Population, Income, Education, and Employment
| Population |
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Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Year |
| 1980 |
98,004 |
496,334 |
594,338 |
| 1990 |
113,229 |
552,939 |
666,168 |
| 2000 |
156,638 |
626,962 |
783,600 |
| 2008 (latest estimates) |
188,036 |
685,056 |
873,092 |
More information on Delaware population
• County-level Population Data
• Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room
• Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.
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Income
|
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Per-capita income (2007 dollars) |
| 2006 |
32,452 |
41,829 |
39,849 |
| 2007 |
32,647 |
42,136 |
40,112 |
| Percent change |
1.2 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
| |
| Earnings per job (2007 dollars) |
| 2006 |
34,910 |
57,294 |
53,246 |
| 2007 |
35,001 |
56,328 |
52,446 |
| Percent change |
0.5 |
-3.4 |
-3.0 |
| |
| Poverty rate (percent) |
| 1979 |
13.6 |
11.5 |
11.9 |
| 1989 |
10.7 |
8.3 |
8.7 |
| 1999 |
10.5 |
8.9 |
9.2 |
| 2007 (latest model-based estimates) |
9.7 |
10.5 |
10.3 |
More information on Delaware poverty rates
• County-level Poverty Data
• Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room
• See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates
• Contact Tracey Farrigan, 202-694-5489
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Education (Persons 25 and older)
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| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Percent not completing high school |
| 1980 |
42.9 |
28.9 |
31.4 |
| 1990 |
30.3 |
20.8 |
22.5 |
| 2000 |
23.5 |
15.7 |
17.4 |
| |
| Percent completing high school only |
| 1980 |
35.0 |
36.4 |
36.2 |
| 1990 |
37.3 |
31.7 |
32.7 |
| 2000 |
35.6 |
30.3 |
31.4 |
| |
| Percent completing some college |
| 1980 |
11.9 |
15.6 |
15.0 |
| 1990 |
19.4 |
24.3 |
23.4 |
| 2000 |
24.3 |
26.6 |
26.1 |
| |
| Percent completing college |
| 1980 |
9.9 |
19.1 |
17.5 |
| 1990 |
13.0 |
23.3 |
21.4 |
| 2000 |
16.6 |
27.4 |
25.0 |
More information on Delaware education
• County-level Education Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423
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Farm Characteristics
| 1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture |
| |
| |
1997 |
2002 |
2007 |
| Approximate total land area (acres) |
1,250,954 |
1,250,281 |
1,249,176 |
| Total farmland (acres) |
589,107 |
540,080 |
510,253 |
| Percent of total land area |
47.1 |
43.2 |
40.8 |
| |
| Cropland (acres) |
491,489 |
457,201 |
432,773 |
| Percent of total farmland |
83.4 |
84.7 |
84.8 |
| Percent in pasture |
2.3 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
| Percent irrigated |
15.2 |
21.2 |
24.0 |
| |
| Harvested Cropland (acres) |
469,920 |
433,105 |
409,468 |
| |
| Woodland (acres) |
63,765 |
53,729 |
46,126 |
| Percent of total farmland |
10.8 |
9.9 |
9.0 |
| Percent in pasture |
5.2 |
9.7 |
4.5 |
| |
| Pastureland (acres) |
6,202 |
6,540 |
6,773 |
| Percent of total farmland |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
| |
Land in house lots, ponds,
roads, wasteland, etc. (acres) |
27,651 |
22,610 |
24,581 |
| Percent of total farmland |
4.7 |
4.2 |
4.8 |
| |
| Conservation practices |
Farmland in conservation or
wetlands reserve programs
(acres) |
2,605 |
6,792 |
9,221 |
| |
| Average farm size (acres) |
221 |
226 |
200 |
| |
| Farms by size (percent) |
| 1 to 99 acres |
63.8 |
66.0 |
70.1 |
| 100 to 499 acres |
25.2 |
23.0 |
20.3 |
| 500 to 999 acres |
5.8 |
5.1 |
3.9 |
| 1000 to 1,999 acres |
3.5 |
3.7 |
3.9 |
| 2,000 or more acres |
1.7 |
2.2 |
1.8 |
| |
| Farms by sales (percent) |
| Less than $9,999 |
32.3 |
36.8 |
41.0 |
| $10,000 to $49,999 |
17.8 |
12.8 |
15.7 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 |
6.7 |
7.5 |
4.5 |
| $100,000 to $499,999 |
23.7 |
29.0 |
11.0 |
| More than $500,000 |
19.5 |
13.8 |
27.8 |
| |
| Tenure of farmers |
| Full owner (farms) |
1,691 |
1,597 |
1,661 |
| Percent of total |
63.3 |
66.8 |
65.2 |
| |
| Part owner (farms) |
726 |
618 |
630 |
| Percent of total |
27.2 |
25.8 |
24.7 |
| |
| Tenant owner (farms) |
254 |
176 |
255 |
| Percent of total |
9.5 |
7.4 |
10.0 |
| |
| Farm organization |
Individuals/family, sole
proprietorship (farms) |
2,176 |
2,015 |
2,006 |
| Percent of total |
81.5 |
84.3 |
78.8 |
| |
Family-held corporations
(farms) |
240 |
199 |
244 |
| Percent of total |
9.0 |
8.3 |
9.6 |
| |
| Partnerships (farms) |
216 |
136 |
