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By Job Gal | September 22, 2008
Vermont
Vermont is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is the only New England state with no coastline along the Atlantic Ocean, and is known for its green mountains and proximity to Lake Champlain. Montpelier serves as the state capital. Vermont is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York to the west and Quebec, Canada to the north.
Jacques Cartier is thought to be the first European to discover Vermont in 1535. However, in 1609 French explorer Samuel de Champlain claimed the state as part of New France. In 1763, the Treaty of Paris gave Vermont to the British. In 1777 Vermont was granted independence, and it became a state in 1791.
Vermont played a crucial role in the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, during which time the state sent more than 34,000 men into battle. Following the Civil War, the state began to grow economically, and became a ground for women’s rights and anti-slavery movements. Today Vermont is the leading producer of maple syrup in the country.
Vermont’s Job Market
In 2007, Vermont was ranked the 32nd state in which to do business. Vermont’s gross state product in 2005 was $23 billion, last among the 50 states. Vermont is the only state in the country to not have a balanced budget requirement for its government.
The state’s fastest growing industries include: agriculture, manufacturing, tourism, quarrying and healthcare.
Work Trends
Vermont unemployment rate: 4.9 percent
National unemployment rate: 6.1 percent
Mean travel time to work: 21.6 minutes
Vermont’s Largest Employers
National Life Group
1 National Life Dr.
Montpelier, VT
IBM
1000 River St.
Essex Junction, VT
Popular Local Job Search Sites
Cheezhead
JobCentral
Craigslist
CareerBuilder
Vermont JobLink
VermontJobs
Jobs.com
Job-Hunt
Surrounding Area Job Search
Montpelier, VT
Stowe, VT
Richmond, VT
Williston, VT
Burlington, VT
South Burlington, VT
Winooski, VT
Springfield, VT
Danville, VT
Continuing Education
University of Vermont
Champlain College
Norwich University
Saint Michaels College
Middlebury College
Discovering Vermont
Vermont Maple Festival
Vermont State Fair
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Bread and Puppet Theater
American Precision Museum
Bennington Museum
Vermont Statistics
Population
Total population: 623,908
Persons under five-years old: 5.3 percent
Persons under 18-years old: 21.4 percent
Persons 65-years and older: 13.3 percent
Female: 50.8 percent
White: 96.7 percent
Black: .7 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native: .4 percent
Asian: 1.1 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: less than 1 percent
Multi-racial: 1.1 percent
Hispanic or Latino: 1.1 percent
Non-Hispanic White: 95.7 percent
Education
High school graduates: 86.4 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 29.4 percent
Housing
Housing units: 309,557
Homeownership rate: 70.6 percent
Housing units in multi-unit structures: 23 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $111,500
Households: 240,634
Persons per household: 2.44
Income
Median household income: $44,548
Per capita money income: $20,625
Persons below poverty: 8.7 percent
Transportation
Airports: Burlington International, Rutland Southern Vermont Regional
Railroad: Amtrak (Ethan Allen Express, Vermonter)
Public mass transit: Greyhound, Addison County Transit Resources, American Red Cross Green Mountain Express, Yankee Trails, Battleboro Town Bus, Deerfield Valley Transit Association, Chittenden County Transportation Authority, University of Vermont Campus Area Transportation System, Special Services Transportation Agency, Marble Valley Regional Transit District, Ludlow Municipal Transit System, Advanced Transit, Connecticut River Transit, Stowe Trolley System, Village Mountain Shuttle, Morrisville Shuttle, Stagecoach Transportation Services, Green Mountain Transit Authority, Northwest Vermont Public Transit Network, Rural Community Transportation
Weather
Average annual precipitation: 60 inches
Average low temp. in January: 4 degrees
Average high temp. in July: 81 degrees
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