Delaware Population 2024

March 2, 2024 by Babji

Delaware (U.S. state abbreviation is 'DE') is one the states of United States located in the mid-atlantic region. It borders north to the Pennsylvania, south and west by Maryland, east by New Jersey and Atlantic Ocean. Delaware state capital is Dover and Wilmington is the largest city of the state. Delaware population in 2024 is estimated to be 1.03 million residents, it is second smallest country with 96 miles long and 39 miles at its widest mostly Atlantic coastal plain and the area is 2044 square miles. Delaware population increased by 28,439 people since from the last census of 2020. The Delaware state was named after its Delaware river, and is divided into three counties, New Castle County is the largest country with 559,335 people, Sussex County with 229,286 and Kent County with 178,550 people. Before the European settlers, Delaware Indians was living with other tribes like Lenape in the Delaware valley. Dewey Beach, Seaford, Rehoboth Beach, Laurel, Harrington are the most dangerous cities in Delaware State.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Delaware
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of Delaware

According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, DE population in 2020 is 989,948. Delaware population in 2023 is estimated to be 1.03 million residents, population in 2022 is estimated to be 1.01 million residents, and in 2021 is estimated to be 1 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	899,595
2011	907,316	0.86
2012	915,188	0.87
2013	923,638	0.92
2014	932,596	0.97
2015	941,413	0.95
2016	949,216	0.83
2017	957,078	0.83
2018	967,171	1.05
2019	975,972	0.91
2020	989,948	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	1,003,384	1.36
2022*	1,018,836	1.54
2023*	1,037,379	1.82

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Delaware Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Delaware by race are: Delaware Population distribution by Race are White Americans represent 69.11%, followed by 21.86% by Black Americans, 3.87% represent Asian population

White Population

White population in Delaware are 652,170, percentage wise 69.11 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Delaware are 206,290, percentage wise 21.86 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Delaware, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Delaware are 36,553, percentage wise 3.87 percent are asians, out of these 15,455 are Asian Indians, 8,889 are Chinese, 3,986 are Filipinos, 510 are Japanese, 2,370 are Korean, 1,486 are Vietnamese and 3,857 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Delaware are 84,793. Percentage wise 8.98 percent are hispanics, out of these 33,559 are Mexican people, 26,524 are Puerto Ricans, 1,796 are Cubans, and 22,914 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

114 people are Native Hawaiian, 216 are Guamanian or Chamorro and 33 are Samoans. 3,482 belongs to American Indian and Natives, 46 are Navajo tribals, 13 are Chippewa tribals and 481 are Cherokee tribal grouping.

Total Population	943,732	Percent
White	652,170	69.11%
Black or African American	206,290	21.86%
American Indian and Alaska Native	3,482	0.369%
Cherokee tribal grouping	481	0.051%
Chippewa tribal grouping	13	0.001%
Navajo tribal grouping	46	0.005%
Sioux tribal grouping	0	0.000%
Asian Population	36,553	3.87%
Asian Indian	15,455	1.64%
Chinese	8,889	0.94%
Filipino	3,986	0.42%
Japanese	510	0.05%
Korean	2,370	0.25%
Vietnamese	1,486	0.16%
Other Asian Population	3,857
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	465	0.05%
Native Hawaiian	114	0.012%
Guamanian or Chamorro	216	0.023%
Samoan	33	0.003%
Other Pacific Islander	102
Some other race	18,512
Hispanic or Latino	84,793	8.98%
Mexican	33,559	3.56%
Puerto Rican	26,524	2.81%
Cuban	1,796	0.19%
Other Hispanic or Latino	22,914

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Delaware

The top cities of Delaware are Wilmington with a population of 70,635 as on 2018, followed by Dover with 36,826, Newark with 32,278, Bear with 19732 and Middletown with 18,871 inhabitants.

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Wilmington	70,635

Population Pyramid

Below is the population pyramid of Delaware state as on 2017 census estimates.

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Delaware Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Delaware by age is 943,732, out of these 456,876 are male, 486,856 are female, The sex ratio of Delaware is 938. The Delaware population by age are, under 15 years is 169,306, 15 years and over is 774,426, 30 years and over is 586,147, 65 years and over is 160,565 and 85 years and over is 18,319. 48.41 percent are male, 51.59 percent are female, 17.94 percent are under 15 years old, 82.06 percent are 15 years and over, 62.11 percent are 30 years and over, 17.01 percent are 65 years and over, 1.94 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in DE

About the Delaware Languages, 87.15% of the Delaware population speak English, followed by 6.85 are Spanish, 2.75 are European language and 2.33% speak Asian languages.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	774,288	87.15
Spanish Language	60,881	6.85
European Language	24,405	2.75
Asian Languages	20,688	2.33
Other Languages	8,188	0.92

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Delaware Education

Below is the Delaware education stats as per the virtual census of 2018.

Population 18 to 24 years		88,139	44,417	43,722
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	12,351	7,530	4,821
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	29,226	15,663	13,563
	Some college or associates degree	37,476	17,448	20,028
	Bachelors degree or higher	9,086	3,776	5,310
Population 25 years and over		651,540	308,913	342,627
	Less than 9th grade	23,416	12,492	10,924
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	46,228	24,742	21,486
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	203,135	98,560	104,575
	Some college, no degree	125,964	58,034	67,930
	Associates degree	51,028	20,159	30,869
	Bachelors degree	117,478	55,669	61,809
	Graduate or professional degree	84,291	39,257	45,034

White		444,117	211,461	232,656
	High school graduate or higher	409,117	192,183	216,934
	Bachelors degree or higher	146,932	70,477	76,455
Black or African		130,363	58,891	71,472
	High school graduate or higher	114,494	50,692	63,802
	Bachelors degree or higher	29,001	11,753	17,248
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		2,463	1,285	1,178
	High school graduate or higher	1,848	959	889
	Bachelors degree or higher	487	295	192
Asian		25,032	11,981	13,051
	High school graduate or higher	22,933	11,228	11,705
	Bachelors degree or higher	17,382	8,992	8,390
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		266	151	115
	High school graduate or higher	200	127	73
	Bachelors degree or higher	37	8	29
Hispanic or Latino Origin		44,316	22,929	21,387
	High school graduate or higher	28,513	14,406	14,107
	Bachelors degree or higher	6,390	2,567	3,823

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Below is the disable population of Delaware State.

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	111,783
Male	52,366
Female	59,417
	-
White	82,459
Black or African American	22,389
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	867
Asian	1,703
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	75
Some other race	1,439
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	28,554
With a vision difficulty	19,290
With a cognitive difficulty	42,565
With an ambulatory difficulty	59,657
With a self-care difficulty	22,644
With an independent living difficulty	39,025

Counties of Delaware

Delaware state is divided into 3 counties, As on 2018 the largest being Kent County with 178,550, followed by New Castle with 559,335 and Sussex with 229,289 people.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Kent County	176,445	178,550	1.2	3	3
New Castle County	556,419	559,335	0.5	1	1
Sussex County	224,214	229,286	2.3	2	2