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  The population of Sussex county is estimated at 220,093. In 2017 there were 2,307 births and 2,620 deaths in Sussex county. Sussex county has 38,246 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 24,107 that are owned free and clear and 17,015 that are renter occupied.


  The upstanding residents of Sussex County filed 108,770 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 23.9% of all Delaware filings and 0.073% of the entire nation. Sussex had a combined total federal tax liability of $1,005,271,000 on earned income of $6,605,497,000. Other notable statistics from Sussex County were 3,930 unemployment claims which collected a total of $15,383,000 and 26,060 charitable contributions valued at $114,885,000. 28,230 filings from Sussex County paid a combined total of $64,159,000 in property taxes and 24,990 filings paid $227,098,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Sussex county had 260 religious congregations with an estimated 71,913 members.

25.1% of the Sussex population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 13.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.


About 48% of Sussex County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 12,599 votes.

At $61,124 the median income is 95.4% of the Delaware average. An estimated 4,706 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Sussex, the equivalant of around 4.6% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.5%.


Top 15 Industries in Sussex County.
Total # EmployedIndustry Job Type
12,099Retail trade
10,631Health care and social assistance
8,837Manufacturing
8,798Accommodation and food services
8,045Food services and drinking places
7,749Restaurants and other eating places
5,960Food manufacturing
5,150Full-service restaurants
4,094Ambulatory health care services
3,326Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
3,168Administrative and support services
2,184Food and beverage stores
2,124Limited-service restaurants
2,113Clothing and clothing accessories stores
1,871Finance and insurance


In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.02% in Sussex County (averaging across 13 zip codes a sample of which are; 19930, 19975 and 19968).

In 2018 11.49% of listings in Sussex County (averaging across 14 zip codes a sample of which are; 19968, 19966, 19963 and 19958) dropped their price.


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