Sussex County, Delaware Demographics

Sussex County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Sussex County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Home ownership rate

Sussex County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Sussex County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Sussex County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Sussex County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Race - White

Sussex County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Sussex County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Sussex County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Size in square miles

Sussex County is 2nd in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Current population (2012)

Size Demographics
	Sussex County	Rank	Delaware	US
Current population (2012)	203,390	2nd	917,092	313,914,040
Size in square miles	936.1	1st	1,948.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	210.6	3rd	460.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Sussex County	Rank	Delaware	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	3rd	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.1%	3rd	22.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	22.4%	1st	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Sussex County	Rank	Delaware	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.3%	2nd	87.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.9%	2nd	28.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Sussex County	Rank	Delaware	US
Race - White	82.4%	1st	71.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	12.9%	3rd	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.3%	1st	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.1%	3rd	3.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	1st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	3rd	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	1st	8.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	75.2%	1st	64.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Sussex County	Rank	Delaware	US
Female residents	51.3%	3rd	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.8%	2nd	8.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Sussex County	Rank	Delaware	US
Housing units	125,098	2nd	409,757	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.7%	3rd	17.5%	25.9%
Households	75,286	2nd	332,837	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.9%	1st	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$246,900	2nd	$244,100	$186,200
People per household	2.5	3rd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2,004	1st	4,091	829,658

Income Demographics
	Sussex County	Rank	Delaware	US
Income per capita	$27,580	2nd	$29,659	$27,915
Income per household	$53,215	3rd	$59,317	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.5%	2nd	11.2%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Sussex County	Rank	Delaware	US
Non-farm private establishments	5,313	2nd	24,132	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	57,764	2nd	359,602	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	20,285	2nd	74,573	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,979,433	2nd	$14,202,083	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,103	3rd	$16,421	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$463,723	2nd	$1,910,770	$613,795,732