U.S. Senator Chris Coons of Delaware

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The following information about Delaware is from the U.S. Census Bureau.

People QuickFacts Delaware USA
Population, 2009 estimate 885,122 307,006,550
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 13.0% 9.1%
Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 783,557 281,424,602
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2009 6.7% 6.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2009 23.4% 24.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2009 14.3% 12.9%
Female persons, percent, 2009 51.5% 50.7%
 
White persons, percent, 2009 (a) 73.9% 79.6%
Black persons, percent, 2009 (a) 21.1% 12.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2009 (a) 0.4% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2009 (a) 3.0% 4.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2009 (a) 0.1% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2009 1.5% 1.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2009 (b) 7.2% 15.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2009 67.5% 65.1%
 
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 56.0% 54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 5.7% 11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 9.5% 17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 82.6% 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 25.0% 24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 131,794 49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 24.0 25.5
 
Housing units, 2009 396,222 129,969,653
Homeownership rate, 2000 72.3% 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 18.7% 26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $130,400 $119,600
 
Households, 2000 298,736 105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000 2.54 2.59
Median household income, 2008 $58,380 $52,029
Per capita money income, 1999 $23,305 $21,587
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008 10.3% 13.2%
 
Business QuickFacts Delaware USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2008 25,1741 7,601,169
Private nonfarm employment, 2008 389,5101 120,903,551
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2008 3.2%1 6.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2008 53,210 21,351,320
Total number of firms, 2002 63,570 22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 6.7% 5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 S 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 3.0% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.0% 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.4% 6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 24.1% 28.2%
 
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 16,417,927 3,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 17,292,794 4,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 10,912,971 3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $13,538 $10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 1,231,595 449,498,718
Building permits, 2009 3,156 582,963
Federal spending, 2008 6,622,7181 2,771,782,1522
 
Geography QuickFacts Delaware USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,953.56 3,537,438.44
Persons per square mile, 2000 401.0 79.6
FIPS Code 10

 

1: Includes data not distributed by county.
2: Includes data not distributed by state.

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(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
F: Fewer than 100 firms
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
X: Not applicable
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Thursday, 04-Nov-2010 12:46:18 EDT