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Wilmington city, Delaware – Racial and ethnic composition ... New Castle County Government: 2,000 13 M&T Bank (Wilmington Trust Corp.) 1,900 14 Brandywine School ...
The Government of Delaware encompasses the administrative structure of the US state of Delaware as established by its 1897 constitution. Analogously to the US federal government , it is composed of three branches: executive , legislative , and judicial .
Mayors of Wilmington, Delaware Rank Image Mayor Start End Party Note 1 Richard Bayard [1] 1832 1834 Whig Wilmington incorporated in 1832. 2 Nicholas Williamson 1834 1843 Whig 3 David C. Wilson: 1843 1845 Whig 4 Alexander Porter 1845 1848 Whig 5 William Huffington 1848 1850 Democratic 6 Joshua Driver 1850 1851 7 Columbus Evans: 1851 1852 Whig
As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, [1] making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the state's population of 989,948. The county seat is Wilmington, [2] which is also the state's most populous city. New Castle County is included in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Wilmington: 1664: Original County (Formally New Amstel) named in 1673 by Dutch Governor Anthony Colve for the town of New Castle, Delaware as an Anglicization of Nieuw Amstel. 578,592: 494 sq mi (1,279 km 2) Sussex County: 005: Georgetown: 1664: Created from Whorekill (Hoarkill) District. Formerly known as Deale County
The 2024 Wilmington mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, to elect the mayor of Wilmington, Delaware. Incumbent Democratic mayor Mike Purzycki was re-elected in 2020 in an unopposed general election, following a competitive primary. Purzycki announced on October 3, 2023, that he would not seek a third term in office.
Before 1776, Delaware was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain, administered by colonial governors in Pennsylvania as the "Lower Counties on Delaware". In 1776, soon after Delaware and the other Thirteen Colonies declared independence from Britain, the state adopted its first state constitution. It created the office of President of ...
Due to the state's small size (45th of 50 by population in 2022), the politics of Delaware tend to be less convoluted and controversial than those in neighboring states. Nonetheless, Delaware's political status quo reflects the state's long history of political clout dating from the earliest days of the United States, some of which remains today.