The Burlington metropolitan area is a

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consisting of the three Vermont counties of Chittenden,

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, and Grand Isle. The metro area is anchored by the principal cities of

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South Burlington South Burlington is a city in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. Along with neighboring Burlington, it is a principal city of the Burlington metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 20,292. It is home to the head ...

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, Winooski, and

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; and the towns of

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and

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. According to 2012 U.S. Census estimates, the metro area had an estimated population of 213,701, approximately one third of Vermont's total population. The

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defines the area as one of its

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s (the Burlington-South Burlington Metropolitan Statistical Area), a designation used for statistical purposes by the

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and other agencies. The MSA designation represents the counties containing the contiguous

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centered on the city of Burlington, plus adjacent counties that are socially and economically linked to the urban core (as measured by commuting). An alternative definition using

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instead of counties as basic units is the Burlington-South Burlington

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(NECTA).

Counties

List of counties making up the MSA: * Chittenden *

* Grand Isle

Towns and cities

List of towns/cities making up the NECTA: *

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* Buels Gore *

(Principal city) *

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* Hinesburg * Huntington * Fairfax * Fairfield * Ferrisburg *

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* Grand Isle *

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* St. Albans (city) * St. Albans (town) *

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* Shelburne *

(Principal city) * South Hero * Starksboro * Swanton * Underhill * Vergennes * Westford * Williston * Winooski

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 198,889 people, 75,978 households, and 49,311 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 95.43%

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, 0.74%

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, 0.58% Native American, 1.53%

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, 0.02%

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, 0.30% from

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, and 1.40% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.94% of the population.

Economy

The metro had a

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of $8.38 billion in 2004, 38.2% of the total for the state. Personal income was $7 billion.

Personal income

The median income for a household in the MSA was $44,122, and the median income for a family was $51,690. Males had a median income of $35,363 versus $26,070 for females. The

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for the MSA was $21,175. The median wage in the area in 2008 was $16.47 hourly or $34,258 annually. This was 7.6% higher than in the rest of the state.

Industry

The largest industrial facility in Vermont is

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's semiconductor plant in

took over the plant in June 2015, after IBM ceased operations at the plant. As of 2008,

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employed 780 people in

. Companies headquartered in the metro area include: * Dealer.com, headquartered in

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, headquartered in

*Lake Champlain Chocolates, headquartered in

* Seventh Generation, Inc., headquartered in

* Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc., headquartered in

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, headquartered in Winooski * MyWebGrocer, headquartered in Winooski *Pet Food Warehouse Vermont, headquartered in

Hospitals include

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and

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Volunteers

The metropolitan area ranked ten points higher than the US average, helping to propel the state to ninth in the country for volunteerism for the period 2005–8. 37.4% of the population volunteered during this period. The national average was 26.4%. The local average annual number of hours was 40.8.

Public health and safety

One study ranked the area fourth highest in gun safety, out of 100.

Media

There are four network-affiliated television stations in the city. They include WFFF channel 44 (

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), WFFF's digital subchannel 44-2 (

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), its sister station,

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channel 22 (

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WPTZ WPTZ (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Plattsburgh, New York, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for the Burlington, Vermont–Plattsburgh, New York market. It is owned by Hearst Television alongside Montpelier, Vermont� ...

(

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), and

WCAX WCAX-TV (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Burlington, Vermont, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Burlington, Vermont–Plattsburgh, New York market. It is owned by Gray Television alongside Saranac Lake, New York ...

channel 3 (

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). WCAX, WFFF, and WPTZ operate news departments. WCAX is the only Burlington-based news department, while WPTZ is licensed in

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yet operates out of

. WFFF and WVNY are also based in Colchester.

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is based in Colchester.

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is the city's major

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service provider. Residents within the city limits are also served by municipally owned

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. These public access channels are Burlington based:

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VCAM-Channel 15, RETN-Channel 16, and Channel 17. Newspapers published in the Burlington metropolitan area include: * ''

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'' -

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* '' St. Albans Messenger'' - St. Albans, Vermont *'' Franklin County Courier'' -

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* ''The Islander'' -

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* ''

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'' -

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* ''The Other Paper'' -

South Burlington, Vermont South Burlington is a city in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. Along with neighboring Burlington, it is a principal city of the Burlington metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 20,292. It is home to the head ...

*'' Seven Days'' -

* ''Shelburne News'' -

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* ''Williston Observer'' -

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References

{{Burlington, Vermont Chittenden County, Vermont Franklin County, Vermont Grand Isle County, Vermont