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Chittenden County

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Chittenden County continues to have the greatest percentage of population growth

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Fire rips through Chittenden County home

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Road Rampage in Chittenden County

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5 Robberies in one weekend for Chittenden County

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UVM study finds the amount of reported cases in Chittenden County is likely a fraction of the actual

Chittenden County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2010 census, the population was 156,545. The county's population estimate for 2016 was 161,531. Its shire town (seat) is Vermont's most populous municipality, the city of Burlington. The county has over a quarter of Vermont's population and more than twice the population of Vermont's second most populous county, Rutland. The county also has more than twice the population density of Vermont's second most dense county, Washington. The county is named for Vermont's first governor and one of the framers of its constitution as an independent republic and later U.S. state, Thomas Chittenden.