Demographic Profile for Caledonia County, Vermont
When calculating the total land area, Caledonia extends a total area of 651 square miles. The land areas has a low density of 47 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Gilchrist, FL (47 per sq. mile ), Vermilion, LA (47 per sq. mile ), Scott, MS (47 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Lincoln, OR (47 per sq. mile ), Paulding, OH (47 per sq. mile ), Deschutes, OR (47 per sq. mile ).
Caledonia County, Vermont had a population that was estimated at 30,440 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, since the population in 2000 of 29,767. This growth signifies an increase of 2.3 percent. Caledonia ranks 9 of 14 counties when calculating total change in population for Vermont and the county ranks 1,281 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.
Caledonia County, Vermont has a population that is made of 97 percent White, 0.4 percent African American, 0.5 percent Asian, and 0.8 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 1.7 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Vermont percent of 2.7. Since 2000, Caledonia has increased the percent of minority population when 1.4 percent of the population were minorities.
In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Caledonia County, Vermont to be 40.3 years of age. The median in Caledonia is less than the median age in Vermont of 40.7. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in this median, when at that time it was 38.7 years old. With 21.6 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Caledonia can be understood as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high presence of the population, with 64.5 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 14 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the population.
From 2000, a medium-low amount of people migrated to Caledonia internationally. The migration from outside the US into Caledonia makes up 3.4 percent of the total international migration into the State of Vermont. This amount of international migration is medium-low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Caledonia County, Vermont had a population that was estimated at 30,440 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, since the population in 2000 of 29,767. This growth signifies an increase of 2.3 percent. Caledonia ranks 9 of 14 counties when calculating total change in population for Vermont and the county ranks 1,281 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.
Caledonia County, Vermont has a population that is made of 97 percent White, 0.4 percent African American, 0.5 percent Asian, and 0.8 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 1.7 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Vermont percent of 2.7. Since 2000, Caledonia has increased the percent of minority population when 1.4 percent of the population were minorities.
In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Caledonia County, Vermont to be 40.3 years of age. The median in Caledonia is less than the median age in Vermont of 40.7. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in this median, when at that time it was 38.7 years old. With 21.6 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Caledonia can be understood as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high presence of the population, with 64.5 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 14 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the population.
From 2000, a medium-low amount of people migrated to Caledonia internationally. The migration from outside the US into Caledonia makes up 3.4 percent of the total international migration into the State of Vermont. This amount of international migration is medium-low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
