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{{Short description| | {{Short description|U.S. state}} | ||
{{ | {{About|the U.S. state}} | ||
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{{Infobox U.S. state | {{Infobox U.S. state | ||
| name = Delaware | | name = Delaware | ||
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| image_map = Delaware in United States (zoom).svg | | image_map = Delaware in United States (zoom).svg | ||
| motto = [[Liberty and Independence]] | | motto = [[Liberty and Independence]] | ||
| anthem = [[Our Delaware]] | | anthem = "[[Our Delaware]]" | ||
| population_demonym = Delawarean | | population_demonym = Delawarean | ||
| OfficialLang = [[Template:Official languages of U.S. states and territories|None]] | | OfficialLang = [[Template:Official languages of U.S. states and territories|None]] | ||
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| Lowerhouse = [[Delaware House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] | | Lowerhouse = [[Delaware House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] | ||
| Judiciary = [[Delaware Supreme Court]] | | Judiciary = [[Delaware Supreme Court]] | ||
| Senators = [[Tom Carper]] (D) | | Senators = [[Tom Carper]] (D)<br>[[Chris Coons]] (D) | ||
| Representative = [[Lisa Blunt Rochester]] (D) | | Representative = [[Lisa Blunt Rochester]] (D) | ||
| postal_code = DE | | postal_code = DE | ||
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| area_rank = 49th | | area_rank = 49th | ||
| area_total_km2 = {{convert|1982|sqmi|km2|disp=number}} | | area_total_km2 = {{convert|1982|sqmi|km2|disp=number}} | ||
| area_total_sq_mi = 1,982<ref>{{cite web|url=http://delaware.gov/facts/geo.shtml|title=State of Delaware|author=The State of Delaware| | | area_total_sq_mi = 1,982<ref>{{cite web |url=http://delaware.gov/facts/geo.shtml |title=State of Delaware |author=The State of Delaware |publisher=delaware.gov|access-date=September 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619004622/http://www.delaware.gov/facts/geo.shtml |archive-date=June 19, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
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| area_land_sq_mi = 1,854 | | area_land_sq_mi = 1,854 | ||
| area_water_km2 = 1,387 | | area_water_km2 = 1,387 | ||
| area_water_sq_mi = 536-->| area_water_percent = 21.7<ref>{{cite web|last1=USGS|first1=Howard Perlman|title=Area of each state that is water|url=https://water.usgs.gov/edu/wetstates.html| | | area_water_sq_mi = 536-->| area_water_percent = 21.7<ref>{{cite web|last1=USGS|first1=Howard Perlman|title=Area of each state that is water |url=https://water.usgs.gov/edu/wetstates.html |publisher=water.usgs.gov|access-date=March 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010154347/https://water.usgs.gov/edu/wetstates.html|archive-date=October 10, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
| population_rank = 45th | | population_rank = 45th | ||
| population_as_of = 2020 | | population_as_of = 2020 | ||
| 2010Pop = | | 2010Pop = 1,003,384 | ||
| population_density_rank = 6th | | population_density_rank = 6th | ||
| 2000Density = 179 | | 2000Density = 179 | ||
| 2000DensityUS = 469 | | 2000DensityUS = 469 | ||
| MedianHouseholdIncome = $ | | MedianHouseholdIncome = ${{round|69110|-2}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/DE/INC110220|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|title=US Census Bureau QuickFacts|access-date=April 30, 2022}}</ref> | ||
| IncomeRank = | | IncomeRank = [[List of U.S. states and territories by income#States_and_territories_ranked_by_median_household_income|16th]] | ||
| AdmittanceOrder = 1st | | AdmittanceOrder = 1st | ||
| AdmittanceDate = December 7, 1787 | | AdmittanceDate = December 7, 1787 | ||
| timezone1 = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]] | | timezone1 = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]] | ||
| utc_offset1 = | | utc_offset1 = −05:00 | ||
| timezone1_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]] | | timezone1_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]] | ||
| utc_offset1_DST = | | utc_offset1_DST = −04:00 | ||
| Longitude = 75° 3′ W to 75° 47′ W | | Longitude = 75° 3′ W to 75° 47′ W | ||
| Latitude = 38° 27′ N to 39° 50′ N | | Latitude = 38° 27′ N to 39° 50′ N | ||
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{{maplink|frame=yes|frame-width=265|frame-height=225|zoom=6|type=line|stroke-width=3|text=Interactive map showing border of Delaware (click to zoom)}} | {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-width=265|frame-height=225|zoom=6|type=line|stroke-width=3|text=Interactive map showing border of Delaware (click to zoom)}} | ||
Delaware | '''Delaware''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=en-us-Delaware.ogg|ˈ|d|ɛ|l|ə|w|ɛər}} {{respell|DEL|ə|wair}})<ref>''[[Random House Dictionary]]''</ref> is a state in the [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bls.gov/regions/mid-atlantic/|title=Mid-Atlantic Home : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics|website=www.bls.gov|access-date=July 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408092405/https://www.bls.gov/regions/mid-atlantic/|archive-date=April 8, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> region of the United States, bordering [[Maryland]] to its south and west; [[Pennsylvania]] to its north; and [[New Jersey]] and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the nearby [[Delaware River]], in turn named after [[Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr]], an English nobleman and [[Virginia]]'s first colonial governor.<ref>{{cite dictionary |title=Delaware |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Delaware |url-status=live |dictionary=Online Etymology Dictionary |access-date=February 24, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012121643/http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=Delaware |archive-date=October 12, 2007}}</ref> | ||
Before its coastline was explored by [[Ethnic groups in Europe| | Delaware occupies the northeastern portion of the [[Delmarva Peninsula]] and some islands and territory within the Delaware River. It is the [[List of U.S. states and territories by area|second-smallest]] and [[List of U.S. states and territories by population|sixth-least populous]] state, but also the [[List of U.S. states and territories by population density|sixth-most densely populated]]. Delaware's largest city is [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]], while the state capital is [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]], the second-largest city in the state. The state is divided into [[List of counties in Delaware|three counties]], having the lowest number of any state (unless one counts Louisiana and Alaska, which do not have counties, but [[List of parishes in Louisiana|parishes]] and [[List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska|boroughs]] respectively); from north to south, they are [[New Castle County, Delaware|New Castle County]], [[Kent County, Delaware|Kent County]], and [[Sussex County, Delaware|Sussex County]]. While the southern two counties have historically been predominantly agricultural, New Castle is more [[Urbanized area|urbanized]], being part of the [[Delaware Valley]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]] centered on [[Philadelphia]]. Delaware's geography, culture, and history combine elements of the [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic]] and [[Northeastern United States|Northeastern]] regions of the country. | ||
Before its coastline was explored by [[Ethnic groups in Europe|Europeans]] in the 16th century, Delaware was inhabited by several groups of Native Americans, including the [[Lenape]] in the north and [[Nanticoke Indian Tribe|Nanticoke]] in the south. It was initially colonized by [[Dutch people|Dutch]] traders at [[Zwaanendael Colony|Zwaanendael]], near the present town of [[Lewes, Delaware|Lewes]], in 1631. Delaware was one of the [[Thirteen Colonies]] that took part in the [[American Revolution]]. On December 7, 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the [[United States Constitution|Constitution of the United States]], and has since been known as ''The First State''.<ref>"The First to Ratify" would be more accurate, as the beginnings of the states themselves date back to the Declaration of Independence, celebrated July 4, 1776, when what was to become the State of Delaware was still the three lower counties of Pennsylvania with the governor in Philadelphia, and not establishing independence from that body until [[Delaware Constitution of 1776#Background|September 20, 1776]]. According to Delaware's own website, "Delaware became a state in 1776, just two months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence." (ref-[http://delaware.gov/facts/DelawareFactsandSymbols.pdf pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223143442/http://delaware.gov/facts/DelawareFactsandSymbols.pdf |date=December 23, 2016 }}) Therefore Delaware was actually the ''last'' of the thirteen colonies to establish itself as a state. Additionally, the [[50 State Quarters#Designs|Delaware State Quarter]] is minted with this nickname, yet shows [[Caesar Rodney#American Revolution|Caesar Rodney]] on horseback in commemoration of how he was the ''last'' delegate to show up to the Continental Congress for the historic vote for independence. And with regard to the original Articles of Confederation, Delaware was the [[Articles of Confederation#Ratification|12th of the 13 states to ratify]].</ref> Since the turn of the 20th century, Delaware is also a ''de facto'' onshore [[corporate haven]], in which by virtue of [[Delaware General Corporation Law|its corporate laws]], the state is the domicile of over half of all [[New York Stock Exchange|NYSE]]-listed business and over three-fifths of the [[Fortune 500|''Fortune'' 500]]. | |||
==Toponymy== | ==Toponymy== | ||
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[[File:Recto Delaware 2 shillings 6 pence 1777 urn-3 HBS.Baker.AC 1085935.jpeg|alt=A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 with the inscription: "Two Shillings & Six-pence. This Indented Bill shall pass current for Two Shillings and Six-pence, within the Delaware State according to an Act of Genera Assembly of the said State, made in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-six. Dated the First Day of May, 1777." ; Within border cuts: "Half a Crown"|left|thumb|A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777.]] | |||
Like the other middle colonies, the Lower Counties on the Delaware initially showed little enthusiasm for a break with [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]]. The citizenry had a good relationship with the Proprietary government, and generally were allowed more independence of action in their Colonial Assembly than in other colonies. Merchants at the port of Wilmington had trading ties with the British. | Like the other middle colonies, the Lower Counties on the Delaware initially showed little enthusiasm for a break with [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]]. The citizenry had a good relationship with the Proprietary government, and generally were allowed more independence of action in their Colonial Assembly than in other colonies. Merchants at the port of Wilmington had trading ties with the British. | ||
