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Delaware Profile
It lies on the Atlantic Ocean and is bordered by Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland. Covering 2,026 sq mi (5,247 sq km), its capital is Dover. Originally inhabited by Algonquian tribes, Delaware's first permanent white settlement was by Swedes at Fort Christina, now Wilmington, in 1638. In 1655 New Sweden was taken by the Dutch of New Amsterdam and in 1664 by the English. Delaware was thereafter a part of New York until 1682, when it was ceded to William Penn. It was governed by Pennsylvania until 1776, although it was granted its own assembly in 1704. The first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution in 1787, it is the nation's second smallest state but one of its most densely populated. Chemical manufacturing is the major industry, followed by food processing. Delaware's most important transportation artery is the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, deepened for ocean shipping, which shortens the water route between Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Delaware Statistics
| Population, 2007 estimate | 864,764 |
| Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 | 10.4% |
| Housing units, 2007 | 388,616 |
| Median household income, 2007 | $55,988 |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles) | 1,953.56 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000 | 401.0 |
Delaware Links
There's more information than I could possibly list here but I want to provide links to further your investigation if you so choose. So, here's a link the Official State Home Page of Delaware. The official tourism Web site of Delaware is aptly called Visit Delaware.
Weather information is also available by cities. Just visit Delaware Weather - Average Temperatures and Rainfall and then click on the name of the city you are interested in to find data for that specific city. And what state profile would be complete without a link to their Top Attractions and Oddities?!?
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Wilmington
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