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Wealth Creation

Racism and other patterns of discrimination have long constrained opportunity for some and privileged others. The Data Center's indicators of economic status and mobility include income figures, vulnerability indices, and unemployment, housing, and poverty rates.

Wealth Creation Indicators

What are these sections about?

Many of the most entrenched and pernicious biases and discriminatory practices in the U.S. have resulted in disparities across an array of measures of wealth. Though economic inequities develop for complex and varied reasons, understanding unequal outcomes across employment, income, housing, and other indicators of wealth is critical to uncovering historical and systemic constraints to opportunity.

Employment
- Unemployment Rate
- Percent families with at least one employed parent
Income and Poverty
Housing
Benefits
- Percent Households receiving SNAP Benefits
Deprivation
- State Area Deprivation Index

Employment

Data are current as of 12/20/2024

Most recent dashboard update: 12/20/2024

Unemployment Rate

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To analyze unemployment rate, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.

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The unemployment rate is defined as the total number of unemployed individuals divided by the total number of individuals in the labor force

Delaware

Unemployment Rate in Delaware

2021

5.6%

of residents

zip_code

Unemployment Rate by Demographic Over Time

Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate by Ethnicity

Unemployment Rate by Race

Unemployment Rate by Sex

Percent families with at least one employed parent

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To analyze percent families with at least one employed parent, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.

About this Indicator

Employed includes all civilians 16 years old and over who were either "at work" or were "with a job but not at work"

Delaware

Percent families with at least one employed parent in Delaware

2021

91.5%

of families

zip_code

Income and Poverty

Data are current as of 12/20/2024

Most recent dashboard update: 12/20/2024

Child Poverty Rate

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To analyze child poverty rate, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.

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Percent of children who fall below poverty threshold. The Census Bureau uses a set of dollar income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who is in poverty. If the total income for a family or unrelated individual falls below the relevant poverty threshold, then the family (and every individual in it) or unrelated individual is considered in poverty.

Delaware

Child Poverty Rate in Delaware

2021

17.3%

of children

zip_code

Child Poverty Rate by Demographic Over Time

Child Poverty Rate

Child Poverty Rate by Ethnicity

Child Poverty Rate by Race

Family Poverty Rate

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To analyze family poverty rate, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.

About this Indicator

The Census Bureau uses a set of dollar income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who is in poverty. If the total income for a family or unrelated individual falls below the relevant poverty threshold, then the family (and every individual in it) or unrelated individual is considered in poverty.

Delaware

Family Poverty Rate in Delaware

2021

13.7%

of families

zip_code

Family Poverty Rate by Demographic Over Time

Family Poverty Rate

Family Poverty Rate by Ethnicity

Family Poverty Rate by Race

Median Family Income

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To analyze median family income, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.

About this Indicator

A family is defined as a household where two or more people are related by birth, marriage, or adoption. Income for a family is summed over all family members.

Delaware

Median Family Income in Delaware

2021

$89,545

dollars

zip_code

Median Family Income by Demographic Over Time

Median Family Income

Median Family Income by Ethnicity

Median Family Income by Race

Median Household Income

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To analyze median household income, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.

About this Indicator

A household includes all the people who occupy a housing unit (such as a house or apartment) as their usual place of residence.

Delaware

Median Household Income in Delaware

2021

$72,724

dollars

zip_code

Median Household Income by Demographic Over Time

Median Household Income

Median Household Income by Ethnicity

Median Household Income by Race

Housing

Data are current as of 12/20/2024

Most recent dashboard update: 12/20/2024

Rent Burden

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To analyze rent burden, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.

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The proportion of households that spend 30% of their total income on rent; this value is pulled directly from available census data

Delaware

Rent Burden in Delaware

2021

46.2%

of households

zip_code

Percent Renters

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To analyze percent renters, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.

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Percent of individuals who report living in a renter-occupied unit

Delaware

Percent Renters in Delaware

2021

28.5%

of residents

zip_code

Percent Renters by Demographic Over Time

Percent Renters

Percent Renters by Ethnicity

Percent Renters by Race

Percent Households with a Broadband Subscription

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To analyze percent households with a broadband subscription, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.

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Percent of households reporting having a computer broadband internet subscription cable, fiber-optic, or DSL service.

Delaware

Percent Households with a Broadband Subscription in Delaware

2021

91.5%

of households

zip_code

Percent Households with a Broadband Subscription by Demographic Over Time

Percent Households with a Broadband Subscription

Percent Households with a Broadband Subscription by Ethnicity

Percent Households with a Broadband Subscription by Race

Benefits

Data are current as of 12/20/2024

Most recent dashboard update: 12/20/2024

Percent Households receiving SNAP Benefits

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To analyze percent households receiving snap benefits, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.

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Percent of households reporting receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Delaware

Percent Households receiving SNAP Benefits in Delaware

2021

10.5%

of households

zip_code

Percent Households receiving SNAP Benefits by Demographic Over Time

Percent Households receiving SNAP Benefits

Percent Households receiving SNAP Benefits by Ethnicity

Percent Households receiving SNAP Benefits by Race

Deprivation

Data are current as of 12/20/2024

Most recent dashboard update: 12/20/2024

State Area Deprivation Index

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To analyze state area deprivation index, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.

zip_code

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