Moving to Dover, Delaware
About Dover, Delaware

Dover ( DOH-vər) is the capital and the second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County and the principal city of the Dover metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Kent County and is part of the Philadelphia–Wilmington–Camden, PA–NJ–DE–MD, combined statistical area. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware River coastal plain. It was named by William Penn for Dover in Kent, England (for which Kent County is named). As of 2020, its population was 39,403.
Gender
Gender | Dover | Delaware | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Female | 53.5% | 51.7% | 50.8% |
Male | 46.5% | 48.3% | 49.2% |
Gender
Female Male
Household Income
< $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more
Income | Dover | Delaware | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Less than $10,000 | 5.8% | 5.2% | 5.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 7.6% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
$15,000 to $24,999 | 11.5% | 6.8% | 8.5% |
$25,000 to $34,999 | 12.5% | 8.9% | 8.6% |
$35,000 to $49,999 | 13.6% | 11.7% | 12.0% |
$50,000 to $74,999 | 18.3% | 17.7% | 17.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 15.5% | 13.9% | 12.8% |
$100,000 to $149,999 | 10.1% | 17% | 15.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 2.7% | 7.7% | 7.1% |
$200,000 or more | 2.4% | 7.6% | 8.3% |
Education
< 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree
Education | Dover | Delaware | Country |
---|---|---|---|
< 9th Grade | 4% | 3% | 5.0% |
9-12th Grade | 10% | 6% | 7.0% |
High School or GED | 30% | 31% | 27.0% |
Other College | 23% | 19% | 20.0% |
Associate's Degree | 9% | 8% | 9% |
Bachelor's Degree | 14% | 19% | 20.0% |
Master's Degree | 8% | 10% | 9.0% |
Professional Degree | 1% | 2% | 2.0% |
Doctorate Degree | 1% | 2% | 1.0% |
Household Income
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Race / Ethnicity
White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other
Ethnicity | Dover | Delaware | Country |
---|---|---|---|
White | 40.6% | 61.5% | 60.1% |
African American | 40.9% | 21.5% | 12.2% |
American Indian | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% |
Asian | 3.3% | 4% | 5.6% |
Hawaiian | 0% | 0% | 0.2% |
Other | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
Multiracial | 6.3% | 2.9% | 2.8% |
Hispanic | 8% | 9.4% | 18.2% |
Race / Ethnicity
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