Vermont abortion percentages by county

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 15 July 2025

Vermont: abortion ratios by county of residence

county 1996-1998 1997-1999 1998-2000 1999-2001 2000-2002 2001-2003 2002-2004 2003-2005 2004-2006 2005-2007 2006-2008 2007-2009 2008-2010 2009-2011 2010-2012 2011-2013 2012-2014 2013-2015 2014-2016 2015-2017 2016-2018 2017-2019 2018-2020 2019-2021 2020-2022 2021-2023 county

Addison 201 188 187 176 184 184 212 202 199 192 190 201 186 201 187 166 168 164 159 121 105 105 120 113 110 95 Addison

Bennington 183 179 167 173 164 175 205 229 238 225 211 206 218 238 233 217 205 193 198 188 194 174 152 142 130 131 Bennington

Caledonia 211 198 156 155 156 161 139 140 158 175 179 170 170 159 162 157 138 141 146 165 155 140 140 144 160 164 Caledonia

Chittenden 339 328 327 309 316 312 318 314 308 302 292 288 288 291 284 272 257 241 236 222 225 222 241 225 218 200 Chittenden

Essex 120 97 57 34 53 84 120 136 123 103 94 78 85 89 120 118 86 56 79 118 164 197 163 122 126 129 Essex

Franklin 165 164 180 188 183 169 176 178 179 168 168 160 152 146 149 166 150 135 119 117 131 135 153 145 142 131 Franklin

Grand Isle 315 264 204 150 176 207 208 211 241 228 225 192 176 182 190 273 242 211 155 168 180 197 173 153 247 232 Grand Isle

Lamoille 269 258 239 261 276 269 260 242 227 202 204 211 225 219 235 259 275 258 235 222 231 201 198 187 201 207 Lamoille

Orange 112 112 115 114 113 124 112 103 94 101 94 95 96 101 97 97 98 133 147 163 136 136 168 144 144 105 Orange

Orleans 137 128 132 117 112 112 116 121 142 152 171 142 145 119 127 114 137 128 136 130 134 139 149 164 163 131 Orleans

Rutland 257 255 252 236 251 253 284 284 295 309 311 312 285 277 270 264 237 223 221 224 212 212 206 196 179 175 Rutland

Washington 286 273 276 271 272 263 263 259 256 251 259 235 224 210 212 218 226 245 250 237 225 207 212 209 208 213 Washington

Windham 277 252 215 212 203 191 198 188 197 189 194 168 143 140 140 141 125 127 135 145 130 112 91 98 95 91 Windham

Windsor 141 134 121 100 85 79 97 106 112 111 102 91 83 73 72 68 75 107 140 161 171 162 173 145 148 147 Windsor

VERMONT 242 233 226 217 219 216 224 223 225 222 219 212 206 203 202 200 192 189 189 185 184 177 184 174 172 162 VERMONT

Vermont: abortion percentages by county of residence

county 1996-1998 1997-1999 1998-2000 1999-2001 2000-2002 2001-2003 2002-2004 2003-2005 2004-2006 2005-2007 2006-2008 2007-2009 2008-2010 2009-2011 2010-2012 2011-2013 2012-2014 2013-2015 2014-2016 2015-2017 2016-2018 2017-2019 2018-2020 2019-2021 2020-2022 2021-2023 county

Addison 16.7 15.8 15.7 15.0 15.5 15.6 17.5 16.8 16.6 16.1 15.9 16.7 15.7 16.8 15.8 14.2 14.4 14.1 13.7 10.8 9.5 9.5 10.7 10.1 9.9 8.7 Addison

Bennington 15.5 15.2 14.3 14.7 14.1 14.9 17.0 18.6 19.2 18.4 17.4 17.1 17.9 19.2 18.9 17.9 17.0 16.2 16.5 15.8 16.3 14.8 13.2 12.5 11.5 11.6 Bennington

Caledonia 17.4 16.5 13.5 13.4 13.5 13.8 12.2 12.3 13.6 14.9 15.2 14.6 14.5 13.7 13.9 13.5 12.2 12.3 12.8 14.2 13.4 12.3 12.3 12.6 13.8 14.1 Caledonia

Chittenden 25.3 24.7 24.7 23.6 24.0 23.8 24.1 23.9 23.6 23.2 22.6 22.4 22.3 22.6 22.1 21.4 20.4 19.4 19.1 18.2 18.4 18.1 19.4 18.4 17.9 16.7 Chittenden

Essex 10.7 8.8 5.4 3.3 5.1 7.8 10.8 12.0 11.0 9.4 8.6 7.2 7.8 8.2 10.7 10.6 7.9 5.3 7.3 10.5 14.1 16.5 14.0 10.9 11.2 11.4 Essex

