Bennington County, VT Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Bennington county vermont dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school9,380100.0
Nursery school, preschool6677.1
Kindergarten4745.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)4,29945.8
High school (grades 9-12)2,12422.6
College or graduate school1,81619.4
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over25,311100.0
Less than 9th grade1,3325.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma2,4909.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)8,38233.1
Some college, no degree4,56118.0
Associate degree1,6906.7
Bachelor's degree4,27816.9
Graduate or professional degree2,57810.2
Percent high school graduate or higher84.9(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher27.1(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over29,871100.0
Never married7,14923.9
Now married, except separated16,86156.4
Separated4271.4
Widowed2,3277.8
Female
1,9696.6
Divorced3,10710.4
Female
1,7926.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years295100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren15050.8
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over28,188100.0
Civilian veterans4,74616.8
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years8,215100.0
With a disability6247.6
Population 21 to 64 years20,619100.0
With a disability3,96719.2
Percent employed
64.2(X)
No disability16,65280.8
Percent employed
82.7(X)
Population 65 years and over5,548100.0
With a disability2,04136.8
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over35,005100.0
Same house in 199521,55961.6
Different house in the U.S. in 199513,16137.6
Same county
7,58321.7
Different county
5,57815.9
Same state
1,0012.9
Different state
4,57713.1
Elsewhere in 19952850.8
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population36,994100.0
Native36,00097.3
Born in United States
35,82696.8
State of residence
17,76648.0
Different state
18,06048.8
Born outside United States
1740.5
Foreign born9942.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000
2470.7
Naturalized citizen
5771.6
Not a citizen
4171.1
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)994100.0
Europe52252.5
Asia13813.9
Africa252.5
Oceania70.7
Latin America899.0
Northern America21321.4
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over35,005100.0
English only33,46495.6
Language other than English1,5414.4
Speak English less than 'very well
3611.0
Spanish
4331.2
Speak English less than "very well"
1170.3
Other Indo-European languages
9652.8
Speak English less than "very well"
1990.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages
850.2
Speak English less than "very well"
380.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population36,994100.0

Total ancestries reported

41,941113.4
Arab1130.3
Czech12120.6
Danish2140.6
Dutch9262.5
English6,59917.8
French (except Basque)14,54912.3
French Canadian12,1525.8
German4,35511.8
Greek930.3
Hungarian1520.4
Irish17,08319.1
Italian3,2238.7
Lithuanian1710.5
Norwegian2750.7
Polish1,5254.1
Portuguese900.2
Russian3651.0
Scotch-Irish6941.9
Scottish1,4263.9
Slovak410.1
Subsaharan African390.1
Swedish5021.4
Swiss1010.3
Ukrainian1160.3
United States or American2,6147.1
Welsh3881.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)130.0
Other ancestries3,91010.6
(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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