People QuickFacts Georgetown Delaware Population, 2012 estimate 6,628 917,092 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 6,422 897,934 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 3.2% 2.1% Population, 2010 6,422 897,934 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 11.7% 6.2% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 29.1% 22.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 12.2% 14.4% Female persons, percent, 2010 49.7% 51.6%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 46.6% 68.9% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 14.5% 21.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 4.3% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.1% 3.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 3.7% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 47.8% 8.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 35.3% 65.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 85.7% 85.8% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 31.0% 8.3% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 41.9% 12.3% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 67.1% 87.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 14.8% 28.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 398 77,593 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 23.5 24.6  Housing units, 2010 2,030 405,885 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 49.2% 73.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 28.8% 17.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $249,600 $244,100 Households, 2007-2011 1,799 332,837 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.38 2.60 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $19,059 $29,659 Median household income, 2007-2011 $43,988 $59,317 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 17.1% 11.2%     Business QuickFacts Georgetown Delaware Total number of firms, 2007 1,035 74,573 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 8.7% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S S Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.1% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.2% 26.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 25,679,939 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 3,688 5,727,401 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 143,146 14,202,083 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $28,084 $16,421 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 18,160 1,910,770     Geography QuickFacts Georgetown Delaware Land area in square miles, 2010 5.04 1,948.54 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,273.4 460.8 FIPS Code 29090 10 Counties Sussex County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts