Lamoille County (redirected from Lamoille County, Vermont)

Lamoille County, Vermont

PO Box 490
Hyde Park, VT 05655
Phone: (802) 888-2207
www.lamoilleeconomy.org

In north-central VT, north of Montpelier; organized Oct 26, 1835 from Orleans, Franklin, Washington, and Chittenden counties. Name Origin: For the Lamoille River, which runs through it; a corruption of French la mouette 'the seagull,' the name given to the river by Champlain. The 1744 Charlevois map of discoveries in America showed the river as La Mouelle owing to an engraver's neglecting to cross the tts; with spelling variations.

Area (sq mi): 463.75 (land 460.97; water 2.78). Pop per sq mi: 53.10.
Pop 2005: 24,495. State rank: 12. Pop change: 2000-20005 5.40%; 1990-2000 17.70%. Pop 2000: 23,233 (White 96.80%; Black or African American 0.30%; Hispanic or Latino 0.80%; Asian 0.40%; Other 1.90%). Foreign born: 3.80%. Median age: 36.50.
Income 2000: per capita $20,972; median household $39,356; Pop below poverty level: 9.60%. *Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $25,832-$29,733.
Unemployment 2004: 4.00%. Change from 2000: -0.90%. Median travel time to work: 25.70 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 28.60%.

Cities with population over 10,000: None.

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