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State Senate District 17, DE

49,043 Population
29.3 square miles 1,674 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 41.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,152 ±$1,588 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $45,375 ±$459
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,863 ±$3,820 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $84,954 ±$1,251
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.1% ±2.7% (6,358  ±1,251) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware: 10.4% 103,819 (±0.4% / ±4,214)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.9 minutes ±1.7 (482,520  ±45,908) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 26 10,627,325 (±0.3 / ±165,777)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

19,201 ±760 Number of households
  • Delaware: 402,038 ±1,657
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (45,255  ±1,272) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 997,898
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±1.5% (524  ±193) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 11,075 (±0.4% / ±883)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

20,589 ±808 Number of housing units
  • Delaware: 464,203 ±208
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$270,200 ±$9,957 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $352,000 ±$2,842
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.9% ±1.8% (6,791  ±903.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 108,296 (±0.4% / ±3,800.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92% ±3.6% (29,264  ±1,501.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 91.7% 662,711 (±0.9% / ±6,681.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.6% ±2.5% (8,769  ±842) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 35.8% 258,594 (±0.6% / ±4,151.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

11.7% ±2.5% (5,713  ±1,209) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 109,282
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.6% ±1.3% (4,063  ±524) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware: 7.4% 59,557 (±0.2% / ±1,767)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
4,063 Total veterans ±524 3,403 Male ±442 660 Female ±232

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