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Dover, Delaware QuickFacts

	Dover, Delaware	United States
Total population	32,135	281,421,906
State	Delaware
City	dover

Dover, Delaware Population

	Dover, Delaware	%, Dover, Delaware	United States
Male	15,122	47.06%	49.06%
Female	17,013	52.94%	50.94%
Median age (years)	32.9		35.3

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	Dover, Delaware	%, Dover, Delaware	United States
18 years and over	24,573	76.47%	74.31%
21 years and over	21,958	68.33%	69.97%
62 years and over	4,994	15.54%	14.66%
65 years and over	4,284	13.33%	12.43%

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	Dover, Delaware	%, Dover, Delaware	United States
White	17,655	54.94%	75.14%
Black or African American	11,961	37.22%	12.32%
Asian	1,016	3.16%	3.64%
Some other race	661	2.06%	5.46%
Two or more races	842	2.62%	2.43%

Dover, Delaware Housing

	Dover, Delaware	%, Dover, Delaware	United States
Total households	12,340		105,480,101
Family households (families)	7,500	60.78%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	4,840	39.22%	31.94%

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	Dover, Delaware	%, Dover, Delaware	United States
Total housing units	13,357		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	855	6.4%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	12,340	92.39%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	6,454	48.32%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	5,886	44.07%	30.77%

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	Dover, Delaware	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	112	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	2,006	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	2,556	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	708	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	287	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	86	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	22	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	0	0.57%
Median (dollars)	111,300	119,600

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	Dover, Delaware	%, Dover, Delaware	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	2,782	22.54%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	4,164	33.74%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	2,123	17.2%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	1,509	12.23%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	814	6.6%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	1,121	9.08%	9.65%

Dover, Delaware Education

	Dover, Delaware	%, Dover, Delaware	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,216		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	551	5.39%	6.47%
Kindergarten	423	4.14%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,542	34.67%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	1,447	14.16%	21.38%
College or graduate school	4,253	41.63%	22.81%

Dover, Delaware Economy

	Dover, Delaware	%, Dover, Delaware	United States
Population 16 years and over	25,596		217,168,077
In labor force	16,320	63.76%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	15,318	59.85%	63.39%
- - Employed	14,174	55.38%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	1,144	4.47%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	1,002	3.91%	0.53%
Not in labor force	9,276	36.24%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	13,836	54.06%	51.66%
In labor force	7,980	31.18%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	7,778	30.39%	29.65%
- - Employed	7,238	28.28%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	2,396	9.36%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	1,571		12,787,501

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	Dover, Delaware	%, Dover, Delaware	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	12,460		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	1,272	10.21%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	984	7.9%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	1,836	14.74%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	1,550	12.44%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	2,191	17.58%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	2,319	18.61%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,203	9.65%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	829	6.65%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	192	1.54%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	84	0.67%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	38,669		41,994

	Dover, Delaware	%, Dover, Delaware	United States
With earnings	9,938	38.83%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	47,554		56,604
With Social Security income	3,182	12.43%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,757		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	543	2.12%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,813		6,320
With public assistance income	455	1.78%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,862		3,032
With retirement income	2,777	10.85%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,491		17,376

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