Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety42#30/51
Economy64#19/51
Housing54#24/51
Health50#26/51
Healthcare46#28/51
Environment71#15/49
Education44#29/51
Infrastructure72#15/51
Community46#28/51
Leisure & amenities74#14/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Delaware ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

New business applications · high56.7 /1k
98/100United States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Flu vaccinations · high53.0%
98/100United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mammography screening · high55.0%
95/100United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Child care cost burden · low22.3%
94/100United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
High ozone days · low0 days
94/100United States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · high2.4 /10k
90/100United States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Weaknesses

Dentists · low46 /100k
0/100United States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Time spent in the emergency room · high210 min
8/100United States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
10/100United States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Unemployment rate · high4.8%
12/100United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from countiesPartial year
Drinking water violations · high1
17/100United States 02023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drug overdose deaths · high26.3 /100k
18/100United States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
991,890 (2020) → 1,059,952 (2025)
+6.9%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 52% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+52 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
5 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
New business applicationsImproving
31.2 /1k (2020) → 56.7 /1k (2025)
+82%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Homicide rateImproving
10.2 /100k (2021) → 4.4 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−57%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
50.1 /100k (2021) → 26.3 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−48%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Delaware improved on 14 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 12 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved14

New businesses+82%31.2 /1k → 56.7 /1k
Poverty−1.1 points11.2% → 10.1%
Homicides−49%8.7 /100k → 4.4 /100k
Restaurants+8%8.9 /10k → 9.6 /10k
Bachelor's++3.8 points32.0% → 35.8%

Declined3

Transit use−0.7 points2.5% → 1.8%
Airport+3 mi40 mi → 43 mi
Price / income+0.5×3.7× → 4.1×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Delaware between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.7 /10k2020	5.7 /10k2025	+21%	Improved	75%
Average commute time	26.3 min2015-2019	26.0 min2020-2024	−0.3 min	Within the margin of error	64%
Average weekly wage	$1,2012020	$1,4552025	+21%	Improved	23%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%2015-2019	35.8%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Improved	77%
Broadband subscriptions	85.0%2015-2019	92.4%2020-2024	+7.4 points	Improved	32%
Child poverty rate	16.3%2019	14.2%2024	−2.1 points	Improved	82%
Distance to an airport	40 mi2020	43 mi2025	+3 mi	Declined	7%
Drug overdose deaths	43.8 /100k2020	26.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−40%	Improved	72%
Effective property tax rate	0.59%2015-2019	0.54%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	21%
Firearm deaths	13.6 /100k2020	11.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−16%	Within the margin of error	77%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+13%	Within the margin of error	99%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.6 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+4%	Within the margin of error	23%
High school diploma or higher	90.0%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Improved	62%
Home price to income ratio	3.7×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	56%
Homicide rate	8.7 /100k2020	4.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−49%	Improved	97%
Income adjusted for local prices	$54,4182019	$68,1922024	+25%	Improved	1%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4552015-2019	0.4492020-2024	−0.005	Within the margin of error	95%
Median household income	$70,3482019	$87,5102024	+24%	Improved	46%
New business applications	31.2 /1k2020	56.7 /1k2025	+82%	Improved	93%
Pharmacies	2.7 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	−10%	Within the margin of error	32%
Poverty rate	11.2%2019	10.1%2024	−1.1 points	Improved	89%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−7%	Within the margin of error	17%
Public transit commuters	2.5%2015-2019	1.8%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Declined	40%
Rent as share of income	29.6%2015-2019	29.9%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Rent-burdened households	49.1%2015-2019	49.6%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Restaurants and bars	8.9 /10k2020	9.6 /10k2025	+8%	Improved	77%
Students per teacher	14.4×2019	14.8×2024	+0.4×	Little change	7%
Suicide rate	12.5 /100k2020	12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−3.2%	Within the margin of error	79%
Traffic deaths	12.8 /100k2015-2019	13.2 /100k2020-2024	+3.6%	Within the margin of error	60%
Unemployment rate	7.5%2020	4.8%2025	−2.7 points	Improved	36%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.0%2019	8.3%2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	13%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Delaware five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Delaware in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Delaware itself moved +0.9 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,021,191 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

402,038 households (±1,657)

Delaware
United States share

Under $25k12%47,802
$25k–50k16%65,996
$50k–75k16%63,818

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

402,038 households (±1,657)

Delaware
United States share

Own73%293,383
Rent27%108,655

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.8 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

481,641 workers (±2,823)

