The area of Vermont was part of the original territory of the United States. It was included in the Charter of New England in 1620, but was later included in grants creating New York in 1664 and 1674. Representatives of 51 towns in the present area declared an independent state of “New Connecticut alias Vermont” in 1777, but also referred to the area as the “New Hampshire Grants.” New York consented to the statehood separation of Vermont, which was admitted to the Union on February 18, 1791, as the 14^th state, with generally the same boundary as the present state.

Census data for Vermont are available beginning with the 1790 census.

Data for the legally established state of Vermont are available beginning with the 1800 census.

METROPOLITAN AND MICROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS AND RELATED STATISTICAL AREAS

Vermont has core based statistical areas based on both counties (metropolitan statistical areas, micropolitan statistical areas, and combined statistical areas) and county subdivisions (metropolitan New England city and town areas (NECTAs), micropolitan NECTAs, and combined NECTAs).

There is one metropolitan statistical area, five micropolitan statistical areas, one combined statistical area, one metropolitan NECTA, five micropolitan NECTAs, and two combined NECTAs.

COUNTIES

There are 14 counties in Vermont.  All counties are functioning governmental entities.  The principal administrative officers of each county are two assistant or side judges.

COUNTY SUBDIVISIONS

There are 255 county subdivisions in Vermont.  There are 242 towns with functioning, but not necessarily active, governments each governed by a board of selectmen.  Five of these towns—Averill, Ferdinand, Glastenbury, Lewis, and Somerset—are inactive governmental entities.  The nine cities in Vermont are independent of MCDs and serve as county subdivisions.  The three gores and one grant are nonfunctioning nongovernmental geographic subdivisions of the county. 

PLACES

Vermont has 119 places; 46 incorporated places and 73 census designated places (CDPs).  The incorporated places consist of 9 cities and 37 villages.  The nine cities are independent of MCDs and serve as nine county subdivisions.  Jericho village is inactive.  Villages are dependent within county subdivision. 

CENSUS TRACTS/BLOCK GROUPS/BLOCKS

Vermont has 184 census tracts, 522 block groups, and 32,580 census blocks.

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS

For the 111^th Congress (January 2009-January 2011), Vermont had one congressional district.  For the 113^th Congress (January 2013-January 2015), Vermont continues to have one congressional district as a result of reapportionment based on the 2010 Census.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS

Vermont has 175 elementary school districts, 34 secondary school districts, and 64 unified school districts.  The Dresden unified school district is an interstate school district with schools in both Hanover, New Hampshire and Norwich, Vermont.  The Rivendell unified school district is an interstate school district with schools in Orford, New Hampshire and Fairlee, Vermont.

STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS

There are 13 state senate districts and 108 state house districts in Vermont.

URBAN AREAS

Vermont has 22 urban areas; 1 urbanized area and 21 urban clusters.

ZIP CODE TABULATION AREAS

There are 255 ZIP Code tabulation areas (ZCTAs) in Vermont.

OTHER INFORMATION OF GENERAL GEOGRAPHIC INTEREST

Montpelier, VT has the smallest population of any state capital with just 7,855 people (as of the 2010 Census).

¹  Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1923
²  Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, recomputation for historical county level data which relied upon aggregate county level population data with an estimated county centroid resulting in a possible error of up to one mile.
³  Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Centers of Population for States and Counties, 1974
⁴  Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, recomputation from archived national block group/enumeration area data resulting in a possible error of up to 1,000 feet.
⁵  Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, recomputation from archived national block group data resulting in a possible error of up to 1,000 feet.
⁶  Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, computation from national block-level data