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| anthem = "[[Our Delaware]]"

| OfficialLang = [[Template:Official languages of U.S. states and territories|None]]

| nickname = The First State; The Small Wonder;<ref>{{cite web|first=Melissa|last=Nann Burke|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2015/01/04/delaware-small-wonder/21270787/|title=Delaware a Small Wonder no more?|date=January 5, 2015|publisher=Delaware Online|access-date=March 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402112539/http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2015/01/04/delaware-small-wonder/21270787/|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Blue Hen State; The Diamond State

| LargestMetro = [[Delaware Valley]]

| 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>

<!--| area_land_km2 = 5,060

| 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_as_of = 2020

| 2010Pop = 1,003,384

| 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 = [[List of U.S. states and territories by income#States_and_territories_ranked_by_median_household_income|16th]]

| elevation_max_point = Near the{{break}}[[Ebright Azimuth]]<ref name=USGS>{{cite web|url=http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html|title=Elevations and Distances in the United States|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|year=2001|access-date=October 21, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012701/http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html|archive-date=October 15, 2011}}</ref><ref name=NAVD88>Elevation adjusted to [[North American Vertical Datum of 1988]].</ref><ref name="HighestPoint">{{Cite journal|last=Schenck|first=William S|title=Highest Point in Delaware|publisher=Delaware Geological Survey|access-date=July 23, 2008|url=http://www.dgs.udel.edu/publications/pubs/factsheets/highestpoint.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020055243/http://www.dgs.udel.edu/publications/Pubs/FactSheets/HighestPoint.aspx|archive-date=October 20, 2008}}</ref>

| website = https://delaware.gov

| Beverage = Milk

| Slogan = ''Endless Discoveries''—<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2015/01/05/delawares-new-tourism-brand-endless-discoveries/21289179/|title=Delaware's new tourism brand: Endless Discoveries|author=Molly Murray|date=January 6, 2015|publisher=Delaware Online|access-date=March 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143458/http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2015/01/05/delawares-new-tourism-brand-endless-discoveries/21289179/|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Formerly: ''It's Good Being First''

 

'''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>

 

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]].

 

The state was named after the [[Delaware River#Origin of the name|Delaware River]], which in turn derived its name from [[Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr]] (1577–1618) who was the ruling governor of the [[Colony of Virginia]] at the time Europeans first explored the river. The Delaware people, a name used by [[Europeans]] for [[Lenape]] people indigenous to the Delaware Valley, also derive their name from the same source.

 

The name ''de La Warr'' is from [[Sussex]] and of [[England|Anglo]]-French origin.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ware DeGidio |first=Wanda |year=2011 |title=Ware Family History: Descendants from Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Kings and Queens, and Presidents of the United States |editor-first=Wanda |editor-last=Ware DeGidio |pages=10 |isbn=978-1-4010-9930-5 }}</ref>

<ref>{{cite book |last=Ware DeGidio |first=Wanda |year=2011 |title=Ware Family History: Descendants from Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Kings and Queens, and Presidents of the United States |editor-first=Wanda |editor-last=Ware DeGidio |page=10 |isbn=978-1-4010-9930-5 }}</ref> It came probably from a [[Norman language|Norman]] [[lieu-dit]] ''La Guerre''. This [[toponymic]] could derive from [[Latin language|Latin]] ''[[wikt:ager#Latin|ager]]'', from the [[Breton language|Breton]] ''[[wikt:gwern#Breton|gwern]]'' or from the [[Late Latin]] ''varectum'' ([[fallow]]). The toponyms Gara, Gare, Gaire (the sound [[Open central unrounded vowel|[ä]]] often mutated in [[Near-open front unrounded vowel|[æ]]]) also appear in old texts cited by [[Lucien Musset]], where the word ''ga(i)ra'' means [[Gore (road)|gore]]. It could also be linked with a [[patronymic]] from the [[Old Norse]] ''[[wikt:verr#Old Norse|verr]]''.

 

 

 

Before Delaware was settled by European colonists, the area was home to the Eastern [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]] tribes known as the Unami [[Lenape]], or Delaware, who lived mostly along the coast, and the [[Nanticoke people|Nanticoke]] who occupied much of the southern Delmarva Peninsula. John Smith also shows two Iroquoian tribes, the Kuskarawock and [[Tockwogh]], living north of the Nanticoke—they may have held small portions of land in the western part of the state before migrating across the Chesapeake Bay.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/maps/captain-smith-virginia-map.jpg |title=Archived copy |access-date=October 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320024903/http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/maps/captain-smith-virginia-map.jpg |archive-date=March 20, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Kuskarawocks were most likely the [[Tuscarora people|Tuscarora]].

