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Community Profile: Dover, DE Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

Introduction

The Dover, DE MSA consists of Kent County and includes the principal city of Dover.* 

The MSA is located in central Delaware on the Delmarva Peninsula.  It borders Delaware’s two other counties: Newcastle County to the north and Sussex County to the south. The Dover, DE MSA also borders the eastern shore of Maryland to the west and the Delaware Bay to east. The city of Dover is the capital of Delaware and is located toward the center of the MSA.

For the remainder of this report, we will refer to the area of Kent County as the Dover, DE MSA.

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• Historical Information
• Demographics and Economic Data
• Financial Institutions and Market Share Data
• Community Organizations
• Funding Sources

Maps

The maps provided below illustrate the location of the Dover, DE MSA and city of Dover. In addition, there are maps that indicate income levels by census tract and areas of concentrated poverty.

• Location of the Dover, DE MSA relative to other areas in the Northeast section of the United States (PDF, 98 KB)
• Location of the Dover, DE MSA within the Third Federal Reserve District (PDF, 105 KB)
• Overview of 2007 income levels by census tract for the Dover, DE MSA (PDF, 141 KB)
• Overview of 2007 income levels by census tract for the city of Dover (PDF, 166 KB)
• Overview of 2000 poverty levels for the Dover, DE MSA (PDF, 152 KB)

• * Beginning in 2000, the OMB began to identify “principal cities” instead of “central cities.”
• Last updated: Monday, January 7, 2008