The 10 Whitest Cities In Delaware For 2024


The whitest cities in Delaware are Newark and New Castle for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

By: Chris Kolmar | About RoadSnacks
Last Updated: January 12, 2024

Whitest cities in Delaware research summary. We analyzed Delaware’s most recent Census data to determine the whitest cities in Delaware based on the percentage of White residents. Here are the results of our analysis:

  • The whitest city in Delaware is Newark based on the most recent Census data.

  • Newark is 67.19% White.

  • The least White city in Delaware is Wilmington.

  • Wilmington is 29.98% White.

  • Delaware is 60.1% White.

  • Delaware is the 34th Whitest state in the United States.

Cities With Highest White Population In Delaware Map

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Today, we are looking at the whitest places in Delaware. We won’t measure the number of Whole Foods or Pottery Barns per capita. Instead, we’ll focus on the Census data’s report of race by place in Delaware. In particular, we ranked each place in Delaware by the percentage of white people.

So where are the whitest cities you can live in Delaware?

After analyzing cities with populations greater than 5,000, we came up with this list as the whitest cities in Delaware for 2024.

Here are the 10 whites places in Delaware for 2024:

  1. Newark
  2. New Castle
  3. Milford
  4. Seaford
  5. Middl
  6. Smyrna
  7. Elsmere
  8. Dover
  9. Georg
  10. Wilmington

What is the whitest city in Delaware for 2024? According to the most recent census data Newark ranks as the whitest. If you’re wondering, Wilmington is the least white city of all those we measured.

Read on below to see where your hometown ranked and why. Or check out the whitest states in America and the most diverse states in America.

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The 10 Whitest Cities In Delaware For 2024

1. Newark, DE

Newark Location In Delaware

Newark, DE

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Population: 30,655
% White: 67.19%
More on Newark: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

2. New Castle, DE

New Castle, DE

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Population: 5,523
% White: 64.8%
More on New Castle: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

3. Milford, DE

Milford Location In Delaware

Milford, DE

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Population: 11,714
% White: 56.23%
More on Milford: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

4. Seaford, DE

Seaford Location In Delaware

Seaford, DE

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Population: 8,055
% White: 52.8%
More on Seaford: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

5. Middl, DE

Middl, DE

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Population: 23,573
% White: 52.07%
More on Middl: Data | Real Estate

6. Smyrna, DE

Smyrna Location In Delaware

Smyrna, DE

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Population: 12,870
% White: 50.8%
More on Smyrna: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

7. Elsmere, DE

Elsmere Location In Delaware

Elsmere, DE

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Population: 6,194
% White: 47.8%
More on Elsmere: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

8. Dover, DE

Dover Location In Delaware

Dover, DE

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Population: 38,879
% White: 38.78%
More on Dover: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

9. Georg, DE

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Population: 7,247
% White: 34.9%
More on Georg: Data | Real Estate

10. Wilmington, DE

Wilmington Location In Delaware

Wilmington, DE

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Population: 71,034
% White: 29.98%
More on Wilmington: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Methodology: How we determined the whitest places in Delaware for 2024

To rank the whitest places in Delaware, we used Saturday Night Science to look at Census demographic data.

We had to look at the number of white people living in each city in Delaware on a per capita basis. In other words, the percentage of white people living in each city in Delaware.

We looked at table B03002: Hispanic OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE. Here are the category names as defined by the Census:

  • Hispanic or Latino
  • White alone*
  • Black or African American alone*
  • American Indian and Alaska Native alone*
  • Asian alone*
  • Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone*
  • Some other race alone*
  • Two or more races*
* Not Hispanic or latino

Our particular column of interest here was the number of people who identified as White alone.

We limited our analysis to town with a population greater than 5,000 people. That left us with 10 cities.

We then calculated the percentage of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 67.2% to 30.0%.

Finally, we ranked each city based on the percentage of White population, with a higher score being more White than a lower score. Newark took the distinction of being the most White, while Wilmington was the least White city.

We updated this article for 2024. This report represents our tenth time ranking the whitest cities in Delaware.

Read on for more information on how the cities in Delaware ranked by population of White residents or, for a more general take on diversity in America, head over to our ranking of the most diverse cities in America.

Summary: White Populations Across Delaware

We measured the locations with the highest percentage of white people in Delaware. According to the most recent data, this list provides accurate information on the whitest places in Delaware.

The most White cities in Delaware are Newark, New Castle, Milford, Seaford, Middl, Smyrna, Elsmere, Dover, Georg, and Wilmington.

If you’re curious enough, here are the least White places in Delaware:

  1. Wilmington
  2. Georg
  3. Dover

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White Population By City In Delaware

RankCityPopulationWhite Population% White
1Newark30,65520,59767.19%
2New Castle5,5233,57964.8%
3Milford11,7146,58756.23%
4Seaford8,0554,25352.8%
5Middl23,57312,27552.07%
6Smyrna12,8706,53850.8%
7Elsmere6,1942,96147.8%
8Dover38,87915,07938.78%
9Georg7,2472,52934.9%
10Wilmington71,03421,29829.98%
About Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

He believes the key to finding the right place to live comes down to looking at the data, reading about things to do, and, most importantly, checking it out yourself before you move.

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