Greater Newark PUMA, DE

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2022 Population

110,117

25.9% 1-year decline

US Senator

Tom Carper

Democratic Party

US Senator

Chris Coons

Democratic Party

US Representative

Lisa Blunt Rochester

Democratic Party

2022 Poverty Rate

12.5%

1.78% 1-year increase

2022 Median Household Income

$82,676

20.4% 1-year growth

About

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21.5% of the households in Greater Newark PUMA, DE reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

The largest universities in Greater Newark PUMA, DE are University of Delaware (6,477 degrees awarded in 2022), Dawn Career Institute LLC (130873) (354 degrees), and Schilling-Douglas School of Hair Design LLC (87 degrees).

Most people in Greater Newark PUMA, DE drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 22.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Greater Newark PUMA, DE was 2 cars per household.

Greater Newark PUMA, DE borders Chester County (South) PUMA, PA, Brandywine/Piedmont PUMA, DE, Churchmans/New Castle PUMA, DE, South Glasgow/Middletown PUMA, DE, and Cecil County--Elkton PUMA, MD.

United States Delaware Maryland Pennsylvania

Economy

The economy of Greater Newark PUMA, DE employs N/A people. The largest industries in Greater Newark PUMA, DE are Banking & related activities (3,971 people), Elementary & secondary schools (3,114 people), and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (2,941 people), and the highest paying industries are Air transportation ($217,605), Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing ($155,872), and Management, scientific & technical consulting services ($130,224).

Employment

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The workforce of Greater Newark PUMA, DE in 2020 was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Greater Newark PUMA, DE.

With the upper buttons you can see the distribution of the average salary and add a filter by race.

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The most common job groups, by number of people living in Greater Newark PUMA, DE, are Other managers (1,779 people), Postsecondary teachers (1,513 people), and Janitors & building cleaners (1,382 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Greater Newark PUMA, DE.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Delaware (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in Greater Newark PUMA, DE, are Banking & related activities (3,971 people), Elementary & secondary schools (3,114 people), and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (2,941 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Greater Newark PUMA, DE, though some of these residents may live in Greater Newark PUMA, DE and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

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The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($74,908), Public Administration ($72,540), and Information ($71,429).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Information ($79,485), Wholesale Trade ($74,882), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($63,720).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

2.43%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 472k people employed in Delaware. This represents a 2.43% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 14.1%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Delaware.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Delaware went to Joseph R Biden Jr. with 58.7% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (39.8%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (0.991%).

Tom Carper and Chris Coons are the senators currently representing the state of Delaware. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Greater Newark PUMA, DE is currently represented by Lisa Blunt Rochester in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

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2020 Election Results

Joseph R Biden Jr. (58.7%)
Democratic Party
Donald J. Trump (39.8%)
Republican Party
Jo Jorgensen (0.991%)
Libertarian Party

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Delaware went to Joseph R Biden Jr. with 58.7% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (39.8%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (0.991%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Delaware for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Delaware

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Tom Carper

Senator from Delaware

Assumed office on January 3, 2001

Chris Coons

Senator from Delaware

Assumed office on November 15, 2010
Elected to the seat to succeed Ted Kaufman, who had been appointed to the seat following the resignation of Joe Biden, who had become Vice President of the United States.

Tom Carper and Chris Coons are the senators currently representing Delaware.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Delaware over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Greater Newark PUMA, DE

Lisa Blunt Rochester

Delaware at-large Representative

Democratic Party

Greater Newark PUMA, DE is currently represented by Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic Party).

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the member for Greater Newark PUMA, DE have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

In 2022, universities in Greater Newark PUMA, DE awarded 6,928 degrees. The student population of Greater Newark PUMA, DE in 2022 is skewed towards women, with 10,354 male students and 14,190 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Greater Newark PUMA, DE are White (4,386 and 69.6%), followed by Black or African American (567 and 9%), Hispanic or Latino (566 and 8.99%), and Asian (372 and 5.91%).

The largest universities in Greater Newark PUMA, DE by number of degrees awarded are University of Delaware (6,477 and 93.5%), Dawn Career Institute LLC (130873) (354 and 5.11%), and Schilling-Douglas School of Hair Design LLC (87 and 1.26%).

The most popular majors in Greater Newark PUMA, DE are General Business Administration & Management (280 and 4.04%), General Finance (271 and 3.91%), and Other Research & Experimental Psychology (252 and 3.64%).

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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In 2022, 0.699% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.434% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of Greater Newark PUMA, DE in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (26.8k), Some college (22.3k), and Bachelors Degree (15.5k).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in Greater Newark PUMA, DE have an average commute time of 22.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Greater Newark PUMA, DE is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Greater Newark PUMA, DE is $82,676. In 2022, the PUMA with the highest Median Household Income in Greater Newark PUMA, DE was South Glasgow/Middletown PUMA, DE with a value of $118,815, followed by Brandywine/Piedmont PUMA, DE and Sussex East PUMA, DE, with respective values of $110,786 and $84,819.

Rent vs Own

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Homeownership

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Homeowners with Mortgage

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This chart shows the percentage of owner in Greater Newark PUMA, DE compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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Highest Median Household Income (Total)

In 2022, the PUMA with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Greater Newark PUMA, DE was South Glasgow/Middletown PUMA, DE with a value of $118,815, followed by Brandywine/Piedmont PUMA, DE and Sussex East PUMA, DE, with respective values of $110,786 and $84,819.

The following map shows all of the PUMAs in Greater Newark PUMA, DE colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

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Median Household Income

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The following chart displays the households in Greater Newark PUMA, DE distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.

Wage Distribution

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2022 Wage GINI in Greater Newark PUMA, DE

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2021 Wage GINI in Greater Newark PUMA, DE

In 2022, the income inequality in Greater Newark PUMA, DE was 0.455 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.485% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Greater Newark PUMA, DE was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Greater Newark PUMA, DE in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Greater Newark PUMA, DE across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022

Drove Alone (70.3%)
Worked At Home (12.6%)
Carpooled (9.65%)

In 2022, 70.3% of workers in Greater Newark PUMA, DE drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (12.6%) and those who carpooled to work (9.65%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

22.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Greater Newark PUMA, DE have a shorter commute time (22.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 1.69% of the workforce in Greater Newark PUMA, DE have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Greater Newark PUMA, DE compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Greater Newark PUMA, DE distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Greater Newark PUMA, DE have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

12.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Greater Newark PUMA, DE (12.8k out of 102k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Greater Newark PUMA, DE is White, followed by Black and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Greater Newark PUMA, DE changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.