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The people of Delaware commonly denote parts of their state as either 'north of the canal', meaning in the industrialized and densely inhabited region around Wilmington, or 'south of the canal', meaning in Delaware's rural and lightly settled farming region. The canal referred to is the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, which effectively bisects New Castle County.

Whites make up the largest share of Delaware's residents, representing 74.6 percent of the people. Blacks are 19.2 percent of the population, Asians 2.1 percent, Native Americans 0.3 percent, and those of mixed heritage or not reporting ethnicity 3.7 percent. Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders number 283. Hispanics, who may be of any race, are 4.8 percent of the people. Some 73 percent of the population lived in urban areas in 1990.

The 2000 census put Delaware's population at 783,600. The State Capital is Dover other major cities or towns include Wilmington, Newark, Milford, Seaford, Smyrna, Elsmere, New Castle, Georgetown, Middletown.