Franklin 14.2 14.1 15.3 15.8 15.5 14.5 15.0 15.1 15.2 14.4 14.4 13.8 13.2 12.8 13.0 14.2 13.0 11.9 10.7 10.5 11.6 11.9 13.3 12.6 12.4 11.6 Franklin

Grand Isle 24.0 20.9 16.9 13.0 14.9 17.1 17.2 17.4 19.4 18.6 18.3 16.1 15.0 15.4 16.0 21.5 19.5 17.4 13.4 14.4 15.2 16.4 14.7 13.3 19.8 18.8 Grand Isle

Lamoille 21.2 20.5 19.3 20.7 21.6 21.2 20.7 19.5 18.5 16.8 17.0 17.5 18.3 18.0 19.0 20.6 21.6 20.5 19.0 18.2 18.8 16.7 16.5 15.8 16.7 17.1 Lamoille

Orange 10.1 10.1 10.3 10.3 10.1 11.1 10.1 9.4 8.6 9.2 8.6 8.7 8.8 9.2 8.8 8.8 8.9 11.7 12.8 14.0 12.0 12.0 14.4 12.6 12.6 9.5 Orange

Orleans 12.1 11.4 11.7 10.4 10.0 10.0 10.4 10.8 12.4 13.2 14.6 12.4 12.7 10.6 11.3 10.2 12.1 11.3 12.0 11.5 11.8 12.2 12.9 14.1 14.0 11.6 Orleans

Rutland 20.4 20.3 20.1 19.1 20.0 20.2 22.1 22.1 22.8 23.6 23.7 23.8 22.2 21.7 21.3 20.9 19.2 18.2 18.1 18.3 17.5 17.5 17.1 16.4 15.2 14.9 Rutland

Washington 22.3 21.5 21.7 21.3 21.4 20.8 20.8 20.5 20.4 20.1 20.6 19.1 18.3 17.4 17.5 17.9 18.5 19.6 20.0 19.2 18.3 17.1 17.5 17.3 17.2 17.5 Washington

Windham 21.7 20.1 17.7 17.5 16.8 16.0 16.5 15.8 16.5 15.9 16.2 14.4 12.5 12.3 12.3 12.3 11.1 11.3 11.9 12.6 11.5 10.0 8.3 8.9 8.6 8.4 Windham

Windsor 12.4 11.8 10.8 9.1 7.9 7.3 8.8 9.5 10.1 10.0 9.3 8.4 7.6 6.8 6.7 6.4 7.0 9.7 12.3 13.9 14.6 13.9 14.7 12.6 12.9 12.8 Windsor

VERMONT 19.5 18.9 18.4 17.9 18.0 17.8 18.3 18.2 18.4 18.2 18.0 17.5 17.1 16.9 16.8 16.6 16.1 15.9 15.9 15.6 15.5 15.0 15.5 14.8 14.7 14.0 VERMONT

Vermont: counties ranked by abortion percentage

Sources (incomplete):

