264	17.6%
24,582	82.4%
6,523	21.9%

12,690
2.27

8,110	63.9%
6,241	77.0%
603	7.4%
4,580	36.1%

2010
Number	Percent
43.8
6,049	20.9%
22,887	79.1%
4,276	14.8%

11,887
2.37

7,865	66.2%
6,175	78.5%
682	8.7%
4,022	33.8%

2000
Number	Percent
38.3
7,229	25.6%
20,997	74.4%
3,611	12.8%

10,979
2.51

7,704	70.2%
6,292	81.7%
623	8.1%
3,275	29.8%

1990
Number	Percent
33.0
7,255	27.7%
18,894	72.3%
3,070	11.7%

9,455
2.68

7,050	74.6%
5,897	83.6%
536	7.6%
2,405	25.4%

1980
Number	Percent
29.7
6,866	30.2%
15,873	69.8%
2,727	12.0%

7,722
2.85

5,919	76.7%
5,094	86.1%
364	6.1%
1,803	23.3%

2022 Housing Data for Orange County, VT

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	308	2.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	377	3.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	371	2.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	475	3.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	445	3.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	483	3.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	442	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	600	4.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	448	3.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	922	7.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	1,520	12.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	2,029	16.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	1,579	12.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	985	7.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,028	8.1%
$200,000 or more	678	5.3%

Median Household Income	74,534
Per Capita Income	38,709

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	98
Compared to U.S.	108

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	531	4.2%
Public Assistance	442	3.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	1,460	11.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	13,981	77.7%
Unemployed	399	2.2%
In Armed Forces	16	0.1%

Total Labor Force	14,396	80.0%
Not in Labor Force	3,595	20.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		22.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	4,793	3,178	60.1%
Non-Profit	985	2,045	32.5%
Self-Employed	1,325	853	60.8%

Local Government	526	1,034	33.7%
State Government	439	355	55.3%
Federal Government	164	355	31.6%

Total Private + Self	6,118	4,031	60.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	2,114	3,789	35.8%
Total	8,232	7,820	51.3%

Pct. Govt.	17.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	2,903	18.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	2,535	15.8%
Professional, Technical	4,272	26.6%
Service Occupations	2,427	15.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	334	2.1%
All others	3,926	24.4%

White Collar		60.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	2,901	18.1%
Educational services	2,101	13.1%
Retail trade	1,633	10.2%
Construction	1,591	9.9%
Manufacturing	1,258	7.8%
Public administration	891	5.5%
Accommodation and food services	823	5.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	806	5.0%
Other services	776	4.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	752	4.7%
Finance and insurance	606	3.8%
Transportation and warehousing	482	3.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	406	2.5%
Wholesale trade	267	1.7%
Information	252	1.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	251	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	129	0.8%
Utilities	66	0.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	60	0.4%
Management	12	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	125	0.42%
Puerto Rican	54	0.18%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	6	0.02%

Total Central American	87	0.30%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	34	0.12%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	41	0.14%
Panamanian	9	0.03%
Salvadoran	3	0.01%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	27	0.09%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	5	0.02%
Chilean	5	0.02%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	17	0.06%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	115	0.39%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	43	0.15%
Chinese	32	0.11%
Filipino	24	0.08%
Japanese	17	0.06%
Korean	12	0.04%
Indian	7	0.02%
Taiwanese	1	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	27,325	97.0%
Spanish	304	1.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	189	0.7%
Other Indo-European	138	0.5%
German, other Germanic	74	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	59	0.2%
Chinese	41	0.1%
Korean	16	0.1%
Other Asian	13	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	6,520	22.1%
Irish	4,133	14.0%
French	2,745	9.3%
German	2,509	8.5%
French Canadian	2,242	7.6%
American	2,122	7.2%
Italian	1,457	4.9%
Scottish	1,405	4.8%
Polish	823	2.8%
European	626	2.1%
Swedish	451	1.5%
Scotch-Irish	407	1.4%
Dutch	396	1.3%
Welsh	357	1.2%
British	350	1.2%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	29,219	99.3%
Not a citizen	220	0.7%

Native	28,809	97.9%
Foreign-born	630	2.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
397	1.8%	930	4.2%	7,304	33.4%	5,548	25.3%	4,186	19.1%	3,525	16.1%
Average years of education: 14.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	397	1.8%
9-12 Years	930	4.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	7,304	33.4%
Some College	5,548	25.3%
Bach. Degree	4,186	19.1%
Grad Degree	3,525	16.1%
Average years of education: 14.0

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	14,221	13,564	657	4.6%	4.7%
1991	14,310	13,464	846	5.9%	5.9%
1992	14,227	13,470	757	5.3%	6.2%
1993	14,594	13,987	607	4.2%	5.2%
1994	14,872	14,361	511	3.4%	4.4%
1995	15,077	14,538	539	3.6%	4.2%
1996	15,248	14,749	499	3.3%	4.3%
1997	15,769	15,277	492	3.1%	3.9%
1998	15,880	15,451	429	2.7%	3.5%
1999	15,942	15,562	380	2.4%	3.1%

2000	15,462	15,082	380	2.5%	2.8%
2001	15,736	15,293	443	2.8%	3.3%
2002	16,140	15,561	579	3.6%	3.8%
2003	16,287	15,653	634	3.9%	4.4%
2004	16,146	15,594	552	3.4%	3.7%
2005	16,100	15,581	519	3.2%	3.5%
2006	16,595	16,037	558	3.4%	3.7%
2007	16,462	15,859	603	3.7%	3.9%
2008	16,268	15,574	694	4.3%	4.5%
2009	16,614	15,647	967	5.8%	6.2%

2010	16,739	15,718	1,021	6.1%	6.3%
2011	16,577	15,679	898	5.4%	5.6%
2012	16,409	15,658	751	4.6%	4.8%
2013	16,164	15,499	665	4.1%	4.4%
2014	15,965	15,347	618	3.9%	4.0%
2015	15,978	15,435	543	3.4%	3.5%
2016	15,951	15,472	479	3.0%	3.1%
2017	15,997	15,504	493	3.1%	3.0%
2018	16,001	15,578	423	2.6%	2.6%
2019	16,004	15,635	369	2.3%	2.3%

2020	15,395	14,652	743	4.8%	5.6%
2021	15,544	15,000	544	3.5%	3.7%
2022	15,762	15,356	406	2.6%	2.6%
2023	16,082	15,756	326	2.0%	2.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	14,998
Median Value	$231,000

Occupied	12,690	84.6%
Vacant	2,308	15.4%

Owned	10,461	82.4%
Rented	2,229	17.6%
Median Rent	$1,125

Single-Family Units	12,224	81.5%
Detached	12,002	80.0%
Attached	222	1.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	398	2.7%
Mobile Homes	1,428	9.5%

Orange County, VT

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Orange County, VT

2022 Housing Data for Orange County, VT

2022 Income & Employment Data for Orange County, VT

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Orange County, VT

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Orange County, VT

Historical Labor Force Data for Orange County, VT