DELAWARE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

COUNTY SEAT:  Media      YEAR FOUNDED:  1789

 

Land Area

 184 square miles

 

2000 Population

 550,864 persons

Water Area

 7 square miles

 

 

 

County Area

  191 square miles

 

Population Density

 2,884 persons per square mile

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware County contains a total land area of 191 square miles and according to the 2000 census contained a population of 550,864 persons.  This is a net increase of 3,108 persons (0.57%) from the 1990 census of 547,756 persons.  The United States Census Bureau estimates the population of Delaware County in 2004 to be 555,040, which continues the previous decade’s trend.