Area Census 2000 7/1/2008 Absolute Change Relative Change
Delaware 783,600 873,092 89,492 11.42%
Arden village 474 484 10 2.11%
Ardencroft village 267 275 8 3.00%
Ardentown village 300 308 8 2.67%
Bellefonte town 1,249 1,290 41 3.28%
Bethany Beach town 903 964 61 6.76%
Bethel town 184 202 18 9.78%
Blades town 956 1,158 202 21.13%
Bowers town 305 346 41 13.44%
Bridgeville town 1,436 1,630 194 13.51%
Camden town 2,100 2,565 465 22.14%
Cheswold town 313 473 160 51.12%
Clayton town 1,273 1,481 208 16.34%
Dagsboro town 519 578 59 11.37%
Delaware City city 1,453 1,517 64 4.40%
Delmar town 1,407 1,516 109 7.75%
Dewey Beach town 301 318 17 5.65%
Dover city 32,135 36,107 3,972 12.36%
Ellendale town 327 354 27 8.26%
Elsmere town 5,800 5,688 -112 -1.93%
Farmington town 75 85 10 13.33%
Felton town 784 905 121 15.43%
Fenwick Island town 342 366 24 7.02%
Frankford town 714 777 63 8.82%
Frederica town 648 751 103 15.90%
Georgetown town 4,643 5,233 590 12.71%
Greenwood town 837 907 70 8.36%
Harrington city 3,174 3,435 261 8.22%
Hartly town 78 88 10 12.82%
Henlopen Acres town 139 142 3 2.16%
Houston town 430 483 53 12.33%
Kenton town 237 268 31 13.08%
Laurel town 3,668 3,982 314 8.56%
Leipsic town 203 229 26 12.81%
Lewes city 2,932 3,127 195 6.65%
Little Creek town 195 217 22 11.28%
Magnolia town 226 250 24 10.62%
Middletown town 6,161 12,152 5,991 97.24%
Milford city 6,732 8,511 1,779 26.43%
Millsboro town 2,360 2,698 338 14.32%
Millville town 259 282 23 8.88%
Milton town 1,657 1,835 178 10.74%
New Castle city 4,862 4,977 115 2.37%
Newark city 28,547 29,886 1,339 4.69%
Newport town 1,122 1,106 -16 -1.43%
Ocean View town 1,006 1,138 132 13.12%
Odessa town 286 337 51 17.83%
Rehoboth Beach city 1,495 1,587 92 6.15%
Seaford city 6,699 7,260 561 8.37%
Selbyville town 1,645 1,853 208 12.64%
Slaughter Beach town 198 220 22 11.11%
Smyrna town 5,679 8,603 2,924 51.49%
South Bethany town 492 526 34 6.91%
Townsend town 346 380 34 9.83%
Viola town 156 174 18 11.54%
Wilmington city 72,664 72,592 -72 -0.10%
Woodside town 184 204 20 10.87%
Wyoming town 1,141 1,410 269 23.58%

Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau