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state, United States
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Also known as: Green Mountain State
Seal of Vermont
The hermit thrush is the state bird of Vermont.
Red clover is the state flower of Vermont.
- Capital:
- Montpelier
- Population:
- (2020) 643,077; (2022 est.) 647,064
- Governor:
- Phil Scott (Republican)
- Date Of Admission:
- March 4, 1791
- U.S. Senators:
- Peter Welch (Democrat) Bernie Sanders (Independent)
Recent News
May 10, 2023, 2:36 PM ET (AP)
Vermont governor signs 1st-in-nation shield bills that explicitly include medicated abortion
Vermont's Republican governor signed abortion and gender affirming shield bills into law Wednesday that are the first in the country to explicitly include protecting access to a medication widely used in abortions even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdraws its approval of the pill, mifepristone
Vermont, constituent state of the United States of America. One of the six New England states lying in the northeastern corner of the country, it was admitted to the union on March 4, 1791, as the 14th state. It is sparsely populated, and its capital, Montpelier, is one of the least-populous U.S. state capitals. Vermont is bordered to the north by Quebec, Canada, to the east by New Hampshire, to the south by Massachusetts, and to the west by New York. From the Canadian to the Massachusetts border, the Connecticut River separates Vermont from New Hampshire. The river, from the ...(100 of 5148 words)