Vermont County Map

Vermont has 14 counties. Together they cover 9,217 sq mi of land and 644,663 people.

Neighbouring areas are given different colours so their shared borders read clearly. These colours carry no data.

Boundaries from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, generalised so that no point moves by more than half a pixel at this width. Select any area to open its page.
Counties
14
45th most of the 51 states and DC
Population
644,663
50th largest
Land area
9,217
square miles
Density
69.9
people per square mile, computed

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Vermont with the state boundary drawn on top. County lines are not drawn here: at this scale they would bury the picture, and the map above already carries them.

Aerial view of Vermont from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
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The extremes of Vermont

Most populous

Chittenden County

169,115

Least populous

Essex County

6,051

Largest by land area

Windsor County

969.1 sq mi

Smallest by land area

Grand Isle County

81.8 sq mi

Most densely populated

Chittenden County

315 per sq mi

Highest median household income

Grand Isle County

$97,396

Which is the largest county in Vermont? The answer depends on whether you mean area or population.

The counties, by shape

Every one, drawn to its own scale so the small ones stay recognisable. Shape alone is not a size comparison; the table below carries the areas.

What the map does not say

The counties of Vermont are nowhere near the same size. Windsor County covers 969.1 sq mi of land, 11.9 times the 81.8 sq mi of Grand Isle County. People are spread even less evenly: Chittenden County packs 315 per sq mi while Essex County holds 9.1 per sq mi.

They were not drawn in one sitting either. Bennington County dates to 1777, and the boundaries were still being redrawn when Lamoille County was organised in 1836, 59 years later. Founding years come from Wikidata and are worth checking against the county's own history before citing.

Water is part of the picture too: 57.7% of Grand Isle County is water, the most in the state, which is why its land area and total area disagree. And 5 of the 14 counties here share their names with counties in other states, so searching by name alone can land in the wrong place; the A to Z index lists every duplicate.

All 14 counties of Vermont

Sortable on any column. This table doubles as the text alternative to the map above: every area is a link, in alphabetical order, whether or not the map renders.

The 14 counties of Vermont, with population, land area, density, median household income, county seat and FIPS code.
NamePopulationLand areaDensityMedian incomeSeatFIPS
Addison County38,048766.3 sq mi49.6 per sq mi$89,639Middlebury50001
Bennington County36,630674.2 sq mi54.3 per sq mi$73,325Bennington50003
Caledonia County30,414649.2 sq mi46.8 per sq mi$69,970St. Johnsbury50005
Chittenden County169,115536.9 sq mi315 per sq mi$96,759Burlington50007
Essex County6,051662.4 sq mi9.1 per sq mi$59,294Guildhall50009
Franklin County51,177631 sq mi81.1 per sq mi$81,313Saint Albans50011
Grand Isle County7,51181.8 sq mi91.9 per sq mi$97,396North Hero50013
Lamoille County26,294461.3 sq mi57.0 per sq mi$74,908Hyde Park50015
Orange County30,002687 sq mi43.7 per sq mi$82,232Chelsea50017
Orleans County27,600694.6 sq mi39.7 per sq mi$70,103Newport50019
Rutland County59,653930.6 sq mi64.1 per sq mi$68,616Rutland50021
Washington County59,652687.1 sq mi86.8 per sq mi$83,449Montpelier50023
Windham County45,204786 sq mi57.5 per sq mi$72,217Newfane50025
Windsor County57,312969.1 sq mi59.1 per sq mi$77,594Woodstock50027

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The ten most populous

  1. Chittenden County169,115
  2. Rutland County59,653
  3. Washington County59,652
  4. Windsor County57,312
  5. Franklin County51,177
  6. Windham County45,204
  7. Addison County38,048
  8. Bennington County36,630
  9. Caledonia County30,414
  10. Orange County30,002

Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.