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Dover, DE vs Jamestown, NY

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- Jamestown is 0% more densely populated than Dover.
- People are 4.5% more likely to be married in Jamestown.
- The Median Age is 2.4 years older in Jamestown.
 Dover, DEJamestown, NYUnited States
 Population  Unlock28,818329,725,481
 Female Population53.5%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population46.5%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock36.838.4
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 Population - 201035,890  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock31,730285,036,114
 Population - 199027,630  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock-9.0%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now38.3%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,225.793.4
 Land Area23.7  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.1264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Dover, DEJamestown, NYUnited States
 Age 0 to 44.4%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock6.9%6.1%
 Age 10 to 146.5%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.6%3.9%
 Age 18 to 208.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.1%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3413.9%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock10.9%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5411.1%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock6.5%6.7%
 Age 60 to 644.0%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock9.1%9.6%
 Age 75 to 845.6%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock3.1%1.9%
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 Race
 Dover, DEJamestown, NYUnited States
 White41.5%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock2.5%12.2%
 Asian2.4%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.1%0.4%
 Two or More Races7.4%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock10.6%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Dover, DEJamestown, NYUnited States
 Married Population34.8%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock33.5%48.0%
 Married but Separated2.5%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock63.6%50.2%
 Never Married46.4%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock14.7%10.8%
 Widowed6.7%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.292.60
 Households14,982  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock6,37480,755,759
     Married couple, w/children18.1%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock32.0%42.9%
 Non Family Households6,899  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock31.1%15.8%
     Single householder, no children10.3%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 7 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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Reviews for Jamestown    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

I have lived all over this country and can say that Jamestown is a lovely old city. It has some problems common to small, rural cities in the northeast - lack of job  More

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Over 18 years ago

We have been out West several times and find that we like the wide open spaces. Here in New York the foothills are to close and not enough open  More

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