Facts
- Population
- 588,093 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 3.0 %
- Net migration
- 5,468 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.7 % (2025)
- State
- Delaware
- Population base, April 2020
- 570,721 (2020)
- Births
- 6,108 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.4
- Deaths
- 5,420 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.2
- Natural change, 2023
- 688
- International migration
- 4,280 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 1,188 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 9.3
- Postal code
- DE
- FIPS code
- 10003
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.7 % |
| 2024 | 3.9 % |
| 2023 | 3.8 % |
| 2022 | 4.1 % |
| 2021 | 5.5 % |
| 2020 | 7.5 % |
| 2019 | 3.5 % |
| 2018 | 3.6 % |
| 2017 | 4.4 % |
| 2016 | 4.5 % |
| 2015 | 4.7 % |
| 2014 | 5.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 588,093 |
| 2023 | 582,325 |
| 2022 | 576,316 |
| 2021 | 572,116 |
| 2020 | 570,957 |