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Vermont population 2026

Q: What is the population of Vermont in 2026?

The latest official figure is 644,663, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Vermont would have about 643 thousand people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Vermont has 644,663 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2025, 1,858 fewer than a year earlier (−0.29%). It is 50th of the US’s 50 states and DC by population, home to 0.2% of the US’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 643 thousand by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Vermont in numbers

Population: 645 thousand 1 July 2025
Change in a year: −0.29% −1,858 people
Change since 2020: +0.26% from 643 thousand
Share of the US: 0.2% 50th of 50 states and DC
Population density: 27per km² 23,873 km²
Births in the year: 5 thousand deaths: 7 thousand
International migration: +623 net arrivals from abroad
Moves within the US: −726 more people left than moved in

In the latest year deaths outnumbered births by 1,769, 623 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 726 more people moved to the rest of the US than moved in.

That is about as many people as Suriname (645 thousand).

Population of Vermont by year

645k

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2010	625,886
2011	627,197
2012	626,361
2013	626,603
2014	625,693
2015	625,810
2016	624,366
2017	625,132
2018	624,802
2019	624,046
2020	642,965
2021	647,238
2022	647,614
2023	647,722
2024	646,521
2025	644,663

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	644,663	−1,858	−0.29%
2024	646,521	−1,201	−0.19%
2023	647,722	+108	+0.02%
2022	647,614	+376	+0.06%
2021	647,238	+4,273	+0.66%
2020	642,965	+18,919	+3.03%
2019	624,046	−756	−0.12%
2018	624,802	−330	−0.05%
2017	625,132	+766	+0.12%
2016	624,366	−1,444	−0.23%
2015	625,810	+117	+0.02%
2014	625,693	−910	−0.15%
2013	626,603	+242	+0.04%
2012	626,361	−836	−0.13%
2011	627,197	+1,311	+0.21%

2010–2019 are Vintage 2020 estimates and 2020–2025 are Vintage 2025, so the step between 2019 and 2020 is partly a change of base.

Vermont among the US’s states

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States of the US by population
#
1	California	39,355,309	−0.02%	11.5%	98
2	Texas	31,709,821	+1.25%	9.3%	47
3	Florida	23,462,518	+0.84%	6.9%	169
4	New York State	20,002,427	+0.01%	5.9%	164
5	Pennsylvania	13,059,432	+0.10%	3.8%	113
6	Illinois	12,719,141	+0.13%	3.7%	89
7	Ohio	11,900,510	+0.34%	3.5%	113
8	Georgia (US State)	11,302,748	+0.88%	3.3%	76
9	North Carolina	11,197,968	+1.32%	3.3%	89
10	Michigan	10,127,884	+0.28%	3.0%	69
11	New Jersey	9,548,215	+0.44%	2.8%	501
12	Virginia	8,880,107	+0.69%	2.6%	87
13	Washington State	8,001,020	+0.92%	2.3%	47
14	Arizona	7,623,818	+0.89%	2.2%	26
15	Tennessee	7,315,076	+0.88%	2.1%	69
16	Massachusetts	7,154,084	+0.22%	2.1%	354
17	Indiana	6,973,333	+0.56%	2.0%	75
18	Missouri	6,270,541	+0.43%	1.8%	35
19	Maryland	6,265,347	+0.32%	1.8%	249
20	Colorado	6,012,561	+0.40%	1.8%	22
21	Wisconsin	5,972,787	+0.26%	1.7%	43
22	Minnesota	5,830,405	+0.57%	1.7%	28
23	South Carolina	5,570,274	+1.46%	1.6%	72
24	Alabama	5,193,088	+0.58%	1.5%	40
25	Louisiana	4,618,189	+0.07%	1.4%	41
26	Kentucky	4,606,864	+0.50%	1.3%	45
27	Oregon	4,273,586	+0.19%	1.3%	17
28	Oklahoma	4,123,288	+0.62%	1.2%	23
29	Connecticut	3,688,496	+0.38%	1.1%	294
30	Utah	3,538,904	+1.02%	1.0%	17
31	Nevada	3,282,188	+0.88%	1.0%	12
32	Iowa	3,238,387	+0.25%	0.9%	22
33	Arkansas	3,114,791	+0.60%	0.9%	23
34	Kansas	2,977,220	+0.40%	0.9%	14
35	Mississippi	2,954,160	+0.14%	0.9%	24
36	New Mexico	2,125,498	−0.06%	0.6%	7
37	Idaho	2,029,733	+1.44%	0.6%	10
38	Nebraska	2,018,006	+0.62%	0.6%	10
39	West Virginia	1,766,147	−0.07%	0.5%	28
40	Hawaii	1,432,820	−0.15%	0.4%	86
41	New Hampshire	1,415,342	+0.48%	0.4%	61
42	Maine	1,414,874	+0.46%	0.4%	18
43	Montana	1,144,694	+0.63%	0.3%	3
44	Rhode Island	1,114,521	+0.37%	0.3%	416
45	Delaware	1,059,952	+0.94%	0.3%	210
46	South Dakota	935,094	+0.86%	0.3%	5
47	North Dakota	799,358	+0.75%	0.2%	5
48	Alaska	737,270	+0.10%	0.2%	1
49	District of Columbia	693,645	+0.34%	0.2%	4,381
50	Vermont	644,663	−0.29%	0.2%	27
51	Wyoming	588,753	+0.35%	0.2%	2

Largest cities in Vermont

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Burlington42,452
South Burlington18,791
Colchester16,986
Rutland15,824

Questions

What is the population of Vermont in 2026?

The latest official figure is 644,663, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Vermont would have about 643 thousand people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Is Vermont’s population growing or shrinking?

It shrank by 1,858 people (−0.29%) in the latest year, and has changed +0.26% since 2020. In the latest year deaths outnumbered births by 1,769, 623 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 726 more people moved to the rest of the US than moved in.

How does Vermont rank in the US?

Vermont is 50th of the US’s 50 states and DC, with 0.2% of the people. California is the largest, with 39.4 million.

What is the population density of Vermont?

About 27 people per km², on 23,873 km². Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer.

What is the largest city in Vermont?

Burlington, with about 42 thousand people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. US government work, public domain. Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the US, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Vermont population, US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-states/vermont/

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