Kent County (Delaware)

administration
Kent County Courthouse
US state :	Delaware
Administrative headquarters :	Dover
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Kent County Administrative Complex 555 Bay Road Dover, DE 19901
Foundation :	1683
Made up from:	New Castle County
Area code :	001 302
Demographics
Residents :	162,310 (2010)
Population density :	106.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2072 km²
Water surface :	545 km²
map

Website : www.co.kent.de.us

The Kent County is one of three counties in the US state of Delaware . The county seat is Dover .

geography

Like all of Delaware, the county is located on the Delmarva Peninsula . In a north-south direction, the county is in the center of Delaware; in an east-west direction it extends from the center of the Delmarva Peninsula to Delaware Bay , the confluence of the Delaware River into the Atlantic Ocean . Kent County covers an area of 2,072 square kilometers; 545 square kilometers of this is water. It borders on the following counties:

	New Castle County	Salem County, New Jersey ¹
Kent County (Maryland) , Queen Anne's County (Maryland)		Cumberland County, New Jersey ¹ , Cape May County, New Jersey ¹
Caroline County, Maryland	Sussex County

^{1 - maritime border in Delaware Bay}

history

Kent County was formed in 1683 from parts of New Castle County. It was named after the English county of Kent .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	18,920	-
1800	19,554	3.4%
1810	20,495	4.8%
1820	20,793	1.5%
1830	19,913	-4.2%
1840	19,872	-0.2%
1850	22,816	14.8%
1860	27,804	21.9%
1870	29,804	7.2%
1880	32,874	10.3%
1890	32,664	-0.6%
1900	32,762	0.3%
1910	32,721	-0.1%
1920	31,023	-5.2%
1930	31,841	2.6%
1940	34,441	8.2%
1950	37,870	10%
1960	65,651	73.4%
1970	81,892	24.7%
1980	98,219	19.9%
1990	110.993	13%
2000	126,697	14.1%
2010	162.310	28.1%
before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2000 census , Kent County's population was 126,697 people in 47,224 households and 33,623 families. The population density was 33 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 73.5 percent white, 20.7 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 1.7 percent Asian and 1.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.2 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups.

Of the 47,224 households, 35.5 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 52.9 percent were married couples living together, 13.8 percent were single mothers, and 28.8 percent were non-families. 23.0 percent of all households were single households and 8.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.06.

27.3 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.1 percent between 18 and 24, 29.8 percent between 25 and 44, 21.2 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 11.7 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 93.1 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 89.6 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 40,950 USD , for a family is 46,504 USD. Males had a median income of $ 32,660 versus $ 24,706 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,662. About 8.1 percent of families and 10.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .