57 cities found in Delaware

Largest cities in Delaware

Millsboro Bear New Castle Hockessin Smyrna Claymont Felton Dover Laurel Middletown Newark Milford Lewes Rehoboth Beach Georgetown Seaford Townsend Milton

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Ancestry of Delaware

8.2% of Delaware’s population comes from Hispanics and Latinos. According to a 2011 report of ancestry stated that 49% of Delaware’s population is younger than one year of age from a minority group in which they don’t know about two parents of non-Hispanic white ancestry. According to 2000 when 19% of the population is African-American in which 5% are Hispanic, Mexican, Puerto Rican ancestry.

Colonial Delaware, Native American, and American revolution come in Delaware’s ancestry. A Hispanic population diversified with Puerto Ricans makes the largest ancestry group. Colonial settlers came to Delaware from Maryland and Virginia. English colonists arrived in the early years. African-American stayed here before the American Revolution. Delaware free the slaves that were bound in civil war rejected 13, 14, 15 amendments, and ratified new amendments on February 12, 1901

Delaware is the 6th densely populated state with a density of population 442.6 that is more than the national average. According to the demographic reports estimates by the United States Census Bureau stated about the population of Delaware was 973,764 in 2019, which is increased in 2010 by approximately 8.4% growth rate.

Race of Delaware

According to 2010, United state reports the Racial composition Delaware population rate 897,934 that include 68% white Americans, 65.3% Non-Hispanic, 21.4% black/African American, 3.6% white Hispanic, 0.5% American Indian/Alaska Native, 3.2% Asian American, 3.4% other races, and 2.7 % multiracial American.

Race includes Hispanics and Latinos related to any other race make up 8.2% of the population. As of the 2010 census, Delaware is one of five states including Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming that has over 100,000 in a single city population. The center of the population is based in New Castle County that is situated in Townsend.

Race includes English colonists also living in Delaware as indentured servants. Population from African-Americans settled in Delaware just before the immigration from Maryland in search of cheap land. There were marriages held between white servant women with free African American men.

The racial composition in Delaware is as following:

1990 :White-80.3%, Black 16.9%, Asian 1.4 % ,Native 0.3%,other races 1.1%.

2000: White 74.6%, black 19.25, Asian 2.1%, Native 0.4%,other race 2.0%.

2010: White 68.9%, black 21.4%, Asian 3.2%, other race 3.4%.

Delaware racial population breakdown

Racial composition	1990	2000	2010
White	80.3%	74.6%	68.9%
Black	16.9%	19.2%	21.4%
Asian	1.4%	2.1%	3.2%
Native	0.3%	0.4%	0.5%
Other race	1.1%	2.0%	3.4%
Two or more races	–	1.7%	2.7%

Cities in Delaware

This is a general list of cities in Delaware. It contains big cities and small towns sorted alphabetically. Select a city to view information about it’s population, economics, and businesses.

