Delaware - History: Delaware Facts & Figures
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                           DELAWARE
                        Facts & Figures
                          07/28/2002

                        CENSUS FIGURES

              Based on data from the 2000 U.S. Census.

Population: 783,600 (New Castle County, 500,265; Kent, 126,697; Sussex,
156,638)

Households: 298,736

Per capita personal income: $23,699
Median household income: $47,381
Median income for four-person family: $65,157

Employment breakdown: White collar, 71 percent; blue collar, 29 percent
(Excludes retirees, others not in work force.)

Unemployment rate: Annual 2001, 3.5 percent as calculated by the Delaware
Department of Labor

Racial breakdown of major groups: white, 584,773; black, 150,666; Hispanic,
37,277

Education: No high school diploma, 17.4 percent; high school graduates, 31.4
percent; some college, 19.5 percent; associate's degree, 6.6 percent;
bachelor's degree, 15.6 percent; advanced degree, 9.4 percent

OFFICIAL SYMBOLS

Beverage: Milk

Bird: Blue Hen chicken

Butterfly: Tiger swallowtail

Colors: Colonial blue and buff

Fish: Weakfish (sea trout)

Flower: Peach blossom

Fossil: Belemnite (ancient relative of the squid)

Herb: Goldenrod

Insect: Ladybug

Marine animal: Horseshoe crab

Mineral: Sillimanite

Motto: Liberty and Independence

Tree: American holly

SONG: 'OUR DELAWARE'
First verse:
Oh, the hills of dear New Castle, And the smiling vales between,
When the corn is all in tassel, And the meadow lands are green,
Where the cattle crop the clover, And its breath is in the air,
While the sun is shining over, Our Beloved Delaware.
Chorus:
Oh, our Delaware! Our beloved Delaware!
For the sun is shining over our beloved Delaware.
Oh! our Delaware! Our beloved Delaware!
Here's the loyal son that pledges, Faith to good old Delaware.
Second verse:
Where the wheat fields break and billow, In the peaceful land of Kent,
Where the toiler seeks his pillow, With the blessings of content;
Where the bloom that tints the peaches, Cheeks of merry maidens share,
And the woodland chorus preaches, A rejoicing Delaware.
(Repeat chorus)
Third verse:
Dear old Sussex visions linger, Of the holly and the pine,
Of Henlopen's jeweled finger, Flashing out across the brine;
Of the gardens and the hedges, And the welcome waiting there,
For the loyal son that pledges, Faith to good old Delaware.
(Repeat chorus)
Fourth verse:
From New Castle's rolling meadows, Through the fair rich fields of Kent,
To the Sussex shores hear echoes, Of the pledge we now present;
Liberty and Independence, We will guard with loyal care,
And hold fast to freedom's presence, In our home state, Delaware.
(Repeat chorus)

MISCELLANEOUS

Abbreviation: Del. (traditional), DE (postal)

Area: 2,396 square miles (49th in size)

Nicknames: First State (for being first to ratify the U.S. Constitution),
Diamond State (for a quotation attributed to Thomas Jefferson likening the
state to a jewel), Small Wonder (slogan created by the Delaware Economic
Development Office)