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State Senate District 8, DE

46,151 Population
25.1 square miles 1,841.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Delaware: 41.5 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$43,141 ±$2,527 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Delaware: $44,219 ±$479
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$97,843 ±$5,768 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Delaware: $82,855 ±$1,234
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

17.8% ±1.7% (6,797  ±683) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 105,246 (±0.5% / ±4,897)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

20.7 minutes ±0.8 (361,550  ±26,164) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delaware: 26.1 10,778,325 (±0.3 / ±154,224)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

14,472 ±616 Number of households
  • Delaware: 396,209 ±1,648
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.1 (37,932  ±1,305) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 982,814
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

2.8% ±1% (386  ±143) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 10,952 (±0.4% / ±905)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

16,078 ±664 Number of housing units
  • Delaware: 457,958 ±241
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$405,200 ±$12,978 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Delaware: $326,800 ±$3,051
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

24.4% ±2.4% (11,237  ±1,130) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Delaware: 11.3% 112,086 (±0.5% / ±4,566.1)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

96.8% ±2.2% (23,852  ±1,176.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware: 91.4% 649,298 (±0.9% / ±6,357.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
57.3% ±2.8% (14,124  ±923.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 35.3% 250,626 (±0.5% / ±3,743.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

11.2% ±1.4% (5,174  ±671) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 104,694
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

4.1% ±0.7% (1,605  ±272) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Delaware: 7.8% 61,582 (±0.3% / ±1,968)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,605 Total veterans ±272 1,449 Male ±257 156 Female ±89

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