Rank	Name	Type	Population[2]	Area	County	Hundred	Settled
1	Wilmington †	City	70,635	16.94 sq mi	New Castle	Wilmington Hundred	1638
2	Dover ‡	City	38,079	23.48 sq mi	Kent	East Dover Hundred	1683
3	Newark	City	33,673	9.19 sq mi	New Castle	White Clay Hundred	1694
4	Middletown	Town	22,582	11.83 sq mi	New Castle	St. George's Hundred	1675
5	Smyrna	Town	11,580	6.01 sq mi	Kent/New Castle	Duck Creek Hundred
6	Milford	City	11,353	9.87 sq mi	Kent/Sussex	Milford Hundred/Cedar Creek Hundred
7	Seaford	City	7,861	5.30 sq mi	Sussex	Seaford Hundred
8	Georgetown †	Town	7,427	5.14 sq mi	Sussex	Georgetown Hundred	1791
9	Elsmere	Town	5,981	1.01 sq mi	New Castle	Christiana Hundred	c1890
10	New Castle	City	5,529	3.52 sq mi	New Castle	New Castle Hundred	1651
11	Millsboro	Town	4,446	3.95 sq mi	Sussex	Dagsboro Hundred	1792
12	Laurel	Town	4,394	2.98 sq mi	Sussex	Little Creek Hundred
13	Harrington	City	3,643	2.75 sq mi	Kent	Mispillion Hundred
14	Camden	Town	3,501	3.70 sq mi	Kent	North Murderkill Hundred
15	Clayton	Town	3,392	1.83 sq mi	Kent/New Castle	Duck Creek Hundred
16	Lewes	City	3,233	4.72 sq mi	Sussex	Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred	1631
17	Milton	Town	2,964	1.90 sq mi	Sussex	Broadkill Hundred
18	Townsend	Town	2,569	1.05 sq mi	New Castle	Appoquinimink Hundred
19	Selbyville	Town	2,496	3.61 sq mi	Sussex	Baltimore Hundred
20	Bridgeville	Town	2,366	4.63 sq mi	Sussex	Northwest Fork Hundred
21	Ocean View	Town	2,140	2.65 sq mi	Sussex	Baltimore Hundred
22	Delaware City	City	1,824	1.31 sq mi	New Castle	Red Lion Hundred	1826
23	Delmar	Town	1,796	1.79 sq mi	Sussex	Little Creek Hundred
24	Cheswold	Town	1,623	1.29 sq mi	Kent	Kenton Hundred/Little Creek Hundred
25	Wyoming	Town	1,536	1.07 sq mi	Kent	North Murderkill Hundred
26	Rehoboth Beach	City	1,520	1.64 sq mi	Sussex	Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred
27	Blades	Town	1,442	0.56 sq mi	Sussex	Broad Creek Hundred	1850s
28	Felton	Town	1,405	0.82 sq mi	Kent	South Murderkill Hundred	1856
29	Bethany Beach	Town	1,222	1.17 sq mi	Sussex	Baltimore Hundred
30	Bellefonte	Town	1,167	0.18 sq mi	New Castle	Brandywine Hundred
31	Greenwood	Town	1,118	0.72 sq mi	Sussex	Northwest Fork Hundred	1858
32	Newport	Town	1,029	0.45 sq mi	New Castle	Christiana Hundred	1735
33	Frankford	Town	971	0.73 sq mi	Sussex	Dagsboro Hundred	1808
34	Dagsboro	Town	900	1.36 sq mi	Sussex	Dagsboro Hundred
35	Frederica	Town	827	1.92 sq mi	Kent	South Murderkill Hundred
36	Millville	Town	640	2.50 sq mi	Sussex	Baltimore Hundred
37	South Bethany	Town	519	0.54 sq mi	Sussex	Baltimore Hundred	1952
38	Arden	Village	444	0.26 sq mi	New Castle	Brandywine Hundred	1900
39 (t)	Ellendale	Town	437	0.44 sq mi	Sussex	Cedar Creek Hundred	1867
39 (t)	Fenwick Island	Town	437	0.48 sq mi	Sussex	Baltimore Hundred
41	Houston	Town	404	0.34 sq mi	Kent	Milford Hundred
42	Dewey Beach	Town	387	0.33 sq mi	Sussex	Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred
43	Bowers	Town	370	0.30 sq mi	Kent	South Murderkill Hundred
44	Odessa	Town	364	0.53 sq mi	New Castle	St. George's Hundred
45	Magnolia	Town	286	0.12 sq mi	Kent	South Murderkill Hundred
46	Ardentown	Village	269	0.24 sq mi	New Castle	Brandywine Hundred	1922
47	Kenton	Town	265	0.19 sq mi	Kent	Kenton Hundred
48 (t)	Little Creek	Town	232	0.14 sq mi	Kent	Little Creek Hundred
48 (t)	Slaughter Beach	Town	232	1.38 sq mi	Sussex	Cedar Creek Hundred
50	Ardencroft	Village	217	0.10 sq mi	New Castle	Brandywine Hundred	1950
51	Leipsic	Town	199	0.32 sq mi	Kent	Little Creek Hundred
52	Bethel	Town	196	0.40 sq mi	Sussex	Broad Creek Hundred
53	Woodside	Town	185	0.16 sq mi	Kent	North Murderkill Hundred
54	Viola	Town	164	0.18 sq mi	Kent	North Murderkill Hundred
55	Henlopen Acres	Town	141	0.26 sq mi	Sussex	Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred
56	Farmington	Town	116	0.08 sq mi	Kent	Mispillion Hundred
57	Hartly	Town	75	0.06 sq mi	Kent	West Dover Hundred
Name	Type	County	Hundred	Settled	Incorporated	Status
North Laurel	Town	Sussex	Little Creek Hundred		March 13, 1915	Merged with Laurel by act of state legislature on April 13, 1929
Saint Georges	Town	New Castle	St. George's Hundred		1825	Voluntarily had town charter revoked in 1940

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