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{{Infobox U.S. state
| name = Delaware
| official_name = 
| image_flag = Flag of Delaware.svg
| flag_link = Flag of Delaware
| image_seal = Seal of Delaware.svg
| image_map = Delaware in United States (zoom).svg
| motto = [[Liberty and Independence]]
| anthem = "[[Our Delaware]]"
| population_demonym = Delawarean
| OfficialLang = [[Template:Official languages of U.S. states and territories|None]]
| nickname = The First State; The Small Wonder;<ref>{{cite web|first=Melissa|last=Nann Burke|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2015/01/04/delaware-small-wonder/21270787/|title=Delaware a Small Wonder no more?|date=January 5, 2015|publisher=Delaware Online|access-date=March 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402112539/http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2015/01/04/delaware-small-wonder/21270787/|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Blue Hen State; The Diamond State
| Former = [[Delaware Colony]], [[New Netherland]], [[New Sweden]]
| seat = [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
| LargestCity = [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]]
| LargestMetro = [[Delaware Valley]]
| Governor = {{nowrap|[[John Carney (Delaware politician)|John Carney]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])}}
| Lieutenant Governor = {{nowrap|[[Bethany Hall-Long]] (D)}}
| Legislature = [[Delaware General Assembly|General Assembly]]
| Upperhouse = [[Delaware Senate|Senate]]
| Lowerhouse = [[Delaware House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
| Judiciary = [[Delaware Supreme Court]]
| Senators = [[Tom Carper]] (D)<br>[[Chris Coons]] (D)
| Representative = [[Lisa Blunt Rochester]] (D)
| postal_code = DE
| TradAbbreviation = Del.
| area_rank = 49th
| area_total_km2 = {{convert|2489|sqmi|km2|disp=number}}
| area_total_sq_mi = 2489<ref>{{cite web | url=https://census.gov/geographies/reference-files/2010/geo/state-area.html | title=State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates }}</ref>
<!--| area_land_km2 = 5,060
| area_land_sq_mi = 1,854
| area_water_km2 = 1,387
| area_water_sq_mi = 536-->
| area_water_percent = 21.7<ref>{{cite web|last1=USGS|first1=Howard Perlman|title=Area of each state that is water |url=https://water.usgs.gov/edu/wetstates.html |publisher=water.usgs.gov|access-date=March 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010154347/https://water.usgs.gov/edu/wetstates.html|archive-date=October 10, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
| population_rank = 45th<ref name="State Policy Reports March 2021">{{cite serial |title=State Policy Reports |publication-place=Washington, DC |publisher=State Policy Research |date=March 2021 |volume=39 |issue=6 |page=6 |issn=8750-6637 |oclc=1117839667 |url=https://governor.alabama.gov/assets/2021/04/FFIS-Index-of-State-Economic-Momentum.pdf |access-date=2022-07-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419210407/https://governor.alabama.gov/assets/2021/04/FFIS-Index-of-State-Economic-Momentum.pdf | archive-date=2021-04-19 | url-status=live |via=Office of the Governor of Alabama}}</ref>
| population_as_of = July 1, 2021
| 2010Pop = 1,003,384<ref name="Census Bureau QuickFacts 2021">{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Delaware |website=Census Bureau QuickFacts |date=2021-07-01 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/DE/BZA110220 |access-date=2022-07-16}}</ref>
<!--| population_density_rank = 6th{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}-->
| 2010Density = 190<!--calculated from 491 per sq mi-->
| 2010DensityUS = 491<ref name="State of Delaware – My Healthy Community">{{cite web |title=State of Delaware Community Characteristics|website=State of Delaware – My Healthy Community |url=https://myhealthycommunity.dhss.delaware.gov/about/acceptable-use |access-date=2022-07-16}}</ref>
