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Sussex County, DE Demographics

Sussex County, DE is the 2nd most populous of 3 counties in Delaware, with 237,378 residents across 936 square miles. That is about 254 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 237,378
Land area 936 sq mi
Density 254 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

How Sussex County compares to the US

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Central Location: Sussex County, DE

Measured from the county's main population center using 2020 census blocks.

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Census tracts in Sussex County, DE

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Census Tract 517.02 6,577 68.3 96
Census Tract 501.05 5,939 16.2 367
Census Tract 505.03 5,604 10.4 539
Census Tract 503.02 5,521 47.0 117
Census Tract 504.06 5,475 5.5 992
Census Tract 506.01 5,391 37.2 145
Census Tract 518.01 5,359 29.2 184
Census Tract 504.07 5,238 19.0 275
Census Tract 507.01 5,068 24.6 206
Census Tract 501.03 5,063 46.9 108
Census Tract 501.04 5,031 3.6 1,378
Census Tract 513.02 4,907 17.5 280
Census Tract 519 4,760 33.5 142
Census Tract 506.04 4,674 9.0 517
Census Tract 503.04 4,616 32.1 144
Census Tract 504.08 4,534 23.4 194
Census Tract 508.06 4,454 14.3 312
Census Tract 504.05 4,378 4.4 1,001
Census Tract 518.02 4,354 4.7 931
Census Tract 505.01 4,201 42.7 98
Census Tract 508.04 4,188 20.1 208
Census Tract 508.08 4,150 2.2 1,864
Census Tract 505.06 4,112 15.2 271
Census Tract 517.01 4,103 46.5 88
Census Tract 510.08 4,100 3.0 1,388
Census Tract 513.08 4,074 10.5 389
Census Tract 501.01 4,013 19.9 201
Census Tract 508.01 3,979 12.1 328
Census Tract 506.03 3,956 2.0 1,980
Census Tract 514 3,878 19.3 201
Census Tract 510.17 3,804 2.5 1,514
Census Tract 502 3,744 40.9 92
Census Tract 510.13 3,686 8.3 446
Census Tract 504.01 3,606 34.6 104
Census Tract 510.11 3,580 3.0 1,191
Census Tract 504.03 3,517 6.5 537
Census Tract 515.02 3,228 34.9 93
Census Tract 513.13 3,144 3.0 1,059
Census Tract 508.05 3,038 13.5 226
Census Tract 513.07 2,975 2.7 1,082
Census Tract 503.03 2,935 28.2 104
Census Tract 509.05 2,848 22.8 125
Census Tract 510.10 2,795 4.9 576
Census Tract 507.08 2,774 2.9 973
Census Tract 509.04 2,592 2.1 1,262
Census Tract 507.07 2,578 1.7 1,507
Census Tract 513.14 2,525 7.2 350
Census Tract 505.05 2,420 2.5 961
Census Tract 510.09 2,313 4.8 478
Census Tract 513.12 2,290 7.3 314
Census Tract 515.01 2,246 7.1 317
Census Tract 509.03 2,161 2.3 927
Census Tract 507.03 2,153 5.2 417
Census Tract 507.09 1,956 3.2 618
Census Tract 513.10 1,933 3.0 649
Census Tract 510.12 1,908 2.5 765
Census Tract 510.14 1,881 3.2 594
Census Tract 510.16 1,879 1.5 1,289
Census Tract 510.15 1,877 4.1 457
Census Tract 507.10 1,870 1.8 1,065
Census Tract 513.11 1,832 2.0 908
Census Tract 508.07 1,824 0.9 1,940
Census Tract 507.06 1,772 2.1 839
Census Tract 512.01 1,513 4.2 357
Census Tract 507.11 1,505 1.4 1,045
Census Tract 513.09 1,488 1.6 938
Census Tract 511.02 1,029 0.7 1,391
Census Tract 511.03 952 4.0 237
Census Tract 512.02 856 1.5 574
Census Tract 512.03 792 0.9 877
Census Tract 512.04 652 1.0 653
Census Tract 511.01 629 0.9 689
Census Tract 512.05 580 1.4 411
Census Tract 9800 1 5.1 0

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