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Population (year 2000): 72,664. Estimated
population in July 2005: 72,786 (+0.2% change)
Males: 34,674 (47.7%), Females: 37,990 (52.3%)
New Castle County
Zip codes:
19801,
19802,
19803,
19804,
19805,
19806,
19807,
19808,
19809,
19810.
Median resident age: 33.7 years
Median household income: $35,116 (year 2000)
Median house value: $89,100 (year 2000)
Races in Wilmington:
- Black (56.4%)
- White Non-Hispanic (32.1%)
- Hispanic (9.8%)
- Other race (5.2%)
- Two or more races (2.0%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Irish (8.7%), Italian (5.7%), German
(5.2%), English (4.4%), Polish (3.6%), Subsaharan African
(2.6%).
Elevation: 100 feet
Land area: 10.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wilmington
- High school or higher: 74.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 8.6%
- Unemployed: 9.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wilmington city
- Never married: 41.5%
- Now married: 32.9%
- Separated: 3.7%
- Widowed: 9.2%
- Divorced: 12.7%
5.0% Foreign born (3.2% Latin America, 1.1%
Europe, 0.6% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,089 (+1.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers in Wilmington:
- ALFRED I DUPONT INSTITUTE (1600 ROCKLAND RD
PO BOX 269)
- EUGENE DUPONT MEMORIAL DIVISION HOSP (3506
KENNETT PIKE)
- MEDICAL CNTR OF DELAWARE (PO BOX 1668)
- SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL WILMINGTON (7
CLAYTON STREETS)
- ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL INC (7TH & CLAYTON STS PO
BOX 2500)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Wilmington:
- NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 7 miles; WILMINGTON, DE;
ID: ILG)
- PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 24 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA;
ID: PHL)
- DOVER AFB (about 44 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wilmington:
- SPITFIRE AERODROME (about 12 miles; PEDRICKTOWN, NJ;
ID: 7N7)
- NEW GARDEN (about 16 miles; TOUGHKENAMON, PA; ID:
N57)
- BRANDYWINE (about 17 miles; WEST CHESTER, PA; ID:
N99)
Amtrak station:
WILMINGTON (M. L. KING BLVD, & FRENCH ST.). Services: ticket
office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting
area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack bar, ATM,
paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, car rental
agency, taxi stand, intercity bus service, public transit
connection.
Colleges/Universities in Wilmington:
- WIDENER UNIVERSITY-DELAWARE CAMPUS (Full-time
enrollment: 1,013; Location: PO BOX 7474 CONCORD PIKE;
Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.law.widener.edu;
Offers Doctor's degree)
- GOLDEY-BEACOM COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 982;
Location: 4701 LIMESTONE RD; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.gbc.edu; Offers Master's degree)
- HARRISON CAREER INSTITUTE-WILMINGTON (FT
enrollment: 168; Location: 631 W NEWPORT PKE GRAYSTONE
PLZ; Private, for-profit; Website:
www.DELAWAREWORKS.COM)
- DELAWARE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN (FT
enrollment: 142; Location: 600 N MARKET ST; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.dcad.edu)
- DAWN TRAINING CENTRE (FT enrollment: 62;
Location: 2400 W 4TH ST; Private, for-profit)
- BARBIZON OF DELAWARE INC (Location: 17B
TROLLEY SQ; Private, for-profit)
- DELAWARE SKILLS CENTER (Location: 13TH AND
CLIFFORD BROWN WALK; Public)
- CHRISTIAN CARE HEALTH SYSTEMS PREHOSPITAL ED PROG
(Location: 501 W 14TH ST; Private, not-for-profit)
- PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL OF BARTENDING (Location:
1601 CONCORD PKE STE 62; Private, for-profit)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wilmington:
- WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 7 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE;
Full-time enrollment: 3,087)
- UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 14 miles; NEWARK, DE;
FT enrollment: 17,786)
- WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 14
miles; WEST CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 10,419)
- WIDENER UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 14 miles;
CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 3,646)
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON
(about 15 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 3,817)
- DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 16 miles;
MEDIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,248)
- IMMACULATA COLLEGE (about 20 miles; IMMACULATA, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,042)
Public high schools in Wilmington:
- DELCASTLE TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL (Students:
1,466; Location: 1417 NEWPORT ROAD; Grades: 08 - 12)
- ALEXIS I. DUPONT HIGH SCHOOL (Students:
1,271; Location: GREENVILLE; Grades: 08 - 12)
- BRANDYWINE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,257;
Location: 1400 FOULK ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- THOMAS MCKEAN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,189;
