It is one of the 108 one or two member districts into which the state was divided by the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2000 United States 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 United States census.
The Orleans-1 District includes all of the Orleans County towns of Brownington, Charleston, Derby, Holland, and Morgan.
The two member Orleans-1 District had a population of 7,641 in that same census, 5.88% below the state average.