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Delaware voted against [[secession]] on January 3, 1861, and so remained in the Union. While most Delaware citizens who fought in the war served in the regiments of the state, some served in companies on the Confederate side in [[Maryland Civil War Confederate units|Maryland]] and [[List of Virginia Civil War units|Virginia]] Regiments. Delaware is notable for being the only slave state from which no Confederate regiments or militia groups were assembled.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} Delaware essentially freed the few slaves who were still in bondage shortly after the Civil War{{explain|date=June 2020}} but rejected the [[Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|13th]], [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|14th]], and [[Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|15th]] Amendments to the Constitution; the 13th Amendment was rejected on February 8, 1865, the 14th Amendment was rejected on February 8, 1867, and the 15th Amendment was rejected on March 18, 1869. Delaware officially ratified the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments on February 12, 1901.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} | Delaware voted against [[secession]] on January 3, 1861, and so remained in the Union. While most Delaware citizens who fought in the war served in the regiments of the state, some served in companies on the Confederate side in [[Maryland Civil War Confederate units|Maryland]] and [[List of Virginia Civil War units|Virginia]] Regiments. Delaware is notable for being the only slave state from which no Confederate regiments or militia groups were assembled.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} Delaware essentially freed the few slaves who were still in bondage shortly after the Civil War{{explain|date=June 2020}} but rejected the [[Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|13th]], [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|14th]], and [[Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|15th]] Amendments to the Constitution; the 13th Amendment was rejected on February 8, 1865, the 14th Amendment was rejected on February 8, 1867, and the 15th Amendment was rejected on March 18, 1869. Delaware officially ratified the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments on February 12, 1901.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} | ||
===Reconstruction and | ===Reconstruction and industrialization=== | ||
After the Civil War, Democratic governments led by the state's Bourbon aristocracy continued to dominate the state and imposed an explicitly white supremacist regime in the state. The Democratic legislatures declared blacks second-class citizens in 1866 and restricted their voting rights despite the Fifteenth Amendment, ensuring continued Democratic success throughout most of the nineteenth century.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Munroe |first1=John |title=History of Delaware |date=2001 |publisher=University of Delaware Press |location=Newark, DE |pages=146–150 |edition=4th}}</ref> | After the Civil War, Democratic governments led by the state's Bourbon aristocracy continued to dominate the state and imposed an explicitly white supremacist regime in the state. The Democratic legislatures declared blacks second-class citizens in 1866 and restricted their voting rights despite the Fifteenth Amendment, ensuring continued Democratic success throughout most of the nineteenth century.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Munroe |first1=John |title=History of Delaware |date=2001 |publisher=University of Delaware Press |location=Newark, DE |pages=146–150 |edition=4th}}</ref> | ||
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{{Main|Twelve-Mile Circle|Wedge (border)|Mason–Dixon Line|Transpeninsular Line}} | {{Main|Twelve-Mile Circle|Wedge (border)|Mason–Dixon Line|Transpeninsular Line}} | ||
{{See also|#Counties|l1="Counties" section below}} | {{See also|#Counties|l1="Counties" section below}} | ||
[[File:Twelve-mile-circle.gif|thumb|upright=1.35|The Twelve-Mile Circle]] | |||
[[File:National-atlas-delaware.png|thumb|upright=1.35|right|Map of Delaware]] | [[File:National-atlas-delaware.png|thumb|upright=1.35|right|Map of Delaware]] | ||
Delaware is {{convert|96|mi|km}} long and ranges from {{convert|9|mi}} to {{convert|35|mi|km}} across, totaling {{convert | | Delaware is {{convert|96|mi|km}} long and ranges from {{convert|9|mi}} to {{convert|35|mi|km}} across, totaling {{convert |1982|sqmi|km2}},<ref>{{Cite web|last=Delaware|first=The State of|title=State of Delaware|url=https://de.gov/topics/facts/geo.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818174548/https://de.gov/topics/facts/geo.shtml|archive-date=August 18, 2021|access-date=August 18, 2021|website=delaware.gov|language=en}}</ref> 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]]. Small portions of Delaware are also situated on the eastern side of the Delaware River sharing land boundaries with New Jersey. The state of Delaware, together with the [[Eastern Shore of Maryland|Eastern Shore counties of Maryland]] and [[Eastern Shore of Virginia|two counties of Virginia]], form the [[Delmarva Peninsula]], which stretches down the Mid-Atlantic Coast. | ||
[[File:Woodbrook test.jpg|thumb|left|Sunset in Woodbrook, New Castle County, Delaware]] | |||
The definition of the northern boundary of the state is unusual. Most of the boundary between Delaware and Pennsylvania was originally defined by an arc extending {{convert|12|mi|km|sigfig=3}} from the [[cupola]] of the courthouse in the city of [[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]].{{citation needed|reason=Need supporting reference for this claim|date=March 2016}} This boundary is often referred to as the [[Twelve-Mile Circle]].{{efn|Because of surveying errors, the actual line is several compound arcs with centers at different points in New Castle.}} Although the Twelve-Mile Circle is often claimed to be the only territorial boundary in the U.S. that is a true [[Arc (geometry)|arc]], the Mexican boundary with Texas includes several arcs,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/bi-51757.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=February 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410052222/http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/bi-51757.pdf |archive-date=April 10, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> and many cities in the South (such as [[Plains, Georgia]])<ref>Frank Jacobs, [http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/655-enigma-georgia-mystery-of-the-souths-circular-towns "Enigma, Georgia: Mystery of the South's Circular Towns"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523230226/http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/655-enigma-georgia-mystery-of-the-souths-circular-towns |date=May 23, 2014}}, Strange Maps, April 30, 2014.</ref> also have circular boundaries. | The definition of the northern boundary of the state is unusual. Most of the boundary between Delaware and Pennsylvania was originally defined by an arc extending {{convert|12|mi|km|sigfig=3}} from the [[cupola]] of the courthouse in the city of [[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]].{{citation needed|reason=Need supporting reference for this claim|date=March 2016}} This boundary is often referred to as the [[Twelve-Mile Circle]].{{efn|Because of surveying errors, the actual line is several compound arcs with centers at different points in New Castle.}} Although the Twelve-Mile Circle is often claimed to be the only territorial boundary in the U.S. that is a true [[Arc (geometry)|arc]], the Mexican boundary with Texas includes several arcs,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/bi-51757.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=February 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410052222/http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/bi-51757.pdf |archive-date=April 10, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> and many cities in the South (such as [[Plains, Georgia]])<ref>Frank Jacobs, [http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/655-enigma-georgia-mystery-of-the-souths-circular-towns "Enigma, Georgia: Mystery of the South's Circular Towns"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523230226/http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/655-enigma-georgia-mystery-of-the-souths-circular-towns |date=May 23, 2014}}, Strange Maps, April 30, 2014.</ref> also have circular boundaries. | ||
[[File:Blackbird pond.jpg|thumb|The Blackbird Pond on the Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in New Castle County, Delaware]] | |||
[[File:MiddleRunArea Field LenapeTrail.jpg|thumb|A field north of Fox Den Road, along the Lenape Trail in [[Middle Run Valley Natural Area]]]] | |||
This border extends all the way east to the low-tide mark on the New Jersey shore, then continues south along the shoreline until it again reaches the {{convert|12|mi|adj=on}} arc in the south; then the boundary continues in a more conventional way in the middle of the main channel ([[thalweg]]) of the Delaware River. | This border extends all the way east to the low-tide mark on the New Jersey shore, then continues south along the shoreline until it again reaches the {{convert|12|mi|adj=on}} arc in the south; then the boundary continues in a more conventional way in the middle of the main channel ([[thalweg]]) of the Delaware River. | ||
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===Topography=== | ===Topography=== | ||
Delaware is on a level plain, with the lowest mean elevation of any state in the nation.<ref name="census">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/04statab/geo.pdf|page=216|title=Extreme and Mean Elevations by State and Other Area|website=Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004–2005|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310194411/http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/04statab/geo.pdf|archive-date=March 10, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Its highest elevation, located at [[Ebright Azimuth]], near [[Concord High School (Wilmington, Delaware)|Concord High School]], is less than {{convert|450|ft}} above sea level.<ref name="census" /> The northernmost part of the state is part of the [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont Plateau]] with hills and rolling surfaces. | Delaware is on a level plain, with the lowest mean elevation of any state in the nation.<ref name="census">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/04statab/geo.pdf|page=216|title=Extreme and Mean Elevations by State and Other Area|website=Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004–2005|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310194411/http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/04statab/geo.pdf|archive-date=March 10, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Its highest elevation, located at [[Ebright Azimuth]], near [[Concord High School (Wilmington, Delaware)|Concord High School]], is less than {{convert|450|ft}} above sea level.<ref name="census" /> The northernmost part of the state is part of the [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont Plateau]] with hills and rolling surfaces. | ||
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===Climate=== | ===Climate=== | ||
{{further|Climate change in Delaware}} | |||
Since almost all of Delaware is a part of the [[Atlantic coastal plain]], the effects of the ocean moderate its climate. The state lies in the [[humid subtropical climate]] (''Cfa'') zone. Despite its small size (roughly {{convert|100|mi|km}} from its northernmost to southernmost points), there is significant variation in mean temperature and amount of snowfall between Sussex County and New Castle County. Moderated by the Atlantic Ocean and [[Delaware Bay]], the southern portion of the state has a milder climate and a longer growing season than the northern portion of the state. Delaware's all-time record high of {{convert|110|F|C}} was recorded at [[Millsboro, Delaware|Millsboro]] on July 21, 1930. The all-time record low of {{convert|−17|F|C}} was also recorded at Millsboro, on January 17, 1893. The [[hardiness zone]]s are 7a and 7b. | [[File:Köppen Climate Types Delaware.png|thumb|right|Delaware Köppen climate classification is humid subtropical.]] | ||
Since almost all of Delaware is a part of the [[Atlantic coastal plain]], the effects of the ocean moderate its climate. The state lies in the [[humid subtropical climate]] (Köppen ''Cfa'') zone and the [[Humid continental climate]]. Despite its small size (roughly {{convert|100|mi|km}} from its northernmost to southernmost points), there is significant variation in mean temperature and amount of snowfall between Sussex County and New Castle County. Moderated by the Atlantic Ocean and [[Delaware Bay]], the southern portion of the state has a milder climate and a longer growing season than the northern portion of the state. Delaware's all-time record high of {{convert|110|F|C}} was recorded at [[Millsboro, Delaware|Millsboro]] on July 21, 1930. The all-time record low of {{convert|−17|F|C}} was also recorded at Millsboro, on January 17, 1893. The [[hardiness zone]]s are 6b, 7a and 7b. | |||