The Unami Lenape in the Delaware Valley were closely related to [[Munsee]] Lenape tribes along the [[Hudson River]]. They had a settled hunting and agricultural society, and they rapidly became middlemen in an increasingly frantic fur trade with their ancient enemy, the Minqua or [[Susquehannock]]. With the loss of their lands on the Delaware River and the destruction of the Minqua by the [[Iroquois]] of the Five Nations in the 1670s, the remnants of the Lenape who wished to remain identified as such left the region and moved over the [[Alleghany Mountains]] by the mid-18th century. Generally, those who did not relocate out of the state of Delaware were baptized, became Christian and were grouped together with other persons of color in official records and in the minds of their non-Native American neighbors.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}}

 

 

{{Main|New Netherland|New Sweden|Delaware Colony}}The [[Dutch people|Dutch]] were the first Europeans to settle in present-day Delaware in the middle region by establishing a trading post at [[Zwaanendael, Delaware|Zwaanendael]], near the site of [[Lewes, Delaware|Lewes]] in 1631.<ref>{{cite book|author=Myers, Albert Cook|title=Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware, 1630–1707, Volume 13|publisher=C. Scribner's Sons|year=1912|page=8}}</ref> Within a year all the settlers were killed in a dispute with [[Native Americans in the United States|area Native American tribes]]. In 1638 [[New Sweden]], a [[Swedish people|Swedish]] trading post and colony, was established at [[Fort Christina]] (now in [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]]) by [[Peter Minuit]] at the head of a group of Swedes, [[Finnish people|Finns]] and Dutch. The colony of New Sweden lasted 17 years. In 1651 the Dutch, reinvigorated by the leadership of [[Peter Stuyvesant]], established a fort at present-day [[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]], and in 1655 they conquered the New Sweden colony, annexing it into the Dutch [[New Netherland]].<ref name=hod>{{cite book|title=History of Delaware|first =John A |last = Munroe|edition = 5th, illustrated|publisher= University of Delaware Press|year=2006|isbn=978-0-87413-947-1|page=45|chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vs7NcOKnlNUC&q=%22Lower+counties%22+%22on+the+delaware%22&pg=PA46 | chapter = 3. The Lower Counties on The Delaware}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |editor1-last = Scheltema |editor1-first = Gajus |editor2-last = Westerhuijs |editor2-first = Heleen |title = Exploring Historic Dutch New York |publisher = Museum of the City of New York/Dover |place = New York |year = 2011 |isbn = 978-0-486-48637-6}}</ref> Only nine years later, in 1664, the Dutch were conquered by a fleet of English ships by Sir Robert Carr under the direction of [[James II of England|James, the Duke of York]]. Fighting off a prior claim by [[Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore]], [[Province of Maryland|Proprietor of Maryland]], the Duke passed his somewhat dubious ownership on to [[William Penn]] in 1682. Penn strongly desired access to the sea for his [[Province of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania province]] and leased what then came to be known as the "Lower Counties on the Delaware"<ref name = hod /> from the Duke.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most of the free African-American families in Delaware before the Revolution had migrated from Maryland to find more affordable land. They were descendants chiefly of relationships or marriages between white servant women and enslaved, servant or free African or African-American men.<ref>{{citation |last=Heinegg |first=Paul |title=Free African Americans in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware |url=http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/ |url-status=dead |access-date=February 15, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807191511/http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/ |archive-date=August 7, 2010}}</ref> Under slavery law, children took the social status of their mothers, so children born to white women were free, regardless of their paternity, just as children born to enslaved women were born into slavery. As the flow of indentured laborers to the colony decreased with improving economic conditions in England, more slaves were imported for labor and the caste lines hardened.

 

 

Although attempts to abolish slavery failed by narrow margins in the legislature, in practical terms the state had mostly ended the practice. By the [[United States Census, 1860|1860 census]] on the verge of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], 91.7% of the black population were free;{{sfn|Kolchin|1994|pp=81–82}} 1,798 were slaves, as compared to 19,829 "free colored persons".<ref>{{citation |title=Historical Census Browser |url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/php/start.php?year=V1860 |contribution=1860 Federal Census |publisher=University of Virginia Library |access-date=November 30, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011024040/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/php/start.php?year=V1860 |archive-date=October 11, 2014 }}</ref>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

To the west, a portion of the arc extends past the easternmost edge of Maryland. The remaining western border runs slightly east of due south from its intersection with the arc. [[The Wedge (border)|The Wedge]] of land between the northwest part of the arc and the Maryland border was claimed by both Delaware and Pennsylvania until 1921, when Delaware's claim was confirmed.

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.

 

 

 

The transitional climate of Delaware supports a wide variety of vegetation. In the northern third of the state are found [[Northeastern coastal forests]] and mixed [[Quercus|oak]] forests typical of the northeastern United States.<ref name="ecoregions">{{cite journal|author=Olson |title=Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth |journal=[[BioScience]] |year=2001 |volume=51 |issue=11 |pages=933–938 |doi=10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2 |author2=D. M |author3=E. Dinerstein |display-authors=3 |issn=0006-3568 |last4=Burgess |first4=Neil D. |last5=Powell |first5=George V. N. |last6=Underwood |first6=Emma C. |last7=d'Amico |first7=Jennifer A. |last8=Itoua |first8=Illanga |last9=Strand |first9=Holly E. |doi-access=free }}</ref> In the southern two-thirds of the state are found [[Middle Atlantic coastal forests]].<ref name="ecoregions" /> [[Trap Pond State Park]], along with areas in other parts of Sussex County, for example, support the northernmost stands of [[Taxodium distichum|bald cypress]] trees in North America.