Delaware
United States share

Drive alone72%345,304
Carpool7.8%37,653
Public transit1.8%8,843

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Delaware employ 104,810 people. 5 pay a median above the US median and 5 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Delaware by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Registered Nurses14,290 jobs	14,290	$99,520US $97,550	+2%	1.36×
Retail Salespersons13,400 jobs	13,400	$35,360US $35,410	0%	1.1×
Fast Food and Counter Workers13,310 jobs	13,310	$31,300US $31,200	0%	1.11×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides11,820 jobs	11,820	$34,320US $35,800	−4%	0.88×
Cashiers11,450 jobs	11,450	$33,490US $32,880	+2%	1.19×
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners9,220 jobs	9,220	$35,320US $36,840	−4%	1.34×
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers9,040 jobs	9,040	$57,590US $58,640	−2%	1.41×
Waiters and Waitresses7,580 jobs	7,580	$36,880US $35,230	+5%	1.07×
Customer Service Representatives7,470 jobs	7,470	$48,190US $44,770	+8%	0.92×
Office Clerks, General7,230 jobs	7,230	$42,740US $45,010	−5%	0.94×

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Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Delaware.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Delaware has 29,706 employer establishments, 287 for every 10,000 residents (1.16× the US rate of 248), with 457,635 paid employees at an average annual pay of $72,543. The Census Bureau also counts 98,475 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 29,706; 98,475 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 287; US 248
Paid employees: 457,635
Average annual pay: $72,543; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Delaware by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	2,020	19.5	0.94×About typical	28,393	$71,083	4,008
Restaurants and other eating places	1,980	19.1	1.04×About typical	38,651	$24,963	408
Specialty trade contractors	1,638	15.8	1.02×About typical	16,752	$69,456	4,955
Computer systems design and related services	1,407	13.6	3.14×More than typical	11,143	$140,102	2,952
Lessors of real estate	1,211	11.7	0.95×About typical	5,270	$64,607	13,078
Management, scientific and technical consulting	1,052	10.2	1.51×More than typical	5,802	$101,628	4,273
Full-service restaurants	899	8.7	1.13×About typical	22,174	$27,717	158
Services to buildings and dwellings	853	8.2	1.22×About typical	8,592	$41,689	4,308
Limited-service restaurants	846	8.2	1.02×About typical	13,608	$20,937	197
Construction of buildings	770	7.4	0.98×About typical	4,443	$79,152	2,172
Building equipment contractors	655	6.3	1.05×About typical	8,414	$73,748	915
Offices of physicians	624	6	0.93×About typical	9,719	$102,328	621

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,035,354 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $227.8M on contracts performed in Delaware: $215 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $227.8M; −38% vs FY2025
Per resident: $215; US $1,995
Sole-source: 22%; US 30%
Single offer: 17%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$43.3M19%
Defense Logistics Agency$34.4M15%
Department of the Air Force$24.4M11%
Department of Defense Education Activity$15M6.6%
Defense Health Agency$11.6M5.1%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$10.8M4.7%
Drug Enforcement Administration$9.3M4.1%
Department of the Navy$8.7M3.8%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

343.7MFY2017
315.3MFY2018
390.3MFY2019
761MFY2020
321MFY2021
81.3MFY2022
325.4MFY2023
337.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$36.6M16%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$30.4M13%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$17.6M7.7%
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$17M7.4%
Elementary and secondary schools · 6111$15M6.6%

Largest awards

PHASE 1$50.1M
DOBCO INC· Kent County, DE· Construction & real property· Feb 27, 2019 – Jun 4, 2026· W912BU19C0017
OPERATION OF WILMINGTON JOB CORP CENTER, OUTREACH/ADMISSIONS, CAREER TRANSITION SERVICES$36.7M
EDUCATION & TRAINING RESOURCES LLC· New Castle County, DE· Education & social services· Dec 31, 2020 – Jul 30, 2026· 1605JE21C0004
GSA MAS ORDER FOR SHARED PLATFORM OPERATIONS CONTRACT (SPOC)$29.4M
CORBALT, LLC· Kent County, DE· IT & telecom· Apr 26, 2024 – Apr 8, 2026· 75FCMC24F0077
BASE BID: NEW FACILITY AT DOVER AFB (PF)

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $12B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Delaware: $11,316 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $12B; +1.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $11,316; US $12,957
Loan face value: $490.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$5.2B44%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$2.6B22%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$593.8M5.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$530.9M4.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$348.6M2.9%
10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$212.4M1.8%
93.798 · Rural Health Transformation Program$157.4M1.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$150.5M1.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, DELAWARE DEPT OF$2.7B22%
NEW CASTLE, DE
TRANSPORTATION, DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF$382M3.2%
DOVER, DE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF DELAWARE$316.4M2.6%
DOVER, DE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DELAWARE$268.6M2.2%
DOVER, DE
DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$6.3B52%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$3B25%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$673.5M5.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Food and Nutrition Service$366.6M3.1%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

