About Delaware

Delaware, one of the 50 states that make up the USA. Being the first of the original 13 states to do so, it fills a small void in the urban corridor between Boston and Washington, D.C. along the Middle Atlantic seaboard. It is one of the most densely inhabited states in the union and has the 49th largest total area among the 50 states. From north to south, the state is divided into three counties: New Castle, Kent, and Sussex, all of which were founded by 1682. The area around Wilmington, where the main coastal roadways and trains pass through from Pennsylvania and New Jersey on the north and east into Maryland on the south and west, is where its people and industry are concentrated. The northeastern portion of the Delmarva Peninsula, which Delaware shares with Maryland and Virginia, makes up the remaining portion of the state (hence its name). Dover, the state’s capital, is home to the majority of state government functions.

Delaware has long-standing economic, topographical, and historical links to Pennsylvania, notably the city of Philadelphia, where the Delaware River and other major thoroughfares channel trade. The stability and conservatism that previously defined Delaware, particularly in the southern regions that are close to Maryland’s Eastern Shore, have long retained a hold on political life well out of proportion to their supporters’ numbers.

Delaware has earned the nicknames “the capital of chemicals,” “the capital of corporations,” and “the capital of credit cards” over the years. Many American and foreign companies have chosen to formally establish their headquarters in Delaware due to the state’s tolerant incorporation regulations and Court of Chancery, which focuses on the most complicated matters of corporate governance and finance. The majority of the state’s significant corporate, financial, and legal businesses are concentrated in its northern region. 2,489 square miles in size (6,446 square km). 989,948 people as of 2020.