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County profile

Delaware

United States · GDP 2024
#138 of 3,127 US counties by GDP39th-percentile growthmore diversified than 97% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$42.6B
GDP growth
+3.4%
Jobs tracked
237,233
Employers
13,165
Avg. wage
$71.2k
Population
580,937
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$89.5k±$1.4k
Business applications
7,924 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Trinseo PLCBasic Materials$3.0B55C2Teleflex IncorporatedHealthcare$2.0B77B+3Radian Group Inc.Financial Services$1.2B77B+4Palvella Therapeutics, Inc.Healthcare$38.7M51D5Escalon Medical Corp.Healthcare$12.0M63C6Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.Healthcare$7.8M47D

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care34%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation14%
Management12%
Finance & insurance11%
Education11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
580,937
residents · 2025 · +0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $85.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−10,576
International migration+11,836
Natural change+2,865

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$36.2B
2019
$33.6B
2020
$37.0B
2021
$39.9B
2022
$41.2B
2023
$42.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$332.2k±$4.0k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$22/mo
Vacancy rate
5.6%±0.4%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
217 (0.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
92.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 99Strong wind 98Heat wave 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
521
2016
537
2017
562
2018
588
2019
609
2020
674
2021
763
2022
839
2023
889
2024
931
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

36 filings from 6 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KPalvella Therapeutics, Inc.06-30
8-KPalvella Therapeutics, Inc.06-16
8-KTeleflex Incorporated06-15
8-KTeleflex Incorporated06-09
8-KAclaris Therapeutics, Inc.06-04
8-KTeleflex Incorporated06-02
8-KTrinseo PLC06-01
8-KTeleflex Incorporated06-01
8-KRadian Group Inc.05-27
8-KTeleflex Incorporated05-27
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$71.2k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Onondaga$42.5BAdams$43.1BWaukesha$42.0BBrevard$43.5BKnox$43.6BMidland$41.5B
The read

Delaware's economy produced $42.6B in 2024, growing 3.4% year over year — slower than 61% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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