210 |
| Percent of total |
8.1 |
5.7 |
8.2 |
| |
| Non-family corporations (farms) |
14 |
13 |
38 |
| Percent of total |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
| |
Others - cooperative, estate or
trust, institutional, etc. (farms) |
25 |
28 |
48 |
| Percent of total |
0.9 |
1.2 |
1.9 |
| |
| Characteristics of principal farm operators |
| Average operator age (years) |
53.4 |
54.8 |
55.4 |
Percent with farming as their
primary occupation |
59.9 |
69.4 |
59.1 |
| Men |
2,354 |
2,062 |
2,137 |
| Women |
317 |
329 |
409 |
| |
More information on farm characteristics
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
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Farm Financial Indicators
| Farm income and value added data |
| |
2006 |
2007 |
| |
| Number of farms |
2,300 |
2,200 |
| |
| |
Thousands $ |
| Final crop output |
181,729 |
201,127 |
| + Final animal output |
659,787 |
794,768 |
| + Services and forestry |
141,580 |
148,304 |
| = Final agricultural sector output |
983,096 |
1,144,199 |
| |
| - Intermediate consumption outlays |
580,600 |
670,521 |
| + Net government transactions |
12,765 |
9,687 |
| = Gross value added |
415,260 |
483,365 |
| |
| - Capital consumption |
61,546 |
63,529 |
| |
| = Net value added |
353,714 |
419,836 |
| |
| - Factor payments |
66,153 |
66,656 |
| Employee compensation (total hired labor) |
34,845 |
30,051 |
| Net rent received by nonoperator landlords |
1,196 |
3,912 |
| Real estate and nonreal estate interest |
30,112 |
32,693 |
| |
| = Net farm income |
287,561 |
353,180 |
| |
More information on farm income
• Farm Income Data
• Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room
• Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.
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| Farm balance sheet |
| |
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• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.
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Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
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Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2007
|
| |
Value of receipts
thousand $ |
Percent of state total
farm receipts |
Percent of US value |
| 1. Broilers |
734,942 |
73.2 |
3.4 |
| 2. Corn |
52,980 |
5.3 |
0.2 |
| 3. Soybeans |
31,119 |
3.1 |
0.1 |
| 4. Greenhouse/nursery |
29,785 |
3.0 |
0.2 |
| 5. Dairy products |
21,952 |
2.2 |
0.1 |
| |
| All commodities |
1,004,533 |
|
0.4 |
| |
More information on Delaware's top agriculture commodities
• Leading commodities for cash receipts in Excel
• Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.
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| Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2008 |
| |
Rank among states |
Value
million $ |
| 1. Poultry and products |
15 |
110.8 |
| 2. Wheat and products |
36 |
42.7 |
| 3. Soybeans and products |
27 |
34.7 |
| 4. Feed grains and products |
32 |
28.8 |
| 5. Vegetables and preparations |
27 |
11.7 |
| |
| Overall rank |
40 |
247.6 |
| |
More information on agricultural exports
• State Export Data
• Agricultural Trade Briefing Room
• Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.
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| Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007 |
| |
Percent of state total receipts |
Thousands $ |
| 1. Sussex County |
78.4 |
848,942 |
| 2. Kent County |
17.4 |
188,390 |
| 3. New Castle County |
4.2 |
45,703 |
| 4. |
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| 5. |
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| State total |
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1,083,035 |
| |
More information on agricultural sales
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
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Data Sources
- Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
- Regional Economic Information System, April 2006, Bureau
of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
- 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau
of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
- Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room,
Economic Research Service, USDA.
- Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States
(FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
- Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural
Statistics Service, USDA.
Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.
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