Wilmington, Delaware Demographics

Wilmington is 1st in Delaware out of 10 other cities in Current population (2012)

Wilmington is 1st in Delaware out of 19 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Wilmington is 1st in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Households

Wilmington is 1st in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Housing units

Wilmington is 1st in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Wilmington is 1st in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Wilmington is 2nd in Delaware out of 17 other cities in Retail sales

Wilmington is 2nd in Delaware out of 19 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Wilmington is 3rd in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Income below poverty line

Wilmington is 3rd in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Wilmington	Rank	Delaware	US
Current population (2012)	71,292	1st	917,092	313,914,040
Size in square miles	10.9	3rd	1,948.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	6,497.7	1st	460.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Wilmington	Rank	Delaware	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	8th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.4%	10th	22.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.6%	13th	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Wilmington	Rank	Delaware	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.4%	16th	87.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	25.3%	11th	28.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Wilmington	Rank	Delaware	US
Race - White	32.6%	20th	71.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	58.0%	1st	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	6th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	20th	3.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	14th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.6%	12th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	6th	8.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	27.9%	20th	64.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Wilmington	Rank	Delaware	US
Female residents	52.5%	11th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.6%	17th	8.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Wilmington	Rank	Delaware	US
Housing units	32,820	1st	409,757	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	36.1%	5th	17.5%	25.9%
Households	29,293	1st	332,837	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	47.6%	19th	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$183,400	18th	$244,100	$186,200
People per household	2.3	17th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	Wilmington	Rank	Delaware	US
Income per capita	$25,590	10th	$29,659	$27,915
Income per household	$39,019	19th	$59,317	$52,762
Income below poverty line	23.4%	3rd	11.2%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Wilmington	Rank	Delaware	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	8,502	1st	74,573	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,105,731	2nd	$14,202,083	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,219	9th	$16,421	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$198,105	2nd	$1,910,770	$613,795,732