Vermont Department of Health, 1999, "State of Vermont 1996 Vital Statistics," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://www.state.vt.us/health/96vitals.htm].
Vermont Department of Health, 2000, "Table B-6, 1997 Vermont resident births," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/1997/b0506.htm].
Vermont Department of Health, 2000, "Table E-1, 1997 Vermont abortions--occurrence," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/1997/e01.htm].
Vermont Department of Health, 2000, "Table E-3, 1997 Vermont abortions--occurrence," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/1997/e0304.htm].
Vermont Department of Health, 2001, "State of Vermont 1998 Vital Statistics," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://www.state.vt.us/health/_hs/pubs/1998/vitals/toc.htm].
Vermont Department of Health, 2002, "Table B-7, 1999 Vermont resident births," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/1999/b07.htm].
Vermont Department of Health, 2002, "Table E-1, 1999 Vermont abortions--occurrence," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/1999/e01.htm].
Vermont Department of Health, 2003, "Table B-7, 2000 Vermont resident births," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2000/b07.htm].
Vermont Department of Health, 2003, "Table E-1, 2000 Vermont abortions--occurrence," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2000/e01.htm].
Vermont Department of Health, 2004, "Table B-7, 2001 Vermont resident births," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2001/b07.htm].
Vermont Department of Health, 2004, "Table E-1, 2001 Vermont abortions--occurrence," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2001/e01.htm].
Vermont Department of Health, 2005, "Table B-7, 2002 Vermont resident births," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2002/b07.htm].
Vermont Department of Health, 2005, "Table E-1, 2002 Vermont abortions--occurrence," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2002/e01.htm].
Vermont Department of Health, 2006, "Table B-7, 2003 Vermont resident births," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2003/B07.HTM].
Vermont Department of Health, 2006, "Table E-1, 2003 Vermont abortions--occurrence," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2003/E01.HTM].
Vermont Department of Health, 2007, "Table B-5, 2004 Vermont resident births," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2004/b0506.htm].
Vermont Department of Health, 2007, "Table E-1, 2004 Vermont abortions--occurrence," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2004/e01.htm].
Vermont Department of Health, 2007, "Table E-3, 2004 Vermont abortions--occurrence," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2004/e0304.htm].
Vermont Department of Health, 2008, "Table B-5, 2005 Vermont resident births," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2005/b0506.htm].
Vermont Department of Health, 2008, "Table E-1, 2005 Vermont abortions--occurrence," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2005/e01.htm].
Vermont Department of Health, 2008, "Table E-3, 2005 Vermont abortions--occurrence," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2005/e0304.htm].
Vermont Department of Health, 2009, "Table B-5, 2006 Vermont resident births," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2006/B0506.HTM].
Vermont Department of Health, 2009, "Table E-1, 2006 Vermont abortions--occurrence," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2006/E01.HTM].
Vermont Department of Health, 2009, "Table E-3, 2006 Vermont abortions--occurrence," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2006/E03.HTM].
Vermont Department of Health, 2010, "Table B-5, 2007 Vermont resident births," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2007/B0506.HTM].
Vermont Department of Health, 2010, "Table E-1, 2007 Vermont abortions--occurrence," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2007/E01.HTM].
Vermont Department of Health, 2010, "Table E-3, 2007 Vermont abortions--occurrence," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2007/E03.HTM].
Vermont Department of Health, 2011, "Table B-5, 2008 Vermont resident births," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2008/B0506.HTM].
Vermont Department of Health, 2011, "Table E-1, 2008 Vermont abortions--occurrence," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2008/E01.HTM].
Vermont Department of Health, 2011, "Table E-3, 2008 Vermont abortions--occurrence," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2008/E03.HTM].
Vermont Department of Health, 2012, "Table B-5, 2009 Vermont resident births," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2009/B0506.HTM].
Vermont Department of Health, 2012, "Table E-1, 2009 Vermont abortions--occurrence," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2009/E01.HTM].
Vermont Department of Health, 2012, "Table E-3, 2009 Vermont abortions--occurrence," Vermont Department of Health, on line [http://healthvermont.gov/research/stats/2009/E03.HTM].

© 2003-2022, 2025 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 15 July 2025.
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county	1996-1998	1997-1999	1998-2000	1999-2001	2000-2002	2001-2003	2002-2004	2003-2005	2004-2006	2005-2007	2006-2008	2007-2009	2008-2010	2009-2011	2010-2012	2011-2013	2012-2014	2013-2015	2014-2016	2015-2017	2016-2018	2017-2019	2018-2020	2019-2021	2020-2022	2021-2023	county
Addison	201	188	187	176	184	184	212	202	199	192	190	201	186	201	187	166	168	164	159	121	105	105	120	113	110	95	Addison
Bennington	183	179	167	173	164	175	205	229	238	225	211	206	218	238	233	217	205	193	198	188	194	174	152	142	130	131	Bennington
Caledonia	211	198	156	155	156	161	139	140	158	175	179	170	170	159	162	157	138	141	146	165	155	140	140	144	160	164	Caledonia
Chittenden	339	328	327	309	316	312	318	314	308	302	292	288	288	291	284	272	257	241	236	222	225	222	241	225	218	200	Chittenden
Essex	120	97	57	34	53	84	120	136	123	103	94	78	85	89	120	118	86	56	79	118	164	197	163	122	126	129	Essex
Franklin	165	164	180	188	183	169	176	178	179	168	168	160	152	146	149	166	150	135	119	117	131	135	153	145	142	131	Franklin
Grand Isle	315	264	204	150	176	207	208	211	241	228	225	192	176	182	190	273	242	211	155	168	180	197	173	153	247	232	Grand Isle
Lamoille	269	258	239	261	276	269	260	242	227	202	204	211	225	219	235	259	275	258	235	222	231	201	198	187	201	207	Lamoille
Orange	112	112	115	114	113	124	112	103	94	101	94	95	96	101	97	97	98	133	147	163	136	136	168	144	144	105	Orange
Orleans	137	128	132	117	112	112	116	121	142	152	171	142	145	119	127	114	137	128	136	130	134	139	149	164	163	131	Orleans
Rutland	257	255	252	236	251	253	284	284	295	309	311	312	285	277	270	264	237	223	221	224	212	212	206	196	179	175	Rutland
Washington	286	273	276	271	272	263	263	259	256	251	259	235	224	210	212	218	226	245	250	237	225	207	212	209	208	213	Washington
Windham	277	252	215	212	203	191	198	188	197	189	194	168	143	140	140	141	125	127	135	145	130	112	91	98	95	91	Windham
Windsor	141	134	121	100	85	79	97	106	112	111	102	91	83	73	72	68	75	107	140	161	171	162	173	145	148	147	Windsor
VERMONT	242	233	226	217	219	216	224	223	225	222	219	212	206	203	202	200	192	189	189	185	184	177	184	174	172	162	VERMONT

