Delaware

2024 population: 1,051,917 ( 61,962 from 2020)
Land area: 1948.5 square miles
Population density: 539.8 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	609,750	57.97%	1.7%
Black:	238,806	22.70%	9.8%
Indian:	3,111	0.30%	4.9%
Asian:	49,368	4.69%	19.3%
2+ races:	28,069	2.67%	14.5%
Hispanic:	122,813	11.68%	18.0%

Total non-White:	442,167	42.03%	13.2%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	44,757	11.3
Deaths:	47,081	11.9
Net Migration:	46,357	11.7
Net Immigration:	17,748	4.5

Change in White population:	10,344	1.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	51,618	5.2

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
989,955
599,406	60.55%
217,587	21.98%
2,966	0.30%
41,366	4.18%
24,515	2.48%
104,115	10.52%
390,549	39.45%

2010
897,934
586,752	65.34%
186,782	20.80%
2,824	0.31%
28,546	3.18%
18,284	2.04%
73,221	8.15%
311,182	34.66%

2000
783,600
567,973	72.48%
148,435	18.94%
2,324	0.30%
16,344	2.09%
10,222	1.30%
37,277	4.76%
215,627	27.52%

1990
666,168
529,024	79.41%
110,826	16.64%
2,127	0.32%
9,040	1.36%
n/a
15,151	2.27%
137,144	20.59%

1980
594,338
483,009	81.27%
95,277	16.03%
1,138	0.19%
4,627	0.78%
n/a
9,540	1.61%
111,329	18.73%

1970
548,104
461,114	84.13%
77,380	14.12%
649	0.12%
1,478	0.27%
n/a
6,267	1.14%
86,990	15.87%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
101,672	11.3
78,544	8.7
39,538	4.4
13,227	1.5

12,654	1.4
79,367	8.8

Number	Rate
2000's
106,409	13.6
66,314	8.5
46,524	5.9
19,523	2.5

18,779	2.4
95,555	12.2

Number	Rate
1990's
105,681	15.9
63,549	9.5
36,708	5.5
10,911	1.6

38,949	5.8
78,483	11.8

Number	Rate
1980's
96,908	16.3
53,841	9.1
33,008	5.6
n/a

46,015	7.7
25,815	4.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-2,358	-0.4
n/a

21,895	4.0
24,339	4.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Delaware

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
41.4
206,702	19.7%
845,215	80.3%
195,016	18.5%

389,000
2.50

252,505	64.9%
184,317	73.0%
24,751	9.8%
136,495	35.1%

2010
Number	Percent
38.8
205,765	22.9%
692,169	77.1%
129,277	14.4%

342,297
2.55

230,731	67.4%
165,280	71.6%
25,986	11.3%
111,566	32.6%

2000
Number	Percent
36.2
193,962	24.8%
589,638	75.2%
101,670	13.0%

298,755
2.54

205,775	68.9%
156,351	76.0%
22,405	10.9%
92,980	31.1%

1990
Number	Percent
33.0
163,007	24.5%
503,161	75.5%
80,670	12.1%

247,163
2.61

176,925	71.6%
141,129	79.8%
14,692	8.3%
70,238	28.4%

1980
Number	Percent
30.0
166,489	28.0%
427,849	72.0%
58,985	9.9%

206,690
2.80

155,073	75.0%
127,013	81.9%
13,552	8.7%
51,617	25.0%

2022 Housing Data for Delaware

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	16,749	4.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	12,173	3.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	10,775	2.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	12,267	3.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	13,820	3.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	13,903	3.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	14,294	3.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	13,700	3.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	13,210	3.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	27,203	7.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	36,164	9.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	54,374	14.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	40,249	10.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	30,916	7.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	39,006	10.0%
$200,000 or more	40,197	10.3%

Median Household Income	79,325
Per Capita Income	42,180

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	106

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	17,946	4.6%
Public Assistance	9,323	2.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	44,781	11.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	396,302	71.4%
Unemployed	22,924	4.1%
In Armed Forces	3,407	0.6%

Total Labor Force	422,633	76.2%
Not in Labor Force	132,209	23.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	169,100	146,330	53.6%
Non-Profit	13,732	29,586	31.7%
Self-Employed	26,201	15,172	63.3%

Local Government	9,258	11,639	44.3%
State Government	16,649	24,140	40.8%
Federal Government	6,743	4,806	58.4%

Total Private + Self	195,301	161,502	54.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	46,382	70,171	39.8%
Total	241,683	231,673	51.1%

Pct. Govt.	15.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	80,393	16.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	97,018	20.4%
Professional, Technical	116,426	24.5%
Service Occupations	82,950	17.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,203	0.5%
All others	97,668	20.6%

White Collar		61.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	70,374	14.8%
Retail trade	56,871	12.0%
Educational services	46,340	9.8%
Finance and insurance	36,150	7.6%
Manufacturing	35,799	7.5%
Construction	33,876	7.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	31,292	6.6%
Accommodation and food services	30,002	6.3%
Public administration	26,905	5.7%
Transportation and warehousing	24,456	5.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	20,828	4.4%
Other services	20,167	4.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	9,477	2.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	8,488	1.8%
Wholesale trade	8,434	1.8%
Information	5,086	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	4,928	1.0%
Utilities	3,851	0.8%
Management	792	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	339	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	35,005	3.52%
Puerto Rican	28,559	2.87%
Cuban	1,539	0.15%
Dominican	5,880	0.59%

