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Delaware At A Glance
Last Updated July 14, 2003
The State:
- Profile: Click here for political history and analysis.
- Size: 2,489 square miles
- Population in 2000: 783,600; 80.0% urban; 20.0% rural
- Population in 1990: 666,168
- Population Change: Up
17.6% 1990-2000; Up
12.1% 1980-1990
- Population Rank: 45th of 50; 0.3% of total U.S. population
- Most Populous Cities:
Wilmington (72,664);
Dover (32,135);
Newark (28,547);
Milford (6,732);
Seaford (6,699)
- Registered Voters:
224,130 D
(43.1%);
175,326 R
(33.7%);
120,360 unaffiliated and minor parties
(23.2%)
- Presidential Votes: Click here for analysis and past returns.
- Congressional Redistricting: Click here for additional details. An expanded
map of the current lines is also available.
- State
Senate: 13 D 8 R
- State House: 29 R 12 D
- State Legislative Term Limits: No
Key Elected Officials:
The People:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2004 Guide to Usage.
- Race/Ethnic Origin:
567,973 (72.5%) white;
148,435 (18.9%) black;
16,110 (2.1%) Asian;
2,324 (0.3%) American Indian;
234 (0.0%) Pacific islander/Hawaiian;
10,222 (1.3%) two-plus races;
1,025 (0.1%) other;
37,277 (4.8%) Hispanic origin
- Ancestry:
12.6% Irish,
10.9% German,
9.2% English,
7.1% Italian,
4.6% USA
- State Natives: 48.3% of residents were born in-state.
- Non-Citizens: 3.3% of residents are foreign-born and not U.S. citizens
- Language Spoken, by Household: 88.1% English;
5.4% Spanish;
4.6% Other Eur.
- Education:
82.6% high school graduates;
25.0% college graduates
- Military Veterans:
84,289 (14.3%);
WWII: (19.2%);
Korea: (13.7%);
Vietnam: (31.7%);
First Gulf War: (10.1%)
The Economy:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2004 Guide to Usage.
- Industry:
1.1% agriculture;
7.4% construction;
11.6% finance;
1.9% information;
18.0% manufacturing;
28.6% professional;
5.2% public administration;
14.3% trade;
11.9% other
- Work Force: 22.0% blue collar; 62.9% white collar; 15.1% gray collar
- Work Sector: 81.1% private; 13.8% government; 5.0% self-employed; 0.2% unpaid family workers
- Unemployment: 5.1% unemployed
- Median Household Income:
$47,381
- 9.2% are below the poverty line
- 12.2% less than $15,000
- 23.5% $15-35,000
- 16.9% $35-50,000
- 33.3% $50-100,000
- 9.4% $100-150,000
- 4.6% more than $150,000
Median Home Value: $122,000
- 9.7% less than $50,000
- 26.0% $50-100,000
- 47.9% $100-200,000
- 11.3% $200-300,000
- 3.7% $300-500,000
- 1.4% more than $500,000
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