Smyrna (Delaware)
Kent County New Castle County
10-67310
Smyrna is a small town that is a part of Kent County and the other in New Castle County in the U.S. state of Delaware. In 2010 Smyrna had 10,023 inhabitants.
Geography
Smyrna geographical coordinates are 39 ° 18 ' N, 75 ° 36' W39.296944444444 - 75.607777777778.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.7 km ², of which 9.5 km ² of land and 0.2 km ² omitted ( = 2.13% ) in water.
Demographic data
At the time of the census of 2000, there were 5679 people Smyrna. The population density was 595.8 people per km ². There were 2242 housing units at an average 235.2 per km ². The population of Smyrna consisted of 72.88 % White, 22.42 % African American, 0.51% Native American, 0.56% Asian, 0.07 % Pacific Islander, 1.44 % reported other races to belong and 2.11 % from two or more races. 3.42 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The inhabitants of Smyrna distributed to 2114 households out of which 36.7 % were living in children under 18 years. 45.9 % married couples living together, 18.4 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8 % were non-families. 24.9% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 10.4 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size is 3.02.
The population was spread out with 27.1 % under the, 8.7 % 18 -24- year-old, 29.1 % 25 -44- year-old, 18.3% 45-64 year olds and 16.9 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 82.7 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 77.0 males.
The median household income in Smyrna was 36 212 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 42 355 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 32,500 U.S. dollars, compared to 22,135 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 17,443 U.S. dollars. 10.5 % of the population and 7.9 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 14.0 % of minors and 6.2 % of those age 65 or over.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Billy Bailey, the last in the United States who were executed by hanging murderers
- Thomas Collins, president of the Delaware General Assembly, Governor of Delaware
- Louis McLane, politician, Senator, finance and foreign minister
- John Bassett Moore, Judge of the International Court of Justice
- James Williams, politicians