===Environment=== | ===Environment=== | ||
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Wilmington is the state's most populous city (70,635) and its economic hub. It is located within commuting distance of both Philadelphia and Baltimore. Dover is the state capital and the second most populous city (38,079). | Wilmington is the state's most populous city (70,635) and its economic hub. It is located within commuting distance of both Philadelphia and Baltimore. Dover is the state capital and the second most populous city (38,079). | ||
===Counties=== | ===Counties=== | ||
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* [[Kent County, Delaware|Kent]] | * [[Kent County, Delaware|Kent]] | ||
* [[New Castle County, Delaware|New Castle]] | * [[New Castle County, Delaware|New Castle]] | ||
* [[Sussex County, Delaware|Sussex]] | * [[Sussex County, Delaware|Sussex]] | ||
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===Cities=== | ===Cities=== | ||
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* [[Delaware City, Delaware|Delaware City]] | * [[Delaware City, Delaware|Delaware City]] | ||
* [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]] | * [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]] | ||
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* [[Seaford, Delaware|Seaford]] | * [[Seaford, Delaware|Seaford]] | ||
* [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]] | * [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]] | ||
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===Towns=== | ===Towns=== | ||
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* [[Bellefonte, Delaware|Bellefonte]] | * [[Bellefonte, Delaware|Bellefonte]] | ||
* [[Bethany Beach, Delaware|Bethany Beach]] | * [[Bethany Beach, Delaware|Bethany Beach]] | ||
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* [[Ellendale, Delaware|Ellendale]] | * [[Ellendale, Delaware|Ellendale]] | ||
* [[Elsmere, Delaware|Elsmere]] | * [[Elsmere, Delaware|Elsmere]] | ||
* [[Farmington, Delaware|Farmington]] | * [[Farmington, Delaware|Farmington]] | ||
* [[Felton, Delaware|Felton]] | * [[Felton, Delaware|Felton]] | ||
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* [[Woodside, Delaware|Woodside]] | * [[Woodside, Delaware|Woodside]] | ||
* [[Wyoming, Delaware|Wyoming]] | * [[Wyoming, Delaware|Wyoming]] | ||
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===Villages=== | ===Villages=== | ||
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* [[Arden, Delaware|Arden]] | * [[Arden, Delaware|Arden]] | ||
* [[Ardencroft, Delaware|Ardencroft]] | * [[Ardencroft, Delaware|Ardencroft]] | ||
* [[Ardentown, Delaware|Ardentown]] | * [[Ardentown, Delaware|Ardentown]] | ||
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===Unincorporated places=== | ===Unincorporated places=== | ||
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* [[Bear, Delaware|Bear]] | * [[Bear, Delaware|Bear]] | ||
* [[Brookside, Delaware|Brookside]] | * [[Brookside, Delaware|Brookside]] | ||
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* [[Stanton, Delaware|Stanton]] | * [[Stanton, Delaware|Stanton]] | ||
* [[Wilmington Manor, Delaware|Wilmington Manor]] | * [[Wilmington Manor, Delaware|Wilmington Manor]] | ||
* [[Woodland, Delaware|Woodland]] | |||
* [[Woodside East, Delaware|Woodside East]] | * [[Woodside East, Delaware|Woodside East]] | ||
* [[Yorklyn, Delaware|Yorklyn]] | * [[Yorklyn, Delaware|Yorklyn]] | ||
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File:Dover Delaware.jpg|[[Dover, Delaware|Dover]] | |||
File:Newark DE Main Street.jpg|[[Newark, Delaware|Newark]] | |||
File:High Street, Seaford, Delaware (2006).jpg|[[Seaford, Delaware|Seaford]] | |||
File:Wilmington Delaware skyline.jpg|[[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]] | |||
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The table below lists the ten largest municipalities in the state based on the 2018 United States census estimate.<ref name="census.gov">{{cite web|title=US Quick Facts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/middletowntowndelaware/PST045218|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024921/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/milfordcitydelaware,newcastlecitydelaware,seafordcitydelaware,dovercitydelaware,newarkcitydelaware,wilmingtoncitydelaware/PST045218|archive-date=March 2, 2019|access-date=February 14, 2020|website=census.gov}}</ref> | |||
{{Largest cities | {{Largest cities | ||
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| div_1 = New Castle County, Delaware{{!}}New Castle | | div_1 = New Castle County, Delaware{{!}}New Castle | ||
| pop_1 = 70,635 | | pop_1 = 70,635 | ||
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| city_2 = Dover, Delaware{{!}}Dover | | city_2 = Dover, Delaware{{!}}Dover | ||
| div_2 = Kent County, Delaware{{!}}Kent | | div_2 = Kent County, Delaware{{!}}Kent | ||
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The [[United States Census Bureau]] determined that the population of Delaware was 989,948 on April 1, 2020,<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 26, 2021|title=2020 Census|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/apportionment-2020-table01.pdf|url-status=live|website=census.gov}}</ref> an increase since the [[2010 United States Census]] at 897,934.<ref name="PopEstUS">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/DE,US/PST045219|title=QuickFacts Delaware; United States |website=2019 Population Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division|date=February 14, 2020|access-date=February 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209044515/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/DE,US/PST045219|archive-date=February 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Delaware Population 1900–2020|url=https://www.macrotrends.net/states/delaware/population|access-date=June 16, 2021|website=www.macrotrends.net}}</ref> | The [[United States Census Bureau]] determined that the population of Delaware was 989,948 on April 1, 2020,<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 26, 2021|title=2020 Census|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/apportionment-2020-table01.pdf|url-status=live|website=census.gov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426194028/https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/apportionment-2020-table01.pdf |archive-date=April 26, 2021 }}</ref> an increase since the [[2010 United States Census|2010 United States census]] at 897,934.<ref name="PopEstUS">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/DE,US/PST045219|title=QuickFacts Delaware; United States |website=2019 Population Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division|date=February 14, 2020|access-date=February 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209044515/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/DE,US/PST045219|archive-date=February 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Delaware Population 1900–2020|url=https://www.macrotrends.net/states/delaware/population|access-date=June 16, 2021|website=www.macrotrends.net}}</ref> | ||
Delaware's history as a [[border states (Civil War)|border state]] has led it to exhibit characteristics of both the [[Northern United States|Northern]] and the [[Southern United States|Southern]] regions of the United States. Generally, the rural Southern (or "Slower Lower") regions of Delaware below the [[Chesapeake and Delaware Canal]] embody a [[Culture of the Southern United States|Southern culture]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://delawarebusinesstimes.com/news/industry/commercial-real-estate/kent-county-defies-slower-lower-nickname/|title=Kent County defies slower, lower nickname|date=November 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite | Delaware's history as a [[border states (Civil War)|border state]] has led it to exhibit characteristics of both the [[Northern United States|Northern]] and the [[Southern United States|Southern]] regions of the United States. Generally, the rural Southern (or "Slower Lower") regions of Delaware below the [[Chesapeake and Delaware Canal]] embody a [[Culture of the Southern United States|Southern culture]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://delawarebusinesstimes.com/news/industry/commercial-real-estate/kent-county-defies-slower-lower-nickname/|title=Kent County defies slower, lower nickname|date=November 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/food/2004/05/26/slower-lower-delaware/2131e835-ac4f-4790-b78c-564bb97d2ebc/ |title=Slower Lower Delaware |author=Walter Nicholls |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=May 26, 2004 |access-date=December 11, 2020}}</ref> while densely-populated Northern Delaware above the canal—particularly Wilmington, a part of the [[Delaware Valley|Philadelphia metropolitan area]]—has more in common with that of the [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evolpub.com/Americandialects/MidAtldialects.html|title=The Mid-Atlantic Dialects|work=Evolution Publishing|access-date=June 3, 2013|archive-date=July 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723033309/http://www.evolpub.com/Americandialects/MidAtldialects.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The U.S. Census Bureau designates Delaware as one of the [[South Atlantic States]], but it is commonly associated with the [[Mid-Atlantic States]] and/or [[northeastern (United States)|northeast]]ern United States by other federal agencies, the media, and some residents.<ref name="LOC">{{cite web|url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/regdef.html|title=Regions of the United States|website=American Memory|publisher=The Library of Congress|access-date=August 11, 2009}}</ref><ref name="EPA">{{cite web|url=http://www.epa.gov/region03/index.htm|title=Region 3: The Mid-Atlantic States|website=www.epa.gov|publisher=U.S. Environmental Protection Agency|access-date=August 11, 2009}}</ref><ref name="FBI">{{cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/fo.htm |title=Your Local FBI Office |website=www.fbi.gov |publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation |access-date=August 11, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815093807/http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/fo.htm |archive-date=August 15, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="amtrak">{{cite web|url=http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/Page/Browse_Routes_Page&c=Page&cid=1081256321410&ssid=134|title=Routes Serving the Northeast|publisher=National Railroad Passenger Corporation|access-date=August 11, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815025107/http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak%2FPage%2FBrowse_Routes_Page&c=Page&cid=1081256321410&ssid=134|archive-date=August 15, 2009}}</ref><ref name="princeton">{{cite web|url=http://www.princetonreview.com/best-regional-colleges.aspx|title=Best Regional Colleges|website=www.princetonreview.com|publisher=The Princeton Review|access-date=August 11, 2009}}</ref><ref>Maryland and Delaware identify as Northeast | ||
*{{cite web |url = http://www.csg-erc.org/about-csg/ |title = About – CSG |work = csg-erc.org |access-date = June 29, 2016 |archive-date = June 23, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160623221327/http://www.csg-erc.org/about-csg/ |url-status = dead }} | *{{cite web |url = http://www.csg-erc.org/about-csg/ |title = About – CSG |work = csg-erc.org |access-date = June 29, 2016 |archive-date = June 23, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160623221327/http://www.csg-erc.org/about-csg/ |url-status = dead }} | ||
*{{cite web |url = http://www.bls.gov/regions/home.htm |title = Home : Geographic Information : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |work = bls.gov |access-date = June 29, 2016 }} | *{{cite web |url = http://www.bls.gov/regions/home.htm |title = Home : Geographic Information : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |work = bls.gov |access-date = June 29, 2016 }} | ||
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===Race and ethnicity=== | ===Race and ethnicity=== | ||
