Vermont population grew slowly over last decade to 625,741

The US Census Bureau has released 2010 population estimates for the United States. Vermont's population is estimated at 625,741, a 2.8 percent increase from 2000. New Hampshire had the fastest growth in New England at 6.5 percent for an estimated population of 1,316,470. For Vermont's other neighbors, Massachusetts grew 3.1 percent (6,547,629) and New York grew 2.1 percent (19,378,102). This represents Vermont's slowest Census growth period since the state lost population from 1930 to 1940. Vermont's population grew very rapidly in the 1960s and 1970s. The United States as a whole grew 9.7 percent over the last decade, for a current estimated population of 308,745,538.
Along with New York, Vermont was one of the slowest growing states in the nation. Other slow growers were Rhode Island (.04 percent), Louisiana (1.4 percent) and Ohio (1.6 percent). Michigan and Puerto Rico lost population over the last 10 years. Meanwhile, the West (13.8 percent) and Southeast (14.3 percent) saw steep gains in population. The Northeast was the slowest growing region. Nevada was the fastest growing state at 35.1 percent, with Arizona at 24.6 percent in second place and Utah at 23.8 percent in third.
Vermont has the second fewest number of people, second only to Wyoming at 563,626 and just ahead of Alaska with 710,231.
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Source: US Census Bureau. 2.3.2011. The Census Bureau is releasing a preliminary set of April 1, 2010, estimates of total population for the nation, states and Puerto Rico. The Internet table will show the estimates in comparison with official April 1, 2010, Census counts released in December 2010. The estimates are based on the 2000 Census and were prepared using the current estimates methodology without knowledge of 2010 Census results. An additional Internet table will show preliminary estimates of the July 1 populations for each year since the 2000 Census. Internet address: .