Sussex, Delaware county Neighborhood Info

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Sussex, Delaware county QuickFacts

	Sussex, Delaware	United States
Total population	156,638	281,421,906
State	Delaware
County	SUSSEX

Sussex, Delaware county Population

	Sussex, Delaware	%, Sussex, Delaware	United States
Male	76,528	48.86%	49.06%
Female	80,110	51.14%	50.94%
Median age (years)	41.1		35.3

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	Sussex, Delaware	%, Sussex, Delaware	United States
18 years and over	121,333	77.46%	74.31%
21 years and over	116,341	74.27%	69.97%
62 years and over	34,440	21.99%	14.66%
65 years and over	29,022	18.53%	12.43%

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	Sussex, Delaware	%, Sussex, Delaware	United States
White	125,857	80.35%	75.14%
Black or African American	23,319	14.89%	12.32%
Asian	1,172	0.75%	3.64%
Some other race	4,171	2.66%	5.46%
Two or more races	2,119	1.35%	2.43%

Sussex, Delaware county Housing

	Sussex, Delaware	%, Sussex, Delaware	United States
Total households	62,577		105,480,101
Family households (families)	43,869	70.1%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	18,708	29.9%	31.94%

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	Sussex, Delaware	%, Sussex, Delaware	United States
Total housing units	93,070		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	30,493	32.76%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	62,577	67.24%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	50,484	54.24%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	12,093	12.99%	30.77%

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	Sussex, Delaware	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	1,487	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	10,965	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	9,594	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,722	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	3,603	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	1,749	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	603	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	185	0.57%
Median (dollars)	122,400	119,600

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	Sussex, Delaware	%, Sussex, Delaware	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	9,824	15.7%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	17,934	28.66%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	11,315	18.08%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	11,762	18.8%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	5,870	9.38%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	5,872	9.38%	9.65%

Sussex, Delaware county Education

	Sussex, Delaware	%, Sussex, Delaware	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	34,179		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	2,288	6.69%	6.47%
Kindergarten	1,908	5.58%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	16,169	47.31%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	8,359	24.46%	21.38%
College or graduate school	5,455	15.96%	22.81%

Sussex, Delaware county Economy

	Sussex, Delaware	%, Sussex, Delaware	United States
Population 16 years and over	125,358		217,168,077
In labor force	73,325	58.49%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	73,161	58.36%	63.39%
- - Employed	69,596	55.52%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	3,565	2.84%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.9		5.8
- Armed Forces	164	0.13%	0.53%
Not in labor force	52,033	41.51%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	64,929	51.79%	51.66%
In labor force	34,320	27.38%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	34,301	27.36%	29.65%
- - Employed	32,442	25.88%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	10,306	8.22%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	6,519		12,787,501

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	Sussex, Delaware	%, Sussex, Delaware	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	62,582		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	5,457	8.72%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,387	7.01%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	8,665	13.85%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	9,370	14.97%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	11,671	18.65%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	12,752	20.38%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	5,027	8.03%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	3,434	5.49%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	825	1.32%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	994	1.59%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	39,208		41,994

	Sussex, Delaware	%, Sussex, Delaware	United States
With earnings	46,174	36.83%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	47,744		56,604
With Social Security income	22,503	17.95%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,785		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	2,472	1.97%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,723		6,320
With public assistance income	2,024	1.61%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,605		3,032
With retirement income	16,748	13.36%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,134		17,376

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