| As
of 2005, Delaware
has an estimated population of 843,524,
which is an increase of 13,455, or 1.6%,
from the prior year and an increase
of 59,924, or 7.6%, since the year 2000.
This includes a natural increase since
the last census of 21,978 people (that
is 58,699 births minus 36,721 deaths)
and an increase due to net migration
of 39,138 people into the state. Immigration
from outside the United States resulted
in a net increase of 11,226 people,
and migration within the country produced
a net increase of 27,912 people. |