Location: 301 MCKENNAN'S CHURCH ROAD; Grades: 08 - 12)
- CONCORD HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,123;
Location: 2501 EBRIGHT ROAD; Grades: 08 - 12)
- JOHN DICKINSON HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,023;
Location: 1801 MILLTOWN ROAD; Grades: 08 - 12)
- MOUNT PLEASANT HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 936;
Location: 5201 WASHINGTON STREET EXTENSI; Grades: 08 -
12)
- CHARTER SCHOOL OF WILMINGTON (Students: 915;
Location: 100 NORTH DUPONT ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- HOWARD HIGH SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY (Students:
825; Location: 401 EAST 12TH STREET; Grades: 08 - 12)
Private high schools in Wilmington:
- SALESIANUM SCHOOL (Students: 1,007; Location:
1801 NORTH BROOM STREET; Grades: 9 - 12; Boys only)
- TOWER HILL SCHOOL (Students: 773; Location:
2813 W 17TH STREET; Grades: PK - 12)
- URSULINE ACADEMY (Students: 744; Location:
1106 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE; Grades: PK - 12; Girls only)
- THE TATNALL SCHOOL (Students: 683; Location:
1501 BARLEY MILL RD; Grades: PK - 12)
- PADUA ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 573;
Location: 905 NORTH BROOM STREET; Grades: 9 - 12; Girls
only)
- CONCORD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 231;
Location: 2510 MARSH ROAD; Grades: PK - 12)
- AQUINAS ACADEMY (Students: 89; Location: 4501
KIRKWOOD HWY; Grades: KG - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Wilmington:
- BANCROFT INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (Students:
1,025; Location: 700 NORTH LOMBARD STREET; Grades: KG -
06)
- PIERRE S. DUPONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
966; Location: 701 WEST 34TH STREET; Grades: PK - 06)
- BAYARD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (Students: 910;
Location: 200 SOUTH DUPONT STREET; Grades: PK - 06)
- THOMAS A. EDISON CHARTER SCHOOL OF WILMINGTON
(Students: 773; Location: 2200 NORTH LOCUST STREET;
Grades: KG - 08)
- CAB CALLOWAY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (Students:
771; Location: 100 NORTH DUPONT ROAD; Grades: 06 - 12)
- STANTON MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 734;
Location: 1800 LIMESTONE ROAD; Grades: 05 - 08)
- SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 734;
Location: 2900 SKYLINE DRIVE; Grades: 05 - 08)
- LINDEN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 723;
Location: 3415 SKYLINE DRIVE; Grades: KG - 05)
- HANBY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 705; Location:
2523 BERWYN ROAD; Grades: 07 - 08)
- AUSTIN D. BALTZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
703; Location: 1500 SPRUCE AVENUE; Grades: PK - 05)
Biggest private primary/middle schools in Wilmington:
- ST JOHN THE BELOVED SCHOOL (Students: 620;
Location: 905 MILLTOWN ROAD; Grades: KG - 8)
- CORPUS CHRISTI ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 563;
Location: 907 NEW ROAD ELSMERE; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST MARY MAGDALEN (Students: 538; Location: 9
SHARPLEY RD; Grades: KG - 8)
- IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY SCHOO (Students:
518; Location: 1000 SHIPLEY ROAD; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST MATTHEW SCHOOL (Students: 518; Location: 1
FALLON AVENUE; Grades: PK - 8)
- ST ANTHONY OF PADUA GRADE SCHO (Students:
510; Location: NINTH AND SCOTT STREETS; Grades: KG - 8)
- WILMINGTON MONTESSORI SCHOOL (Students: 332;
Location: 1400 HARVEY ROAD; Grades: PK - 6)
- ST CATHERINE OF SIENA SCHOOL (Students: 304;
Location: 2501 CENTERVILLE ROAD; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST THOMAS THE APOSTLE (Students: 275;
Location: 201 BAYARD AVE; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST HEDWIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 271;
Location: 304 S HARRISON ST; Grades: PK - 8)
Libraries in Wilmington:
- WILMINGTON INSTITUTE LIBRARY (Operating
income: $2,628,223; Location: 10TH & MARKET STREET;
214,271 books; 9,487 audio materials; 5,895 video
materials; 1,110 serial subscriptions)
- CONCORD PIKE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $937,446; Location: 3406 CONCORD PIKE; 110,946
books; 5,040 audio materials; 3,664 video materials; 292
serial subscriptions)
- KIRKWOOD HIGHWAY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $838,643; Location: 6000 KIRKWOOD HIGHWAY;
81,298 books; 4,057 audio materials; 1,294 video
materials; 407 serial subscriptions)
- ELSMERE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$409,125; Location: 30 SPRUCE AVENUE; 30,068 books;
1,849 audio materials; 545 video materials; 98 serial
subscriptions)
- NORTH WILMINGTON LIBRARY (Operating income:
$345,097; Location: 3400 NORTH MARKET STREET; 13,951
books; 15 serial subscriptions)
- WOODLAWN LIBRARY (Operating income: $141,818;
Location: 2101 WEST SIXTH STREET; 19,541 books; 3 serial
subscriptions)
- LABIBLIOTECA DEL PUEBLO LIBRARY (Operating
income: $112,889; Location: 403 NORTH VAN BUREN STREET;
10,182 books; 2 serial subscriptions)
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