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Sussex County, DE

263,509 Population
936.1 square miles 281.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.6 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 42 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,645 ±$2,260 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Delaware: $44,350 ±$1,187
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$78,061 ±$4,191 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Delaware: $81,361 ±$1,668
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

9.8% ±1.9% (25,468  ±4,825) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 10.5% 106,027 (±1% / ±10,289)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.4 minutes ±1.2 (2,496,260  ±163,687) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 26.8 11,565,330 (±0.5 / ±317,809)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

111,492 ±2,902 Number of households
  • Delaware: 412,048 ±3,896
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (260,660  ±35) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 1,008,153
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.3% ±1.3% (1,427  ±551) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware: 5.4% † 12,165 (±1.2% / ±2,608)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

156,301 ±50 Number of housing units
  • Delaware: 471,472 ±147
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$397,100 ±$12,260 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Delaware: $359,700 ±$5,589
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.1% ±1.5% (23,906  ±3,824.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 11.2% 114,277 (±0.9% / ±9,361.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

89.8% ±3.2% (178,594  ±6,409.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 91.4% 668,410 (±1.9% / ±13,796.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
33.8% ±1.9% (67,177  ±3,743.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 36.5% 266,702 (±1.2% / ±8,549.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.3% (24,590  ±2,486) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 11.2% 115,129
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.6% ±0.9% (18,626  ±1,893) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 7.5% 61,454 (±0.5% / ±4,118)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
18,626 Total veterans ±1,893 16,924 Male ±1,730 1,702 Female ±681

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