Cities with the Highest Poverty Rate in Delaware

The top 19 of 19 Delaware cities on GIS Map, ranked by the share of residents below the poverty level.

#	City	County	Below poverty level	Population
1	Laurel	Sussex	34.6%	4,152
2	Newark	New Castle	27.7%	30,330
3	Elsmere	New Castle	23.1%	6,203
4	Wilmington	New Castle	21.4%	71,727
5	Seaford	Sussex	18.8%	8,485
6	Milford	Kent/Sussex	17.2%	12,803
7	Georgetown	Sussex	16.8%	7,660
8	Dover	Kent	15%	39,837
9	Smyrna	Kent	12.9%	13,165
10	Claymont	New Castle	10%	8,786
11	Bear	New Castle	8.7%	22,370
12	Rehoboth Beach	Sussex	8.7%	1,370
13	Middletown	New Castle	8.4%	24,661
14	Lewes	Sussex	7.9%	3,505
15	Harrington	Kent	6.9%	3,838
16	Camden	Kent	5.3%	4,106
17	New Castle	New Castle	4.7%	5,579
18	Hockessin	New Castle	1.5%	13,439
19	Pike Creek	New Castle	1.3%	7,129

Top Delaware Counties

Counties ranked by the share of residents below the poverty level.

1. Sussex County10.9%2. Kent County10.6%3. New Castle County10.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Only cities covered by GIS Map with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Cities with the Highest Poverty Rate in Delaware”, https://gismap.land/rankings/delaware/highest-poverty-cities. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

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