12.1BFY2021
10.1BFY2022
10.9BFY2023
11BFY2024
11.9BFY2025
12BFY2026

County aggregates

59%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Delaware, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Delaware
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Delaware and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Delaware	United States
FY2017	$359	$1,436
FY2018	$326	$1,552
FY2019	$400	$1,654
FY2020	$767	$1,880
FY2021	$319	$1,810
FY2022	$79.70	$1,917
FY2023	$314	$2,079
FY2024	$321	$2,047
FY2025	$347	$2,165
FY2026	$215 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Delaware and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Delaware	United States
FY2017	$79.61	$93.28
FY2018	$32.63	$105
FY2019	$88.51	$128
FY2020	$85.41	$145
FY2021	$59.55	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Delaware and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Delaware	United States
FY2021	$4,900	$5,748
FY2022	$4,015	$5,221
FY2023	$4,536	$5,364
FY2024	$4,203	$5,501
FY2025	$4,262	$5,732
FY2026	$4,351

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Delaware and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Delaware	United States
FY2021	$341	$298
FY2022	$362	$357
FY2023	$404	$301
FY2024	$347	$319
FY2025	$346	$360
FY2026	$447 (partial year)

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Delaware and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Delaware	United States
FY2021	$190	$239
FY2022	$172	$185
FY2023	$279	$229
FY2024	$203	$229
FY2025	$185	$249
FY2026	$167 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Delaware and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Delaware	United States
FY2021	$2,652	$2,304
FY2022	$2,512	$2,197
FY2023	$2,928	$2,274
FY2024	$2,585	$2,267
FY2025	$2,545	$2,397
FY2026	$3,077 (partial year)

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Delaware and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Delaware	United States
FY2021	$984	$1,186
FY2022	$345	$465
FY2023	$51.41	$76.52
FY2024	$79.92	$120
FY2025	$91.48	$148
FY2026	$76.03 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Delaware
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Delaware and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Delaware	United States
2014	2.4%	2.0%
2015	2.4%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Delaware whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Sussex County, DETransportation grants · FY2022$415 (2.7×)

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/10

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Delaware is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Sarah McBrideD-DEWith party 98%Missed 0.6%

Senate

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Counties of Delaware

All 3 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Delaware

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Delaware, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in Delaware

By population.

All 79 cities and towns in Delaware

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-06
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
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Calendar years	Delaware	United States
2014	−1.1%	−4.2%
2015	+0.4%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.9%	+3.3%
2018	+5.7%	+6.8%
2019	+8.8%	+10.5%
2020	+16.2%	+19.4%
2021	+19.9%	+26.1%
2022	+26.1%	+30.6%
2023	+29.0%	+35.0%
2024	+34.6%	+41.0%
2025	+40.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Delaware	United States
2014	−5.9%	−5.5%
2015	−2.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.8%	+4.1%
2018	+9.3%	+8.9%
2019	+11.6%	+13.5%
2020	+15.2%	+20.8%
2021	+24.3%	+32.1%
2022	+33.0%	+35.4%
2023	+34.0%	+42.9%
2024	+41.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Delaware	United States
2014	5.6/1k	3.3/1k
2015	5.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	6.1/1k	3.7/1k
2017	6.9/1k	3.9/1k
2018	6.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	6.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	8.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	8.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	6.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	5.6/1k	4.5/1k
2024	6.8/1k	4.3/1k
2025	6.1/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Delaware	United States
2014	−3.6%	−6.9%
2015	−1.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.2%	+4.7%
2018	+5.4%	+7.5%
2019	+13.3%	+14.0%
2020	+14.8%	+16.9%
2021	+15.3%	+21.0%
2022	+31.9%	+29.7%
2023	+31.4%	+34.9%
2024	+40.9%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Delaware	United States
2014	13.0%	15.5%
2015	12.6%	14.7%
2016	11.8%	14.0%
2017	13.0%	13.4%
2018	12.2%	13.1%
2019	11.2%	12.3%
2020	10.9%	11.9%
2021	11.5%	12.8%
2022	10.0%	12.6%
2023	10.8%	12.5%
2024	10.1%	12.1%

Calendar years	Delaware	United States
2014	5.6%	6.2%
2015	4.8%	5.3%
2016	4.5%	4.9%
2017	4.4%	4.4%
2018	3.7%	3.9%
2019	3.6%	3.7%
2020	7.5%	8.1%
2021	5.5%	5.4%
2022	4.2%	3.7%
2023	3.9%	3.6%
2024	3.9%	4.0%
2025	4.8%	4.3%

Calendar years	Delaware	United States
2014	−8.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−4.5% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.0% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+5.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+8.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+17.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+33.3% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+45.0% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+51.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+55.4% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+58.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Delaware	United States
2014	9.3%	13.5%
2015	6.9%	10.9%
2016	6.7%	10.0%
2017	6.1%	10.2%
2018	6.8%	10.4%
2019	8.0%	10.8%
2020	7.5%	10.4%
2021	6.9%	10.2%
2022	6.9%	9.5%
2023	7.7%	9.5%
2024	8.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Delaware	United States
2014	18.0/1k	8.5/1k
2015	18.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	20.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	24.1/1k	9.8/1k
2018	27.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	26.5/1k	10.6/1k
2020	31.2/1k	13.1/1k
2021	44.6/1k	16.2/1k
2022	44.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	54.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	56.6/1k	15.4/1k
2025	56.7/1k	16.6/1k

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