1. NAME (S): THE FIRST STATE, DIAMOND STATE, LAND OF TAXFREE SHOPPING
MOTTO (S): FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE (FROM ENGLISH:
FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE)
CAPITAL
: DOVER
LARGEST CITY
:WILMINGTON
COUNTIES:3
GOVERNOR :JACK MARKELL (D)
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH IS DE FACTO

2. REPRESENTATIVES :1
ELECTORAL COLLEGE :3 VOTES
SENATORS :
CHRIS COONS (D)
THOMAS A. CARPER (D)
LIMITS : PENNSYLVANIA (NORTH), MARYLAND (SOUTH
AND WEST) AND ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST)
AREA :
6 445.751 KM ² (49TH HIGHEST)
- EARTH 5 046,69 KM ²
- WATER 1 399.06 KM ² (21.71%)

3. DOVER – CAPITAL OF DELAWER

4. STATE FLOWER OF DELAWER
Peach Blossom

5. POPULATION (2010):897 9341 (45TH MOST POPULOUS)
- DENSITY :
177,93 INHABITANTS / KM ² (6TH DENSER)
- GDP
ENTRY INTO THE UNION
- DATE DECEMBER 7, 1787 (225 YEARS)
- 1ST ORDER
TIME ZONE
EAST: UTC-5/-4
LATITUDE : 38 ° 27'N - 39 ° 50'N
2'O LONGITUDE 75 ° - 75 ° 47'O
LENGTH C-S
161 KM

6. MEAN 18 M
- POINT 0 M LOWER
ABBREVIATIONS
- USPS
DE
- ISO 3166-2
US-A
OFFICIAL SITE DELAWARE.GOV
UNITED STATES PORTAL

7. DEMOGRAPHICS POPULATION GROWTH
CENSUS POP% ±
1790
59 096 1800
64,273 8.8%
1810
72 674 13.1%
1820
72 749 0.1%
1830
76,748 5.5%
1840
78,085 1.7%

8. RACES AND ETHNICITIES :
RACIAL COMPOSITION OF THE POPULATION OF
DELAWARE:
• 72.5% WHITE
• 19.2% AFRICAN-AMERICAN
• 4.8% HISPANICS
• 2.1% ASIAN
• 0.3% NATIVE AMERICANS
• 1.7% TWO OR MORE RACES

9. RELIGION
AGE PYRAMID OF DELAWARE.

10. MAJOR CITIES
:
• BEAR
• BROOKSIDE
• CLAYMONT
• ELSMERE
• GLASGOW
• HOCKESSIN
• NEW CASTLE
• NEWARK
• WILMINGTON
• DOVER
• GEORGETOWN
• LEWES
• MIDDLETOWN
• MILFORD
• REHOBOTH BEACH
• SEAFORD
• SMYRNA

11. RATES OF 25 U.S. CENTS IN DELAWARE.

12. CULTURE:
SYMBOLS OF THE STATE:
• TREE: ILEX OPACA
• DRINK: MILK
• BUTTERFLY: PAPILIO GLAUCUS
• ALIASES:
THE FIRST STATE
DIAMOND STATE (UNOFFICIAL)
LAND OF THE TAX-FREE SHOPPING (UNOFFICIAL)
• COLORS: WHITE AND BEIGE
• FLOWER: PRUNUS PERSICA
• FOSSIL: AMERICAN BELEMNITELLA
• INSECT: LADYBUG
• MOTTO: LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE (FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE)
• MUSIC: OUR DELAWARE (OUR DELAWARE)
• BIRD: GALLUS GALLUS
• FISH: CYNOSCION REGALIS
• SLOGAN: IT'S GOOD BEING FIRST (GOOD TO HAVE BEEN THE FIRST)

14. NAMES:
ALAINE BATISTA DE OLIVEIRA; 1
AMANDA SILVA;3
MILENE NOGUEIRA:1
YARA RENATA,39