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State Senate District 17, DE

48,329 Population
29.3 square miles 1,649.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 41.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$30,212 ±$1,420 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $42,180 ±$471
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$56,011 ±$4,925 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware: $79,325 ±$1,227
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

18.4% ±2.9% (8,154  ±1,319) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 11.1% 107,790 (±0.4% / ±3,568)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

23.6 minutes ±1.6 (479,515  ±40,054) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware: 25.9 10,713,835 (±0.3 / ±153,595)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

18,895 ±732 Number of households
  • Delaware: 389,000 ±1,574
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.4 ±0.1 (44,444  ±1,067) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware: 2.5 970,840
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

3.2% ±1.1% (391  ±139) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delaware: 4.7% 10,237 (±0.4% / ±777)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

20,394 ±736 Number of housing units
  • Delaware: 451,556 ±235
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$233,400 ±$10,472 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware: $305,200 ±$3,363
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

15.2% ±1.7% (7,284  ±,847.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Delaware: 11.2% 109,799 (±0.4% / ±4,021.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

89.8% ±3.5% (28,151  ±1,399.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware: 91.2% 639,020 (±0.9% / ±6,392.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
26.5% ±2.3% (8,311  ±,770.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware: 34.5% 241,357 (±0.6% / ±3,958.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

10.7% ±2.1% (5,151  ±1,036) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware: 9.8% 97,223
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

12.1% ±1.4% (4,578  ±537) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delaware: 8.1% 63,088 (±0.3% / ±1,959)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
4,578 Total veterans ±537 3,979 Male ±489 599 Female ±190

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