Delaware

This airticle is aboot the U.S. state. For the river, see Delaware River. For ither uisses, see Delaware (disambiguation).

Delaware (ⁱ/ˈdɛləwɛər/)^[3] is ane o the Mid-Atlantic states locatit in the Northeast megalopolis region o the Unitit States.^[a] It is bordered tae the sooth an wast bi Maryland, tae the northeast bi New Jersey, an tae the north bi Pennsylvanie. The state taks its name frae Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an Inglis nobleman anVirginie's first colonial govrenor,^[4] efter whom what is nou cried Cape Henlopen wis oreeginally named.^[5]

Delaware
State
Kintra	Unitit States
Afore stateheid	Delaware Colony
Admittit tae the Union	December 7, 1787 (1st)
Lairgest ceety	Wilmington
Govrenment
• Govrenor	John Carney (D)
• Lieutenant Governor	Bethany Hall-Long (D)
Legislatur	General Assembly
• Upper hoose	Senate
• Lawer hoose	Hoose o Representatives
U.S. senators	Tom Carper (D) Chris Coons (D)
U.S. Hoose delegation	Lisa Roschester (D) (leet)
Population
• Total	935,614 (2,014 est)[1]
• Density	179/km2 (464/sq mi)
• Median hooseaud income	$50152
• Income rank	12th
Leid
Trad. abbreviation	Del.
Latitude	38° 27′ N to 39° 50′ N
Longitude	75° 3′ W to 75° 47′ W

Delaware state seembols
The Banner o Delaware
The Seal o Delaware
Ainimal an Plant insignia
Bird(s)	Delaware Blue Hen
Butterflee	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Fish	Weakfish
Flouer(s)	Peach blossom
Insect	7-spotted Ladybug
Tree	American Holly
Inanimate insignia
Beverage	Milk
Colours	Colonial Blue, Buff
Fuid	Strawberry, Peach custard pie
Fossil	Belemnite
Mineral	Sillimanite
Motto	Liberty and Independence
Slogan(s)	Endless Discoveries [2] – Formerly: It's Good Being First
Sile	Greenwich (soil)
Sang(s)	"Our Delaware"
Route merker(s)
State Quarter
Released in 1999
Leets o Unitit States state seembols

Delaware is in the northeastren portion o the Delmarva Peninsula an is the seicont smawest, the saxth least populous, but the saxt maist densely populatit o the 50 Unitit States. Delaware is dividit intae three coonties, the lawest nummer o coonties o ony state. Frae north tae sooth, the three counties are New Castle, Kent, an Sussex. While the soothren twa coonties hae historically been predominantly agricultural, New Castle Coonty haes been mair industrialisit.

Afore its coastline wis splorit bi Europeans in the 16t century, Delaware wis inhabitit bi several groups o Native Americans, includin the Lenape in the north an Nanticoke in the sooth. It wis initially colonisit bi Dutch traders at Zwaanendael, near the present toun o Lewes, in 1631.^[6] Delaware wis ane o the 13 colonies pairticipatin in the American Revolution an on 7 Dizember 1787, became the first state tae ratifee the Constitution o the Unitit States, tharebi becomin kent as The First State.

Notes

1. While the U.S. Census Bureau designates Delaware as ane o the South Atlantic States, it is uisually groupit wi the Mid-Atlantic States an/or the Northeastren Unitit States.