Delaware

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Delaware two letter code: DE

capital: Dover est. 1777

population:

982,895 ( 464.30 people per square mile )

Nicknames:

Chemical Capital of the World
Corporate Capital
Diamond State
Blue Hen State or Blue Hen Chicken State
The First State
Peach State
Small Wonder

3 Neighboring States:

Maryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

1 Areacodes:

302

Airport : 31
Heliport : 10

Electoral Votes: 3

State Motto: Liberty and Independence

Highest point in Delaware: Ebright Azimuth , 442 feet

fossil	Belemnite
fossil scientific name	Belemnitella americana
tree	American Holly
tree binomial nomenclature	Ilex opaca
flower	Peach blossom
flower scientificname	Prunus persica
fish	Weakfish
fish binomial nomenclature	Cynoscion regalis
bird	Blue Hen Chicken
wildlife mammal	Grey fox
insect	7-spotted ladybug
insect scientific name	Coccinella septempunctata
butterfly	Eastern tiger swallowtail
butterfly binomial nomenclature	Papilio glaucus
dog	Golden Retriever
mineral	Sillimanite

Crime Chart	Delaware Crime (2014)	USA Crime (2014)
population	935,614	318,857,056
violent crimes	4,576	1,197,987
violent crime rate	489.1	375.7
murder and manslaughter	54	14,249
murder and manslaughter rate	5.8	4.5
rape	386	116,645
rape rate	41.3	36.6
robbery	1,269	325,802
robbery rate	135.6	102.2
aggravated assault	2,867	741,291
aggravated assault rate	306.4	232.5
property crimes	27,900	8,277,829
property crime rate	2982.0	2596.1
burglary	5,768	1,729,806
burglary rate	616.5	542.5
larceny theft	20,865	5,858,496
larceny theft rate	2230.1	1837.3
motor vechicle theft	1,267	689,527
motor vehicle theft rate	135.4	216.2