According to the 2010 United States census, the racial composition of the state was 68.9% [[White American]] (65.3% [[Non-Hispanic White]], 3.6% [[White Hispanic]]), 21.4% [[African American|Black]] or African American, 0.5% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] and [[Alaska Native]], 3.2% Asian American, 0.0% [[Native Hawaiian]] and other [[Pacific Islander]], 3.4% some other race, and 2.7% [[Multiracial American]]. Ethnically, [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics]] and Latin Americans of any race made up 8.2% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |title=U.S. Census website |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |date=October 5, 2010 |access-date=August 17, 2011 }}</ref> The 2019 [[American Community Survey]] estimated the state had a racial and ethnic makeup of 61.% non-Hispanic whites, 23.2% Black or African American, 0.7% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.1% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 2.7% multiracial, and 9.6% Hispanic or Latin American of any race.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 QuickFacts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/DE/PST045219|url-status=live|website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> | According to the 2010 United States census, the racial composition of the state was 68.9% [[White American]] (65.3% [[Non-Hispanic White]], 3.6% [[White Hispanic]]), 21.4% [[African American|Black]] or African American, 0.5% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] and [[Alaska Native]], 3.2% Asian American, 0.0% [[Native Hawaiian]] and other [[Pacific Islander]], 3.4% some other race, and 2.7% [[Multiracial American]]. Ethnically, [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics]] and Latin Americans of any race made up 8.2% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |title=U.S. Census website |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |date=October 5, 2010 |access-date=August 17, 2011 }}</ref> The 2019 [[American Community Survey]] estimated the state had a racial and ethnic makeup of 61.% non-Hispanic whites, 23.2% Black or African American, 0.7% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.1% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 2.7% multiracial, and 9.6% Hispanic or Latin American of any race.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 QuickFacts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/DE/PST045219|url-status=live|website=U.S. Census Bureau|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127141137/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/DE/PST045219 |archive-date=January 27, 2020 }}</ref> | ||
In the Native American community, the state has a Native American group (called in their own language [[Lenni Lenape]]) which was influential in the colonial period of the United States and is today headquartered in Cheswold, Kent County, Delaware.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bies|first=Jessica|title=Lenape Indian Tribe looks to reclaim historic Delaware land, establish sovereignty|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/education/2018/07/16/lenape-indian-tribe-looks-reclaim-land-establish-sovereign-delaware/775992002/|access-date=May 23, 2021|website=The News Journal}}</ref> A band of the Nanticoke tribe of American Indians today resides in Sussex County and is headquartered in Millsboro, Sussex County, Delaware.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Duvernay|first=Adam|title=Nanticoke tribe converges for 40th powwow in Millsboro|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2017/09/10/nanticoke-tribe-40th-powwow-delaware/651191001/|access-date=May 23, 2021|website=The News Journal}}</ref> | In the Native American community, the state has a Native American group (called in their own language [[Lenni Lenape]]) which was influential in the colonial period of the United States and is today headquartered in Cheswold, Kent County, Delaware.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bies|first=Jessica|title=Lenape Indian Tribe looks to reclaim historic Delaware land, establish sovereignty|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/education/2018/07/16/lenape-indian-tribe-looks-reclaim-land-establish-sovereign-delaware/775992002/|access-date=May 23, 2021|website=The News Journal}}</ref> A band of the Nanticoke tribe of American Indians today resides in Sussex County and is headquartered in Millsboro, Sussex County, Delaware.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Duvernay|first=Adam|title=Nanticoke tribe converges for 40th powwow in Millsboro|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2017/09/10/nanticoke-tribe-40th-powwow-delaware/651191001/|access-date=May 23, 2021|website=The News Journal}}</ref> | ||
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===Birth data=== | ===Birth data=== | ||
''Note: Births in table do not add up because Hispanics are counted both by their ethnicity and by their race, giving a higher overall number.'' | ''Note: Births in table do not add up because Hispanics are counted both by their ethnicity and by their race, giving a higher overall number.'' | ||
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{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-02-508.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=March 27, 2021}}</ref> | {{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-02-508.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=March 27, 2021}}</ref> | ||
! 2020<ref> | |||
{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-17.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=February 20, 2022}}</ref> | |||
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| [[White Americans|White]]: | | [[White Americans|White]]: | ||
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| 7,314 (66.7%) | | 7,314 (66.7%) | ||
| 7,341 (65.7%) | | 7,341 (65.7%) | ||
| ... | |||
| ... | | ... | ||
| ... | | ... | ||
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| 5,171 (48.7%) | | 5,171 (48.7%) | ||
| 5,024 (47.6%) | | 5,024 (47.6%) | ||
| 4,949 (47.6%) | |||
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| [[African Americans|Black]] | | [[African Americans|Black]] | ||
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| 2,773 (26.1%) | | 2,773 (26.1%) | ||
| 2,804 (26.5%) | | 2,804 (26.5%) | ||
| 2,722 (26.2%) | |||
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| [[Asian Americans|Asian]] | | [[Asian Americans|Asian]] | ||
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| 634 (6.0%) | | 634 (6.0%) | ||
| 624 (5.9%) | | 624 (5.9%) | ||
| 617 (5.9%) | |||
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| [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] | | [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] | ||
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| 23 (0.2%) | | 23 (0.2%) | ||
| 10 (0.1%) | | 10 (0.1%) | ||
| 18 (0.2%) | |||
| 18 (0.2%) | | 18 (0.2%) | ||
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| ''1,710'' (16.1%) | | ''1,710'' (16.1%) | ||
| ''1,737'' (16.4%) | | ''1,737'' (16.4%) | ||
| ''1,768'' (17.0%) | |||
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| '''Total Delaware''' | | '''Total Delaware''' | ||
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| '''10,621''' (100%) | | '''10,621''' (100%) | ||
| '''10,562''' (100%) | | '''10,562''' (100%) | ||
| '''10,392''' (100%) | |||
|} | |} | ||
* Since 2016, data for births of [[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|White Hispanic]] origin are not collected, but included in one ''Hispanic'' group; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. | * Since 2016, data for births of [[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|White Hispanic]] origin are not collected, but included in one ''Hispanic'' group; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. | ||
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===Sexual orientation=== | ===Sexual orientation=== | ||
A 2012 Gallup poll found that Delaware's proportion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults stood at 3.4 percent of the population. This constitutes a total LGBT adult population estimate of 23,698 people. The number of same-sex couple households in 2010 stood at 2,646. This grew by 41.65% from a decade earlier.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Inc|first=Gallup|date=February 15, 2013|title=LGBT Percentage Highest in D.C., Lowest in North Dakota|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/160517/lgbt-percentage-highest-lowest-north-dakota.aspx|access-date=November 18, 2020|website=Gallup.com}}</ref>{{nonspecific|date=November 2013}} On July 1, 2013, same-sex marriage was legalized, and all civil unions would be converted into marriages.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ford|first=Zack|date=May 7, 2013|title=BREAKING: Delaware To Become 11th State With Marriage Equality|newspaper=Think Progress|url=http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/05/07/1975311/breaking-delaware-to-become-11th-state-with-marriage-equality/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407083938/https://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/05/07/1975311/breaking-delaware-to-become-11th-state-with-marriage-equality/|archive-date=April | A 2012 Gallup poll found that Delaware's proportion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults stood at 3.4 percent of the population. This constitutes a total LGBT adult population estimate of 23,698 people. The number of same-sex couple households in 2010 stood at 2,646. This grew by 41.65% from a decade earlier.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Inc|first=Gallup|date=February 15, 2013|title=LGBT Percentage Highest in D.C., Lowest in North Dakota|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/160517/lgbt-percentage-highest-lowest-north-dakota.aspx|access-date=November 18, 2020|website=Gallup.com}}</ref>{{nonspecific|date=November 2013}} On July 1, 2013, same-sex marriage was legalized, and all civil unions would be converted into marriages.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ford|first=Zack|date=May 7, 2013|title=BREAKING: Delaware To Become 11th State With Marriage Equality|newspaper=Think Progress|url=http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/05/07/1975311/breaking-delaware-to-become-11th-state-with-marriage-equality/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407083938/https://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/05/07/1975311/breaking-delaware-to-become-11th-state-with-marriage-equality/|archive-date=April 7, 2014}}</ref> | ||
===Religion=== | ===Religion=== | ||
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{{as of|2014}}, Delaware is mostly [[Christians|Christian]]. Although [[Protestants]] account for almost half of the population,<ref name="pew2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/delaware/|title=Religious Landscape Study|date=March 20, 2019|publisher=Pew Forum|access-date=October 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005101146/http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/delaware/|archive-date=October 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Catholic Church]] is the largest single denomination in the state. The Association of Religion Data Archives<ref name="www.thearda.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/10/rcms2010_10_state_cong_2010.asp |title=The Association of Religion Data Archives | State Membership Report |publisher=www.thearda.com |access-date=November 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109012907/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/10/rcms2010_10_state_cong_2010.asp |archive-date=November 9, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> reported in 2010 that the three largest denominational groups in Delaware by number of adherents are the [[Catholic Church]] at 182,532 adherents, the [[United Methodist Church]] with 53,656 members reported, and non-denominational [[Evangelical Protestant]] with 22,973 adherents reported. The religious body with the largest number of congregations is the United Methodist Church (with 158 congregations) followed by non-denominational Evangelical Protestant (with 106 congregations), then the Catholic Church (with 45 congregations). | {{as of|2014}}, Delaware is mostly [[Christians|Christian]]. Although [[Protestants]] account for almost half of the population,<ref name="pew2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/delaware/|title=Religious Landscape Study|date=March 20, 2019|publisher=Pew Forum|access-date=October 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005101146/http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/delaware/|archive-date=October 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Catholic Church]] is the largest single denomination in the state. The Association of Religion Data Archives<ref name="www.thearda.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/10/rcms2010_10_state_cong_2010.asp |title=The Association of Religion Data Archives | State Membership Report |publisher=www.thearda.com |access-date=November 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109012907/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/10/rcms2010_10_state_cong_2010.asp |archive-date=November 9, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> reported in 2010 that the three largest denominational groups in Delaware by number of adherents are the [[Catholic Church]] at 182,532 adherents, the [[United Methodist Church]] with 53,656 members reported, and non-denominational [[Evangelical Protestant]] with 22,973 adherents reported. The religious body with the largest number of congregations is the United Methodist Church (with 158 congregations) followed by non-denominational Evangelical Protestant (with 106 congregations), then the Catholic Church (with 45 congregations). | ||
