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Population (year 2000): 32,135. Estimated
population in July 2005: 34,288 (+6.7% change)
Males: 15,122 (47.1%), Females: 17,013 (52.9%)
Kent County
Zip codes:
19901,
19904.
Median resident age: 32.9 years
Median household income: $38,669 (year 2000)
Median house value: $111,300 (year 2000)
Races in Dover:
- White Non-Hispanic (53.3%)
- Black (37.2%)
- Hispanic (4.1%)
- Two or more races (2.6%)
- Other race (1.6%)
- American Indian (1.2%)
- Asian Indian (0.8%)
- Korean (0.7%)
- Filipino (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (13.2%), Irish (10.6%),
English (9.3%), Italian (5.7%), United States (3.9%), Subsaharan
African (2.5%).
Elevation: 36 feet
Land area: 22.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Dover
- High school or higher: 83.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 28.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 11.3%
- Unemployed: 7.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Dover city
- Never married: 35.4%
- Now married: 42.4%
- Separated: 2.4%
- Widowed: 7.3%
- Divorced: 12.4%
6.2% Foreign born (2.2% Asia, 1.4% Latin
America, 1.3% Europe, 0.9% Africa).
Population change in the 1990s: +3,205 (+11.1%).
Hospital/medical center in Dover:
- BAYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER (640 S STATE STREET)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Dover:
- MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF SALEM COUNTY (about 28 miles;
SALEM, NJ)
- SOUTH JERSEY HOSPITAL SYSTEM (about 28 miles;
BRIDGETON, NJ)
- ROCKFORD CENTER (about 29 miles; NEWARK, DE)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Dover:
- DOVER AFB (about 7 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)
- NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 36 miles; WILMINGTON, DE;
ID: ILG)
- PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 53 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA;
ID: PHL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Dover:
- DELDOT HELISTOP (about 3 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: 0N5)
- CHANDELLE ESTATES (about 4 miles; DOVER, DE; ID:
0N4)
- JENKINS (about 5 miles; WYOMING, DE; ID: 15N)
Colleges/Universities in Dover:
- DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY (Full-time
enrollment: 2,641; Location: 1200 N. Dupont Highway;
Public; Website: www.dsc.edu; Offers Master's degree)
- WESLEY COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 1,468;
Location: 120 N STATE ST; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.wesley.edu; Offers Master's degree)
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE-TERRY
(FT enrollment: 1,069; Location: 100 CAMPUS DRIVE;
Public)
- DOVER BEAUTY ACADEMY (Location: 1487 S
GOVERNORS AVE; Private, for-profit)
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE-CENTRAL
OFF (Location: BOX 897; Public; Website:
www.dtcc.edu)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Dover:
- UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 29 miles; NEWARK, DE;
Full-time enrollment: 17,786)
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON
(about 35 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 3,817)
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE-OWENS
(about 35 miles; GEORGETOWN, DE; FT enrollment: 2,053)
- WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 36 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE;
FT enrollment: 3,087)
- ROWAN UNIVERSITY (about 47 miles; GLASSBORO, NJ; FT
enrollment: 7,587)
- WIDENER UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 49 miles;
CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 3,646)
- GLOUCESTER COUNTY COLLEGE (about 50 miles; SEWELL,
NJ; FT enrollment: 3,135)
Public high schools in Dover:
- DOVER HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,583; Location:
ONE PAT LYNN DRIVE; Grades: 08 - 12)
- KENT COUNTY SECONDARY INTENSIVE LEARNING CENTER
(Students: 49; Location: 1075 SOUTH GOVERNORS AVENUE;
Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high schools in Dover:
- KENT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 157;
Location: 3282 N DUPONT HWY; Grades: PK - 12)
- CAPITOL BAPTIST (Students: 105; Location: 401
KESSELRING AVENUE; Grades: PK - 12)
- CENTRAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 85;
Location: 220 WEST DENNEYS ROAD; Grades: KG - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Dover:
- CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,012;
Location: 211 DELAWARE AVENUE; Grades: 07 - 08)
- WILLIAM HENRY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 919;
Location: CARVER ROAD; Grades: 05 - 06)
- CAMPUS COMMUNITY SCHOOL (Students: 569;
Location: 21 NORTH BRADFORD STREET; Grades: 01 - 11)
- NELLIE HUGHES STOKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Students: 498; Location: 3874 UPPER KING ROAD; Grades:
KG - 05)
- MAJOR GEORGE S. WELCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Students: 464; Location: 3100 HAWTHORNE DRIVE; Grades:
KG - 05)
- STAR HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 450;
Location: 594 VOSHELLS MILL/STAR HILL RO; Grades: KG -
05)
- ACADEMY OF DOVER CHARTER SCHOOL (Students:
408; Location: 104 SAULSBURY ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
- W. REILY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
405; Location: 360 WEBBS LANE; Grades: PK - 05)
- NORTH DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 389;
Location: 855 COLLEGE ROAD; Grades: KG - 04)
- SOUTH DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 364;
Location: 955 SOUTH STATE STREET; Grades: KG - 04)
Biggest private primary/middle schools in Dover:
- HOLY CROSS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 625;
Location: 631 SOUTH STATE STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
- CALVARY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 158;
Location: 1141 E LEBANON ROAD; Grades: PK - 8)
- CENTRAL DE CHRISTIAN ACAD (Students: 101;
Location: 4698 S DUPONT; Grades: PK - 9)
- ST JOHNS LUTHERAN EARLY LEARNI (Students: 99;
Location: 113 LOTUS ST; Grades: PK - KG)
- WESLEY PRESCHOOL (Students: 80; Location: 209
S STATE ST; Grades: PK - KG)
- PLAYHOUSE NURSERY (Students: 55; Location:
868 SOUTH STATE ST; Grades: PK - KG)
- ROSE VALLEY SCHOOL (Students: 50; Location:
160 ROSE VALLEY SCHOOL RD; Grades: 1 - 8)
- GREEN HILL AMISH SCHOOL (Students: 47;
Location: 1936 SEENYTOWN RD.; Grades: 1 - 8)
- FAITH ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SC (Students: 40;
Location: 90 SAULSBURY ROAD; Grades: KG - 7)
- THE LITTLE SCHOOL INC (Students: 36;
Location: 308 N QUEEN ST; Grades: KG - KG)
Libraries in Dover:
- DOVER PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$1,043,829; Location: 45 SOUTH STATE STREET; 101,766
books; 3,456 audio materials; 3,254 video materials; 371
serial subscriptions)
- KENT COUNTY LIBRARY/DIVISION OF LIBRARIES
(Operating income: $394,911; Location: 2319 SOUTH DUPONT
HIGHWAY; 7,657 books; 392 audio materials; 263 video
materials; 14 serial subscriptions)
- KENT COUNTY BOOKMOBILE/DIVISION OF LIBRARIES
(Operating income: $149,690; Location: 2319 SOUTH DUPONT
HIGHWAY; 2,695 books; 24 audio materials; 171 video
materials; 226 serial subscriptions)
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