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Sussex County, DE

271,134 Population
936.1 square miles 289.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Delaware: 42.1 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,557 ±$2,128 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Delaware: $45,438 ±$1,203
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$85,258 ±$3,898 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Delaware: $87,534 ±$2,747
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.1% ±1.7% (24,529  ±4,642) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware: 9.6% † 98,553 (±1.1% / ±11,530)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.6 minutes ±1.5 (2,756,865  ±179,956) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Delaware: 26.8 11,664,670 (±0.8 / ±413,882)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

114,835 ±3,185 Number of households
  • Delaware: 412,304 ±3,893
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (268,334  ±15) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 1,028,168
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.6% ±1.6% (1,229  ±730) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 5% † 11,625 (±0.9% / ±1,992)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

160,248 ±43 Number of housing units
  • Delaware: 476,415 ±97
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$397,800 ±$12,042 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Delaware: $371,600 ±$4,972
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.2% ±1.3% (22,240  ±3,526.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 10.6% 110,609 (±0.9% / ±9,798.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.4% ±3.2% (189,916  ±6,592.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 91.8% 685,650 (±1.8% / ±13,477.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
33.5% ±1.9% (68,904  ±3,875.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware: 36% 268,753 (±1.1% / ±8,267.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

8.2% (22,199  ±3,391) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delaware: 11.6% 121,583
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.2% ±0.9% (16,137  ±1,927) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 7.2% 59,853 (±0.4% / ±3,163)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
16,137 Total veterans ±1,927 14,935 Male ±1,791 1,202 Female ±606

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