| MedianHouseholdIncome = ${{round|69110|-2}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/DE/INC110220|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|title=US Census Bureau QuickFacts|access-date=April 30, 2022}}</ref>
| IncomeRank = [[List of U.S. states and territories by income#States and territories ranked by median household income|16th]]
| AdmittanceOrder = 1st
| AdmittanceDate = December 7, 1787
| timezone1 = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset1 = −05:00
| timezone1_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset1_DST = −04:00
| Longitude = 75° 3′ W to 75° 47′ W
| Latitude = 38° 27′ N to 39° 50′ N
| width_km = 48
| width_mi = 30
| length_km = 154
| length_mi = 96
| elevation_max_point = Near the{{break}}[[Ebright Azimuth]]<ref name=USGS>{{cite web|url=http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html|title=Elevations and Distances in the United States|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|year=2001|access-date=October 21, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012701/http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html|archive-date=October 15, 2011}}</ref><ref name="The Delaware Geological Survey highest point">{{cite web |title=Highest point in Delaware |website=The Delaware Geological Survey |url=https://www.dgs.udel.edu/delaware-geology/highest-point-delaware |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617202307/https://www.dgs.udel.edu/delaware-geology/highest-point-delaware |archive-date=2022-06-17 |url-status=live |access-date=2022-07-16}}</ref>
| elevation_max_m = 136.50468
| elevation_max_ft = 447.85
| elevation_m = 20
| elevation_ft = 60
| elevation_min_point = Atlantic Ocean<ref name=USGS />
| elevation_min_m = 0
| elevation_min_ft = 0
| iso_code = US-DE
| website = https://delaware.gov
| Capital = 
| Representatives = 
}}
{{Infobox U.S. state symbols
| Flag = Flag of Delaware.svg
| Seal = Seal of Delaware.svg
| Name = Delaware
| Bird = [[Delaware Blue Hen]]
| Butterfly = [[Eastern tiger swallowtail]]
| Fish = [[Weakfish]]
| Flower = [[Peach|Peach blossom]]
| Insect = [[Coccinella septempunctata|7-spotted ladybug]]
| Tree = [[American holly]]
| Wildlife animal = [[Grey fox]]
| Beverage = [[Milk]]
| Colors = [[Flag of Delaware|Colonial blue]], buff
| Food = [[Strawberry]], [[Custard pie|peach custard pie]]
| Fossil = [[Belemnite]]
| Mineral = [[Sillimanite]]
| Slogan = ''Endless Discoveries''—<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2015/01/05/delawares-new-tourism-brand-endless-discoveries/21289179/|title=Delaware's new tourism brand: Endless Discoveries|author=Molly Murray|date=January 6, 2015|publisher=Delaware Online|accessdate=March 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143458/http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2015/01/05/delawares-new-tourism-brand-endless-discoveries/21289179/|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>Formerly: ''It's Good Being First''
| Soil = [[Greenwich (soil)|Greenwich]]
| Route Marker = Elongated circle 1.svg
| Quarter = 1999 DE Proof.png
| QuarterReleaseDate = 1999
}}
'''Delaware''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=en-us-Delaware.ogg|ˈ|d|ɛ|l|ə|w|ɛər}})<ref>''[[Random House Dictionary]]''</ref> is a [[U.S. state|state]] in the [[United States]]. It is sometimes called the ''First State'' because it was the first [[thirteen colonies|colony]] to accept the new [[United States Constitution|constitution]] in 1787.<ref>[http://delaware.gov/topics/facts/gov.shtml About Delaware]</ref> Its capital is [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]] and its biggest city is [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]]. It is the second smallest state in the United States.

