Editing Sussex County, Delaware (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Corn in Lewes.JPG|thumb|right|Cornfields seen near [[Lewes, Delaware|Lewes]]]]

Most of Sussex County's economy revolves around agriculture. In fact, Sussex County produces the most [[poultry]] of any county in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Micah |title=Delaware: A Small Example of a Larger Trend |url=http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/delaware-a-small-example-of-a-larger-trend/ |work=[[FiveThirtyEight]] |date=August 31, 2012 |access-date=September 5, 2012 |archive-date=September 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905163506/http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/delaware-a-small-example-of-a-larger-trend/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Community Data |url=http://www.sussexcountyde.gov/about/docs/Community_Data.pdf |publisher=Sussex County |date=September 2012 |access-date=September 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617015358/http://www.sussexcountyde.gov/about/docs/Community_Data.pdf |archive-date=June 17, 2012 }}</ref>

Tourism also plays a large part of the economy, particularly in eastern Sussex County. According to SeaGrant Delaware, the [[Delaware Beaches]] generate $6.9 billion annually and over $711 million in tax revenue.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Contribution of The Coastal Economy To The State of Delaware|publisher=SeaGrant Delaware|url=https://www.deseagrant.org/research/contribution-coastal-economy-state-delaware|access-date=April 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402082704/https://www.deseagrant.org/research/contribution-coastal-economy-state-delaware|archive-date=April 2, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The average home and property price in Sussex County increased 250% in the ten years between 1995 and 2005. Local increases within Sussex County for this period include a 381% increase for [[Millsboro, Delaware|Millsboro]] and a 609% increase for [[Millville, Delaware|Millville]].<ref>{{cite news|author = Mike Chalmers|url = http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060522/NEWS/605220345/1006|title = Looking to live in Sussex? Good luck|newspaper = [[The News Journal]]|pages = A1, A6|date = May 22, 2006|archive-date = September 30, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930160206/http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20060522%2FNEWS%2F605220345%2F1006|url-status = live}}</ref> Sussex County is served by the [[Delmarva Central Railroad]] and the [[Maryland and Delaware Railroad]].<ref name=dcr>{{cite web|title=Delmarva Central Railroad|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=Carload Express|url=http://carloadexpress.com/railroads/delmarva-central-railroad/|access-date=March 27, 2017|archive-date=May 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524215403/http://carloadexpress.com/railroads/delmarva-central-railroad/|url-status=live}}</ref>