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Delaware Population News Articles

Population Density

Historic & Projected Growth

Population by County

POPULATION DENSITY

People per square mile, 2010:   460.8

People per square mile, 2020:    508.0

HISTORIC & PROJECTED GROWTH 1790 TO 2040

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census & Weldon Cooper Center, Demographics Research Group
(The Census Bureau and Weldon Cooper Center have not yet provided updated State projections to reflect 2020 census numbers.)

Population by County

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census

Delaware Population News Articles

Sen. Chris Coons learns about Lewes-area land conservation efforts – September 28, 2023

Delaware Aglands Hits Milestone Permanently Preserving Over 150,000 Acres – September 21, 2023

43,000 acres of forest cleared for development in Sussex County. Without legal protections, woodlands are vanishing – September 18, 2023

The 3 Fastest-Growing Counties in Delaware Are Exploding in Growth – September 15, 2023

How Big Is Delaware? See Its Size in Miles, Acres, and How It Compares to Other States – September 6, 2023

Delaware legislation to provide kids health care regardless of immigration status stymied – June 4, 2023

What to know about spring allergy season in Delaware: Causes, treatment and what to avoid – June 14, 2023

Delaware is coping with hazardous air quality – June 8, 2023

Extreme Precipitation in Northeast to Increase 52% by 2099 – June 7, 2023

Discover the Highest Point in Delaware – June 6, 2023

Delaware to receive $5M to improve road safety through technology – May 30, 2023

Delaware to study climate change impact on the Inland Bays – December 7, 2022

Homelessness in Delaware continues to increase as state services, pandemic funds dwindle – November 17, 2022

Delaware adds 120,000 trees as part of ‘Tree for Every Delawarean Initiative’ – November 10, 2022

Carper focused on coastal resiliency funds – June 30, 2022

Picking up after dogs helps environment – June 29, 2022

Wilmington, DNREC release city climate change report – June 23, 2022

DNREC chief sends Delaware City refinery permit renewal to feds for review – June 6, 2022

Delaware to Adopt Zero Emission Vehicle Regulation – March 3, 2022

Carper talks coastal resiliency in Bethany – March 3, 2022

Delaware seeks to build severe weather awareness – March 1, 2022

Delaware among top in U.S. for overall affordability – February 28, 2022

Appoquinimink School District continues to grow. Several new and renovated schools underway. – November 16, 2021

Governor Carney Launches Tree for Every Delawarean Initiative (TEDI) – November 9, 2021

A state pollution trading program aims to improve air quality, but critics worry about environmental justice – November 5, 2021

Governor Carney Releases Plan Outlining Delaware’s Path Forward on Climate Change – November 4, 2021

Youth group demands climate change action – October 27, 2021

Water-quality monitoring project sheds new light on pollution problems – August 28, 2021

Census Data Shows a 10 Percent Population Increase in Delaware, Sussex County Leading The Way – August 16, 2021

Delaware helps conduct nationwide survey of climate risks to insurance industry – August 13, 2021

Delaware seeing Sun Belt-like growth in building permits – August 5, 2021

How climate change impacts Delaware agriculture – May 17, 2021

Delaware sees 35 percent increase in homelessness count – May 29, 2021

More than two years after chemical leak, Delaware Croda plant still making fixes – March 8, 2021

Delaware announces regulation to phase-out HFC chemicals – March 4, 2021

Delaware fights to keep climate change suit in state court – February 18, 2021

Several beaches cleared of oily debris following spill – November 6, 2020

Outdoor recreation sizable player in Delaware economy – November 12, 2020

EPA awards $11M to Delaware for drinking water improvement projects – October 30, 2020

‘Inches away from a total disaster’: Kid Shelleen’s mostly spared in flooding, cars less lucky – November 13, 2020

State erects new signs marking Delaware River Watershed – September 21, 2020

Delaware AG Jennings claims deception by big oil in climate change lawsuit – September 10, 2020

Smoke from western US wildfires arrives in Delaware – September 17, 2020

Blades, Del., added to federal Superfund list to clean up groundwater pollution – September 2, 2020

Delaware Receives More Than $30 Million in FHWA Redistribution – September 4, 2020

Rising sea levels a growing concern for Milford flooding – July 25, 2020

New report shows increasing flood risk in Delaware – July 25, 2020

States Claim EPA Illegally Eased Off Mercury Pollution Standards – July 20, 2020

Ørsted now considering Bethany, Cedar Neck sites for interconnect – July 16, 2020

Conservation Project Cleans Indian River and Expands Wildlife Area – July 16, 2020

Six Places Where Oceans, Rivers And Marine Life Have Rebounded During The Coronavirus Pandemic – May 16, 2020

Court rules U.S. environment agency must protect states from upwind air pollution – May 19, 2020

What’s at stake when we pave over, fragment, and otherwise fail to protect farmland from the disruptions of development? – May 20, 2020

The Impacts of Climate Change and the Trump Administration’s Anti-Environmental Agenda in Delaware – May 21, 2020

Conservation Corner: The environmental silver lining of COVID-19 – June 5, 2020

Water Authorities Working to Resolve Lewes Wastewater Treatment Plant Malfunction – December 24, 2019

2028 comprehensive plan aims to prepare Wilmington for impacts of climate change – December 23, 2019

Federal protection sought for Delaware-based firefly – December 20, 2019

Delaware chicken plant Mountaire Farms to pay over $500K for pollution violations – December 17, 2019

Federal officials go door-to-door in New Castle for PFAS exposure study – October 2, 2019

Delaware Electric Cooperative rolls out community solar program – October 9, 2019

Air quality in Wilmington and New Castle severely affecting families with asthma – October 13, 2019

Milton Fire Department Makes Plans to Double in Size by End of 2020 – October 15, 2019

Grant program aims to convert farm irrigation systems from diesel – October 21, 2019

Delaware builds more houses in coastal risk zones than in safer areas, report says – August 16, 2019

Delaware gets $2.6 million federal grant for electric buses – August 6, 2019

Delaware’s plastic bag ban and what it means for you – July 29, 2019

Study: Delaware to take a beating from extreme heat – July 24, 2019

New Coastal Zone rules clarify conditions for potential new industry – June 7, 2019

Governor Carney Announces Delaware Anti-Litter Alliance – May 23, 2019

Rising seas threaten to swamp a rare firefly’s habitat – May 20, 2019

Delaware fourth graders ‘Make a Splash’ and learn about protecting water resources – April 17, 2019

As volunteers pick up trash, Christina River continues to suffer from agricultural runoff – April 8, 2019

Senator frustrated with lack of movement on clean water initiatives – April 4, 2019

IRSD making plans for modular classrooms at three schools – Mar 27, 2019

After a fire at Delaware City Refinery, residents wary of their industrial neighbor – February 4, 2019

Delaware, New Jersey join lawsuit against EPA’s cross-state pollution rule – February 1, 2019

ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH – January 16, 2019

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