The [[Netherlands|Dutch]] first settled Delaware. The [[Sweden|Swedish]] then took over in the mid-1600s.

==Geography==
Delaware is {{convert|96|mi|km}} long and ranges from {{convert|9|mi}} to {{convert|35|mi|km}} across, totaling {{convert |1954|sqmi|km2}}, making it the second-smallest state in the United States after [[Rhode Island]]. Delaware is bounded to the north by [[Pennsylvania]]; to the east by the [[Delaware River]], [[Delaware Bay]], [[New Jersey]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean]]; and to the west and south by [[Maryland]].

===Topography===
Delaware is on a flat [[plain]], with the lowest mean elevation of any state in the nation.<ref name=census>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/04statab/geo.pdf|page=216|title=Extreme and Mean Elevations by State and Other Area|work=Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004–2005| publisher=United States Census Bureau| accessdate=March 16, 2011}}</ref> Its highest elevation, located at [[Ebright Azimuth]], near [[Concord High School (Wilmington, Delaware)|Concord High School]], is less than {{convert|450|ft}} above sea level.<ref name=census/>

===Environment===
The transitional climate of Delaware supports a wide variety of vegetation. In the northern third of the state are found [[Northeastern coastal forests]] and mixed [[Oak]] forests typical of the northeastern United States.<ref name="ecoregions">{{cite journal|author=Olson |title=Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth |journal=[[BioScience]] |year=2001 |volume=51 |issue=11 |pages=933–938 |url=http://gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder/ |doi=10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2 |author2=D. M |author3=E. Dinerstein |display-authors=3 |issn=0006-3568 |last4=Burgess |first4=Neil D. |last5=Powell |first5=George V. N. |last6=Underwood |first6=Emma C. |last7=d'Amico |first7=Jennifer A. |last8=Itoua |first8=Illanga |last9=Strand |first9=Holly E. |s2cid=26844434 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111014034322/http://gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder/ |archivedate=October 14, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref> In the southern two-thirds of the state are found [[Middle Atlantic coastal forests]].<ref name="ecoregions"/> [[Trap Pond State Park]], along with areas in other parts of Sussex County, for example, support the northernmost stands of [[Taxodium distichum|bald cypress]] trees in [[North America]].

===Environmental management===
Delaware provides [[Government subsidy|government subsidy support]] for the [[Environmental remediation|clean-up]] of property "lightly contaminated" by [[hazardous waste]]. The money for this cleanup comes from a tax on wholesale [[petroleum]] sales.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cleaning up contamination |first=Jeff |last=Montgomery |newspaper=[[The News Journal]] |publisher=Gannett |date=May 14, 2011 |accessdate=May 14, 2011 |url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110514/NEWS02/105140360/-1/NLETTER01/Cleaning-up-contamination |location=New Castle, Delaware |at=DelawareOnline |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5ygBz8xTN?url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110514/NEWS02/105140360/-1/NLETTER01/Cleaning-up-contamination |archivedate=May 14, 2011 |url-status=live |df=mdy }} ''The first online page is archived; the page containing information related here is not in the archived version.''</ref>

==Sister cities and states==
Delaware's [[Paradiplomacy#United States|sister state]] in Japan is [[Miyagi Prefecture]].<ref>{{cite web|author=McDowell|author2=Sen. McBride |author3=Rep. George |date=March 22, 2011|publication-date=March 23, 2011|title=Mourning Those Lost in the Recent Earthquake and Related Disasters that have Befallen Japan, and Expressing the Thoughts and Prayers of All Delawareans for the Citizens of Our Sister State of Miyagi Prefecture During These Difficult Times|accessdate=April 22, 2011|id=Senate Joint Resolution # 3|url=http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS146.NSF/vwlegislation/58CC58989B6361AD8525785B005381FB}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery perrow="5">
Image:Lewes Outer Harbor.JPG|<center>Lewes Outer Harbor</center>
Image:Old Delaware State House 1.jpg|<center>Old Delaware<br>State House</center>
Image:Market Street, Wilmington DE.jpg|<center>Market Street<br>[[Wilmington, Delaware]]</center>
</gallery>

==Related pages==
* [[Colleges and universities in Delaware]]
* [[List of counties in Delaware]]
* [[List of numbered routes in Delaware]]
* [[List of rivers of Delaware]]

==References==
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==Other websites==
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