Editing Delaware (section)

===Race and ethnicity===
[[File:Ethnic Origins in Delaware.png|left|thumb|Ethnic origins in Delaware]]
According to the 2010 United States census, the racial composition of the state was 68.9% [[White American]] (65.3% [[Non-Hispanic White]], 3.6% White Hispanic), 21.4% [[African American|Black]] or African American, 0.5% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] and [[Alaska Native]], 3.2% Asian American, 0.0% [[Native Hawaiian]] and other [[Pacific Islander]], 3.4% some other race, and 2.7% of [[Multiracial American|multiracial origin]]. People of [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] or Latino origin, of any race, made up 8.2% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |title=U.S. Census website |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |date=October 5, 2010 |access-date=August 17, 2011 }}</ref>

The 2022 [[American Community Survey]] estimated the state had a racial and ethnic makeup of 60.6% non-Hispanic whites, 23.6% Black or African American, 0.7% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.2% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 2.9% multiracial, and 10.1% Hispanic or Latin American of any race.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2022 QuickFacts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/DE/PST045219|url-status=live|website=U.S. Census Bureau|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127141137/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/DE/PST045219 |archive-date=January 27, 2020 }}</ref>

In the Native American community, the state has a Native American group, called in their own language [[Lenape]], which was influential in the colonial period of the United States and is today headquartered in Cheswold, Kent County, Delaware.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bies|first=Jessica|title=Lenape Indian Tribe looks to reclaim historic Delaware land, establish sovereignty|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/education/2018/07/16/lenape-indian-tribe-looks-reclaim-land-establish-sovereign-delaware/775992002/|access-date=May 23, 2021|website=The News Journal}}</ref> A band of the Nanticoke tribe of American Indians today resides in Sussex County and is headquartered in Millsboro, Sussex County, Delaware.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Duvernay|first=Adam|title=Nanticoke tribe converges for 40th powwow in Millsboro|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2017/09/10/nanticoke-tribe-40th-powwow-delaware/651191001/|access-date=May 23, 2021|website=The News Journal}}</ref>

Delaware's population mainly consisted of people from the British Isles, African slaves, Germans and a few remaining Native Americans during the colonial era. Irish, Germans, Italians, Poles, and Russian Jewish immigrants were attracted by the industries in the Wilmington area. In the late 20th century a Puerto Rican community formed in Wilmington. Guatemalan people migrated to Sussex county to work in Delaware's poultry industry. A group of Native Americans in Delaware of mixed ethnicity, the Moors, live in Cheswold. The descendants of the Nanticoke people live around Millsboro. There is also a small numbers of Asians in New Castle county who work as scientific and engineering professionals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Delaware-state/Climate|title=Delaware - Humid, Temperate, Coastal &#124; Britannica|website=www.britannica.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;"
|+ '''Delaware racial breakdown of population'''
|-
! Racial composition !! 1990<ref>[https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130605233341/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html Archived copy] at [[WebCite]] (June 22, 2013).</ref> !! 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusviewer.com/city/ID|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140107210553/http://censusviewer.com/city/ID|url-status=dead|title=censusviewer.com/city/ID|date=January 7, 2014|archive-date=January 7, 2014}}</ref>!! 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html|title=2010 Census Data|author=Center for New Media and Promotions (C2PO)|website=census.gov|access-date=September 27, 2015}}</ref>!! 2020<ref name="2020DP1">{{Cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=040XX00US10 |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Delaware |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=April 2, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[White American|White]] || 80.3% || 74.6% || 68.9% || 60.4%
|-
| [[African American|Black]] || 16.9% || 19.2% || 21.4% || 22.1%
|-
| [[Asian American|Asian]] || 1.4% || 2.1% || 3.2% || 4.3%
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native]] || 0.3% || 0.4% || 0.5% || 0.5%
|-
| [[Native Hawaiian]] and{{break}}[[Pacific Islander|other Pacific Islander]] || – || – || – || -
|-
| [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Other race]] || 1.1% || 2.0% || 3.4% || 4.9%
|-
| [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]] || – || 1.7% || 2.7% || 7.7%
|}

The top countries of origin for Delaware's immigrants in 2018 were [[Mexico]], [[India]], [[Guatemala]], [[China]], and [[Jamaica]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/immigrants_in_delaware.pdf|title=Immigrants in Delaware}}</ref>