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Vermont Fun Facts

Capital: Montpelier

State abbreviation/Postal code: Vt./VT

Governor: Peter Shumlin, D (to Jan. 2015)

Lieut. Governor: Phillip Scott, R (to Jan. 2015)

Senators: Patrick Leahy, D (to Jan. 2017); Bernie Sanders, I (to Jan. 2013)

U.S. Representatives: 1

Historical biographies of Congressional members

Entered Union (rank): March 4, 1791 (14)

Present constitution adopted: 1793

Motto: Vermont, Freedom and Unity

State symbols:

flower	red clover (1894)
tree	sugar maple (1949)
bird	hermit thrush (1941)
animal	Morgan horse (1961)
insect	honeybee (1978)
song	“These Green Mountains” (2000)

Nickname: Green Mountain State

Origin of name: From the French “vert mont,” meaning “green mountain”

10 largest cities (2005 est.): Burlington, 38,531; Rutland, 17,046; South Burlington, 16,993; Barre, 9,128; Essex Junction, 8,841; Montpelier, 8,003; St. Albans, 7,476; Winooski, 6,353; Newport, 5,207; Northfield, 3,157

Land area: 9,250 sq mi. (23,958 sq km)

Geographic center: In Washington Co., 3 mi. E of Roxbury

Number of counties: 14

Largest county by population and area: Chittenden, 149,613 (2005); Windsor, 971 sq mi.

State forests: 300,000 ac.

State parks: 52

Residents: Vermonter

2005 resident population est.: 623,050

2000 resident census population (rank): 608,827 (49). Male: 298,337 (49.0%); Female: 310,490 (51.0%). White: 589,208 (96.8%); Black: 3,063 (0.5%); American Indian: 2,420 (0.4%); Asian: 5,217 (0.9%); Other race: 1,443 (0.2%); Two or more races: 7,335 (1.2%); Hispanic/Latino: 5,504 (0.9%). 2000 percent population 18 and over: 75.8; 65 and over: 12.7; median age: 37.7.

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