Total Central American	14,504	1.46%
Costa Rican	486	0.05%
Guatemalan	9,879	0.99%
Honduran	1,201	0.12%
Nicaraguan	310	0.03%
Panamanian	883	0.09%
Salvadoran	1,733	0.17%
Other Central American	12	0.00%

Total South American	7,474	0.75%
Argentinean	1,111	0.11%
Bolivian	156	0.02%
Chilean	965	0.10%
Colombian	2,307	0.23%
Ecuadorian	1,409	0.14%
Paraguayan	44	0.00%
Peruvian	1,006	0.10%
Uruguayan	40	0.00%
Venezuelan	423	0.04%
Other South American	13	0.00%

Other Hispanic	5,735	0.58%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	17,068	1.72%
Chinese	8,268	0.83%
Filipino	4,073	0.41%
Vietnamese	2,069	0.21%
Korean	2,014	0.20%
Bangladeshi	895	0.09%
Japanese	769	0.08%
Taiwanese	408	0.04%
Thai	275	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	809,280	86.1%
Spanish	67,918	7.2%
Other Indo-European	14,389	1.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	8,457	0.9%
Chinese	8,252	0.9%
Other	7,557	0.8%
Other Asian	6,817	0.7%
German, other Germanic	5,227	0.6%
Tagalog	2,837	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	142,840	14.4%
German	122,063	12.3%
English	101,237	10.2%
Italian	85,061	8.6%
American	48,089	4.8%
Polish	39,123	3.9%
Scottish	14,587	1.5%
French	11,917	1.2%
European	10,846	1.1%
Dutch	8,327	0.8%
African	7,613	0.8%
Welsh	7,201	0.7%
Russian	6,625	0.7%
Swedish	6,084	0.6%
Scotch-Irish	5,777	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	948,667	95.5%
Not a citizen	44,968	4.5%

Native	896,412	90.2%
Foreign-born	97,223	9.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
21,962	3.1%	39,382	5.6%	208,129	29.7%	189,534	27.1%	139,213	19.9%	102,144	14.6%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	21,962	3.1%
9-12 Years	39,382	5.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	208,129	29.7%
Some College	189,534	27.1%
Bach. Degree	139,213	19.9%
Grad Degree	102,144	14.6%
Average years of education: 13.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	360,125	344,167	15,958	4.4%
1991	362,077	340,716	21,361	5.9%
1992	366,989	347,757	19,232	5.2%
1993	375,854	357,432	18,422	4.9%
1994	384,252	366,159	18,093	4.7%
1995	385,978	369,541	16,437	4.3%
1996	388,837	369,489	19,348	5.0%
1997	389,711	374,170	15,541	4.0%
1998	396,043	382,131	13,912	3.5%
1999	400,121	387,006	13,115	3.3%

2000	412,956	398,187	14,769	3.6%
2001	421,564	406,517	15,047	3.6%
2002	417,207	399,417	17,790	4.3%
2003	415,889	397,309	18,580	4.5%
2004	421,092	402,991	18,101	4.3%
2005	433,377	413,829	19,548	4.5%
2006	443,227	425,994	17,233	3.9%
2007	445,305	429,202	16,103	3.6%
2008	450,264	427,693	22,571	5.0%
2009	438,383	401,718	36,665	8.4%

2010	436,194	398,387	37,807	8.7%
2011	443,971	410,229	33,742	7.6%
2012	445,963	414,490	31,473	7.1%
2013	443,550	414,215	29,335	6.6%
2014	452,712	427,400	25,312	5.6%
2015	462,751	440,555	22,196	4.8%
2016	468,808	447,640	21,168	4.5%
2017	475,670	454,513	21,157	4.4%
2018	481,178	463,416	17,762	3.7%
2019	488,040	470,220	17,820	3.7%

2020	484,359	446,458	37,901	7.8%
2021	493,930	466,770	27,160	5.5%
2022	496,688	474,258	22,430	4.5%
2023	506,530	486,405	20,125	4.0%
2024	506,841	488,175	18,666	3.7%

Migration Data for Delaware

Inflows From (2011-2022)
From State	Number of People
Pennsylvania	91,304
Maryland	69,240
New Jersey	40,227
New York	25,335
Florida	18,664
Virginia	16,923
Texas	9,625
North Carolina	9,368
California	8,432
Georgia	6,599
South Carolina	4,169
Ohio	4,108
Connecticut	3,684
Illinois	3,533
Massachusetts	3,435

Outflows To (2011-2022)
To State	Number of People
Pennsylvania	71,418
Maryland	54,128
Florida	26,951
New Jersey	23,790
Virginia	15,844
New York	14,774
Texas	12,720
North Carolina	11,786
California	9,279
Georgia	8,697
South Carolina	5,722
Ohio	4,293
Massachusetts	3,439
Illinois	3,429
Arizona	3,369

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	451,556
Median Value	$305,200

Occupied	389,000	86.1%
Vacant	62,556	13.9%

Owned	279,923	72.0%
Rented	109,077	28.0%
Median Rent	$1,286

Single-Family Units	337,541	74.8%
Detached	265,589	58.8%
Attached	71,952	15.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	63,583	14.1%
Mobile Homes	33,122	7.3%

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Delaware

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Delaware

2022 Housing Data for Delaware

2022 Income & Employment Data for Delaware

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Delaware

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Delaware

Historical Labor Force Data for Delaware

Migration Data for Delaware

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