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People QuickFacts |
Dover |
Delaware |
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Population, 2010 |
36,047 | 897,934 |
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Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 |
12.2% | 14.6% |
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Population, 2000 |
32,135 | 783,600 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 |
6.6% | 6.2% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 |
21.5% | 22.9% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 |
14.4% | 14.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 |
53.6% | 51.6% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
48.3% | 68.9% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
42.2% | 21.4% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
0.5% | 0.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
2.7% | 3.2% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) |
0.1% | 0.0% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 |
4.1% | 2.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) |
6.6% | 8.2% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 |
45.6% | 65.3% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, 2005-2009 |
76.0% | 84.9% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2005-2009 |
7.2% | 7.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2005-2009 |
10.1% | 11.6% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 |
85.4% | 86.5% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 |
25.7% | 27.5% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2005-2009 |
19.3 | 24.0 |
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Housing units, 2010 |
15,024 | 405,885 |
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Homeownership rate, 2005-2009 |
55.7% | 73.5% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2005-2009 |
32.1% | 17.8% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2005-2009 |
$182,100 | $235,000 |
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Households, 2005-2009 |
13,701 | 325,160 |
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Persons per household, 2005-2009 |
2.35 | 2.58 |
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Per capita money income in past 12 months (2009 dollars) 2005-2009 |
$23,670 | $28,935 |
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Median household income 2005-2009 |
$46,150 | $57,618 |
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People of all ages in poverty - percent, 2005-2009 |
15.9% | 10.5% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Dover |
Delaware |
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Total number of firms, 2007 |
3,282 | 74,573 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
12.7% | 8.7% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
F | S |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
5.5% | 4.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
1.6% | 2.1% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
28.6% | 26.1% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) |
1,413,540 | 25,679,939 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) |
216,440 | 5,727,401 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) |
1,291,413 | 14,202,083 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 |
$36,376 | $16,421 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) |
378,644 | 1,910,770 |