Delaware Facts & Basic Information
Arts
Business and Commerce
Digital Delaware
Education
- Delaware Department of Education (DOE)
Includes School Profiles, District information, Special reports, and statistics.
- Higher Education
- New Castle County Cooperative Extension
- NAEP State Profiles
- School District Demographics
Provides access to demographic data for all U.S. school districts; derived from the Census 2000 P.L. 94-171 (Redistricting) File. Part of the Special Tabulation Program, School District Tabulation (STP2). “This extended set of tabulations provides one of the largest, most detailed sources of children's demographics ever developed by the U.S. Census Bureau and the largest source of children's characteristics available from Census 2000.” Provided through National Center for Education Statistics.
- Delaware Featured Facts

From the
SREB Fact Book on Higher Education. (Southern Regional Education Board)
Environment & Energy
- Climate Change: Delaware
- Delaware Department of Natural Resources (DNREC)
Useful sites include:
- Delaware Energy Office
- Delaware Geological Survey
Includes information on geology, paleontology, minerals, water, streamflow, precipitation,
erosion, and other topics.
- Delaware Nature Society
- Delaware River Basin Commission
An Interstate compact addressing environmenatal management and conservation issues. The Commission consists of Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and a federal government appointee.
- Delaware Solid Waste Authority
- Delaware Water Resources Center
- National Environmental Scorecards
Provided by the League of Conservation Voters. Provides information about the environmental voting records of U.S. Representatives and Senators.
- Nature
Conservancy: Delaware
- Science In Your State (USGS)
- Superfund — National Priority List Sites in Delaware
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA has a lot of information about local areas. Window
to My Environment offers
a combination of mapping and data from a variety of sources. Other useful sites
include:
Information on resources for Delaware and local history and genealogy.
Information on state, county, and city governments, courts, laws, and government officials.
Health
Information on resources for Delaware and local history and genealogy.
Jobs in Delaware
Information on Delaware law and government
Libraries
Maps and Geographic Resources
Media
Notable Delaware Web Sites
- Delaware.gov, the State of Delaware website
The home page for the State of Delaware. Provides information about Delaware and many useful links to government and other Web sites. Especially useful are:
- Collecting Delaware Books
Website discussing Delaware books and collectors. By John P. Reid of Bear, Delaware.
- Delaware
Documentation
Listing of State of Delaware publications distributed to libraries through the program called Delaware Documentation.
Resources for State & Local Information
Statistics and Data
- American FactFinder
The primary distribution system for Census data. Use it to find statistics about population, housing, industry and business. Features include: Interactive mapping.
- Annual Population Projections (in PDF format) (Delaware Population Consortium)
Provides thirty-year population and employment projections for the State, the counties, and for selected municipalities.
- Delaware Fact Sheet (USDA)
Quick facts on population, per capita income, poverty status, and other factors and detailed information on farms and the state's farming economy.
- Economy at a Glance -- United States
One of several “At a glance tables” from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Others include:
- Regional Economic Accounts (BEA)
Includes Gross State Product (GSP) and State Personal Income (SPI).
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
Search for “state” in search box. Also see “State Rankings”
- USA Counties
Demographic, economic, and governmental information spanning several years and sources. Provides data for national, state, and county levels.
For More Information
Tax Forms
Transportation
University of Delaware
Weather and Climate
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Rebecca Knight, Reference Department.
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Last modified: 09/19/08