The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington]] and the [[Episcopal Diocese of Delaware]] oversee the parishes within their denominations. The [[A.U.M.P. Church]], the oldest African-American denomination in the nation, was founded in Wilmington. It still has a substantial presence in the state. Reflecting new immigrant populations, an [[mosque|Islamic mosque]] has been built in the [[Ogletown, Delaware|Ogletown]] area, and a [[Hindu temple | The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington]] and the [[Episcopal Diocese of Delaware]] oversee the parishes within their denominations. The [[A.U.M.P. Church]], the oldest African-American denomination in the nation, was founded in Wilmington. It still has a substantial presence in the state. Reflecting new immigrant populations, an [[mosque|Islamic mosque]] has been built in the [[Ogletown, Delaware|Ogletown]] area, and a [[Hindu Temple of Delaware|Hindu temple in Hockessin]]. | ||
Delaware is home to an [[Amish]] community which resides west of [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]] in [[Kent County, Delaware|Kent County]], consisting of nine church districts and about 1,650 people. The Amish first settled in Kent County in 1915. In recent years, increasing development has led to the decline in the number of Amish living in the community.<ref name="Elizabethtown College_2018">{{cite web |title=Amish Population Profile, 2018|url=https://groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/statistics/amish-population-profile-2018/ |url-status=dead |work=Elizabethtown College, the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies |date=August 7, 2018 |access-date=January 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205121144/http://groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/statistics/amish-population-profile-2018/ |archive-date=February 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name="visitdoveramish">{{cite web|url=http://visitdover.com/index.php/mobile/visit_entry/amish-countryside|title=Amish Countryside|publisher=Kent County & Greater Dover, Delaware Convention and Visitors Bureau|access-date=November 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123053054/http://visitdover.com/index.php/mobile/visit_entry/amish-countryside|archive-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref><ref name="amishamerica">{{cite web|title=Delaware Amish|publisher=Amish America|url=http://amishamerica.com/delaware-amish/|access-date=October 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007120123/http://amishamerica.com/delaware-amish/|archive-date=October 7, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> | Delaware is home to an [[Amish]] community which resides west of [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]] in [[Kent County, Delaware|Kent County]], consisting of nine church districts and about 1,650 people. The Amish first settled in Kent County in 1915. In recent years, increasing development has led to the decline in the number of Amish living in the community.<ref name="Elizabethtown College_2018">{{cite web |title=Amish Population Profile, 2018|url=https://groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/statistics/amish-population-profile-2018/ |url-status=dead |work=Elizabethtown College, the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies |date=August 7, 2018 |access-date=January 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205121144/http://groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/statistics/amish-population-profile-2018/ |archive-date=February 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name="visitdoveramish">{{cite web|url=http://visitdover.com/index.php/mobile/visit_entry/amish-countryside|title=Amish Countryside|publisher=Kent County & Greater Dover, Delaware Convention and Visitors Bureau|access-date=November 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123053054/http://visitdover.com/index.php/mobile/visit_entry/amish-countryside|archive-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref><ref name="amishamerica">{{cite web|title=Delaware Amish|publisher=Amish America|url=http://amishamerica.com/delaware-amish/|access-date=October 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007120123/http://amishamerica.com/delaware-amish/|archive-date=October 7, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
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==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
{{See also|Economy of Delaware|Delaware locations by per capita income}} | {{See also|Economy of Delaware|Delaware locations by per capita income}} | ||
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===Affluence=== | ===Affluence=== | ||
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* banking ([[Bank of America]], [[M&T Bank]], [[JPMorgan Chase]], [[Citigroup]], [[Deutsche Bank]]) | * banking ([[Bank of America]], [[M&T Bank]], [[JPMorgan Chase]], [[Citigroup]], [[Deutsche Bank]]) | ||
* chemical, pharmaceutical, technology ([[DuPont|DuPont de Nemours Inc.]], [[AstraZeneca]], [[Syngenta]], [[Agilent Technologies]]) | * chemical, pharmaceutical, technology ([[DuPont|DuPont de Nemours Inc.]], [[AstraZeneca]], [[Syngenta]], [[Agilent Technologies]]) | ||
* healthcare ([[ | * healthcare ([[ChristianaCare]] ([[Christiana Hospital]]), [[Bayhealth Medical Center]], [[Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware]]) | ||
* farming, specifically chicken farming in Sussex County ([[Perdue Farms]], [[Mountaire Farms]], [[Allen Family Foods]]) | * farming, specifically chicken farming in Sussex County ([[Perdue Farms]], [[Mountaire Farms]], [[Allen Family Foods]]) | ||
* retail ([[Walmart]], [[Walgreens]], [[Acme Markets]]) | * retail ([[Walmart]], [[Walgreens]], [[Acme Markets]]) | ||
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===Food and drink=== | ===Food and drink=== | ||
[[s:Delaware Code/Title 4/Chapter 7|Title 4, chapter 7 of the Delaware Code]] stipulates that alcoholic liquor be sold only in specifically licensed establishments, and only between 9:00{{nbs}}a.m. and 1:00{{nbs}}a.m.<ref name="delcode4-8">{{cite web|url=http://delcode.delaware.gov/title4/c007/ |archive-date=June 26, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130626194611/http://delcode.delaware.gov/title4/c007/|title = Chapter 7. Regulatory Provisions|access-date=September 13, 2011|website=Online Delaware Code|publisher=Delaware General Assembly}}</ref> Until 2003, Delaware was among the several states enforcing [[blue law]]s and banned the sale of liquor on Sunday.<ref name="nathans2011">{{cite news |last=Aaron |first=Nathans |title=Del. package stores hope to benefit from Md. tax |newspaper=The News Journal |location=New Castle, Delaware |date=July 9, 2011 |url=http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011107100328 |archive-url=https:// | [[s:Delaware Code/Title 4/Chapter 7|Title 4, chapter 7 of the Delaware Code]] stipulates that alcoholic liquor be sold only in specifically licensed establishments, and only between 9:00{{nbs}}a.m. and 1:00{{nbs}}a.m.<ref name="delcode4-8">{{cite web|url=http://delcode.delaware.gov/title4/c007/ |archive-date=June 26, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130626194611/http://delcode.delaware.gov/title4/c007/|title = Chapter 7. Regulatory Provisions|access-date=September 13, 2011|website=Online Delaware Code|publisher=Delaware General Assembly}}</ref> Until 2003, Delaware was among the several states enforcing [[blue law]]s and banned the sale of liquor on Sunday.<ref name="nathans2011">{{cite news |last=Aaron |first=Nathans |title=Del. package stores hope to benefit from Md. tax |newspaper=The News Journal |location=New Castle, Delaware |date=July 9, 2011 |url=http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011107100328 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821195354/http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011107100328 |archive-date=August 21, 2012 |access-date=July 10, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
==Media== | ==Media== | ||
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==Tourism== | ==Tourism== | ||
[[File:Rehoboth Beach looking north at Delaware Avenue | [[File:Rehoboth Beach looking north at Delaware Avenue August 2021.jpeg|right|thumb|upright=0.9|Rehoboth Beach is a popular vacation spot during the summer months.]] | ||
[[File:Fort Delaware LOC 384066pu.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.9|[[Fort Delaware State Park]] on Pea Patch Island is a popular spot during the spring and summer. A ferry takes visitors to the fort from nearby [[Delaware City]].]] | [[File:Fort Delaware LOC 384066pu.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.9|[[Fort Delaware State Park]] on Pea Patch Island is a popular spot during the spring and summer. A ferry takes visitors to the fort from nearby [[Delaware City]].]] | ||
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In 2015, tourism in Delaware generated $3.1{{nbs}}billion, which makes up five percent of the state's GDP. Delaware saw 8.5{{nbs}}million visitors in 2015, with the tourism industry employing 41,730 people, making it the 4th largest private employer in the state. Major origin markets for Delaware tourists include [[Philadelphia]], [[Baltimore]], New York City, Washington, D.C., and [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]], with 97% of tourists arriving to the state by car and 75% of tourists coming from a distance of {{convert|200|mi|km}} or less.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Value of Tourism 2015|publisher=Visit Delaware|url=https://www.visitsoutherndelaware.com/sites/default/files/The_Value_of_Tourism_2015_5e45388c-8bcf-428e-a246-8fbb26f6bb1d.pdf|access-date=February 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207123022/https://www.visitsoutherndelaware.com/sites/default/files/The_Value_of_Tourism_2015_5e45388c-8bcf-428e-a246-8fbb26f6bb1d.pdf|archive-date=February 7, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> | In 2015, tourism in Delaware generated $3.1{{nbs}}billion, which makes up five percent of the state's GDP. Delaware saw 8.5{{nbs}}million visitors in 2015, with the tourism industry employing 41,730 people, making it the 4th largest private employer in the state. Major origin markets for Delaware tourists include [[Philadelphia]], [[Baltimore]], New York City, Washington, D.C., and [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]], with 97% of tourists arriving to the state by car and 75% of tourists coming from a distance of {{convert|200|mi|km}} or less.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Value of Tourism 2015|publisher=Visit Delaware|url=https://www.visitsoutherndelaware.com/sites/default/files/The_Value_of_Tourism_2015_5e45388c-8bcf-428e-a246-8fbb26f6bb1d.pdf|access-date=February 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207123022/https://www.visitsoutherndelaware.com/sites/default/files/The_Value_of_Tourism_2015_5e45388c-8bcf-428e-a246-8fbb26f6bb1d.pdf|archive-date=February 7, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
Delaware is also home to two large sporting venues. [[Dover | Delaware is also home to two large sporting venues. [[Dover Motor Speedway]] is a race track in Dover, and [[Daniel S. Frawley Stadium|Frawley Stadium]] in Wilmington is the home of the [[Wilmington Blue Rocks]], a Minor League Baseball team. | ||
==Education== | ==Education== | ||
[[File:UDel Memorial and Magnolia Circle.JPG|thumb|right|University of Delaware]] | [[File:UDel Memorial and Magnolia Circle.JPG|thumb|right|University of Delaware]] | ||
In the early 1920s, [[Pierre S. du Pont]] served as president of the state board of education. At the time, state law prohibited money raised from white taxpayers from being used to support the state's schools for black children. Appalled by the condition of the black schools, du Pont donated four million dollars to construct 86 new school buildings.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Okrent |first1=Daniel |title=Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition |year=2010 |publisher=Scribner |isbn=978-0743277020 |at=loc 5645(Kindle) |author-link=Daniel Okrent}}</ref> | In the early 1920s, [[Pierre S. du Pont]] served as president of the state board of education. At the time, state law prohibited money raised from white taxpayers from being used to support the state's schools for black children. Appalled by the condition of the black schools, du Pont donated four million dollars to construct 86 new school buildings.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Okrent |first1=Daniel |title=Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition |year=2010 |publisher=Scribner |isbn=978-0743277020 |at=loc 5645(Kindle) |author-link=Daniel Okrent}}</ref> | ||
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{{As of|2011}}, the Delaware Department of Education had authorized the founding of 25 charter schools in the state, one of them being [[Single-sex education|all-girls]].<ref name="Dobo20110612">{{cite news |last=Dobo |first=Nichole |title=Delaware schools: Checkered past goes unchecked |access-date=June 13, 2011 |newspaper=[[The News Journal]] |url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110612/NEWS03/106120369/-1/NLETTER01/Checkered-past-goes-unchecked?source=nletter-news |date=June 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623091720/http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110612/NEWS03/106120369/-1/NLETTER01/Checkered-past-goes-unchecked?source=nletter-news |archive-date=June 23, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | {{As of|2011}}, the Delaware Department of Education had authorized the founding of 25 charter schools in the state, one of them being [[Single-sex education|all-girls]].<ref name="Dobo20110612">{{cite news |last=Dobo |first=Nichole |title=Delaware schools: Checkered past goes unchecked |access-date=June 13, 2011 |newspaper=[[The News Journal]] |url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110612/NEWS03/106120369/-1/NLETTER01/Checkered-past-goes-unchecked?source=nletter-news |date=June 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623091720/http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110612/NEWS03/106120369/-1/NLETTER01/Checkered-past-goes-unchecked?source=nletter-news |archive-date=June 23, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
All teachers in the State's public school districts are unionized.<ref name="dobo2012">{{Cite news|last=Dobo|first=Nichole|publication-date=January 19, 2012|year=2012|title=Charter votes to join union|newspaper=[[The News Journal]]|at=delawareonline|access-date=January 19, 2012|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120119/NEWS03/201190345/-1/NLETTER01/Charter-votes-to-join-union|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609103243/http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120119/NEWS03/201190345/-1/NLETTER01/Charter-votes-to-join-union|archive-date=June 9, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|January 2012}}, none of the State's charter schools are members of a teachers [[Trade union|union]].<ref name="dobo2012" /> One of the State's teachers' unions is Delaware State Education Association (DSEA) | All teachers in the State's public school districts are unionized.<ref name="dobo2012">{{Cite news|last=Dobo|first=Nichole|publication-date=January 19, 2012|year=2012|title=Charter votes to join union|newspaper=[[The News Journal]]|at=delawareonline|access-date=January 19, 2012|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120119/NEWS03/201190345/-1/NLETTER01/Charter-votes-to-join-union|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609103243/http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120119/NEWS03/201190345/-1/NLETTER01/Charter-votes-to-join-union|archive-date=June 9, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|January 2012}}, none of the State's charter schools are members of a teachers [[Trade union|union]].<ref name="dobo2012" /> One of the State's teachers' unions is Delaware State Education Association (DSEA).<ref name="dobo2012" /> | ||
===Colleges and universities=== | ===Colleges and universities=== | ||
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* [[Goldey-Beacom College]] | * [[Goldey-Beacom College]] | ||
* [[University of Delaware]]—Ranked 63rd in the U.S. and in top 201–250 in the world ([[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]] 2018) | * [[University of Delaware]]—Ranked 63rd in the U.S. and in top 201–250 in the world ([[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]] 2018) | ||
* [[Widener University School of Law]] | * [[Widener University School of Law]] | ||
* [[Wilmington University]] | * [[Wilmington University]] | ||
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[[File:DE 1 NB from DE 299 overpass.jpeg|right|thumb|[[Delaware Route 1]] (DE{{nbs}}1) is a partial [[toll road]] linking [[Fenwick Island, Delaware|Fenwick Island]] and [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]].]] | [[File:DE 1 NB from DE 299 overpass.jpeg|right|thumb|[[Delaware Route 1]] (DE{{nbs}}1) is a partial [[toll road]] linking [[Fenwick Island, Delaware|Fenwick Island]] and [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]].]] | ||
One major branch of the U.S. [[Interstate Highway System]], [[Interstate 95 in Delaware|Interstate{{nbs}}95]] (I-95), crosses Delaware southwest-to-northeast across New Castle County. In addition to | One major branch of the U.S. [[Interstate Highway System]], [[Interstate 95 in Delaware|Interstate{{nbs}}95]] (I-95), crosses Delaware southwest-to-northeast across New Castle County. Two [[Auxiliary Interstate Highway]] routes are also located in the state. [[Interstate 495 (Delaware)|Interstate 495 (I-495)]] is an eastern bypass of Wilmington. [[Interstate 295 (Delaware–Pennsylvania)|Interstate 295 (I-295)]] is a bypass of Philadelphia which begins south of Wilmington. In addition to Interstate highways, there are six [[U.S. Highway System|U.S. highways]] that serve Delaware: [[U.S. Route 9 in Delaware|U.S.{{nbs}}9]], [[U.S. Route 13 in Delaware|U.S.{{nbs}}13]], [[U.S. Route 40 in Delaware|U.S.{{nbs}}40]], [[U.S. Route 113 in Delaware|U.S.{{nbs}}113]], [[U.S. Route 202 in Delaware|U.S.{{nbs}}202]], and [[U.S. Route 301 in Delaware|U.S.{{nbs}}301]]. There are also several state highways that cross the state of Delaware; a few of them include [[Delaware Route 1|DE{{nbs}}1]], [[Delaware Route 9|DE{{nbs}}9]], and [[Delaware Route 404|DE{{nbs}}404]]. U.S.{{nbs}}13 and DE{{nbs}}1 are primary north–south highways connecting Wilmington and Pennsylvania with Maryland, with DE{{nbs}}1 serving as the main route between Wilmington and the [[Delaware beaches]]. DE{{nbs}}9 is a north–south highway connecting Dover and Wilmington via a scenic route along the [[Delaware Bay]]. U.S.{{nbs}}40 is a primary east–west route, connecting Maryland with New Jersey. DE{{nbs}}404 is another primary east–west highway connecting the [[Chesapeake Bay Bridge]] in Maryland with the Delaware beaches. The state also operates three toll highways, the Delaware Turnpike, which is I-95, between Maryland and New Castle; the Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway, which is DE{{nbs}}1, between Wilmington and Dover; and the U.S. 301 toll road between the Maryland border and DE{{nbs}}1 in New Castle County. | ||
A bicycle route, [[Delaware Bicycle Route 1]], spans the north–south length of the state from the Maryland border in [[Fenwick Island, Delaware|Fenwick Island]] to the Pennsylvania border north of [[Montchanin, Delaware|Montchanin]]. It is the first of several signed bike routes planned in Delaware.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deldot.gov/information/projects/bike_and_ped/bike_facilities/pages/regional_routes.shtml|publisher=Delaware Department of Transportation|title=Projects: Delaware Bicycle Facility Master Plan|access-date=September 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130554/https://www.deldot.gov/information/projects/bike_and_ped/bike_facilities/pages/regional_routes.shtml|archive-date=September 18, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> | A bicycle route, [[Delaware Bicycle Route 1]], spans the north–south length of the state from the Maryland border in [[Fenwick Island, Delaware|Fenwick Island]] to the Pennsylvania border north of [[Montchanin, Delaware|Montchanin]]. It is the first of several signed bike routes planned in Delaware.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deldot.gov/information/projects/bike_and_ped/bike_facilities/pages/regional_routes.shtml|publisher=Delaware Department of Transportation|title=Projects: Delaware Bicycle Facility Master Plan|access-date=September 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130554/https://www.deldot.gov/information/projects/bike_and_ped/bike_facilities/pages/regional_routes.shtml|archive-date=September 18, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
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===Rail and bus=== | ===Rail and bus=== | ||
{{Delaware rail network}} | |||
[[Amtrak]] has two stations in Delaware along the [[Northeast Corridor]]; the relatively quiet [[Newark Rail Station (Delaware)|Newark Rail Station]] in Newark, and the busier [[Wilmington station (Delaware)|Wilmington Rail Station]] in Wilmington. The Northeast Corridor is also served by [[SEPTA]]'s [[Wilmington/Newark Line]] of [[SEPTA Regional Rail|Regional Rail]], which serves [[Claymont station|Claymont]], Wilmington, [[Churchmans Crossing, Delaware|Churchmans Crossing]], and Newark. | [[Amtrak]] has two stations in Delaware along the [[Northeast Corridor]]; the relatively quiet [[Newark Rail Station (Delaware)|Newark Rail Station]] in Newark, and the busier [[Wilmington station (Delaware)|Wilmington Rail Station]] in Wilmington. The Northeast Corridor is also served by [[SEPTA]]'s [[Wilmington/Newark Line]] of [[SEPTA Regional Rail|Regional Rail]], which serves [[Claymont station|Claymont]], Wilmington, [[Churchmans Crossing, Delaware|Churchmans Crossing]], and Newark. | ||
