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Delaware
Delaware | |
|---|---|
| State of Delaware | |
| Nickname(s): The First State; The Small Wonder;[1] Blue Hen State; The Diamond State | |
| Motto: | |
| Anthem: Our Delaware | |
.svg) Location of Delaware within the United States | |
| Country | United States |
| Before statehood | Delaware Colony, New Netherland, New Sweden |
| Admitted to the Union | December 7, 1787 (1st) |
| Capital | Dover |
| Largest city | Wilmington |
| Government | |
| • Governor | John Carney (D) |
| • Lieutenant Governor | Bethany Hall-Long (D) |
| Legislature | General Assembly |
| • Upper house | Senate |
| • Lower house | House of Representatives |
| U.S. senators | Tom Carper (D) Chris Coons (D) |
| U.S. House delegation | Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) (list) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,982[2] sq mi (5,130 km2) |
| • Rank | 49th |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 96 mi (154 km) |
| • Width | 30 mi (48 km) |
| Elevation | 60 ft (20 m) |
| Highest elevation | 447.85 ft (136.50468 m) |
| Lowest elevation (Atlantic Ocean[3]) | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 973,764 |
| • Rank | 45th |
| • Density | 469/sq mi (179/km2) |
| • Rank | 6th |
| • Median household income | $62,852[6] |
| • Income rank | 18th |
| Demonym | Delawarean |
| Language | |
| • Official language | None |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| USPS abbreviation | DE |
| ISO 3166 code | US-DE |
| Traditional abbreviation | Del. |
| Latitude | 38° 27′ N to 39° 50′ N |
| Longitude | 75° 3′ W to 75° 47′ W |
| Website | delaware |
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Delaware (/ˈdɛləwɛər/ (
listen))[8] is a state in the United States. It is sometimes called the First State because it was the first colony to accept the new constitution in 1787.[9] Its capital is Dover and its biggest city is Wilmington. It is the second smallest state in the United States.
The Dutch first settled Delaware. The Swedish then took over in the mid-1600s.
Geography[edit | edit source]
Delaware is 96 miles (154 km) long and ranges from 9 miles (14 km) to 35 miles (56 km) across, totaling 1,954 square miles (5,060 km2), making it the second-smallest state in the United States after Rhode Island. Delaware is bounded to the north by Pennsylvania; to the east by the Delaware River, Delaware Bay, New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and south by Maryland.
Topography[edit | edit source]
Delaware is on a level plain, with the lowest mean elevation of any state in the nation.[10] Its highest elevation, located at Ebright Azimuth, near Concord High School, is less than 450 feet (140 m) above sea level.[10]
Environment[edit | edit source]
The transitional climate of Delaware supports a wide variety of vegetation. In the northern third of the state are found Northeastern coastal forests and mixed oak forests typical of the northeastern United States.[11] In the southern two-thirds of the state are found Middle Atlantic coastal forests.[11] Trap Pond State Park, along with areas in other parts of Sussex County, for example, support the northernmost stands of bald cypress trees in North America.
Environmental management[edit | edit source]
Delaware provides government subsidy support for the clean-up of property "lightly contaminated" by hazardous waste, the proceeds for which come from a tax on wholesale petroleum sales.[12]
Sister cities and states[edit | edit source]
Delaware's sister state in Japan is Miyagi Prefecture.[13]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Lewes Outer Harbor 
Old Delaware
State House
Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware
Related pages[edit | edit source]
- Colleges and universities in Delaware
- List of counties in Delaware
- List of numbered routes in Delaware
- List of rivers of Delaware
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Nann Burke, Melissa (January 5, 2015). "Delaware a Small Wonder no more?". Delaware Online. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- ↑ The State of Delaware. "State of Delaware". delaware.gov. Archived from the original on June 19, 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. 2001. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
- ↑ Elevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
- ↑ Schenck, William S. "Highest Point in Delaware". Delaware Geological Survey. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2008.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ "Median Annual Household Income". The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ↑ USGS, Howard Perlman. "Area of each state that is water". water.usgs.gov. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ↑ Random House Dictionary
- ↑ About Delaware
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Extreme and Mean Elevations by State and Other Area" (PDF). Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004–2005. United States Census Bureau. p. 216. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Olson; D. M; E. Dinerstein; et al. (2001). "Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth". BioScience. 51 (11): 933–938. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0006-3568. S2CID 26844434. Archived from the original on October 14, 2011.
- ↑ Montgomery, Jeff (May 14, 2011). "Cleaning up contamination". The News Journal. New Castle, Delaware: Gannett. DelawareOnline. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2011. The first online page is archived; the page containing information related here is not in the archived version.
- ↑ McDowell; Sen. McBride; Rep. George (March 22, 2011). "Mourning Those Lost in the Recent Earthquake and Related Disasters that have Befallen Japan, and Expressing the Thoughts and Prayers of All Delawareans for the Citizens of Our Sister State of Miyagi Prefecture During These Difficult Times" (published March 23, 2011). Senate Joint Resolution # 3. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
External links[edit | edit source]
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