Most densely populated in Delaware

Delaware counties and cities ranked by population density.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Delaware by population density — which have the most people per square mile, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among cities & places, Bellefonte leads at 8,504/sq mi.

Cities & places

#	Name	People / sq mi
1	Bellefonte	8,504/sq mi
2	Wilmington	6,528/sq mi
3	Elsmere	6,273/sq mi
4	Wilmington Manor	4,914/sq mi
5	Claymont	4,438/sq mi
6	Pike Creek Valley	4,178/sq mi
7	Dover Base Housing	4,030/sq mi
8	Brookside	3,932/sq mi
9	Bear	3,908/sq mi
10	Edgemoor	3,478/sq mi
11	Newark	3,199/sq mi
12	Farmington	2,998/sq mi
13	Kent Acres	2,991/sq mi
14	Hartly	2,826/sq mi
15	Pike Creek	2,672/sq mi
16	Townsend	2,633/sq mi
17	Newport	2,591/sq mi
18	Highland Acres	2,453/sq mi
19	Arden	2,409/sq mi
20	Little Creek	2,326/sq mi
21	Greenwood	2,267/sq mi
22	Rodney Village	2,239/sq mi
23	Ardencroft	2,105/sq mi
24	Clayton	2,098/sq mi
25	Kenton	2,054/sq mi
26	Smyrna	2,033/sq mi
27	Blades	1,907/sq mi
28	Milton	1,866/sq mi
29	Woodside	1,841/sq mi
30	Middletown	1,783/sq mi
31	Wyoming	1,709/sq mi
32	Dover	1,658/sq mi
33	Seaford	1,624/sq mi
34	Glasgow	1,622/sq mi
35	Ellendale	1,589/sq mi
36	New Castle	1,587/sq mi
37	Georgetown	1,485/sq mi
38	Laurel	1,459/sq mi
39	Felton	1,433/sq mi
40	Harrington	1,397/sq mi
41	Millsboro	1,394/sq mi
42	Hockessin	1,355/sq mi
43	Delmar	1,255/sq mi
44	Milford	1,237/sq mi
45	Magnolia	1,211/sq mi
46	North Star	1,202/sq mi
47	Houston	1,190/sq mi
48	Rehoboth Beach	1,181/sq mi
49	Port Penn	1,179/sq mi
50	Rising Sun-Lebanon	1,174/sq mi
51	Fenwick Island	1,156/sq mi
52	Ardentown	1,149/sq mi
53	St. Georges	1,134/sq mi
54	Greenville	1,109/sq mi
55	Camden	1,071/sq mi
56	Delaware City	1,062/sq mi
57	South Bethany	1,000/sq mi
58	Cheswold	997/sq mi
59	Ocean View	994/sq mi
60	Dewey Beach	992/sq mi
61	Woodside East	980/sq mi
62	Bethel	978/sq mi
63	Dagsboro	939/sq mi
64	Bowers	877/sq mi
65	Long Neck	860/sq mi
66	Lewes	815/sq mi
67	Millville	808/sq mi
68	Bethany Beach	804/sq mi
69	Selbyville	778/sq mi
70	Odessa	773/sq mi
71	Frankford	761/sq mi
72	Henlopen Acres	748/sq mi
73	Riverview	668/sq mi
74	Leipsic	613/sq mi
75	Lincoln	581/sq mi
76	Viola	576/sq mi
77	Frederica	558/sq mi
78	Bridgeville	550/sq mi
79	Slaughter Beach	304/sq mi

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