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Delaware, Pennsylvania county QuickFacts

	Delaware, Pennsylvania	United States
Total population	550,864	281,421,906
State	Pennsylvania
County	DELAWARE

Delaware, Pennsylvania county Population

	Delaware, Pennsylvania	%, Delaware, Pennsylvania	United States
Male	262,824	47.71%	49.06%
Female	288,040	52.29%	50.94%
Median age (years)	37.4		35.3

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	Delaware, Pennsylvania	%, Delaware, Pennsylvania	United States
18 years and over	414,031	75.16%	74.31%
21 years and over	389,716	70.75%	69.97%
62 years and over	97,758	17.75%	14.66%
65 years and over	85,669	15.55%	12.43%

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	Delaware, Pennsylvania	%, Delaware, Pennsylvania	United States
White	442,449	80.32%	75.14%
Black or African American	79,981	14.52%	12.32%
Asian	18,103	3.29%	3.64%
Some other race	3,775	0.69%	5.46%
Two or more races	6,556	1.19%	2.43%

Delaware, Pennsylvania county Housing

	Delaware, Pennsylvania	%, Delaware, Pennsylvania	United States
Total households	206,320		105,480,101
Family households (families)	139,453	67.59%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	66,867	32.41%	31.94%

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	Delaware, Pennsylvania	%, Delaware, Pennsylvania	United States
Total housing units	216,978		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	10,658	4.91%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	206,320	95.09%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	148,384	68.39%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	57,936	26.7%	30.77%

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	Delaware, Pennsylvania	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	8,530	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	39,580	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	36,698	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	26,812	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	15,770	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	7,641	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	2,769	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	411	0.57%
Median (dollars)	128,800	119,600

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	Delaware, Pennsylvania	%, Delaware, Pennsylvania	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	28,957	14.03%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	48,248	23.39%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	31,510	15.27%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	37,505	18.18%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	22,954	11.13%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	37,146	18.0%	9.65%

Delaware, Pennsylvania county Education

	Delaware, Pennsylvania	%, Delaware, Pennsylvania	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	154,448		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	11,548	7.48%	6.47%
Kindergarten	7,847	5.08%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	63,634	41.2%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	31,749	20.56%	21.38%
College or graduate school	39,670	25.69%	22.81%

Delaware, Pennsylvania county Economy

	Delaware, Pennsylvania	%, Delaware, Pennsylvania	United States
Population 16 years and over	429,983		217,168,077
In labor force	272,268	63.32%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	272,092	63.28%	63.39%
- - Employed	258,782	60.18%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	13,310	3.1%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.9		5.8
- Armed Forces	176	0.04%	0.53%
Not in labor force	157,715	36.68%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	229,167	53.3%	51.66%
In labor force	131,649	30.62%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	131,618	30.61%	29.65%
- - Employed	125,322	29.15%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	40,427	9.4%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	24,781		12,787,501

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	Delaware, Pennsylvania	%, Delaware, Pennsylvania	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	206,372		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	14,415	6.98%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	10,883	5.27%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	21,760	10.54%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	24,011	11.63%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	31,879	15.45%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	42,841	20.76%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	26,014	12.61%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	21,284	10.31%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,496	3.15%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	6,789	3.29%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	50,092		41,994

	Delaware, Pennsylvania	%, Delaware, Pennsylvania	United States
With earnings	163,501	38.02%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	66,266		56,604
With Social Security income	61,896	14.39%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,667		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	6,641	1.54%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,783		6,320
With public assistance income	5,439	1.26%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,245		3,032
With retirement income	41,730	9.71%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,681		17,376

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