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Lewes, Delaware QuickFacts

	Lewes, Delaware	United States
Total population	2,932	281,421,906
State	Delaware
City	lewes

Lewes, Delaware Population

	Lewes, Delaware	%, Lewes, Delaware	United States
Male	1,287	43.89%	49.06%
Female	1,645	56.11%	50.94%
Median age (years)	54.9		35.3

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	Lewes, Delaware	%, Lewes, Delaware	United States
18 years and over	2,532	86.36%	74.31%
21 years and over	2,485	84.75%	69.97%
62 years and over	1,103	37.62%	14.66%
65 years and over	970	33.08%	12.43%

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	Lewes, Delaware	%, Lewes, Delaware	United States
White	2,560	87.31%	75.14%
Black or African American	290	9.89%	12.32%
Asian	30	1.02%	3.64%
Some other race	26	0.89%	5.46%
Two or more races	26	0.89%	2.43%

Lewes, Delaware Housing

	Lewes, Delaware	%, Lewes, Delaware	United States
Total households	1,338		105,480,101
Family households (families)	798	59.64%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	540	40.36%	31.94%

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	Lewes, Delaware	%, Lewes, Delaware	United States
Total housing units	2,363		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	1,030	43.59%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	1,338	56.62%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	1,002	42.4%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	336	14.22%	30.77%

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	Lewes, Delaware	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	13	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	25	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	115	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	156	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	372	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	176	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	56	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	34	0.57%
Median (dollars)	241,500	119,600

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	Lewes, Delaware	%, Lewes, Delaware	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	254	18.98%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	371	27.73%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	210	15.7%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	204	15.25%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	135	10.09%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	159	11.88%	9.65%

Lewes, Delaware Education

	Lewes, Delaware	%, Lewes, Delaware	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	434		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	27	6.22%	6.47%
Kindergarten	18	4.15%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	149	34.33%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	115	26.5%	21.38%
College or graduate school	125	28.8%	22.81%

Lewes, Delaware Economy

	Lewes, Delaware	%, Lewes, Delaware	United States
Population 16 years and over	2,619		217,168,077
In labor force	1,269	48.45%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	1,269	48.45%	63.39%
- - Employed	1,229	46.93%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	40	1.53%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	3.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	0		0.53%
Not in labor force	1,350	51.55%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,446	55.21%	51.66%
In labor force	595	22.72%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	595	22.72%	29.65%
- - Employed	566	21.61%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	106	4.05%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	80		12,787,501

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	Lewes, Delaware	%, Lewes, Delaware	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,346		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	90	6.69%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	82	6.09%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	122	9.06%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	152	11.29%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	242	17.98%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	279	20.73%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	144	10.7%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	115	8.54%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	49	3.64%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	71	5.27%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	48,707		41,994

	Lewes, Delaware	%, Lewes, Delaware	United States
With earnings	902	34.44%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	58,660		56,604
With Social Security income	551	21.04%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	13,728		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	46	1.76%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,865		6,320
With public assistance income	30	1.15%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,320		3,032
With retirement income	541	20.66%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	26,561		17,376

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