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Windsor County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. In area it is the largest county in the state. As of 2000, the population was 57,418. Its shire town is Woodstock.
Windsor County is part of the Lebanon, NH–VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.
rding to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 976 square miles (2,527 kmē), of which, 971 square miles (2,515 kmē) of it is land and 5 square miles (12 kmē) of it (0.49%) is water.
f the census of 2000, there were 57,418 people, 24,162 households, and 15,729 families residing in the county.
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Windsor County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. In area it is the largest county in the state. As of 2000, the population was 57,418. Its shire town is Woodstock.
Windsor County is part of the Lebanon, NH–VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 976 square miles (2,527 kmē), of which, 971 square miles (2,515 kmē) of it is land and 5 square miles (12 kmē) of it (0.49%) is water.
Adjacent counties
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 57,418 people, 24,162 households, and 15,729 families residing in the county. The population density was 59 people per square mile (23/kmē). There were 31,621 housing units at an average density of 33 per square mile (13/kmē). The racial makeup of the county was 97.72% White, 0.33% Black or African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.63% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.15% from other races, and 0.91% from two or more races. 0.82% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 20.1% were of English, 12.9% Irish, 10.9% American, 9.9% French, 7.7% German, 6.7% French Canadian and 5.5% Italian ancestry according to Census 2000. 96.4% spoke English and 1.5% French as their first language.
There were 24,162 households out of which 29.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.70% were married couples living together, 9.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.90% were non-families. 28.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.86.
In the county, the population was spread out with 23.30% under the age of 18, 5.90% from 18 to 24, 27.30% from 25 to 44, 27.60% from 45 to 64, and 15.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 94.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.10 males.
In 2007, the census department estimated that Windsor had the oldest average age in the state, 44.7. This compares with the actual census in 2000 of 41.3 years.
Economy
Personal income
The median income for a household in the county was $40,688, and the median income for a family was $59,002. Males had a median income of $42,648 versus $25,696 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,369. About 3.20% of families and 5.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.50% of those under age 18 and 7.60% of those age 65 or over.
Cities and towns
*Andover
* Villages are census divisions, but have no separate corporate existence from the towns they are in.
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