Vermont Counties
Complete list of all 14 counties in Vermont with population, area, median income, and county seats — plus a free printable blank map.
Labeled outline map of Vermont counties. Download a printable version in SVG, PNG, or PDF.
All 14 Vermont counties
| County | County Seat | Population ▼ | Area | Median Income | Cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chittenden | — | 172,179 | 537 mi² | $97,224 | 18 |
| Rutland | — | 61,610 | 930 mi² | $68,323 | 29 |
| Washington | — | 60,206 | 687 mi² | $84,841 | 22 |
| Windsor | — | 58,576 | 969 mi² | $82,587 | 36 |
| Franklin | — | 47,072 | 634 mi² | $80,949 | 18 |
| Windham | — | 45,555 | 785 mi² | $72,338 | 27 |
| Bennington | — | 36,816 | 675 mi² | $78,430 | 17 |
| Addison | — | 36,374 | 766 mi² | $89,451 | 17 |
| Orange | — | 30,423 | 687 mi² | $85,266 | 29 |
| Caledonia | — | 29,455 | 649 mi² | $71,732 | 21 |
| Orleans | — | 27,637 | 693 mi² | $71,002 | 22 |
| Lamoille | — | 27,221 | 459 mi² | $78,670 | 14 |
| Grand Isle | — | 7,450 | 82 mi² | $99,078 | 5 |
| Essex | — | 6,532 | 664 mi² | $62,164 | 12 |
How many counties does Vermont have?
Vermont has 14 counties covering 9,217 square miles and roughly 647,106 residents. The state was admitted to the Union in 1791 as the 14th state, and the current county boundaries reflect more than a century of administrative subdivision.
The largest county by land area is Windsor County at 969 square miles, home to about 58,576 residents. The most populous is Chittenden County with approximately 172,179 residents — a density of about 321 people per square mile.
At the other end of the scale, Essex County has only about 6,532 residents.
Vermont’s capital is Montpelier, while the largest city is Burlington — a common pattern in the United States, where many states placed their capitals in smaller, more central towns rather than their largest commercial hubs.
Related resources
Download a printable outline of Vermont’s county boundaries from our blank map of Vermont page — available in SVG, PNG, and PDF.
Use the What County Am I In? tool to detect which Vermont county a GPS location or address falls in, or the Address to County Lookup for batch input.
For demographic radius analysis, the Find ZIP Codes in Radius and Population Within Radius tools let you draw a circle around any Vermont address and see every ZIP code and the total population inside.
Two SimpleMapLab studies cover Vermont specifically: the 100-mile radius around Montpelier measures how much of the state lives within 100 miles of its capitol, and the loneliest town in Vermont ranks the state’s most isolated inhabited place. The county-counts blog post puts Vermont’s 14 counties in national context.
Frequently asked questions
Population and demographics are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data via the SimpleMaps dataset. Countiesboundaries are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line shapefiles. Land area is from the Census Gazetteer. State counts follow the US Census Bureau’s definition of counties and county-equivalents (50 states + DC = 3,143). All sources are public domain.