Two [[Class I railroad]]s, [[Norfolk Southern]] and [[CSX]], provide freight rail service in northern New Castle County. Norfolk Southern provides freight service along the Northeast Corridor and to industrial areas in [[Edgemoor, Delaware|Edgemoor]], [[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]], and [[Delaware City, Delaware|Delaware City]]. CSX's [[Philadelphia Subdivision]] passes through northern New Castle County parallel to the Amtrak Northeast Corridor. Multiple [[short-line railroad]]s provide freight service in Delaware. The [[Delmarva Central Railroad]] operates the most trackage of the short-line railroads, running from an interchange with Norfolk Southern in [[Porter, Delaware|Porter]] south through [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]], [[Harrington, Delaware|Harrington]], and [[Seaford, Delaware|Seaford]] to [[Delmar, Delaware|Delmar]], with another line running from Harrington to [[Frankford, Delaware|Frankford]] and branches from [[Ellendale, Delaware|Ellendale]] to [[Milton, Delaware|Milton]] and from [[Georgetown, Delaware|Georgetown]] to [[Gravel Hill, Delaware|Gravel Hill]]. The Delmarva Central Railroad connects with the [[Maryland and Delaware Railroad]], which serves local customers in Sussex County.<ref name=dcr>{{cite web|title=Delmarva Central Railroad|publisher=Carload Express|url=http://carloadexpress.com/railroads/delmarva-central-railroad/|access-date=March 27, 2017|date=November 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524215403/http://carloadexpress.com/railroads/delmarva-central-railroad/|archive-date=May 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> CSX connects with the freight/[[heritage railroad|heritage]] operation, the [[Wilmington and Western Railroad]], based in Wilmington and the [[East Penn Railroad]], which operates a line from Wilmington to [[Coatesville, Pennsylvania]]. | Two [[Class I railroad]]s, [[Norfolk Southern]] and [[CSX]], provide freight rail service in northern New Castle County. Norfolk Southern provides freight service along the Northeast Corridor and to industrial areas in [[Edgemoor, Delaware|Edgemoor]], [[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]], and [[Delaware City, Delaware|Delaware City]]. CSX's [[Philadelphia Subdivision]] passes through northern New Castle County parallel to the Amtrak Northeast Corridor. Multiple [[short-line railroad]]s provide freight service in Delaware. The [[Delmarva Central Railroad]] operates the most trackage of the short-line railroads, running from an interchange with Norfolk Southern in [[Porter, Delaware|Porter]] south through [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]], [[Harrington, Delaware|Harrington]], and [[Seaford, Delaware|Seaford]] to [[Delmar, Delaware|Delmar]], with another line running from Harrington to [[Frankford, Delaware|Frankford]] and branches from [[Ellendale, Delaware|Ellendale]] to [[Milton, Delaware|Milton]] and from [[Georgetown, Delaware|Georgetown]] to [[Gravel Hill, Delaware|Gravel Hill]]. The Delmarva Central Railroad connects with the [[Maryland and Delaware Railroad]], which serves local customers in Sussex County.<ref name=dcr>{{cite web|title=Delmarva Central Railroad|publisher=Carload Express|url=http://carloadexpress.com/railroads/delmarva-central-railroad/|access-date=March 27, 2017|date=November 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524215403/http://carloadexpress.com/railroads/delmarva-central-railroad/|archive-date=May 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> CSX connects with the freight/[[heritage railroad|heritage]] operation, the [[Wilmington and Western Railroad]], based in Wilmington and the [[East Penn Railroad]], which operates a line from Wilmington to [[Coatesville, Pennsylvania]]. | ||
[[File:Wilmington Station from parking garage, July 2014.JPG|thumb|left|Wilmington Station]] | |||
The last north–south passenger trains through the main part of Delaware was the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s local Wilmington-Delmar train in 1965.<ref>Pennsylvania Railroad local division timetable, 1965</ref><ref>Freight only: {{cite journal |title=Pennsylvania Railroad, Table 155|journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=99 |issue=7 |date=December 1966}}</ref> This was a successor to the ''[[Del-Mar-Va Express]]'' and ''Cavalier'', which had run from Philadelphia through the state's interior, to the end of the Delmarva Peninsula until the mid-1950s.<ref>{{Citation |first = Christopher T |last = Baer |title = Named Trains of The PRR Including Through Services |year = 2009 |url = http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR%20NAMED%20TRAINS.pdf |publisher = PRRTHS |access-date = July 25, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131014024426/http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR%20NAMED%20TRAINS.pdf |archive-date = October 14, 2013 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>All named trains were gone by the end of 1957 {{cite journal |title=Pennsylvania Railroad, Table 65|journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=90 |issue=7 |date=December 1957}}</ref> | The last north–south passenger trains through the main part of Delaware was the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s local Wilmington-Delmar train in 1965.<ref>Pennsylvania Railroad local division timetable, 1965</ref><ref>Freight only: {{cite journal |title=Pennsylvania Railroad, Table 155|journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=99 |issue=7 |date=December 1966}}</ref> This was a successor to the ''[[Del-Mar-Va Express]]'' and ''Cavalier'', which had run from Philadelphia through the state's interior, to the end of the Delmarva Peninsula until the mid-1950s.<ref>{{Citation |first = Christopher T |last = Baer |title = Named Trains of The PRR Including Through Services |year = 2009 |url = http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR%20NAMED%20TRAINS.pdf |publisher = PRRTHS |access-date = July 25, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131014024426/http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR%20NAMED%20TRAINS.pdf |archive-date = October 14, 2013 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>All named trains were gone by the end of 1957 {{cite journal |title=Pennsylvania Railroad, Table 65|journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=90 |issue=7 |date=December 1957}}</ref> | ||
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{{See also|Aviation in Delaware}} | {{See also|Aviation in Delaware}} | ||
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===Executive branch=== | ===Executive branch=== | ||
{{See also|List of Governors of Delaware}} | {{See also|List of Governors of Delaware}} | ||
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[[File:Joe Biden presidential portrait (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Joe Biden]], the 46th president of the United States and a U.S. senator for Delaware from 1973 to 2009.]] | [[File:Joe Biden presidential portrait (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Joe Biden]], the 46th president of the United States and a U.S. senator for Delaware from 1973 to 2009.]] | ||
The Democratic Party holds a [[pluralism (political theory)|plurality]] of registrations in Delaware. | The Democratic Party holds a [[pluralism (political theory)|plurality]] of registrations in Delaware. Currently, Democrats hold all positions of authority in Delaware, as well as majorities in the state Senate and House. The Democrats have held the governorship since 1993, having won the last seven gubernatorial elections. Democrats presently hold all the nine statewide elected offices, while the Republicans last won any statewide offices in 2014, [[State Auditor]] and [[State Treasurer]]. | ||
Delaware | During the [[First Party System|First]] and [[Second Party System]]s, Delaware was a stronghold for the [[Federalist Party|Federalist]] and [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] Parties, respectively. After a relatively brief adherence to the Democratic Solid South following the [[American Civil War|US Civil War]], Delaware became a Republican-leaning state from [[1896 United States presidential election|1896]] through [[1948 United States presidential election|1948]], voting for losing Republicans [[Charles Evans Hughes]] in [[1916 United States presidential election|1916]], [[Herbert Hoover]] in [[1932 United States presidential election|1932]], and [[Thomas E. Dewey|Thomas Dewey]] in 1948. | ||
During the second half of the 20th century, Delaware was a bellwether state, voting for the winner of every presidential election from [[1952 United States presidential election|1952]] through [[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]. Delaware's bellwether status came to an end when Delaware voted for [[Al Gore]] in [[2000 United States presidential election|2000]] by 13%. Subsequent elections have continued to demonstrate Delaware's current strong Democratic lean: [[John Kerry]] carried the First State by 8% in [[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]; [[Barack Obama]] carried it by 25% and by 19% in his two elections of [[2008 United States presidential election|2008]] and [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]; and [[Hillary Clinton]] carried it by 11% as she lost the Electoral College in [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]. In 2020, Delaware native (and Barack Obama's former Vice President and running mate) Joe Biden headed the Democratic ticket; he carried his home state by just shy of 19% en route to a national 4.5% win.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 3, 2020|title=Delaware Election Results|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-delaware.html|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> | |||
The dominant factor in Delaware's political shift has been the strong Democratic trend in heavily urbanized [[New Castle County, Delaware|New Castle County]], home to 55% of Delaware's population. New Castle County has not voted Republican in a presidential election since [[1988 United States presidential election|1988]], and has given Democrats over 60% of its vote in every election from 2004 on. In 1992, 2000, 2004, and 2016, the Republican presidential candidate carried both Kent and Sussex but lost by double digits each time in New Castle County, which was a large enough margin to tip the state to the Democrats. New Castle County also elects a substantial majority of the state legislature; 27 of the 41 state house districts and 14 of the 21 state senate districts are based in New Castle County. | |||
In a 2020 study, Delaware was ranked as the 18th hardest state for citizens to vote in.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=J. Pomante II |first1=Michael |last2=Li |first2=Quan |title=Cost of Voting in the American States: 2020 |journal=Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy |date=December 15, 2020 |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=503–509 |doi=10.1089/elj.2020.0666 |s2cid=225139517 |url=https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/elj.2020.0666 |access-date=January 14, 2022}}</ref> | |||
===Freedom of information=== | ===Freedom of information=== | ||
{{See also|Freedom of information in the United States#State legislation}} | {{See also|Freedom of information in the United States#State legislation}} | ||
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[[Gambling in the United States#Authorized types|Gambling]] provides significant revenue to the state. For instance, the [[Delaware Park Racetrack#Casino|casino at Delaware Park Racetrack]] provided more than $100{{nbs}}million to the state in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Delaware crime: Wave of brazen attacks sounds alarm at casino |first=Chris |last=Barrish |url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110423/NEWS01/104230342/-1/NLETTER01/Wave-of-brazen-attacks-sounds-alarm-at-casino |location=Wilmington, DE |date=April 23, 2011 |work=Delaware Online |access-date=April 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5ygCHfM0y?url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110423/NEWS01/104230342/-1/NLETTER01/Wave-of-brazen-attacks-sounds-alarm-at-casino |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |at=1st page of online article archived via link provided |url-status=live }}</ref> | [[Gambling in the United States#Authorized types|Gambling]] provides significant revenue to the state. For instance, the [[Delaware Park Racetrack#Casino|casino at Delaware Park Racetrack]] provided more than $100{{nbs}}million to the state in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Delaware crime: Wave of brazen attacks sounds alarm at casino |first=Chris |last=Barrish |url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110423/NEWS01/104230342/-1/NLETTER01/Wave-of-brazen-attacks-sounds-alarm-at-casino |location=Wilmington, DE |date=April 23, 2011 |work=Delaware Online |access-date=April 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5ygCHfM0y?url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110423/NEWS01/104230342/-1/NLETTER01/Wave-of-brazen-attacks-sounds-alarm-at-casino |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |at=1st page of online article archived via link provided |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
