Vermont
State Government
Governor
Phil Scott (R)
State Senate
21
Democrats,
7
Republicans
State House
107
Democrats,
37
Republicans
Housing - Vermont
Home foreclosure rate
1 in 17741
People experiencing homelessness
7,141.0
Households paying more than 50% of income on housing
17,500.0
Percent renters
0.268
Economic well-being - Vermont
Extreme poverty rate
0.04
Food insecurity
0.122
Minimum wage
14.01
Percent of working families under 200% of the poverty line
0.229
Poverty rate
9.0%
Unemployment rate
2.5
Number of Black or African American children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
Number of Hispanic or Latino children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
Percent of individuals who are uninsured
4.2
Brattleboro Reformer, April 9, 2012: Political, legal fights over school vouchers
"Even among supporters, there's dissension over whether vouchers should only be offered to low-income students on a limited basis or made available to anyone. There's also division among black and Hispanic leaders as to whether vouchers help or hurt kids in urban schools."
Brattleboro Reformer, March 24, 2012: Academy School has chance to toot its horn on national stage
"The most substantial improvements show up in the shrinking gap between low-income children and their classmates, an outcome that has largely eluded the rest of the state when annual test scores are released each year. Six years ago there was a more than 50-point difference between what children from low-income households and the rest of the school were scoring on the math tests."