Delaware

Also known as DE, State of Delaware, The First State, The Small Wonder, Blue Hen State, The Diamond State, Delaware, United States, US-DE

Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey to its northeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state's name derives from the adjacent Delaware Bay, which in turn was named after Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an English nobleman and the Colony of Virginia's first colonial-era governor.

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Delaware is a U.S. state in the United States. It shares borders with New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. The capital is Dover. The state was named after Delaware Bay. It is divided into Kent County, New Castle County, and Sussex County.

Delaware has the Eastern Time Zone. Its legislative body is the Delaware General Assembly. The state began in 1787. It is described by sources including the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

The state is referenced by 9,197 other encyclopedia articles. There are 33,806 PubMed entries associated with the query Delaware.

Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Key facts

U.S. state.name: Delaware
U.S. state.image_flag: Flag of Delaware.svg
U.S. state.flag_link: Flag of Delaware
U.S. state.image_seal: Seal of Delaware.svg
U.S. state.image_map: Delaware in United States (zoom).svg
U.S. state.motto: "Liberty and Independence"
U.S. state.anthem: "Our Delaware"
U.S. state.population_demonym: Delawarean
U.S. state.OfficialLang: None
U.S. state.nicknames: The First State; The Small Wonder; Blue Hen State; The Diamond State
U.S. state.Former: Province of Pennsylvania (Lower Counties on the Delaware)
U.S. state.seat: Dover
U.S. state.LargestCity: Wilmington
U.S. state.LargestCounty: New Castle
U.S. state.LargestMetro: Philadelphia
U.S. state.Legislature: General Assembly
U.S. state.Upperhouse: Senate
U.S. state.Lowerhouse: House of Representatives

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Research

33,806 papers

Records of fleas (Siphonaptera) from Delaware.Journal of medical entomology · 2024Kennedy AC, Winter WS, Gardner AL et al.DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjae069
Healthy Delaware 2010.Delaware medical journal · 2005Carney JC Jr
What Happened in Delaware Following a Statewide Contraceptive Initiative?The Milbank quarterly · 2025Hurtado-Acuna C, Rendall MSDOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.70008
Cancer in Delaware.Delaware medical journal · 1979Paulshock BZ
Delaware Contraceptive Access Now and Contraceptive Initiation Among Medicaid Enrollees, 2015‒2020.American journal of public health · 2022Boudreaux M, Gifford K, McDuffie MJ et al.DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.306938
AIDS hysteria in Delaware.Delaware medical journal · 1988Dickson-Witmer D
Delaware coast Delaware surf zone injury demographics.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2018Doelp MB, Puleo JA, Cowan P et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.12.053
Delaware's uninsured.Delaware medical journal · 2001Roy PK

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: U.S. state
Part of: contiguous United States
Named after: Delaware Bay
Demonym: Delavarano
Country: United States
Located in: United States
Contains: Sussex County
Continent: North America
Capital: Dover
Population: 989948
Area: 6452.0
Elevation: 18
Body of water: Delaware River
Head of government: Ruth Ann Minner
Legislature: Delaware General Assembly
Shares border with: Maryland
Highest point: Ebright Azimuth
Headquarters: New Castle
Official website: www.state.de.us
Households: 370953
Motto: Liberty and Independence
Flag: flag of Delaware

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P12749: Normandin
topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Delaware
Commons category: Delaware
topic's main category: Category:Delaware
inception: 1787-12-07
category for people born here: Category:Births in Delaware
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Delaware
category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Delaware
category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Delaware
category of associated people: Category:People from Delaware
short name: Del.
nickname: The Diamond State
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean
history of topic: history of Delaware
water as percent of area: 21.71
replaces: Delaware Colony
native label: State of Delaware
maximum temperature record: 110
language used: Nanticoke
minimum temperature record: -17
has seal, badge, or sigil: Seal of Delaware
marriageable age: 18
compulsory education (maximum age): 16
OpenStreetMap zoom level: 8
topic has template: Template:Delaware
official map URL: gis.dti.delaware.gov
different from: Delaware
related category: Category:Delaware-related lists
per capita income: 36574
mean age: 41.0
hashtag: Delaware
minimum wage: 11.75
P8168: PESA 620m

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Encyclopedic overview

66 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Native Americans
Colonial Delaware
American Revolution
Slavery and race
Reconstruction and industrialization
World War II to present
Geography
Topography
Climate
Environment
Environmental management
Municipalities
Counties
Cities
Towns
Villages
Unincorporated places
Demographics
Race and ethnicity
Birth data
Languages
Sexual orientation
Religion
Economy
Affluence
Agriculture
Industries
Industrial decline
Incorporation in Delaware
Food and drink
Media
Newspapers
Television
Radio
Tourism
Education
Colleges and universities
Transportation
Roads
Ferries
Rail and bus
Air
Law and government
Legislative branch
Judicial branch
Executive branch
Counties
Politics
Freedom of information
Taxation
Voter registration
Culture
Festivals
Sports
Foreign affairs
Sister state
Delawareans
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links
History
General

Delaware occupies the northeastern portion of the Delmarva Peninsula, and some islands and territory within the Delaware River. It is the second-smallest and sixth-least populous state, but also the sixth-most densely populated. Delaware's most populous city is Wilmington, and the state's capital is Dover, the second-most populous city in Delaware. The state is divided into three counties, the fewest number of counties of any of the 50 U.S. states; from north to south, the three counties are: New Castle County, Kent County, and Sussex County. The southern two counties, Kent and Sussex, have historically been predominantly agrarian economies. New Castle is more urbanized and is considered part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Delaware is considered part of the Southern United States by the U.S. Census Bureau, but the state's geography, culture, and history are a hybrid of the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, and Southern regions of the country.

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