Delaware - Profile Data - Census Reporter

1,051,917 Population 1,948.5 square miles 539.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Age

42.1 ±0.3 Median age

• about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Sex

Race & Ethnicity

Income

$45,438 ±$1,203 Per capita income

• about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100

$87,534 ±$2,747 Median household income

• about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

Poverty

9.6% ±1.1% (98,553 ±11,530) Persons below poverty line

• about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

Transportation to work

26.8 minutes ±0.8 (11,664,670 ±413,882) Mean travel time to work

• about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Households

412,304 ±3,893 Number of households

• United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273

2.5 (1,028,168 ±) Persons per household

• about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

Marital status

Fertility

5% ±0.9% (11,625 ±1,992) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

• about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Units & Occupancy

476,415 ±97 Number of housing units

• United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

Value

$371,600 ±$4,972 Median value of owner-occupied housing units

• a little higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

Geographical mobility

10.6% ±0.9% (110,609 ±9,798.5) Moved since previous year

• about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Educational attainment

91.8% ±1.8% (685,650 ±13,477.3) High school grad or higher

• about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)

36% ±1.1% (268,753 ±8,267.2) Bachelor's degree or higher

• about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

Language

16.3% ±0.9% (162,030 ±8,891.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home

• about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

Place of birth

11.6% (121,583 ±7,857) Foreign-born population

• about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

Veteran status

7.2% ±0.4% (59,853 ±3,163) Population with veteran status

• about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)

59,853 Total veterans ±3,163 51,983 Male ±2,983 7,870 Female ±1,725

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