Kent County, Delaware
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
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State Health Department
- Delaware Health and Social Services: Jesse Cooper Building, Dover
Population:
- Total Population: 126,697
- Males: 60,764
- Females: 65,933
Ethnicity:
- White: 91,515
- Black/African American: 25,242
- Hispanic: 4,278
- Native American/Eskimo: 998
- Asian: 2,035
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 10
- Other: 76
- 2 or more: 2,543
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (108,275)
- Spanish (3,860)
- German (1,050)
- French (810)
- Pennsylvania Dutch (490)
Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants
Total Reported: 5,050
- United Kingdom (477)
- Germany (399)
- Philippines (386)
- Korea (296)
- Haiti (291)
- Mexico (284)
- Canada (278)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Catholic Church (12,964)
- United Methodist Church, The (10,567)
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1,955)
- Episcopal Church (1,712)
- Jewish Estimate (1,600)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 38,545
- Sensory: 4,107
- Physical: 10,080
- Mental: 5,686
- Self-care: 2,997
- Go outside home: 6,849
- Employment: 8,756
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 1,397
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 47,224
- Utility gas: 13,756
- Bottled or LP gas: 7,816
- Electricity: 10,358
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 14,230
- Coal or Coke: 130
- Wood: 779
- Solar Energy: 6
- Other fuel: 111
- No fuel used: 38
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 84,066
- No vehicle: 5,988
- 1 or more vehicle: 78,078
Education Attainment:
- No School: 466
- No High School: 4,597
- Some High School: 11,249
- High School: 26,100
- Some College: 16,897
- Associate's Degree: 5,171
- College Degree: 9,201
- Master's Degree: 4,105
- Professional Degree: 958
- Doctoral Degree: 505
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 47,224
- Owners with phone: 32,580
- Owners without phone: 468
- Renters with phone: 13,592
- Renters without phone: 584
10 closest counties:
- Caroline County, Maryland
- Sussex County, Delaware
- Kent County, Maryland
- Queen Anne's County, Maryland
- Cumberland County, New Jersey
- Salem County, New Jersey
- New Castle County, Delaware
- Cecil County, Maryland
- Talbot County, Maryland
- Dorchester County, Maryland
Data Detail
Zip Codes in county:
19901, 19902, 19903, 19904, 19905, 19906, 19934, 19936, 19938, 19943, 19946, 19952, 19953, 19954, 19955, 19961, 19962, 19964, 19977, 19979, 19980
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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