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State Senate District 17, DE

49,104 Population
29.3 square miles 1,676 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 41.5 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,719 ±$1,652 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $44,219 ±$479
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$60,447 ±$3,649 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $82,855 ±$1,234
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

16.2% ±2.4% (7,311  ±1,109) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 10.7% 105,246 (±0.5% / ±4,897)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

24.3 minutes ±1.9 (498,220  ±47,768) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 26.1 10,778,325 (±0.3 / ±154,224)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

19,246 ±791 Number of households
  • Delaware: 396,209 ±1,648
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (45,387  ±1,158) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 982,814
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.8% ±1.3% (476  ±171) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 4.9% 10,952 (±0.4% / ±905)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

20,735 ±759 Number of housing units
  • Delaware: 457,958 ±241
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$252,500 ±$10,426 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $326,800 ±$3,051
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

16.1% ±2.2% (7,840  ±1,104.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware: 11.3% 112,086 (±0.5% / ±4,566.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

90.5% ±2.7% (29,064  ±1,375.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 91.4% 649,298 (±0.9% / ±6,357.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
27% ±2.1% (8,674  ±740.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 35.3% 250,626 (±0.5% / ±3,743.6)
  • about three-quarters of 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

11.5% ±2.4% (5,656  ±1,186) 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

11.3% ±1.4% (4,374  ±549) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 7.8% 61,582 (±0.3% / ±1,968)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
4,374 Total veterans ±549 3,798 Male ±448 576 Female ±198

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