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Old 03-03-2011, 01:55 PM
 
Location: Tower of Heaven
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In Sussex County, where beaches and low taxes have attracted thousands of retirees, the population grew 25.9%, from 156,638 in 2000 to 197,145.
New Castle County remained Delaware's most populous by far, with 538,479 people in 2010. It gained 7.6% over the 2000 figure of 500,265.
Overall, Delaware grew 14.6%, from 783,600 residents in 2000 to 897,934.
Delaware's Hispanic population nearly doubled, from 37,277 in 2000 to 73,221 in 2010. Hispanics, who can be of any race, make up 8.2% of the state's population, up from 4.8% in 2000.



Delaware's southern counties feed state's growth - USATODAY.com
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Old 03-03-2011, 02:09 PM
 
Location: Delaware Native
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Good Post!
I'm not surprised at this:
Kent County led the state's growth at 28.1%, increasing from 126,697 residents to 162,310 since 2000.
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Old 03-05-2011, 07:19 AM
 
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For the people living there... Are you noticing the increase?

Presently, I live in a county with almost 220,000 people and I have felt more and more closed in over the years.
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Old 03-05-2011, 07:47 AM
 
Location: Delaware Native
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For the people living there... Are you noticing the increase?
Presently, I live in a county with almost 220,000 people and I have felt more and more closed in over the years.
Absolutely! I've been in Delaware 71+ years. Here in Kent County, everything has changed dramatically. But I believe that goes hand in hand with what is known as "progress". Within the last 5 years, the changes have been much more obvious to us, in regard to traffic - point A to point B, time spent in grocery stores, and general day to day existence. The Friday night caravan of beach traffic 5 years ago was backed up on Coastal Highway north to the Nassau Bridge. Now it's backed up all the way north to Milton, and sometimes north to Milford. While most everyone says Delaware is a friendly state, I have found that also has changed. Most don't know how "friendly" Delaware once was, and I believe it's all relative to what one has been accustomed to.This topic always rises to the top of conversations amongst those who've always lived here. And sadly, 5 of our dearest friends from school days have packed up and moved to Kentucky in an attempt to recapture the "Delaware Feeling". Added to that, our Amish community is gradually moving to Kentucky. Change is inevitable and we must adapt.

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Old 07-13-2011, 10:39 AM
 
Location: Virginia
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Are retirees considered a growth industry for Delaware? Seems to me there could be a lot of opportunities to make money by catering to retiree needs or selling merchandise geared towards this group.
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Old 07-13-2011, 06:32 PM
 
Location: Greenville, Delaware
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Like walkers and adult diapers, you mean? They certainly are a growth industry for DE but I'm not sure how much specialised business they could support. Should give a boost to the funeral home and cemetary lot business anyway.
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Old 07-13-2011, 06:52 PM
 
Location: Delaware Native
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I don't think the older group is any more of an asset than any other age group. Actually, Delaware gets less real estate tax revenue from seniors. Seniors get a break on school taxes after they are a certain age, where growing young families get no real estate tax break, unless they meet the low income criteria.

Ideally, I would love to see Delaware become a younger state, and wish we could attract smart, young people with innovative ideas. With no good jobs, career oriented young people will never come. But, we can dream.
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Old 07-13-2011, 10:44 PM
 
Location: Long Neck,De
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I don't think the older group is any more of an asset than any other age group. Actually, Delaware gets less real estate tax revenue from seniors. Seniors get a break on school taxes after they are a certain age, where growing young families get no real estate tax break, unless they meet the low income criteria.

Ideally, I would love to see Delaware become a younger state, and wish we could attract smart, young people with innovative ideas. With no good jobs, career oriented young people will never come. But, we can dream.
Unfortunately there are no good jobs to hold OUR young people here.
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Old 07-13-2011, 10:45 PM
 
Location: classified
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I don't think the older group is any more of an asset than any other age group. Actually, Delaware gets less real estate tax revenue from seniors. Seniors get a break on school taxes after they are a certain age, where growing young families get no real estate tax break, unless they meet the low income criteria.

Ideally, I would love to see Delaware become a younger state, and wish we could attract smart, young people with innovative ideas. With no good jobs, career oriented young people will never come. But, we can dream.
Hopefully Delaware won't end up like Florida where any if not all job growth tends to be in the low paying service sector.
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Old 07-14-2011, 03:20 AM
 
Location: Delaware Native
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Hopefully Delaware won't end up like Florida where any if not all job growth tends to be in the low paying service sector.
I'm afraid it's heading in that direction. There's not much here to attract young, talented people, and everything here to attract retirees.
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