county	1996-1998	1997-1999	1998-2000	1999-2001	2000-2002	2001-2003	2002-2004	2003-2005	2004-2006	2005-2007	2006-2008	2007-2009	2008-2010	2009-2011	2010-2012	2011-2013	2012-2014	2013-2015	2014-2016	2015-2017	2016-2018	2017-2019	2018-2020	2019-2021	2020-2022	2021-2023	county
Addison	16.7	15.8	15.7	15.0	15.5	15.6	17.5	16.8	16.6	16.1	15.9	16.7	15.7	16.8	15.8	14.2	14.4	14.1	13.7	10.8	9.5	9.5	10.7	10.1	9.9	8.7	Addison
Bennington	15.5	15.2	14.3	14.7	14.1	14.9	17.0	18.6	19.2	18.4	17.4	17.1	17.9	19.2	18.9	17.9	17.0	16.2	16.5	15.8	16.3	14.8	13.2	12.5	11.5	11.6	Bennington
Caledonia	17.4	16.5	13.5	13.4	13.5	13.8	12.2	12.3	13.6	14.9	15.2	14.6	14.5	13.7	13.9	13.5	12.2	12.3	12.8	14.2	13.4	12.3	12.3	12.6	13.8	14.1	Caledonia
Chittenden	25.3	24.7	24.7	23.6	24.0	23.8	24.1	23.9	23.6	23.2	22.6	22.4	22.3	22.6	22.1	21.4	20.4	19.4	19.1	18.2	18.4	18.1	19.4	18.4	17.9	16.7	Chittenden
Essex	10.7	8.8	5.4	3.3	5.1	7.8	10.8	12.0	11.0	9.4	8.6	7.2	7.8	8.2	10.7	10.6	7.9	5.3	7.3	10.5	14.1	16.5	14.0	10.9	11.2	11.4	Essex
Franklin	14.2	14.1	15.3	15.8	15.5	14.5	15.0	15.1	15.2	14.4	14.4	13.8	13.2	12.8	13.0	14.2	13.0	11.9	10.7	10.5	11.6	11.9	13.3	12.6	12.4	11.6	Franklin
Grand Isle	24.0	20.9	16.9	13.0	14.9	17.1	17.2	17.4	19.4	18.6	18.3	16.1	15.0	15.4	16.0	21.5	19.5	17.4	13.4	14.4	15.2	16.4	14.7	13.3	19.8	18.8	Grand Isle
Lamoille	21.2	20.5	19.3	20.7	21.6	21.2	20.7	19.5	18.5	16.8	17.0	17.5	18.3	18.0	19.0	20.6	21.6	20.5	19.0	18.2	18.8	16.7	16.5	15.8	16.7	17.1	Lamoille
Orange	10.1	10.1	10.3	10.3	10.1	11.1	10.1	9.4	8.6	9.2	8.6	8.7	8.8	9.2	8.8	8.8	8.9	11.7	12.8	14.0	12.0	12.0	14.4	12.6	12.6	9.5	Orange
Orleans	12.1	11.4	11.7	10.4	10.0	10.0	10.4	10.8	12.4	13.2	14.6	12.4	12.7	10.6	11.3	10.2	12.1	11.3	12.0	11.5	11.8	12.2	12.9	14.1	14.0	11.6	Orleans
Rutland	20.4	20.3	20.1	19.1	20.0	20.2	22.1	22.1	22.8	23.6	23.7	23.8	22.2	21.7	21.3	20.9	19.2	18.2	18.1	18.3	17.5	17.5	17.1	16.4	15.2	14.9	Rutland
Washington	22.3	21.5	21.7	21.3	21.4	20.8	20.8	20.5	20.4	20.1	20.6	19.1	18.3	17.4	17.5	17.9	18.5	19.6	20.0	19.2	18.3	17.1	17.5	17.3	17.2	17.5	Washington
Windham	21.7	20.1	17.7	17.5	16.8	16.0	16.5	15.8	16.5	15.9	16.2	14.4	12.5	12.3	12.3	12.3	11.1	11.3	11.9	12.6	11.5	10.0	8.3	8.9	8.6	8.4	Windham
Windsor	12.4	11.8	10.8	9.1	7.9	7.3	8.8	9.5	10.1	10.0	9.3	8.4	7.6	6.8	6.7	6.4	7.0	9.7	12.3	13.9	14.6	13.9	14.7	12.6	12.9	12.8	Windsor
VERMONT	19.5	18.9	18.4	17.9	18.0	17.8	18.3	18.2	18.4	18.2	18.0	17.5	17.1	16.9	16.8	16.6	16.1	15.9	15.9	15.6	15.5	15.0	15.5	14.8	14.7	14.0	VERMONT