Delaware
Delaware: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
state · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Delaware at a glance
Rolled up from the 5 regions inside Delaware on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Who leads Delaware, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-10 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington ↗ | 225,000 USD | median closed sale (Resideline-tracked sample, last 6 months, 511 closings) | 2026-10 |
| Dover ↗ | 300,000 USD | median closed sale (Resideline-tracked sample, last 6 months, 234 closings) | 2026-10 |
| Newark ↗ | 390,000 USD | median closed sale (Resideline-tracked sample, last 12 months, 255 closings) | 2026-10 |
| Middletown ↗ | 415,000 USD | median closed sale (Resideline-tracked sample, last 12 months, 258 closings) | 2026-10 |
| New Castle ↗ | 352,000 USD | median closed sale (Resideline-tracked sample, last 12 months, 85 closings) | 2026-10 |
| Delaware (statewide) ↗ | 393,625 USD | median closed sale (Resideline-tracked sample, last 6 months, 7,812 closings) | 2026-10 |
Largest companies in Delaware
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
Worth knowing
- 2025-01Matt Meyer (D), New Castle County Executive from 2017 to January 2025, took office as Governor on January 21, 2025. Delaware elects its governor in presidential years, so there was no governor race on November 3, 2026. ↗
- 2026-11About 63% of the Fortune 500 and more than half of all US publicly traded companies are incorporated in Delaware, although few have their headquarters there. ↗
- 2026-06On the 2026 Fortune 500, Wilmington-based DuPont fell 142 places to No. 481. Its revenue fell 34% to about $8 billion after it spun off its electronics business as Qnity. ↗
- 2026-09Delaware's unemployment rate fell from 5.3% in April 2026 to 4.6% (preliminary) in September 2026. ↗
- 2026-11Governor Meyer released the 2026 GEAR (Government Efficiency and Accountability Review) annual report, which claims $117M in estimated efficiencies. ↗
- 2026-09Delaware's nominal GDP rose from $111.9B in 2024 to $121.9B in 2025 (BEA via FRED). ↗
Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
- Spanish73,851 · 7.3%
- Other Indo-European languages15,740 · 1.6%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun9,717 · 1%
- Other and unspecified languages9,110 · 0.9%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)7,440 · 0.7%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages7,215 · 0.7%
- German or other West Germanic languages4,430 · 0.4%
- Arabic3,278 · 0.3%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages3,183 · 0.3%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)3,070 · 0.3%
Largest places in Delaware
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Wilmington, Delaware full70,898
- 2.Dover, Delaware full39,491
- 3.Middletown, Delaware25,686
- 4.New Castle, Delaware5,551
- 5.Lewes, Delaware3,303
Inside Delaware
5 regions have Delaware as their parent.
Companies based in Delaware
1 in the Research Upon company directory list their headquarters here, and 48 across Delaware and the places inside it — search them all below.
| Company | Industry | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| StakeCoin | Fintech |
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Delaware are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.