Have you ever wondered how many people are crammed into Dover in Delaware? Here is the answer:
Dover, Delaware has a population density of 592.68 inhabitants per square kilometer (1535.22 / sq mi)
That means the whole population of 36,047 people are living within an area of 60.82 sq km (23.48 sq mi).
As a reference: New York City has a population density of 6918 inhabitants per square kilometer (17918 / sq mi), thanks to it’s population of 8,398,748 inhabitants within an area of 1214 sq km (468.73 sq mi).
Dover () is the capital and second-largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, and the principal city of the Dover, DE Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County and is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware River coastal plain. It was named by William Penn for Dover in Kent, England. As of 2010, the city had a population of 36,047.
Cities with a similar population density as Dover
Other cities that have a similar population density as Dover, Delaware are:
- Guymon, Oklahoma with a population density of 582 people per sq km (1,508 / sq mi).
- Crown Point, Indiana with a population density of 592 people per sq km (1,532 / sq mi).
- Redlands, California with a population density of 731 people per sq km (1,892 / sq mi).
- Archdale, North Carolina with a population density of 525 people per sq km (1,359 / sq mi).
- Sedalia, Missouri with a population density of 615 people per sq km (1,594 / sq mi).
- Canton, Illinois with a population density of 732 people per sq km (1,894 / sq mi).
- Auburn, California with a population density of 718 people per sq km (1,859 / sq mi).
- Charleston, West Virginia with a population density of 581 people per sq km (1,505 / sq mi).
- El Dorado, Arkansas with a population density of 511 people per sq km (1,323 / sq mi).
- La Porte, Indiana with a population density of 688 people per sq km (1,781 / sq mi).
Cities with a similar population size as Dover
Here a list of cities that have a similar number of inhabitants like Dover, Delaware:
- Hilo, Hawaii with a population of 43,263 people
- Marion, Iowa with a population of 34,768 people
- Northglenn, Colorado with a population of 33,697 people
- San Gabriel, California with a population of 39,718 people
- Keizer, Oregon with a population of 36,478 people
- Walla Walla, Washington with a population of 31,731 people
- Oregon City, Oregon with a population of 31,859 people
- Lancaster, Ohio with a population of 35,335 people
- Prescott, Arizona with a population of 40,590 people
- Texarkana, Texas with a population of 34,782 people
Cities with a similar size as Dover
If you want to check which cities have a similar size as Dover, Delaware, here you go:
- Blythe, California with 70.83 square kilometers (70.83 sq mi), population: 20,817
- Liberty, Missouri with 75.12 square kilometers (75.12 sq mi), population: 29,149
- Perry, Georgia with 68.51 square kilometers (68.51 sq mi), population: 17,377
- Saratoga Springs, New York with 74.78 square kilometers (74.78 sq mi), population: 26,586
- Yukon, Oklahoma with 69.09 square kilometers (69.09 sq mi), population: 22,709
- Ruston, Louisiana with 54.35 square kilometers (54.35 sq mi), population: 21,859
- Conway, South Carolina with 58.48 square kilometers (58.48 sq mi), population: 21,053
- Sammamish, Washington with 62.09 square kilometers (62.09 sq mi), population: 45,780
- St. Marys, Georgia with 64.74 square kilometers (64.74 sq mi), population: 29,986
- Pataskala, Ohio with 74.38 square kilometers (74.38 sq mi), population: 14,962
Cities with the same name “Dover”
Same name but different game – do we have sister cities from other states:
- Dover, Ohio with a population of 12,826 residents
- Dover, New Hampshire with a population of 30,665 residents