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Delaware demographics

Demographics, population, home values, social and economic characteristics of Delaware.

Population: 981,892
Median age: 41.1
Median household income: 72,724

Delaware population: 981,892

Population

2021981,892
2020967,679
2019957,248
2018949,495
2017943,732
2016934,695
2015926,454
2014917,060
2013908,446
2012900,131
2011890,856
2010881,278
2009863,832

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Demographic and housing estimates in Delaware

Total population
Total population981,892
Male477,219
Female504,673
Population by age
Total population981,892
Under 5 years54,234
5 to 9 years56,481
10 to 14 years60,792
15 to 19 years61,884
20 to 24 years57,883
25 to 34 years127,878
35 to 44 years115,773
45 to 54 years121,235
55 to 59 years69,719
60 to 64 years69,638
65 to 74 years113,956
75 to 84 years53,708
85 years and over18,711
Median age (years)41.1
Under 18 years207,645
16 years and over798,798
18 years and over774,247
21 years and over734,748
62 years and over228,241
65 years and over186,375
Population by race
Total population981,892
One race932,380
   White645,409
   Black or African American215,745
   American Indian and Alaska Native3,064
   Asian39,684
   Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander383
   Some other race28,095
Two or more races49,512
Citizen, voting age population
Citizen, VOTING AGE 18 and over population733,786
Male Citizen, VOTING AGE 18 and over population351,139
Female Citizen, VOTING AGE 18 and over population382,647

Social characteristics in Delaware

Households by type
Total households381,097
Family households (families)181,481
Married-couple family26,594
Male householder, no wife present, family63,140
Female householder, no husband present, family44,434
Nonfamily households109,882
Average household size129,770
Average family size2.51

Economic characteristics in Delaware

Income and benefits (in inflation-adjusted dollars)
Total households381,097
Less than $10,00018,656
$10,000 to $14,99912,429
$15,000 to $24,99925,196
$25,000 to $34,99930,179
$35,000 to $49,99943,400
$50,000 to $74,99966,005
$75,000 to $99,99953,499
$100,000 to $149,99966,716
$150,000 to $199,99932,528
$200,000 or more32,489
Median household income (dollars)72,724

Housing characteristics in Delaware

Housing occupancy
Total housing units445,104
Occupied housing units381,097
Vacant housing units64,007
Units in structure
Total housing units445,104
1-unit, detached260,290
1-unit, attached70,982
2 units6,716
3 or 4 units10,377
5 to 9 units18,020
10 to 19 units23,365
20 or more units22,376
Mobile home32,655
Boat, RV, van, etc.323
Year structure built
Total housing units445,104
Built 2014 or later1,467
Built 2010 to 201346,688
Built 2000 to 200980,922
Built 1990 to 199964,462
Built 1980 to 198955,140
Built 1970 to 197951,504
Built 1960 to 196944,748
Built 1950 to 195944,075
Built 1940 to 194918,792
Built 1939 or earlier37,306
Rooms
Total housing units445,104
1 room5,670
2 rooms5,219
3 rooms26,193
4 rooms53,042
5 rooms66,961
6 rooms87,207
7 rooms70,317
8 rooms54,250
9 rooms or more76,245
Median rooms6.3
Bedrooms
Total housing units445,104
No bedroom6,214
1 bedroom29,650
2 bedrooms88,374
3 bedrooms200,696
4 bedrooms98,564
5 or more bedrooms21,606
Housing tenure
Occupied housing units381,097
Owner-occupied272,435
Renter-occupied108,662
Average household size of owner-occupied unit2.56
Average household size of renter-occupied unit2.39
Year householder moved into unit
Occupied housing units381,097
Moved in 2017 or later32,500
Moved in 2015 to 2016108,436
Moved in 2010 to 201467,033
Moved in 2000 to 200986,562
Moved in 1990 to 199944,572
Moved in 1989 and earlier41,994
Value
Owner-occupied units272,435
Less than $50,00013,284
$50,000 to $99,9999,449
$100,000 to $149,99917,542
$150,000 to $199,99937,431
$200,000 to $299,99982,371
$300,000 to $499,99984,313
$500,000 to $999,99923,676
$1,000,000 or more4,369
Median (dollars)269,700
Mortgage status
Owner-occupied units272,435
Housing units with a mortgage176,819
Housing units without a mortgage95,616
Gross rent
Occupied units paying rent104,304
Less than $5007,944
$500 to $99923,509
$1,000 to $1,49947,952
$1,500 to $1,99918,985
$2,000 to $2,4994,014
$2,500 to $2,999948
$3,000 or more952
Median (dollars)1,199
No rent paid4,358

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