Delaware provides [[Government subsidy|government subsidy support]] for the [[Environmental remediation|clean-up]] of property "lightly contaminated" by [[hazardous waste]], the proceeds for which come from a tax on wholesale petroleum sales.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cleaning up contamination |first=Jeff |last=Montgomery |newspaper=[[The News Journal]] |date=May 14, 2011 |access-date=May 14, 2011 |url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110514/NEWS02/105140360/-1/NLETTER01/Cleaning-up-contamination |location=New Castle, Delaware |at=DelawareOnline |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5ygBz8xTN?url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110514/NEWS02/105140360/-1/NLETTER01/Cleaning-up-contamination |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |url-status=live }} ''The first online page is archived; the page containing information related here is not in the archived version.''</ref>

 

 

 

 

 

 

===Unincorporated places===

<gallery class="center">

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]]

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>

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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>

|+ '''Delaware racial breakdown of population'''

| [[African American|Black]] || 16.9% || 19.2% || 21.4%

 

 

* 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

{{See also|Economy of Delaware|Delaware locations by per capita income}}

 

|+ Average sale price for new & existing homes (in U.S. dollars)<ref name="er2011">{{cite news |title=Delaware housing: Home prices slide in all three counties; sales in NCCo, Kent down from year ago |first=Eric |last=Ruth |url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110416/BUSINESS/104160310/-1/NLETTER01/Home-prices-slide-in-all-three-counties--sales-in-NCCo--Kent-down-from-year-ago |newspaper=[[The News Journal]] |location=Delaware |date=April 15, 2010 |at=Delaware Online |access-date=March 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403234128/http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110416/BUSINESS/104160310/-1/NLETTER01/Home-prices-slide-in-all-three-counties--sales-in-NCCo--Kent-down-from-year-ago |archive-date=April 3, 2014 |url-status=live }}{{paywall}}</ref>

 

According to a 2020 study by Kiplinger, Delaware had the seventeenth largest number of millionaires per capita in the United States, with a ratio of 6.98 percent, 0.7 percent from 2013 in ration but falling eight places in ranking. Delaware had 25,937 millionaires as of 2020. The median income for all Delaware households as of 2020 was $64,805.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Millionaires in America 2020: All 50 States Ranked|url=https://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/investing/t006-s001-millionaires-america-all-50-states-ranked/index.html|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=Kiplinger}}</ref><ref name="frank2014">{{cite news |last=Frank |first=Robert |title=Top states for millionaires per capita |date=January 15, 2014 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/101338309 |work=[[CNBC]] |at=CNBC.com |access-date=October 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122061516/http://www.cnbc.com/id/101338309 |archive-date=January 22, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

 

 

 

 

 

 

* healthcare ([[ChristianaCare]] ([[Christiana Hospital]]), [[Bayhealth Medical Center]], [[Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware]])

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two [[daily newspaper]]s are based in Delaware, the ''[[Delaware State News]]'', based in Dover and covering the two southern counties, and ''[[The News Journal]]'' covering Wilmington and northern Delaware. The state is also served by [[List of newspapers in Delaware|several weekly, monthly and online publications]].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A bicycle route, [[Delaware Bicycle Route&nbsp;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>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware is centrally situated in the [[Northeast megalopolis]] region of cities along [[Interstate 95|I-95]]. Therefore, Delaware [[commercial airline]] passengers most frequently use [[Philadelphia International Airport]] (PHL), [[Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport]] (BWI) and [[Washington Dulles International Airport]] (IAD) for domestic and international transit. Residents of Sussex County will also use [[Wicomico Regional Airport]] (SBY), as it is located less than {{convert|10|mi|km}} from the Delaware border. [[Atlantic City International Airport]] (ACY), [[Newark Liberty International Airport]] (EWR), and [[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport]] (DCA) are also within a {{convert|100|mi|km|adj=on}} radius of New Castle County.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* The [[Delaware Court of Chancery]] deals primarily in corporate disputes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

{{Main|List of people from Delaware}}

 

 

* [[Index of Delaware-related articles]]

 

* {{Citation | url = https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/states/delaware/ | title = Delaware State Guide | publisher = Library of Congress}}

* {{Citation | url = https://www.delaware.gov | title = State of Delaware | type = official website}}

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* [http://www.usgs.gov/state/state.asp?State=DE USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Delaware]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140222010344/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/10000.html U.S. Census Bureau]

* [http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/state-fact-sheets/state-data.aspx?StateFIPS=10&StateName=Delaware Delaware State Facts from USDA]

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