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†† State capital and county seat
This is a list of incorporated places in Delaware. This list contains population data based on 2011 census estimates.
| Rank | Name | Type | Population | County | Hundred | Settled | Inc. | Origin of Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilmington † | City | 71,305 | New Castle | Wilmington Hundred | 1638 | 1739 | Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington |
| 2 | Dover †† | City | 36,560 | Kent | East Dover Hundred | 1683 | 1829 | |
| 3 | Newark | City | 31,618 | New Castle | White Clay Hundred | 1694 | 1758 | |
| 4 | Middletown | Town | 18,995 | New Castle | St. George's Hundred | 1861 | Middle of Bohemia and Appoquinimink Rivers trade route | |
| 5 | Smyrna | Town | 10,180 | Kent/New Castle | Duck Creek Hundred | |||
| 6 | Milford | City | 9,709 | Kent/Sussex | Milford Hundred/Cedar Creek Hundred | |||
| 7 | Seaford | City | 7,036 | Sussex | Seaford Hundred | 1865 | Seaford, East Sussex | |
| 8 | Georgetown † | Town | 6,524 | Sussex | Georgetown Hundred | 1791 | 1869 | Commissioner George Mitchell |
| 9 | Elsmere | Town | 6,172 | New Castle | Christiana Hundred | c1890 | 1909 | |
| 10 | New Castle | City | 5,320 | New Castle | New Castle Hundred | 1651 | 1875 | |
| 11 | Millsboro | Town | 3,942 | Sussex | Dagsboro Hundred | |||
| 12 | Laurel | Town | 3,769 | Sussex | Little Creek Hundred | Laurel Trees | ||
| 13 | Harrington | City | 3,619 | Kent | Mispillion Hundred | |||
| 14 | Camden | Town | 3,519 | Kent | North Murderkill Hundred | 1982 | ||
| 15 | Clayton | Town | 2,966 | Kent/New Castle | Duck Creek Hundred | |||
| 16 | Lewes | City | 2,789 | Sussex | Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred | 1631 | 1883 | Lewes, East Sussex |
| 17 | Milton | Town | 2,621 | Sussex | Broadkill Hundred | |||
| 18 | Selbyville | Town | 2,192 | Sussex | Baltimore Hundred | Sampson Selby | ||
| 19 | Bridgeville | Town | 2,081 | Sussex | Northwest Fork Hundred | |||
| 20 | Townsend | Town | 2,064 | New Castle | Appoquinimink Hundred | |||
| 21 | Ocean View | Town | 1,912 | Sussex | Baltimore Hundred | Views the Ocean | ||
| 22 | Delaware City | City | 1,706 | New Castle | Red Lion Hundred | 1826 | Delaware River | |
| 23 | Delmar | Town | 1,630 | Sussex | Little Creek Hundred | Delaware Maryland contraction | ||
| 24 | Cheswold | Town | 1,401 | Kent | Kenton Hundred/Little Creek Hundred | |||
| 25 | Rehoboth Beach | City | 1,349 | Sussex | Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred | Rehoboth (Bible) | ||
| 26 | Wyoming | Town | 1,334 | Kent | North Murderkill Hundred | |||
| 27 | Felton | Town | 1,320 | Kent | South Murderkill Hundred | |||
| 28 | Blades | Town | 1,261 | Sussex | Broad Creek Hundred | |||
| 29 | Bellefonte | Town | 1,200 | New Castle | Brandywine Hundred | 1915 | ||
| 30 | Bethany Beach | Town | 1,077 | Sussex | Baltimore Hundred | Bethany (Biblical village) | ||
| 31 | Newport | Town | 1,062 | New Castle | Christiana Hundred | 1985 | ||
| 32 | Greenwood | Town | 990 | Sussex | Northwest Fork Hundred | 1991 | ||
| 33 | Frankford | Town | 862 | Sussex | Dagsboro Hundred | |||
| 34 | Dagsboro | Town | 813 | Sussex | Dagsboro Hundred | |||
| 35 | Frederica | Town | 785 | Kent | South Murderkill Hundred | |||
| 36 | Millville | Town | 553 | Sussex | Baltimore Hundred | |||
| 37 | South Bethany | Town | 456 | Sussex | Baltimore Hundred | Bethany (Biblical village) | ||
| 38 | Arden | Village | 442 | New Castle | Brandywine Hundred | 1965 | ||
| 39 | Ellendale | Town | 386 | Sussex | Cedar Creek Hundred | |||
| 40 | Fenwick Island | Town | 384 | Sussex | Baltimore Hundred | Thomas Fenwick | ||
| 41 | Houston | Town | 379 | Kent | Milford Hundred | |||
| 42 | Odessa | Town | 367 | New Castle | St. George's Hundred | |||
| 43 | Dewey Beach | Town | 347 | Sussex | Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred | |||
| 44 | Bowers | Town | 341 | Kent | South Murderkill Hundred | |||
| 45 | Ardentown | Village | 266 | New Castle | Brandywine Hundred | |||
| 46 | Kenton | Town | 264 | Kent | Kenton Hundred | |||
| 47 | Ardencroft | Village | 232 | New Castle | Brandywine Hundred | |||
| 48 | Magnolia | Town | 228 | Kent | South Murderkill Hundred | 1885 | ||
| 49 | Little Creek | Town | 227 | Kent | Little Creek Hundred | |||
| 50 | Slaughter Beach | Town | 210 | Sussex | Cedar Creek Hundred | William Slaughter | ||
| 51 | Leipsic | Town | 185 | Kent | Little Creek Hundred | |||
| 52 | Woodside | Town | 184 | Kent | North Murderkill Hundred | |||
| 53 | Bethel | Town | 174 | Sussex | Broad Creek Hundred | Bethel | ||
| 54 | Viola | Town | 160 | Kent | North Murderkill Hundred | |||
| 55 | Henlopen Acres | Town | 124 | Sussex | Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred | Thijmen Jacobsz Hinlopen | ||
| 56 | Farmington | Town | 113 | Kent | Mispillion Hundred | |||
| 57 | Hartly | Town | 76 | Kent | West Dover Hundred |
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