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Kent County, Delaware

Kent County, Delaware, has 194,786 residents (July 2025 estimate). Its county seat is Dover. It uses Eastern Time and covers 586 sq mi (1,518 km²) of land.

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Kent County in Delaware
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Kent County and its neighbors (simplified outlines). Open in OpenStreetMap ↗
Resident population, July 2025
194,786
Land area
586 sq mi (1,518 km²)
County seat or government
Dover
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
Median household income
$74,477 ± $2,101
Median home value
$316,600 ± $6,188
Median rent, with utilities
$1,354 ± $31
Homes lived in by their owners
72.5% ± 1.3 points
County type
County
Metro or micro area
Dover, DE metro areaCentral county
Water area
212 sq mi (550 km²)
State
Delaware
County code (FIPS)
10001
Coordinates (central point)
39.097088, -75.502982
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These coordinates mark a central point for the area, not a street address. Income, home value, rent and homes lived in by their owners: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, ± margin at 90% confidence; checked on October 13, 2026.

Time zones in Kent County

Time zoneLocal time and UTC offsetNext clock change
Eastern TimeAmerica/New_YorkUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.

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ZIP Code areas, largest first

  1. 1990438,818 people
  2. 1990137,763 people
  3. 1997727,704 people
  4. 1996323,500 people
  5. 1993414,061 people
  6. 1996213,770 people
  7. 1994313,410 people
  8. 1995210,908 people
  9. 199389,561 people
  10. 199507,918 people
  11. 199465,603 people
  12. 199535,255 people
All 19
  1. 199541,427 people
  2. 199641,418 people
  3. 19979619 people
  4. 19955352 people
  5. 19980268 people
  6. 19936152 people
  7. 1990244 people

19 ZIP Code areas overlap Kent County. People counts are 2020–2024 estimates for each whole ZIP area. Mailing ZIPs can differ; check an address with USPS ZIP Code Lookup.

Official county information

We don’t have a website for this county yet. The US government’s local-office directory ↗ lists its offices. A geographic lookup cannot determine eligibility, tax liability or a court obligation.

School districts in Kent County, largest first

  1. Capital School District60,312 people
  2. Caesar Rodney School District50,510 people
  3. Smyrna School District40,677 people
  4. Milford School District34,585 people
  5. Lake Forest School District27,402 people
  6. Woodbridge School District17,172 people

Districts with land in the county; a district can cross county lines. People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. A district boundary doesn’t decide which school a student attends.

Tribal areas in Kent County, largest first

  1. Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware State Designated Tribal Statistical Area699 people

American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian areas as the Census Bureau maps them, with at least 2% of their area here, water included. These lines don’t decide membership, jurisdiction or land status.

Cities, towns and communities, largest first

These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.

  1. Dover, Delaware (city)39,837 people
  2. Smyrna, Delaware (town)13,165 people
  3. Milford, Delaware (city)12,803 people
  4. Clayton, Delaware (town)4,222 people
  5. Rising Sun-Lebanon, Delaware (CDP)4,163 people
  6. Camden, Delaware (town)4,106 people
  7. Harrington, Delaware (city)3,838 people
  8. Highland Acres, Delaware (CDP)3,752 people
  9. Dover Base Housing, Delaware (CDP)2,962 people
  10. Riverview, Delaware (CDP)2,596 people
  11. Kent Acres, Delaware (CDP)2,388 people
  12. Woodside East, Delaware (CDP)2,274 people
All 27
  1. Cheswold, Delaware (town)2,143 people
  2. Wyoming, Delaware (town)2,000 people
  3. Rodney Village, Delaware (CDP)1,331 people
  4. Felton, Delaware (town)1,294 people
  5. Frederica, Delaware (town)1,062 people
  6. Woodside, Delaware (town)475 people
  7. Houston, Delaware (town)456 people
  8. Kenton, Delaware (town)355 people
  9. Magnolia, Delaware (town)274 people
  10. Bowers, Delaware (town)270 people
  11. Farmington, Delaware (town)201 people
  12. Hartly, Delaware (town)199 people
  13. Leipsic, Delaware (town)191 people
  14. Viola, Delaware (town)178 people
  15. Little Creek, Delaware (town)141 people

Bordering areas, nearest first

Distances are straight lines between map points.

  1. Caroline County, Maryland24 mi southwest
  2. Cumberland County, New Jersey26 mi northeast
  3. Sussex County, Delaware31 mi south
  4. Salem County, New Jersey34 mi north
  5. New Castle County, Delaware34 mi north
  6. Cape May County, New Jersey35 mi east

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Areas that only touch the edge

These areas meet the boundary only along a sliver. Most addresses here are not in them; for an address near the line, check with the county.