In June 2018, Delaware became the first U.S. state to legalize sports betting following the Supreme Court ruling to repeal | In June 2018, Delaware became the first U.S. state to legalize [[sports betting]] following the [[Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992#US Supreme Court decision|Supreme Court ruling to repeal the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992]] (PASPA).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bestbettingsites.uk/news/sports-betting/delaware-becomes-first-state-legalise-sports-betting.html | title=Delaware becomes the first state to legalise sports betting | access-date=June 22, 2018 | date=June 2, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622140539/https://www.bestbettingsites.uk/news/sports-betting/delaware-becomes-first-state-legalise-sports-betting.html | archive-date=June 22, 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
===Voter registration=== | ===Voter registration=== | ||
{| class=wikitable | {| class=wikitable | ||
|+ Voter registration and party enrollment {{as of| | |+ Voter registration and party enrollment {{as of|2022|March|lc=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://elections.delaware.gov/reports/regtotals/2022/vrt_PP20220301.pdf |title=Voter Registration Totals |access-date=March 11, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119195904/https://elections.delaware.gov/reports/regtotals/2022/vrt_PP20220101.pdf |archive-date=January 19, 2022 }}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan = 2 | Party | ! colspan = 2 | Party | ||
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! Percentage | ! Percentage | ||
|- | |- | ||
{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} | | {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}} | ||
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| | | style="text-align:center;"| 359,824 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 47. | | style="text-align:center;"| 47.62% | ||
|- | |- | ||
{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} | | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} | ||
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| | | style="text-align:center;"| 208,102 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 27. | | style="text-align:center;"| 27.54% | ||
|- | |- | ||
{{party color|Independent politician}} | | {{party color cell|Independent politician}} | ||
| Unaffiliated | | Unaffiliated | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 169, | | style="text-align:center;"| 169,472 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 22. | | style="text-align:center;"| 22.43% | ||
|- | |- | ||
{{party color| Independent politician}} | | {{party color cell| Independent politician}} | ||
| [[Independent Party of Delaware]] | | [[Independent Party of Delaware]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 9, | | style="text-align:center;"| 9,898 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 1. | | style="text-align:center;"| 1.31% | ||
|- | |- | ||
{{party color|Libertarian Party (United States)}} | | {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}} | ||
| [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] | | [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2, | | style="text-align:center;"| 2,182 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 0. | | style="text-align:center;"| 0.29% | ||
|- | |- | ||
{{party color|Independent politician}} | | {{party color cell|Independent politician}} | ||
| Non-partisan | | Non-partisan | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 1, | | style="text-align:center;"| 1,162 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.15% | | style="text-align:center;"| 0.15% | ||
|- | |- | ||
{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} | | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} | ||
| Conservative | | Conservative | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| | | style="text-align:center;"| 764 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.10% | | style="text-align:center;"| 0.10% | ||
|- | |- | ||
{{party color|Green Party (United States)}} | | {{party color cell|Green Party (United States)}} | ||
| [[Green Party (United States)|Green]] | | [[Green Party (United States)|Green]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| | | style="text-align:center;"| 735 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.10% | | style="text-align:center;"| 0.10% | ||
|- | |- | ||
{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} | | {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}} | ||
| Liberal | | Liberal | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 682 | | style="text-align:center;"| 682 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.09% | | style="text-align:center;"| 0.09% | ||
|- | |- | ||
{{party color|American Delta Party}} | | {{party color cell| Independent politician}} | ||
| Others | |||
| style="text-align:center;"| 615 | |||
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.08% | |||
|- | |||
| {{party color cell|American Delta Party}} | |||
| [[American Delta Party]] | | [[American Delta Party]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| | | style="text-align:center;"| 588 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.08% | | style="text-align:center;"| 0.08% | ||
|- | |- | ||
{{party color|American Independent Party}} | | {{party color cell|American Independent Party}} | ||
| [[American Independent Party]] | | [[American Independent Party]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| | | style="text-align:center;"| 577 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.08% | | style="text-align:center;"| 0.08% | ||
|- | |- | ||
{{party color|Working Families Party}} | | {{party color cell|Working Families Party}} | ||
| [[Working Families Party]] | | [[Working Families Party]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| | | style="text-align:center;"| 329 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 0. | | style="text-align:center;"| 0.04% | ||
|- | |- | ||
{{party color|Constitution Party (United States)}} | | {{party color cell|Constitution Party (United States)}} | ||
| [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution]] | | [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| | | style="text-align:center;"| 266 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.04% | | style="text-align:center;"| 0.04% | ||
|- | |- | ||
{{party color|Socialist Workers Party (United States)}} | | {{party color cell|Socialist Workers Party (United States)}} | ||
| [[Socialist Workers Party (United States)|Socialist Workers Party]] | | [[Socialist Workers Party (United States)|Socialist Workers Party]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 131 | | style="text-align:center;"| 131 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.02% | | style="text-align:center;"| 0.02% | ||
|- | |- | ||
{{party color| Independent politician}} | | {{party color cell| Independent politician}} | ||
| Blue Enigma Party | | Blue Enigma Party | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| | | style="text-align:center;"| 90 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.01% | | style="text-align:center;"| 0.01% | ||
|- | |- | ||
{{party color|Natural Law Party (United States)}} | | {{party color cell|Natural Law Party (United States)}} | ||
| [[Natural Law Party (United States)|Natural Law Party]] | | [[Natural Law Party (United States)|Natural Law Party]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| | | style="text-align:center;"| 78 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.01% | | style="text-align:center;"| 0.01% | ||
|- | |- | ||
{{party color|Reform Party of the United States of America}} | | {{party color cell|Reform Party of the United States of America}} | ||
| [[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform]] | | [[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 46 | | style="text-align:center;"| 46 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.01% | | style="text-align:center;"| 0.01% | ||
|- | |||
| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}} | |||
| Mandalorians of Delaware | |||
| style="text-align:center;"| 19 | |||
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.00% | |||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan = 2 | Total | ! colspan = 2 | Total | ||
! style="text-align:center;"| | ! style="text-align:center;"| 755,560 | ||
! style="text-align:center;"| 100% | ! style="text-align:center;"| 100% | ||
|} | |} | ||
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==Culture and entertainment== | ==Culture and entertainment== | ||
===Festivals=== | ===Festivals=== | ||
{{Main|Delaware festivals}} | {{Main|Delaware festivals}} | ||
===Sports=== | ===Sports=== | ||
;Professional teams | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Team | !Team | ||
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|Delaware Black Foxes | |Delaware Black Foxes | ||
|[[Rugby | |[[Rugby League]] | ||
|[[USA Rugby League]] | |[[USA Rugby League]] | ||
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|[[Wilmington Blue Rocks]] | |[[Wilmington Blue Rocks]] | ||
|[[Baseball]] | |[[Baseball]] | ||
|[[ | |[[High-A East]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
As Delaware has no franchises in the major American professional sports leagues, many Delawareans follow either [[Sports in Philadelphia|Philadelphia]] or [[Sports in Baltimore|Baltimore]] teams. In the [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]], the [[Washington Mystics]] enjoy a major following due to the presence of Wilmington native and University of Delaware product [[Elena Delle Donne]]. The [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football|University of Delaware's football team]] has a large following throughout the state, with the [[Delaware State Hornets football|Delaware State University]] and [[Wesley College (Delaware)|Wesley College]] teams also enjoying a smaller degree of support. | As Delaware has no franchises in the major American professional sports leagues, many Delawareans follow either [[Sports in Philadelphia|Philadelphia]] or [[Sports in Baltimore|Baltimore]] teams. In the [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]], the [[Washington Mystics]] enjoy a major following due to the presence of Wilmington native and University of Delaware product [[Elena Delle Donne]]. The [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football|University of Delaware's football team]] has a large following throughout the state, with the [[Delaware State Hornets football|Delaware State University]] and [[Wesley College (Delaware)|Wesley College]] teams also enjoying a smaller degree of support. | ||
Delaware is home to [[Dover | [[File:2017 Apache Warrior 400 from turn 1.jpg|thumb|left|NASCAR racing at Dover Motor Speedway]] | ||
Delaware is home to [[Dover Motor Speedway]] and [[Bally's Dover]]. Dover Motor Speedway, also known as the ''Monster Mile'', is one of only 10 tracks in the nation to have hosted 100 or more [[NASCAR]] Cup Series races. Bally's Dover is a popular [[harness racing]] facility. It is the only co-located horse- and car-racing facility in the nation, with the Bally's Dover track located inside the Dover Motor Speedway track. | |||
Delaware is represented in [[USA Rugby League|rugby]] by the Delaware Black Foxes, a 2015 expansion club. | Delaware is represented in [[USA Rugby League|rugby]] by the Delaware Black Foxes, a 2015 expansion club. | ||
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{{Main|List of people from Delaware}} | {{Main|List of people from Delaware}} | ||
Prominent Delawareans include the [[du Pont family]] of politicians and businesspersons and the [[Biden family]] among whom [[Joe Biden]] is | Prominent Delawareans include the [[du Pont family]] of politicians and businesspersons and the [[Biden family]] among whom [[Joe Biden]] is the 46th and current president of the United States. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Index of Delaware-related articles]] | * [[Index of Delaware-related articles]] | ||
* [[Outline of Delaware]] | * [[Outline of Delaware]] | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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[[Category:1787 establishments in Delaware| ]] | [[Category:1787 establishments in Delaware| ]] | ||
[[Category:1787 establishments in the United States]] | [[Category:1787 establishments in the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Contiguous United States]] | |||