The Franklin Senate District is one of 13 Vermont Senate districts included in the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2000 U.S. Census. The plan applies to legislatures elected in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010. A new plan will be developed in 2012 following the 2010 U.S. Census.
The Franklin District includes all of Franklin County (except the towns of Montgomery and Richford), as well as the Grand Isle County town of Alburgh. Montgomery and Richford are in the Essex-Orleans district.
As of the 2000 census, the state as a whole had a population of 608,827. As there are a total of 30 Senators, there were 20,294 residents per senator. The Franklin District had a population of 44,056 in that same census. The district is apportioned two senators. This equals 22,028 residents per senator, 8.54% above the state average.
District Senators
(As of 2017)
- Carolyn Whitney, Republican Party
- Dustin Degree, Republican Party
Towns and cities in the Franklin District
Franklin County
- Bakersfield
- Berkshire
- Enosburg
- Fairfax
- Fairfield
- Fletcher
- Franklin
- Georgia
- Highgate
- Sheldon
- St. Albans
- St. Albans Town
- Swanton
Grand Isle County
See also
External links
- Map of Vermont Senate districts and statistics (PDF)
- Vermont Act 151 (2002), which created the districts. Note comprehensive act, redistricting section begins on page 67. (PDF)